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| ALASKA (2) | Arctic Lair Afforded Seals; Kodiaks Also |
Patricia Rix Places:States & Regions Places:States & Regions |
| ALIAS GRACE | A Little Irish Absconding Servant Gets Railroaded And Cannot Escape |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Margaret Atwood. Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| A LIFE | Acronyms Live In Fame Evermore! |
Angela Brett, when Patricia asked Tony, 'Do these excellent acronyms just roll off the keyboard or do you not have a life?' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| AMANDA (4) | A Maiden At Nice Distance Away |
Patricia Rix, saying: WINDSOR (2) is where Rob's girlfriend lives, about a 5-hour drive from here Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| ANTHROPOMORPHISM (2) | A Novel Thought: Herds Roaming Over Prairie Opine Mankind's Outlook Regarding Procreation & Heroism, Implying Selfish Motives |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY | A Parable, Really, About Youthful Experiences. Raconteur's Friend Owen Remains Outstandingly Wonderful Entity, Noticeably Metaphysical Even After Numerous Years |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| AUTOMOBILE (2) | An Unmerciful Taker Of Money, Often Being In Lien Eternally |
Patricia Rix Transport Transport |
| BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP | Bleat And Aver: Bags Are Ample, Black Like A Coal, Kind Sir, Having Each Ewe's Pelt |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| BACKHOUSE | Becomes A Cesspool; Kaopectate Has Often, Undoubtedly, Stopped Evacuation |
Patricia Rix Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| BAR (2) | Bring Along Rowdies! |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Food & Drink:Food Outlets Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| BAROMETER RISING | Being A Recounting Of Maritime Explosion Time -- Events Render Rapscallions Impotent, Shove Innocent Nearer Gethsemane |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Hugh McLennan. Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BASEBALL | Bring A Seat Easer, Because Amusement Lasts Long |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| BEAVER | Barrier Erecting And Very Energetic Rodent |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| BLISS | Become Languid In Satisfactory Sensations |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Emotions |
| BURN OUT | Become Useless; Requires No Official, Unusual Training |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| BUTT | Belongs Under Tosser's Tush! |
Patricia Rix (I hate the way smokers treat the whole world as their ashtray) Drugs:Tobacco Drugs:Tobacco |
| CARE (2) | Call Auntie Regularly, Everyone! |
Patricia Rix Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| CAREER | Can A Really Elderly Entrant Rise? |
Patricia Rix, adding: Or has one reached forced retirement? People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| CASSANDRA | Cancer's Always Stressful. Stamina And Nerve Develop, Reducing Anxiety |
Patricia Rix, referring to George's great niece, who celebrated her 13th birthday by beginning chemotherapy. Names:First names:Female Names:First names:Female |
| CAT (4) | Creatures Are Terrific! |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| CAT FOOD | Can Anything Taste Fine Once Odor's Detected? |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Pet food Food & Drink:Pet food |
| CHANGE (3) | Coins Have Always Needed Gathering, Evidently |
Patricia Rix Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| CHANGE (4) | Complete Haberdashery Alteration: No Garment Excepted |
Patricia Rix Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| CHARLOTTE'S WEB | Caring Heroine Adopts Runt. Largely Owing To The Energetic Spider, Wilbur Escapes Butchering. |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| CHEERIOS | Cold Hearted Enemy Enters Residences, Inhibiting Occupants' Slumber |
Patricia Rix MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| CHIPMUNK | Cute Hijinks Invite Presents: Muncies Unnumbered. No Kidding! |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| COFFEE AND DONUTS | Cappuccino's Often Favourite For Early Evening; Also, Never Decline Delicious Offerings - Not Unless Too Small! |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| CONSTITUTION | Contract Offering Numerous Sequential Tenets Intended To Unitedly Temper Its Own Nation |
Patricia Rix Politics Politics People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| CORIOLIS (2) | Circularity Of Rotation Is Oppositional, Loading Is Slow |
TMcCO'G, after Patricia wondered if the Apronyms site is the slowest in the Southern Hemisphere, responded: It's the Coriolis effect. The site loads anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern. Reverse the polarity of the plug on your computer and all will be as it should be :-) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Excuses for Slow Loading Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Excuses for Slow Loading |
| COUNTERFEIT (2) | Coiner Operates Under Noticeable Threat; Every Risky Forgery Extends Illegal Trafficking |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| COWARD (2) | Craven Oathbreaker Would Always Run - Deathwards |
Patricia Rix, thinking of the phrase "A coward dies a thousand (?) times" People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| CREAM OF WHEAT | Callous Rascal Enjoys A Modicum Of Flax While He Expertly Attacks Toddlers |
Patricia Rix, who always adds a modicum of flax, whole or ground, to her cream of wheat. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| CRIME | Committing Robbery Is Manifestly Erroneous |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| DANDELION (2) | Drunk As Nostrum, Diuretic Effect Lingers, Inconveniently, Over Night |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| DEPRESSED (2) | Dismal Expression Portends Reverse Extreme, So Sulking Ensues, Dramatically |
Patricia Rix, thinking of manic depressive Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| DINNER (3) | Didn't I Notice Nobody's Eating Ratatouille? |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| DISEASE (2) | Direly Incapacitated Situation - Each Ache Seems Endless! |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| DOUCHE | Dirt's Off Under Cascading Hot Effusion |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| DUMP | Disgusting, Unwholesome, Mucky Poop |
Patricia Rix, telling Tony that LADIES don't leave a dump. Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| DUTCHIE | Doughy, Unctuous, Tasty Concoction Has Innovative Element |
Patricia Rix (not that many doughnuts have raisins) Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| EAU | Elles Aiment Uriner |
Patricia Rix Science:Linguistics:French Words Science:Linguistics:French Words |
| ECHO | Everyone Calls "Hello" Occasionally |
Patricia Rix Assorted Nouns:Noises Assorted Nouns:Noises Communication:Talking Communication:Talking |
| ECONOMICS | Each Column Offers Numerous Opportunities; Make It Count Sensibly |
Patricia Rix Commerce Commerce |
| ELROND (3) | Elven Lord Raised One Noble Daughter |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| EMOTICON | Everybody Munching One Turns Irreversibly Cute, Often Nauseating |
Patricia Rix Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| EMPLOYEE (2) | Everyone Marked "Personnel" Listed On Your "Employer's Expenses" |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| EVERY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | Every Victorious Effort Reveals Your Worth! One Really Difficult Interpretation Names Thee Hero! Eventually Even Nonsensical Gibberish Leaves Insiders Shouting "Hurray!" Lastly, Acronym Neurosis Grows Unchecked, Aggravating General Excitability |
Patricia Rix Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| EVERY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (2) | Extremely Valiant Effort - Regularly You Work On Reliable Dictionary; Incredibly, No Thesaurus Has Every Existing Nuance! Go Looking In Sundry Hackneyed Lexicons And Now Generate Universal Acronyms & Great Expansions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Patricia Rix Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| EXAMPLE | Edifying Xplanation Always Makes People Learn Earlier |
Patricia Rix Education Education |
| EXERCISE | Energetic Xertions Erase Rounded Curves, Instead Substituting Emaciation |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| FAILURE | Feeding Acronymic Irishman's Large, Unusually Robust Ego |
Patricia Rix, when Tony said 'When it comes to acronyms, I don't acknowledge this as a word' after challenged to acronymise failure when someone searched for it on the website. Patricia said he was asking to be TAKEN DOWN A PEG and then produced this acronym. Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| FAKE (4) | Forged A Karat, Expertly |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| FANGORN | Forest Arouses Nervousness; Go Onward Reducing Noise |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Places:The Lord of the Rings Art & Literature:Fictional Places:The Lord of the Rings |
| FASHION | For A Sum, Hilfiger's Immaterial, 'Official' Name |
Patricia Rix Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Clothing |
| FEBRUARY (3) | Frozen Exhaled Breath Rises Upwards And Rimes You |
Patricia Rix Time:Months Time:Months |
| FINANCIAL AID | Fond Infant, Not A Nickel Can I Advance 'Less An I.o.u. Devolves |
Patricia Rix, to follow FINANCIAL Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| FLORIDA | Feel Like Okefenokee Ramble's Innocuous, Despite Alligators? |
Patricia Rix Places:States & Regions Places:States & Regions |
| FOOTBALL | Feeling Or Otherwise Touching Bums Always Looks Laughable! |
Patricia Rix (this is what we were discussing during the Superbowl: why men can pat each other's bums on the playing field but no other time) Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| FOREIGN CURRENCY (2) | For Our Relief, EBay Is Giving, Not Canada's Unvaluable "Rupees"; Rather, Excellent Numerical Coinage - Yankee! |
Patricia Rix Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| FRODO (2) | Fears Reaching Orodruin's Dire Outcome |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| FUN (2) | Frivolous, Upbeat Nonsense |
Patricia Rix Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| GANDALF | Great Advisor Negates Death And Looses Fireworks |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| GEORGE | Gentleman, Eating Out, Rarely Gets Eel. |
Patricia Rix, describing her husband Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| GESTAPO (3) | Gave Everyone Shivers, Taking Away People Obdurately |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| GIMLI (2) | Goes Into Moria Less Intimidated |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| GOAT (2) | Gamboling Over A Tor |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT, DON'T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE | Got Over One Day. Now I'm Going Home To Slumber Leaving Encroaching Enemy Pests To Infect George's Half. They Disappear Once Night Time Leaves. Every Time They Have Eaten Bloody Evidence Develops - Being Unconscious, Guys Scratch Bothersome Itches To Excess |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Patricia Rix Assorted Phrases:Sayings Assorted Phrases:Sayings Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| GRIP (2) | Gloves Required If Prickly |
Patricia Rix Assorted Verbs Assorted Verbs |
| GRIZZLY BEAR | Giant Runs In Zig Zags, Leaving Your Body Eaten And Rotting |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| GROUNDHOG | Gluttonous Rodent Opens Underground Nest, Digs His Own Grave |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| HEPWORTH | Highly Entertaining Place Where Oldsters Raid Tim Horton's |
George Rix, Rob Rix and Patricia Rix (Tim Horton's is a coffee shop chain found across Canada. It is also the social centre of its community in small towns, where people meet & chat or just hang out.) Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| HIRE (3) | Help Is Required, Evenings |
Patricia Rix Commerce Commerce |
| HI THERE | Hello Is Too Haughty, Even Rather Elizabethan |
Patricia Rix Communication:Hello & Goodbye Communication:Hello & Goodbye |
| HOCKEY (2) | Highly Overpaid Canadians Keep Entertaining You |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| HUNGRY (2) | Hollow, Uncomfortable, Not Gastronomically Revived Yet |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| I LOVE MY CATS | Intelligent-Looking Only Very Exceptionally -- Mostly Yowling, Careening Around Tired Sleepers |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN | Interesting Novel Explores (Very Expertly) Reason, Paranoia, Relationships Often Misdiagnosed In Schizophrenia. Even Deborah's Youth Occasionally Undermines Assistance. Rationality Or Sanity Elude Grasp, Although Reality Does Eventually Normalize |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Hannah Green. Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| INMATE (2) | "It's Not Mine!" A Thief Exclaimed |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| INSOMNIA (2) | I Never Slept One Minute - Now I'm Awake! |
Melanie Merswolke and Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| INTENSITY (2) | I Never Thought, Except Now, Suddenly, I Think: "You!" |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| IN YOUR DREAMS | I'm Next - You Offered Us Reciprocal Delightful Rubbing, Expressed As "Massage Swapping" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when he defended MASSAGE THERAPY (3) (Which Patricia thought more suited to a massage parlour - see DIFFERENTLY WELL) by saying "I was thinking a couple massaging each other in turns and finding it arousing." Patricia responded with, "But surely, only the first person to be massaged actually gets a massage! Do an acronym on that subject, please." Tony suggested that they can take it in turns, which prompted Patricia to give '"In Your Dreams" as the candidate for expansion. People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Sports & Recreation:Relaxation Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| IS THIS A STRANGE PREOCCUPATION? OR WHAT? | It's Suggested Tony Has Interesting (Strange And Suggestive?) Tendencies - Really! A Natural Gentleman Elegantly & Properly Resists Exposing Overt Clothing Concerns. Unpleasant People Are Teasing, I Opine. Normally Only Rogueish Women Hiss At Tony |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Patricia asked that very question when Tony demonstrated his familiarity with women's undergarments with his WONDERBRA (3). Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| KITTY | Kittens Intend To Tempt You |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| LADDER | Lying Against Dormer Denotes Elopement? Rather! |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Household Objects Household Objects |
| LADIES (2) | Like A Doorway Into Effluent Stinkiness |
Patricia Rix Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| LATER | Last Alligator To Exit, Repeats |
Patricia Rix (I was thinking of "see you later, alligator", though why the last alligator would say this to an empty room escapes me) Time Time Communication:Hello & Goodbye Communication:Hello & Goodbye |
| LEGOLAS | Likeable Elf Goes On Long Adventure Sanguinely |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| LION (2) | Lair Is On Ngorongoro |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| LIPS (2) | Lovely If Pursed Sweetly |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| LITTERBOX | Like Infectious Toxic Tornado, Emanations Render Breathing Only Xperimental |
Patricia Rix Household Objects Household Objects |
| LITTLE BO PEEP | Loss Is The True Lesson Exemplified By Old Poem: Ewes Escape Paddock |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| more apronyms by Patricia Rix |