A Propos Re-stressing Of Notions Your Meaning Shares
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| MANDARIN (2) | Many A Nice Duck Appears Rooted In Nostalgia |
Patricia Rix (we had Mandarin ducks on the farm when I was a kid) Science:Biology:Animals |
| MANITOBA | MŽtis And Natives Investigated This Outstandingly Beautiful Area |
Patricia Rix (MŽtis is anyone of mixed French and Indian heritage, specifically in the Province of Manitoba. This is not a pejorative: the MŽtis have always considered themselves a nation within the nation, as the First Nations do.) Places:States & Regions |
| MAPLE SYRUP (3) | Many A Person Likes Eating Sticky, Yummy Repast - Undoubtedly Pancakes! |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Condiments |
| MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB | Mary, A Rosy Youth, Had A Darling Angel Lamb; It Tip Toed Lightly Everywhere Like A Mutton Bedeviled |
Patricia Rix and George Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| MASSACHUSSETTS | Manifestly, A Sea Side Area Can Have Unexplored Sunken Ships, Exciting To Treasure Seekers |
Patricia Rix, saying: I don't know if there are wrecks off the coast of Massachussetts, but it seems logical Places:States & Regions |
| MASSAGE | Make A Sweet Sensation Abound, Generally, Everywhere! |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| MASSAGE THERAPY (2) | Make A Sweet Sensation Abound, Generally, Everywhere That Hurts. Each Restful Appointment Pampers You. |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| MEASUREMENTS | Must Ensure Accurate Size Using Ruler - Errors Mean Everything's Now Too Short! |
Angela Brett and Patricia Rix Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| MENOPAUSE | Menstruation Ends, Now Once Pretty Anatomy Undergoes Sagging Entropy |
Patricia Rix and George Rix Science:Biology |
| MENOPAUSE (2) | Menses Ended, No One's Pregnant, And Unlimited Seniority Ensues! |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology |
| MERRY | Many Exploits Reveal Ripening Youth |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| METRICS (2) | Metre Equals Three Rather Inconsiderable Consecutive Steps |
Patricia Rix Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| MIDGET (2) | Miniature Individuals Don't Get Especially Tall |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships |
| MOOSE | Moose Often Occupy Swamps, Eating |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| MOOSE FACTORY | Moose Often Occupy Swamps, Eating Flowers And Crunchy Twigs Or Runinantly Yawning |
Patricia Rix (Moose Factory is where the railroad to the North ends in Ontario at the shore of James Bay. "Factory" in this instance is an old Hudson's Bay Company term for a trading post. I maintain that this is a true acronym because moose are a big deal in the North. These are true facts about moose, too. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| MOTORCYCLE | Means Of Transport Offering Real Catharsis: You Can Liberate Emotions |
Patricia Rix, adding: or perhaps one of the other meanings of "catharsis" might apply, if you have a scary ride! Transport |
| MR. JINX | My Roguish Jester Is Noticeably Xceptional! |
Patricia Rix, referring to her cat. Names:Pet Names |
| MUSKRAT | Muddy Underwater Spots Keep Rodents Actively Tunnelling |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| NETWORK | Nothing's Ever Televised With Out Receiving Kudos |
Patricia Rix, who adds: at least from the Network. Entertainment |
| NEVER CRY WOLF | Northern Expeditionary Venture Encounters Roaming Caribou, Rodents, & Yelping Wonder Of Lupine Frolics |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Farley Mowat. Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| NIMBUS (2) | Nothing Is More Beautiful - Undoubtedly Saintly! |
Patricia Rix Religion |
| OBSCENITIES (2) | Old B*st*rd Starts Cursing Every Night; It's Time I Escaped Somewhere! |
Patricia Rix Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| OLD MACDONALD | Octogenarian Likes Directing Many Animals: Cows, Dogs, Owls, Nannygoats And Loud Donkeys |
Patricia Rix Entertainment:Music:Songs Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| ONTARIO | Our Northern Trees Appear Reddish In October |
Patricia Rix Places:States & Regions |
| ORCS | Overwhelmingly Revolting, Cadaverous Scaries |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| OUNGAH | Oddly Unpronounceable Name Given A Hamlet |
Patricia Rix Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| OWEN SOUND | Ontario's Wonderful Escarpment Neatly Surrounds Our Undeniably Nice Downtown |
Patricia Rix, saying: It is the most beautiful city, geographically, in all S. Ontario, with the old section nestled in the valley at the river's mouth, the escarpment providing dramatic beauty and a natural windbreak and green space, and the newer malls and car lots up on the top where you can't see them. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| OWLS (3) | Occult Wings Lift Silently |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| PALTRY (3) | Piddling Amount - Less Than Required - Yuck! |
Patricia Rix Assorted Adjectives |
| PATRICIA (4) | Piety And Temperance Remain Incontrovertible Characteristics, Inducing Apathy |
Patricia Rix Names:Acronymists |
| PATRICIA (5) | Patricia And Tony: Rivals In Creating Interesting Acronyms |
Patricia Rix Names:Acronymists |
| PATRICIA (7) | Particularly Artistic Temperament Results In Creating Incredible Acronyms |
Patricia Rix and Rob Rix Names:Acronymists |
| PATRICIA (9) | Particularly Attracted To Roguish Irishman's Careful, Imaginative Acronyms |
Patricia Rix Names:Acronymists |
| PATRICIA (10) | Pets And Toys Really Interest Child Inside Adult |
Patricia Rix Names:Acronymists |
| PAYCHEQUE (2) | Please, As Your Credit Has Expired, Quit Undue Extravagance! |
Patricia Rix Commerce:Money |
| PELICAN (2) | Perhaps Explains Lost Infant Canine - Avian Nibbled! |
Patricia Rix (my Australian friend told me pelicans would take chihuahua pups!) Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| PENCIL (2) | Prudish Euphemistic Name Concerns Its Lead |
Patricia Rix Household Objects Communication |
| PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER | Principal's Eating Turns Exotic: Repasts Particularly Extend To Eating Ripe Pumpkins. Unhappy Missus Proves Kindly In Not Eschewing A Technically Edible Room. |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| PFALTZGRAFF | People's Food's Always Lots Tastier, Zippier, Given Really Astonishingly Fine Foodware |
Patricia Rix - Pfaltzgraff is a very beautiful, very high quality stoneware made in the U.S.A. Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| PHOBIA | Phears Have Overtaken Because I'm Anxious |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| PIPPIN | Peering Into Palantir Produces Intense Nightmare |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| PISSED (3) | Perhaps I Shoulda Stopped Excessive Drinking! |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| PISSENLIT | Peeing In Sleepwear Seems Extremely Nasty, Lessening Its Thermodynamics |
Patricia Rix (pissenlit is French for DANDELION... see DANDELION (2)) Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| PLAN | Prepare, Launch, And Notarize |
Patricia Rix Assorted Verbs |
| PLUME (2) | Pen Lacking Usual Metallic Element |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| POLITICS | Parties Only Lack Incentive: Taxes Instigate Countless Squabbles |
Patricia Rix Politics |
| PORCUPINE | Prickly Old Rascal Climbs Up Pines, Is Noisy Eater |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| PRIDE (2) | Patricia Rivals Irishman's Derivative Expertise |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Emotions |
| PRIVY BOX | Privacy Required In Vault: You Become Outstandingly Xenophobic! |
Patricia Rix Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| PUSS | Pretty, Unusual, Silky, Sleeping |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| QUAGGA (2) | Quite Unusual Animal Genetically Gone Away |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| QUALITY | Quick! Use A Lasso! It's Tipping! Yikes! |
Patricia Rix (I was thinking of a rickety, poorly-built backhouse; don't ask me why!) Assorted Nouns Places:Buildings |
| RED FOX | Russet Earth Denizen Finds Offal Xcellent |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| RELAX (2) | Rest Easy, Life's An Xperiment |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| REPORTS (2) | Records Exhibiting Progress Of Regulars Towards "Satisfactory" |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| RESUME (2) | Relate Every Single Useful, Minute Experience |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| RIVENDELL | River In Valley Excludes Necromancer; Dwellings' Elves Live Luxuriously |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Places:The Lord of the Rings |
| ROB (2) | Revolts Over Beans |
Patricia Rix Names:You Are What You Eat |
| ROCK A BYE BABY | Rickety Old Cradle, Kinetically Aided Break, Yields Empty Branch And Baby Yells |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| ROCKET | Roaring Off, Carrying Keen Extra Terrestrials |
Patricia Rix Science:Astronomy Science:Physics |
| ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT | Ride On Water, Ride On Water, Ride On Water, Yes Onward Untiring, Rowing Bravely On And Triumphing |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| SAMWISE (2) | Sidekick Adores Master; Will Inevitably Save Everything |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| SAP (2) | Sweet And Pale |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Plants |
| SECURITY | Safe Existence Creates Uniquely Relaxed, Incredibly Tractable You |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| SIRE (2) | 'Sir' Is Respectful Enough! |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Titles |
| SOCCER (2) | Soiled Our Clothes Chasing Errant Roundthing |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation |
| SOFTBALL | Sliding Overmuch For The Base Always Leaves Lumps |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation |
| STONER | Smoking 'Tokes', One Never Experiences Reality |
Patricia Rix Drugs:Cannabis |
| STUDENT LEARNING | Seems To Undergo Detrimental Effect Now There's Less Educational, And Really Neat, Interesting Nintendo Games |
Patricia Rix Education |
| SUGARING OFF | Syrup's Unusually Grand And Results In Nearby Gathering Of Friendly Faces |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Condiments |
| SURRENDER | Say Uncle Really Rapidly, Else No Deal's Ever Reached |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| SWISH (4) | Substance Which Is Singularly Horrible! |
Patricia Rix (if you don't know what swish-barrel whisky is, you're lucky!) Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| TABBY | They Are Banded, Braceleted Yowlers |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| THE BIG GOOSE AT WAWA | This Here Exceptionally Big, Interesting Goose Gets Only One Spot, Enticing Attentive Tourists. What A Wonderful Area! |
Patricia Rix (Wawa is the town in NW Ontario where the road turns to take you to the West. The Canada Goose statue is made of small metal plates.) Places:Landmarks |
| THE BIG NICKEL AT SUDBURY | Take Heed Everyone: Besides Its Gigantic Nickel, It's Common Knowledge Evenings Lately At Times Seem Unusually Dull, But Underground Rocks! Yes! |
Patricia Rix (Sudbury is a mining city in the North which besides the big nickel, the underground mine tours and the country song "Sudbury Saturday Night" by Stompin' Tom Connors, boasts a fantastic hands-on science museum with a seismograph and also an underground lab for capturing and studying neutrinos.) Places:Landmarks |
| THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2) | Tale Has Extremely Long Opening; Rapidly Develops Once Frodo, The Hero, Enters Rivendell. Is Notoriously Grandiose Saga. |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Book Titles Art & Literature:The Lord of the Rings |
| THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET | Tells How Innocent Swine Learn In Time That Life Exerts Pressure. It's Go! Go! You Wanna Eat - No - Travel To Outdoor Market - Arghh! Resolution Keeps Exacting Toll! |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| THREE MEN IN A BOAT | This Humourous Raconteur Enjoys Entertaining Meander. Every Nautical Incident Necessitates Amusing Banter. Outrageously Antic Trip! |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Jerome K. Jerome Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| TIPS (3) | This Is Practically Secret |
Patricia Rix (referring to 'tips' one might get at the racetrack, or about the stock market) Communication |
| TITS (3) | They're Intended To Seduce |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| TOAST (2) | Took Off And Stranded Termagant |
Patricia Rix (toast is what you would be if you did that) People & Relationships |
| TONY (7) | Tasted One Nut Yesterday |
Patricia Rix Names:You Are What You Eat |
| TORONTO | Too Obviously Rates Oneself Near Top Outlook |
Patricia Rix Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| TRANSPORT (48) | Terrain's Rough And Nettlesome; Someone Perhaps Oughta Rent Trucks |
Patricia Rix Transport |
| TROGLODYTE (2) | This Reeking Old Geezer Lived On Dinosaurs Yet Triumphantly Evolved |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR | Tiny White Irridescent Night-Kindled Light Ever Twinkling While I Now Know Little Except Light Is Terribly Tiny Like Expensive Stones That Are Rare |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Nursery Rhymes |
| UNDERWEAR (2) | Unseen, Never Displayed, Even Rarely Worn - Embarrassed Ancestor Recoils! |
Patricia Rix, when her daughter Melanie revealed on the forums that she had no [expansion for] underwear. Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| VET | Very Expensive Trip! |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| WALKERTON | Water - A Liquid Killer - Exacerbated Residents' Troubles Over Night |
Patricia Rix (Walkerton was catapulted into horror and infamy a year and a half ago when it was found that one of the town's wells was contaminated with E. coli to the extent that the water wasn't even safe to wash in. As many as 2000 people got sick, and 7 of them died directly from the E. coli, with perhaps 10 others dying from other causes after being weakened by the bacteria, and many many are left with chronic serious illnesses. You couldn't give away a house in Walkerton during this time, so they were pretty well stuck with it, using bottled water for ingesting, and washing in bleach-water. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| "WHAT A FINE FAMILY" SAID TONY | We're Heartened At Tony's Accolade, Finding Intelligence Not Exclusively Familial, And Must Improvise Like Yokels, "Such An Impressive Designation! Thanks, O Noble Youth!" |
Patricia Rix, after what Tony said about the Rix family (which seems to have a genetic predisposition for acronymania) People & Relationships:Family |
| WIARTON | Willie Is A Rodent Trying Out Notoriety |
Patricia Rix, referring to WIARTON WILLIE, the white groundhog who will be making his annual forecast on Groundhog Day. Time:Special Occasions Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| WONDERBRA (2) | Why Obey Nature? Design Elevates Retiring Breasts Rather Artfully |
Patricia Rix Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| WYATT EARP | Western Yahoo Attempted To Tame Entrepreneurial Adventurers Roaming Prairie |
Patricia Rix Names:Famous people |
| YAHOO (2) | You're A Horridly Odious Oaf! |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Insults |
| ZIP CODE | Zilch If Postal Code Omitted - Dead End! |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| previous apronyms by Patricia Rix |