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| 100% | AIR (2) | Almost Infuriating Redhat |
Sean Lamb (Air was the codename for Mandrake Linux 7.0) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | ALADDIN | Adding Lavish Animation, Disney Does It Now |
Sean Lamb Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | ALBERT EINSTEIN | A Less-Bearded Enigmatic Researcher Tells Everyone In Natural Science That Everything's Interrelated Naturally |
Sean Lamb Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | AMBER | Ancient Miniscule Bug's Encased Reliably |
Sean Lamb Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Insects Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | AMTRAK | Another Metro Train Rolls Along Keenly |
Sean Lamb (Amtrak is the national passenger carrier of the US) Commerce:Companies Commerce:Companies Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | ANSEL ADAMS | A Naturalist Shows Everyone Looking At Depictions A Marvelous Scene |
Sean Lamb (Ansel Adams was best known for his photography of Yosemite National Park in California) Names:Famous people Names:Famous people |
| 100% | APACHE | Always Pretty And Creative Html Everywhere |
Sean Lamb (Apache is the server software that runs the vast majority of the web) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | APACHE (2) | A Program Answering Comon Http Enquiries |
Sean Lamb (Apache is the server software that runs the vast majority of web sites) Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | APOLLO | Affordably Purchase Our Lovely Linux Offering |
Sean Lamb (Apollo was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.2) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | APPALOOSA | AMD Processor Portends Affordability Like One Open Source Application |
Sean Lamb (Appaloosa was AMD's code name for their less-expensive Duron line of processors) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware Names:Code Names Names:Code Names |
| 100% | APRONYMS SO FAR | Another Player Requests Our Newest Yields; May Send Something Oddly Funny And Related |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | ART (2) | A Rendered Thought |
Sean Lamb Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | ARTIST | After Rendering The Image, Sculpture's Touted |
Sean Lamb Art & Literature Art & Literature People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | ASTEROID | Another System That's Engineered Rigorously, Obsolete In Days. |
Sean Lamb (Asteroid was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT version 5.1) Names:Code Names:Microsoft Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | ATLANTIC (2) | Apple Tried Locating Another Name That Is Confusing |
Sean Lamb (Atlantic was Apple's code name for the Apple ][cx) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | ATLAS | A Tome Locates A Street |
Sean Lamb Places:Navigation Aids Places:Navigation Aids |
| 89% | ATTORNEY (2) | Another Trialist Teaching Of Righteousness to Near Every Youth |
Sean Lamb (disclaimer: my father is a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County in California; yeah, this isn't the best, but it's the first thing that popped into my mind) People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | AUTOBAHN | Apple Uses The Oddest Brands And Humorous Names |
Sean Lamb (Autobahn was Apple's code name for the PowerMac 9500/150) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | AVALON (2) | Another Venture, Another Loss - Or Not? |
Sean Lamb (Avalon is Microsoft's code name for the graphics API in Longhorn, but will it succeed?) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | AVALON (3) | Advanced Video Api Leads Off .Net |
Sean Lamb (Avalon is Microsoft's code name for the graphics API in LONGHORN) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 86% | BAMBOO | But At Mandrake, Boffins Offer Open-source |
Sean Lamb (Bamboo was the code name for Mandrake Linux 9.1) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | BEOWULF | Big Electronic Organisms Will Use Linux, Fool |
Sean Lamb (who envies the computing power of the big Beowulf clusters that always seem to take on a life of their own) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| 100% | BETA (3) | Because Every Test's Affirmative |
Sean Lamb Computers Computers |
| 100% | BILLED | Bought It, Left Loot, Endured Demands |
Sean Lamb Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | BILTMORE | Because It's Linux, They Might Open Roughly Everything |
Sean Lamb (Biltmore was the code name for RedHat Linux 4.2) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | BING CROSBY | Bing Is Noted, Great Crooner Relies On Singing. Bababoo? Yes! |
Sean Lamb (Bing Crosby was known for his crooning singing style that included refrains of "ba-ba-ba-boo" skat lyrics) Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 90% | BLUECURVE | Budding Linux Utility Engineers Create Unix to Redhat's Vision Excellently |
Sean Lamb (Bluecurve is the name for RedHat's window manager; it's supposed to be "the" window manager combining features of both KDE and GNOME) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| 90% | BLUECURVE (2) | Bad Linux User Experiences Cast Uncertainty on Redhat's Very Existence |
Sean Lamb (Bluecurve is the name for RedHat's window manager; it's supposed to be "the" window manager combining features of both KDE and GNOME) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| 83% | BONES (2) | Big Osseous Neoliths Explained by Scientists |
Sean Lamb Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | BSD | Best System Design |
Sean Lamb (BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution; a flavor of UNIX written by UC Berkeley that is the basis for FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD among others) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Computers |
| 100% | BYE FOR NOW | Because You're Especially Forlorn Over Retreating, Never Overemphasize Withdrawals |
Sean Lamb Communication:Hello & Goodbye Communication:Hello & Goodbye |
| 100% | CABIR | Cells Affected By Internet Rage |
Sean Lamb (Cabir is the name of the first worm to infect cell phones) Communication Communication |
| 100% | CABIR (2) | Creating Another Bluetooth Infection Readily |
Sean Lamb (Cabir is the name of the first worm to infect cell phones via their bluetooth capabilities) Communication Communication |
| 100% | CAIRO | Can Another Incarnation Recruit Others? |
Sean Lamb (Cairo was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT 4.0, which was supposed to get everyone off the Win9x kernel series) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | CAMELBACK | Cab's About Middle. Engineer Looks Back And Controls Kettle. |
Sean Lamb (a camelback locomotive is a steam engine where the control cab is wrapped around the middle of the boiler rather than at the rear end of it; smaller locomotives were also sometimes called 'tea kettles') Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | CANNOT FIND SERVER | Connectivity Across Network Nodes Often Tangles Files Innocently Named. Decent Security Ever Requires Vigilance, Especially Remotely |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | CANVAS | Creative Artists Need Vacant Art Slates |
Sean Lamb (most paintings that I've seen are on canvas, after all) Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | CARL SAGAN | Causing Another Ridiculous Law Suit, Apple Grouses Astronomer's Nerve |
Sean Lamb (Carl Sagan was Apple's code name for the Powermac 7100/66; when Mr. Sagan learned of the code name creation, he sued to prevent it's use within Apple) Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | CARPU | Crust Accumulates, Residue Piles Up |
Sean Lamb (Every winter around here, the snow kicked up by car tires collects on fenders and mudflaps. When the snow pile gets heavy enough or if the weather warms up a little, these clumps fall off, making what I call carpu.) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 91% | CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT | Computers are Everywhere Now That Retailers Are Lowering Prices Roughly Overnight. Computer Education and Solid State Inventions Now Guarantee Us New Innovative Technology |
Sean Lamb Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | CLAUDE | Cultured, Learned Artist Understated Details Extensively |
Sean Lamb (Claude Monet's impressionist works were more noted for their lack of precise detail, presenting just the impression of an image rather than a photorealistic reproduction; Monet studied in Europe with many other well known artists including EugŽne Boudin, Pablo Picasso and Pierre-Auguste Renoir) Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | COLLECTOR | Creating One Large Lot, Each Collector Thinks Of Resale |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 88% | COMPASS (2) | Clever Orienteering Merits Prestigious Awards for Some Scouts |
Sean Lamb Places:Navigation Aids Places:Navigation Aids Sports & Recreation:Scouts Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 100% | COMPILER (2) | Compilers Only Make Programs If Libraries Execute Right |
Sean Lamb Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 85% | CONDOMINIUM | Connected Or Not, Domiciles Often Mean In-laws Normally Invade, Ultimately Move in |
Sean Lamb Places:Buildings Places:Buildings |
| 100% | CORPORATION (2) | Companies Often Report Profits On Retail And Then Insist On Nondisclosure |
Sean Lamb Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | COUNSELOR | Courtroom Officer Usually Negates Someone Else's Legal Opinion Resolutely |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 86% | CURSOR | Computers Usually Rely on Systems Of Recursion |
Sean Lamb Computers Computers |
| 100% | CZERNY | Cultural Zenith; Entertainment Really, Not Yodelling |
Sean Lamb (Karl Czerny was an Austiran composer who studied with Beethoven) Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | DARL | Doesn't Actually Run Linux |
Sean Lamb (Referring to Darl McBride, the CEO of SCO) Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Computers:Linux Computers:Linux |
| 100% | DATA CENTRALIZATION | Do All The Acronyms Created Editorially Need To Relate And Lexically Indicate Zero Affiliation To Imagination Or Not? |
Sean Lamb Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | DEADMAN'S BUTTON | Device Employed As Defensive Mechanism Against Napping Staff By Using The Tension Of Normality |
Sean Lamb. The Deadman's Button is a device installed in lomotives that must remain depressed by the engineer (usually under his/her foot) to prevent the brakes from being applied; the theory is that if the engineer had a lapse of consciousness (falling asleep, heart attack, whatever), his foot would come off the button, thus applying the brakes. Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | DEBRIS | Deafening Explosions Bring Residual Incendiary Sediment |
Sean Lamb (debris is always left over after an explosion, so...) People & Relationships:Disaster People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | DEBRIS (2) | Destroying Everything Brings Rubble Into Sight |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Disaster People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | DEPTH OF FIELD | Distinctly Elemental Photographic Technique Helps Offer Fine Focus In Every Little Detail |
Sean Lamb (beginning photography students learn that a smaller aperture gives a greater depth of field in their photos) Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | DESKTOP SUPPORT | Doesn't Everyone Seek Knowledge To Operate Personal Systems? Users Persistently Perplex Our Resourceful Technology |
Sean Lamb Computers Computers |
| 100% | DICE | Deals In Chance Events |
Sean Lamb Household Objects Household Objects Entertainment:Games Entertainment:Games |
| 100% | DINO | Down Is Not Out |
Sean Lamb, because dinosaurs always tend to be popular with the kids. Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | DIPLODOCUS | Diplodocus Is Plainly Large. One Dinosaur's Outrageous Corpulence Upsets Scientists. |
Sean Lamb, because dinosaurs always tend to be popular with the kids. Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | DISC (2) | Does It Still Compile? |
Sean Lamb (DISC really means Digital Interactive Systems Corp., a company marketing a new computer-in-a-box gaming console) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies Commerce:Companies Computers:Games Computers:Games |
| 86% | DJANGO | Dance and Jump. A Natural Guitarist's Outstanding! |
Sean Lamb (who spent a day enjoying the gypsy swing guitar of Django Reinhardt) Entertainment:Music:Artists Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | DOLPHIN | Do Other Linuxes Pursue Human Interface Niceties? |
Sean Lamb (Dolphin was the code name for Mandrake Linux 9.0; Mandrake has been known as the "user-friendly" Linux) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | DRM (3) | Doesn't Really Matter |
Sean Lamb (DRM = Digital Rights Management {Microsoft}; but file sharing will continue after this "feature" is introduced) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Computers |
| 83% | DUMPS | Discarded Unto Mountainous Piles of Scrap |
Sean Lamb Places Places Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 100% | ECLAIR | Every Chomp's Luscious; An Irresistible Recipe! |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | ENIGMA | Every New Iteration Generates More Animosity |
Sean Lamb (Enigma was the code name for RedHat Linux 7.2) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 95% | ENTERPRISE SECURITY | Every Network Technician Eeverywhere Respects Privacy Rights Implicitly. Still Every Single Enterprise Consultant Usually Realizes it Isn't True Yet. |
Sean Lamb Computers Computers |
| 100% | ERIE | Erie Railroad Is Extinct |
Sean Lamb (the Erie Railroad, chartered in 1832, ran between New York City and Buffalo (on Lake Erie) until it was merged into the Erie Lackawanna in the 1950s and later Conrail, which has now been split between CSX and Norfolk Southern) Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | EUDORA (2) | Eponym's Unpronounceable. Dummies Only Rarely Accurate. |
Sean Lamb (who has heard too many users say "Endora" when they really mean "Eudora") Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | EVIDENCE | Evidence Vindicates Indictment. Defenders Explain Nothing 'Cept Embarrassment. |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | FABROSAURUS | Fast, Agile Beast Relies On Skillful Adaptation Under Relatively Unfriendly Situations |
Sean Lamb (Fabrosaurus was a small, bipedal herbivore discovered in Africa that had five fingers on its hands) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | FERRITE CORE | Few Engineers Realize Ram Is Technology Evolved 'Cause Of Researching Engineers |
Sean Lamb (who remembers seeing photos of ferrite core memory from his own college days) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 89% | FIREBIRD | For Internet Reading, Everyone's Browser Is a Resource Destroyer |
Sean Lamb (Firebird is the new name of Mozilla's browser component) Computers:Internet:Web browsers Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 100% | FIRST IN LAST OUT | Freshmen In Remedial Science Think "I'll Never Learn About Stacks. They're Onerously Unfathomable Today!" |
Sean Lamb (in computer science, a Stack is a First-In-Last-Out data structure) Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | FLAMES | Forum Language And Manners Explode Spectaucularly |
Sean Lamb (who tries to stay out of 'net flame wars) Communication Communication |
| 100% | FLAN | Funny-Looking, Aromatic Nourishment |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | FORUMS (3) | Found Online, Responses Usually Mean Something |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | FRENGUELLISAURUS | Few Reproductions Exist. Now Generally Unknown, Extremely Large Lizard Is Seen As Unusual Relative. Unknown Size |
Sean Lamb (Frenguellisaurus is judged to weigh about 770 pounds, based on fossils found so far. However, its exact size isn't very well known, and it's not a name that rolls off the tongue of most schoolchildren) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 83% | FREON | Forcibly Route Everyone to Our Network |
Sean Lamb (Freon was the code name Microsoft used for the XBox) Computers:Games Computers:Games |
| 100% | FUDGE (2) | Fully Unequalled Dessert Generates Ecstasy |
Sean Lamb (Chocolates are said to have an aphrodisiac effect on some people...) People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Food & Drink:Confectionery Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 83% | GAVEL | Give A Vital End to Lawsuit |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 92% | GENYODECTES | Greatly Erratic Noggin Yet Only Disconnected Evidence of Carnivore That Existed Southward |
Sean Lamb (Genyodectes was discovered in Argentina, but is only known from fragmentary skull remains) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | GEOLOGY | Geology Encapsulates One's Learning Of Gneiss Yields |
Sean Lamb Science:Geology Science:Geology |
| 86% | GOOGLE (6) | Googling Often Offers Generous Links to Ephemera |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | GPF | Greatly Pooched Files |
Sean Lamb, referring to the results of a General Protection Fault. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | GRADE | Generally Railroads Aren't Deliberately Elevated |
Sean Lamb (The easiest tracks on which to control trains are perfectly level [with a 0% grade] and perfectly straight) Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | GRAPE | Generally Round And Plump Eats |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink Food & Drink Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | GRAVITHOLUS | Generally Reported Alberta Vertebrate Is This Herbivore. Owns Large, Unusual Skull |
Sean Lamb (Gravitholus, discovered in Alberta, had a skull that was wider and thicker than others of the same age) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | HAM | Holiday-Appearing Meat |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink Food & Drink Time:Special Occasions:Christmas Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| 100% | HAPLOCANTHOSAURUS | Huge Animal Probably Lived Off Cuttings And Not Tenderlons. Historically Often Seen Around Utah Region, United States |
Sean Lamb (Haplocanthosaurus was an herbivore; remains of this species have been found in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | HEDWIG | He'll Eventually Destroy Windows, It's Guaranteed |
Sean Lamb (Hedwig was the code name for RedHat Linux 6.0) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | HITACHI | How Is This A Computer-Human Interface? |
Sean Lamb (Hitachi makes computer monitors...) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | HOLOGRAPHY | Harnessing One's Laser, One Generates Really Artistic, Pleasing Holograms, Yes? |
Sean Lamb Art & Literature Art & Literature Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 100% | HONOR | How Others Note One's Respect |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | HOTMAIL | How One Tells Microsoft Administration Is Lacking |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet Computers:Internet |
| 100% | HOWIE | Humorous One Was Improvisational Entertainer |
Sean Lamb (Howie Mandel is a comic who is pretty good at improvisation) Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Entertainment Entertainment |
| 100% | HURRICANE | Hurry Up Redhat, Redmond Is Continuing Adding New Enhancements |
Sean Lamb (Hurricane was the code name for RedHat Linux 5.0) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | HYDRA | How You Define Reboots Again |
Sean Lamb (Hydra was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition; MS servers always seem to need a reboot...) Names:Code Names:Microsoft Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | ICON (2) | Image Connoting One's Notions |
Sean Lamb Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | IKEBANA | It's Kado. Eclectic Botany, Artful New Arrangements |
Sean Lamb (Ikebana, also known as Kado, is the ancient Japanese art of formal floral arrangement) Art & Literature Art & Literature |
| 100% | ILLINOIS CENTRAL | It's Like Long In New Orleans Is Sighing. Canadian Equipment, New Trains Running Around Louisiana |
Sean Lamb (Huey Long was governor of Louisiana earlier in the 20th century, and the Illinois Central, now owned by Canadian National, was well-known for the passenger train "The City of New Orleans" [remember the song made famous by Arlo Guthrie?]) Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 86% | INDICT | Ignorance is No Defense In Court Today |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | INDIGO | It Never Did Integrate Global Objects |
Sean Lamb (Indigo is Microsoft's code name for the .NET communication technologies) Computers:Windows Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | INS | It's Now Security |
Sean Lamb (INS was the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the US until it merged into the DHS [Department of Homeland Security]) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | IRS | Income Retrieval Service |
Sean Lamb (who just finished filing his 2003 tax return) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | ISAAC | Illustrious Scifi Author's Always Creative |
Sean Lamb (that's Isaac as in Isaac Asimov, of course) Art & Literature:Writers Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | IT IS HOT OUT | I Think It's So Hot Out That Our Underwear's Tropical |
Sean Lamb (I am reminded of the scene in "Good Morning Viet Nam" where Robin Williams is telling his radio listeners how hot it was that day) Science:Meteorology Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | IZZARD | It's Zed. Zounds! Apronyms Rarely Disappoint! |
Sean Lamb (dictionary.com defines izzard simply as "The letter z.") Science:Linguistics Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | JAXARTOSAURUS | Just Another Xenomorph, A Reptile That Once Saw Action Under Roughly Ukranian Skies |
Sean Lamb (My dictionary defines xenomorph as a space alien, and some have theorized that dinos were originally aliens, so... Jaxartosaurus was first discovered in Kazakhstan; it may not be the Ukraine, but it's a lot closer to there than Utah) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | JOYSTICK | Just One Young Student That Is Controlling Kicks |
Sean Lamb (who spent many an evening in the college computer lab playing games) Computers:Generic Hardware Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | JPEG | Juxtapositioned Pixels Emulate Graphics |
Sean Lamb (JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Computers |
| 80% | JPEG (2) | Just Pictures and Entertaining Graphics |
Sean Lamb (JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Computers |
| 100% | KARMA (2) | Karmas Are Radical Music Appliances |
Sean Lamb (who has a Rio Karma on his wish list). Entertainment:Music Entertainment:Music Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| 100% | KEBAB | Kreative Eats, Beef And Barbecue |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | KETTLE | Keeping Engineers Tooting Their Little Engines |
Sean Lamb - A kettle (an abbreviation of tea-kettle) refers to any very small steam locomotive, usually one without a tender. Transport:Trains Transport:Trains |
| 100% | KIN | Kid's Into Naughtiness |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | KIN (2) | Kinship Is Necessary |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family |
| 86% | KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | Knowledgeable Network Operators Will Leverage Experience and Degrees to Gain Enlightenment. Many Apprentices Never Appreciate Gurus, Expecting Mere Elucidation of Network Terms. |
Sean Lamb Communication Communication |
| 100% | KOPERNICUS | Kde Out-Performs Everything Rendering New Internet Connections Useful, Surely |
Sean Lamb (Kopernicus was the code name for KDE version 2.0) Computers:Linux Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
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