Abbreviated Pronunciations Require Omniscience -- Not Your Median Science.
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| AA | Always Alkaline |
Jeff Anonymous (on the rareness of carbon-zinc and nickel-metal hydride AA batteries. ya can usually only get alkaline and rechargable alkaline) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| AM | Actually Me |
Jeff Anonymous, after typing 'I AM the JA acronym' on the forums and realising he should acronymise AM. Assorted Verbs |
| AMIGO | "Amicus" Made Iberian, Guys Only |
Jeff Anonymous, doing failed searches. Amigo is the Spanish (Iberian) variant of the Latin "amicus," also meaning "friend." Both "amicus" and "amigo" apply only to males, "amica" and "amiga" replacing them when dealing with women. People & Relationships Science:Linguistics |
| AOL | Automatically Online Loser |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to what many people think about users of America Online) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| ARTICUNO | A Really Terrible Icebird. Chills Under No Obligation. |
Jeff Anonymous (Articuno is Pokemon #144) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| ATI | Absolutely Terrific Illustrations |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the graphics card company. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| ATX | Aching To Xtreme |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| BEG | Best Expand Generously |
Jeff Anonymous, saying, 'Capital phrases just BEG for expansion, you know...' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| CARD | Cat's Anus Really Damaged |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining what happens if your cat thinks your sound card smells like fish. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| CD-RW | Can Dislocate Rectal Walls |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| CHIP | Can Hurt Intestines, Parts |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| CO | Cremates Ozone |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to carbon monoxide. Science:Chemistry |
| COMMODE | Crapper Or Men's Masturbation Outlet? Determine Eventually. |
Jeff Anonymous Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| CONFESSIONAL | Catholic Or Not, 'Fess Even Small Sins In Our Now Audioproof Locker |
Jeff Anonymous Religion Places:Buildings |
| CSC | Citizens, Send Cash |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to ezboard.com's premium service) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce |
| DDT | Darn Dat Toxin! |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Chemistry |
| DECADIC | Dials Elegantly Click - Actually Digital, If Countermodern |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to pulse telephone dialing, a digital system, and the rotary dial phones that implement it. I keep a Western Electric 500-type rotary phone next to my iBook to remind me that while newer isn't always better, elegance is timeless. Or more practically, it doesn't fall off the desk. Communication |
| DISC | Does Injure Someone's Colon |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| EDWIN | 'E Dwells Wealthily -- 'Is Name |
Jeff Anonymous (meaning of 'Edwin' = prosperous friend, according to babynames.com) Names:First names:Male |
| EMPLOYERS | Evil Mice Pee Lastingly On Your Ears, Rodent Swine! |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the attitude of some people against their employers. Salvaged from a failed mega-acronym. People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| EPSON | Evil Printer Supplier Overcharges Needlessly |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Epson's practice of gouging on inkjet cartridges) Commerce:Companies Computers:Generic Hardware |
| FORA | Friendly Objection: Really "A" |
Jeff Anonymous, who prefers the term 'fora' to 'forums' Communication |
| FRANC | French Roundel; Alas, Nevermore Currency. |
Jeff Anonymous, on the former French currency, now replaced with the EU Euro. Commerce:Money |
| GA | Gurgling Annoyance |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the baby noise) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| GRAAL | Game Really Addicts, Albeit Latency |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the game found at http://graalonline.com Computers:Games |
| GRAVELER | Great Rock Attacks Violently Electrabuzzes, Lanturns, Electrodes, & Raichus |
Jeff Anonymous (who decided to do Pokemon #75 as his 75th accepted acronym) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| HALT | Horrible... Athome Locks Transactions. |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to his ISP halting trading at 14 cents. Commerce |
| HUB | Hurts Ur Body |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| JAFF | Just Angela's Freaky Falilure |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela mistyped his name on the Acronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| LZ | Loudmouths... Zoloft? |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that LED ZEPPELIN might lead someone to need an antidepressant. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| MACS | Most Astounding Computer Standard |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| MAYPOLE | March Around Yippily, Prance Over Lilies, Eh? |
Jeff Anonymous Assorted Nouns Time:Special Occasions |
| MEOWTH | Meowing Entity Often Washes The Hands |
Jeff Anonymous, expanding the cat pokemon (#52), as listed on the unsuccessful-search list. As for the last three words, I know cats to often lick their forepaws. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| MIC | Massive Intestinal Cramps |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| MILO | May I Loudly Object? |
Jeff Anonymous, because he thinks that 'Milo' is such a simple-sounding name for the protagonist of 'The Phantom Tollbooth' by Norton Juster. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| MORTON | Man Often Rooted Trees Onto Nebraska |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to Julius Sterling Morton of Arbor Day fame, whilst answering a failed search. Names:Famous people Science:Biology:Plants Time:Special Occasions |
| MUGGLES | Magic Users Gloat, 'Goofy Losers, Extremely Stupid' |
Jeff Anonymous Art & Literature |
| NADS | Need Autoerotic Dirtiness Sometimes |
Jeff Anonymous People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| NEWBIE | Not Even Weaned, Baby Is Extraordinary |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that an unweaned baby is basically a 'newbie' to life. Science:Biology People & Relationships:Family |
| NIC | Nasty Internal Cuts |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining why not to eat a Network Interface Card Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| NZ | 'Nother Zone |
Jeff Anonymous, noticing that in New Zealand's timezone it was already Halloween. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Places:Countries |
| OA | Over-Ate |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Overeaters Anonymous) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Food & Drink |
| OI | Over, Izzit? |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela capitalised OI. This one is best understood if you look at the 'Illiterations' thread on the Acronyms forums, at http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/list.cgi?id=acronyms&user=&session=&root=984136095 Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| PEDANTRY | Plumbum Est. Don't Alter Nixages/Notation, That's Rather Yucky. |
Jeff Anonymous, in response to PENCIL (5) If anyone can think of a better N word for an ending, let me know. Words & Wordplay |
| PEPCID | Pill Eliminates Perilous Common Indigestion Daily |
Jeff Anonymous (see TACO BELL) Drugs |
| PICHU | Pikachu Infant. Cries Horribly, Unpeacefully. |
Jeff Anonymous (Pichu, Pokemon #172, is a baby Pikachu.) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| PICKAX | Please Ignore Craggy Kaves. Awkay, Xplore! |
Jeff Anonymous, on what could be consdered a good tool for spelunkers. Sports & Recreation |
| POKENYMS | Pokemon Original Kreations. Even Nicer, You Might Say. |
Jeff Anonymous, because some Pokemon acronyms might be more interesting than actual Pokemon. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers:Games |
| POUND | Phasing Out? UK's Not Deciding. |
Jeff Anonymous Commerce:Money |
| PRINTER | Pitiful Rectum Injured. Never Try Epson Rolls! |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| PUBERTY | Penis, Uterus Be Expanding Rapidly Through Youth |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Biology |
| QA | Quirky A**holes |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to the many failures that go on in Quality Assurance Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| RAICHU | Radically Awesome, Intelligent, Cute, Herculean... UBERCOOL! |
Jeff Anonymous (Raichu is Pokemon #26) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| RAM | Rudely Affects Middle |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that eating random access memory may cause stomach cramps. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| REJECTS | Regurgitation Exemplifies Justice Et Cleanliness. True, Simple. |
Jeff Anonymous Assorted Verbs |
| RIMMING | Regurgitation-Inducing Mutual Masturbation Is No Good |
Jeff Anonymous, replying to a failed search; if you don't know, you don't want to know. Believe me. People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| ROFL | Raunchy Overlord Fell Lasciviously. |
Jeff Anonymous, when Tony said 'ROFL' on the forums, and Jeff thought he ought to supply a more original expansion for it than 'Rolling On Floor Laughing'. Laughter Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| SAREVOK | Stupid Axemurderer Really Enrages. Voice Of Kevin. |
Jeff Anonymous (The voice actor for this character from the Baldur's Gate computer game series was apparently called Kevin Richardson.) Computers:Games:Game Characters |
| SICNON | Simplified Inquiry-Created Necessity, Once Nameless |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela wondered what to call the category at http://apronyms.com/category.php?ID=1985058, explaining: "Yesno" doesn't sound spiffy, so let's try some foreign variants...."JANEIN"? "Sicnon"? "Daniet"? Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| SPAMMED | Some Putzhead Apparently Multiply Messaged Eventless Discussion. |
Jeff Anonymous, after someone posted a URL multiple times on the Apronyms Forums. Computers:Internet Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| SSH | Superb System Handler |
Jeff Anonymous (SSH usually stands for Secure Shell) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| TARBELL | Told All, Rightly Blaming Evil Legal Loopholes |
Jeff Anonymous, answering a failed search evidently referring to muckraker Ida Tarbell (not sure if he was into loopholes or not, though) Names:Famous people |
| THEORY | Tony's Heir Emulates Oldman's Rowdy Yappings |
Jeff Anonymous and Angela Brett, theorising on TRICKERTREAT's identity. Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| TONY | Terribly Ornery Nutter, Yes? |
Jeff Anonymous Names:Acronymists |
| TORT | Twist Out Revenue Tidily |
Jeff Anonymous, since 'tort' comes from the Latin 'torquere' 'to twist' People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| TWISS | This Wordy Idiot Slandered, Somesay |
Jeff Anonymous (There is a tale about an Englishman called Richard Twiss who got a chamber pot named after him for slandering Ireland) Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| UA | Urky Acronymist? |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that whoever decided that the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (shouldn't that be the UAJAPPFIUSC?) should be called the UA must not be the greatest master of acronyms. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| UAJAPPFIUSC | Urky Acronymists, Jeff Amends "Putzheads, Purely & Factually." I Understand Some Criticism. |
Jeff Anonymous (see UA) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| UPS | Ugh, Pierced Stomach. |
Jeff Anonymous (UPS=Uninterruptable Power Supply) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| USB | Users Sadly Blush |
Jeff Anonymous, saying, 'There must be a few Univeral Serial Bus users who are ashamed of it... afraid their friends will torture them for playing with the idea that serial might be dead.' Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| USENET | Users Sometimes Even Nasally Expel Tea |
Jeff Anonymous, answering a failed search, and referring to such newsgroup acronyms as "c|n>s" (coffee through nose to screen) Computers:Internet |
| VA | Vocally Aardvarkoid |
Jeff Anonymous, as a play of VA for Voice Actor. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Entertainment |
| VAGINA | Venereal Area. Girl's. I No 'Ave |
Jeff Anonymous, in response to PENIS and PHALLUS Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| VCD | Veins, Capillaries Damaged. |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| VOGUL | Vierd Old Grand Ulgric Lingo |
Jeff Anonymous (Vogul is a Finno-Ugric language of the Ugric group, spoken East of the Ural Mountains) Science:Linguistics |
| WA | Weird Anthropomorphoid |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the noise made by ASH of Pokemon, and the fact he is anything but human) Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| WEBCAM | Woefully Explodes Bowels... 'Cause Actually Metal. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| WTC | War? Terrorism? Crime? |
Jeff Anonymous (given the lack of a proper term to describe the September 11, 2001, tragedy in New York City, resulting in the destruction of the World Trade Center) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism |
| WYOMING | When You Obviously Moan In Nerdy Gallop. |
Jeff Anonymous (Wyoming is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Moving in hurried desperation from one cubicle to another in a public lavatory trying to find one which has a lock on the door, a seat on the bowl, and no brown streaks on the seat.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| XAN | Xuberant Angel -- Not! |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the morose elf in the "Baldur's Gate" computer-game series. Computers:Games:Game Characters |
| XZAR | Xtreme Zhentarim Alongside Road |
Jeff Anonymous (this character from the Baldur's Gate computer game series claims to belong to a society known as the 'Black Network of Zhentarim'... yet he can be found alongside a road, as I recall) Computers:Games:Game Characters |
| ZZV | Zanesville's Zlichified Viewrange |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the Zanesville, OH, airport code and Zero-Zero Visibility) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Meteorology |