Acronyms' Punny Retrievers! Organized Novelties! Your Memory Smiles!
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| 75% | MCT | Managing to Charge Thousands |
Sean Lamb (MCT really stands for Microsoft Certified Trainer) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Education:Qualifications |
| 100% | MCT (2) | Must Continue Training |
Sean Lamb (MCT really stands for Microsoft Certified Trainer) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Education:Qualifications |
| 100% | MELON | Must Eat Lots Of Nourishment |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | MEMPHIS | Maybe Every Microsoft Programmer Hates Information Services |
Sean Lamb (Memphis was the code name Microsoft used for Windows 98) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | MEMPHIS (2) | Microsoft Engineers Make Promise, However It's Sketchy |
Sean Lamb (Memphis was Microsoft's code name for Windows 98) Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | METAFILTER | Maybe Everyone That Asked For It Likes To Explore Reasoning |
Sean Lamb (expanding an unsuccesssful search) Computers:Internet |
| 100% | MIDWAY | Microsoft Is Developing Widgets Attracting Youth |
Sean Lamb (Midway was Microsoft's code name for the Xbox) Computers:Games Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | MISTRIAL | Maybe It's Supposed To Result In A Liquidation |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | MOUSE (7) | Must One Use Such Equipment? |
Sean Lamb (who prefers to use the keyboard for most computer operations) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MSDN | Microsoft's Special Documentation Nook |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | MSDN (2) | Must Study Diverse Networks |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | MSDN (3) | My System's Down Now |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | MULTIMEDIA | Many Users Listen To Intense Music Every Day It's Available |
Sean Lamb (who will never give up his collection of classic jazz OGG files) Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | NARROW GAUGE | Non-Average Rail Ratio, One Working Grade And Unusual Gauge Examples |
Sean Lamb ("Gauge" refers to the distance between the rails. Standard Gauge in North America is 4' 8.5", Narrow Gauge is anything less than that, most commonly 3'; narrow gauge railroads often contain tighter curves and steeper grades than their standard gauge counterparts) Transport:Trains |
| 100% | NASHVILLE | Not A Simple Hyperlinker; Visiting Internet Links, Lackluster Experience |
Sean Lamb (Nashville was the internal code name used by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 4.0) Computers:Internet:Web browsers Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | NASHVILLE (2) | Now Another Software Html Viewer Is Leaving Locales Exposed |
Sean Lamb (Nashville was Microsoft's code name for Internet Explorer 4.0; there are so many exploits written against IE that its use is now often recommended against) Computers:Internet:Web browsers Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | NET | Now Everyone's Thieves |
Sean Lamb (NET, in this reference, is the acronym given by the US Congress to the No Electronic Theft Act, which is supposed to simplify criminal prosecution for distributing proprietary files online) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | NOASAURUS | North Of Argentina, Scientists Amazingly Uncovered Remains Uniquely Saurian |
Sean Lamb - The Noasaurus was discovered in the northern region of Argentina; it's claws featured a unique lifting tendon. I had originally thought of using 'Some Archaeologist' for the SA portion, but an archaeologist studies past human life, and not generally animal life. Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | NOTARY | Not One To Assign Rights Yet. |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | NOVELL | Now Our Venture Entirely Loves Linux |
Sean Lamb (Novell announced that it will purchase SuSE Linux for (US)$210M on Nov 4 2003) Commerce:Companies Computers:Linux |
| 100% | ODBC | One Doesn't Buy Connectivity |
Sean Lamb (ODBC usually stands for Open Database Connectivity) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | OFFICE | Obfuscated File Format Is Common Everywhere |
Sean Lamb (even though the data format of MS-Office documents is exceptionally hidden, they have become a de-facto standard) Computers |
| 100% | OFFICER | One Fine Fellow Is Courtroom Employed Representative |
Sean Lamb (I haven't met a member of law enforcement that I didn't get along with yet) People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | ON THE LAW | One Night They Had Extra Labor And Wages |
Sean Lamb (A train crew is "on the law" when they have exceeded their allowed work time between rest periods) People & Relationships:Law & Order Transport:Trains |
| 100% | OOP | One Odious Paradigm |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | OOP (2) | Outperforming Older Programs |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | ORANGE (2) | Ordinary Refreshment; Alton Notes, 'Good Eats!' |
Sean Lamb (Alton Brown is the host of my favorite cooking show right now, 'Good Eats') Food & Drink |
| 80% | ORGY | One Raucous Group of Youths |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships |
| 100% | PALOMINO | Planning Another Launch, One Manufacturer Is Now Online |
Sean Lamb (Palomino was AMD's code name for their Athlon line of processors) Computers:Generic Hardware Names:Code Names |
| 100% | PARIS (3) | Perhaps Apple's Redesigning Its System? |
Sean Lamb (Paris was Apple's code name for the Macintosh II) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | PATENT | Prior Art Treated Egregiously, Not Trusted |
Sean Lamb (the patent office is called to terms by the W3C with prior art on Eolas's web embedding patent) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | PATENT (2) | Patent Application Truthful? Eolas Needs Tutoring |
Sean Lamb (the patent office is called to terms by the W3C with prior art on Eolas's web embedding patent) Computers:Internet People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | PCI-E | Purchasing Computers In Excess |
Sean Lamb (PCI-E is an acronym for a new graphics bus, the PCI Express; it may launch a wave of new computer purchases) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | PEANUT (2) | Peckish Eaters Are Nibbling Unopened Treats |
Sean Lamb (peanuts always seem to taste better when you have to get them out of their shells first) Food & Drink |
| 93% | PERSONAL NAMES | People Essentially Realize Searching for One's Name Always Locates New Acronym Meanings, Especially Silly |
Sean Lamb (who has spent enough time searching for his own family names to know better) Names |
| 100% | PIKE | Pointed Implement Kills Enemies |
Sean Lamb (dictionary.com lists one definition as "A long spear formerly used by infantry.") Military:Weapons |
| 91% | POWERPOINT | Presentations Once Were Educational. Redmond's Product Outrageously and Inimitably Negates That. |
Sean Lamb Computers Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | PUFFIN | Power Users Find Files In Networks |
Sean Lamb (Puffin is Google's code word for their new desktop file search utility) Computers Names:Code Names |
| 100% | PUNCH CARD | Punch Using 'Nuff Clout, Hanging Chads Are Rarely Deciphered |
Sean Lamb Computers:Programming |
| 100% | QIC | Quirky Information Cabinet |
Sean Lamb (QIC is really Quarter-Inch Cartridge, one size class of backup tape cartridge; multiple uses causes corruption on the tape) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | QUAESITOSAURUS | Quite Unusual Auricle Exemplifies Sauropod; Individual Traces Of Skull Are Uncovered, Researchers Use Science |
Sean Lamb (This dino, known by partial skull fossils, had an structures that indicated unusually sensitive hearing) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 86% | QUICHE | Quite Unflattering International Chow of Hard Eggs |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | QUICK-ACTING BRAKE | Quickly Used, Its Caboose Kills Acceleration Creating Traction In Need. Good Brakes Really Avoid Killing Engineers. |
Sean Lamb (http://www.geocities.com/gold27ca/gloss1a.html defines this as "A Modification by George Westinghouse of his automatic air-brake for quicker response at the rear of a train." Many train crews have been killed by runaways when the brakes failed.) Transport:Trains |
| 100% | QUIET RIOT | Quirky Unimaginative Instrumental Entertainment That Really Isn't One's Taste |
Sean Lamb (well, I'm not really a heavy metal fan) Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | QUORUM | Qualified Unit Of Roughly United Minds |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships |
| 100% | RAILROAD | Riding Along In Luxury, Railroads Often Are Delightful |
Sean Lamb Transport:Trains |
| 100% | RAPIER | Redmond Application Platform Is Engineered Roughly |
Sean Lamb (Rapier is Microsoft's code name for Windows CE 3.0 for Pocket PC version 2) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | RAWHIDE | Redhat's Always Working Hard In Developing Enhancements |
Sean Lamb (Rawhide is the code name for RedHat's unstable development tree) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | REBBACHISAURUS | Really Exceptional Beast Became A Creature Hidden In Saharan Africa Under Rigid Unsandy Sand |
Sean Lamb (Rebbachisaurus was discovered in the Saharan area of northern Africa; after so many millions of years, sand gets packed down into rigid structures) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 93% | REENGINEERING | Rewriting Electrical Engineers' Notes Generally Insinuates Nobody's Ever Entirely Right. It's a No Go. |
Sean Lamb Science:Electronics |
| 100% | ROOTS | Really One Outstanding Television Series |
Sean Lamb (who was but a child when "Roots" premiered on television) Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | RUGOPS | Relatively Unknown Giant Of Paleozoic Science |
Sean Lamb (The rugops primus [or "rugops" for short] is a recent discovery in Africa; more info is at http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040531/newdino.html) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | RUGRAT | Ruffians Use Gadgets, Release A Trojan |
Sean Lamb (Rugrat is the name of the first 64-bit Windows virus discovered 5/27/04) Computers:Windows |
| 100% | RUGRAT (2) | Reprobate User Group Readily Attacks Technology |
Sean Lamb (Rugrat is the name of the first 64-bit Windows virus discovered 5/27/04) Computers:Windows |
| 100% | RUGRAT (3) | Releasing Untold Gnomes, Rascal Assaults Terminals |
Sean Lamb (Rugrat is the name of the first 64-bit Windows virus discovered 5/27/04) Computers:Windows |
| 100% | SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER | Sometimes Eating Another Slice Of Nourishment At Lunch Affects Feelings. For Each Christmas Time It's Very Evident Diagnosis Is Simply One Real Disorder, Eased Rarely |
Sean Lamb Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness Time:Seasons |
| 88% | SEAWOLF | Some Engineers Are Working On Linux Full-time |
Sean Lamb (Seawolf was the code name for RedHat Linux 7.1) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | SEWER | Somewhere Everyone's Waste Eventually Reaches |
Sean Lamb Assorted Nouns Places:Waterways |
| 100% | SHRIKE | Stopping Handholding, Redhat Is Killing Enterprises |
Sean Lamb (Shrike was the code name for RedHat 9.0 for which RedHat ended technical and upgrade support mere months after its release) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | SHRIKE (2) | So, Has Redhat Included Kde Equally? |
Sean Lamb (Shrike was the code name for RedHat Linux 9.0; RedHat's releases favor the GNOME desktop more than KDE) Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | SID | Silly, It's Debian! |
Sean Lamb (Sid is the code name for Debian's unstable development tree of it's fabled Linux distribution) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | SID (2) | Stability Is Debian |
Sean Lamb Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | SID (3) | Still In Development |
Sean Lamb Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | SLANDER | Spoken Libel And Now Defamation Endanger Rights |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | SLIP | Sending Little Internet Packets |
Sean Lamb (SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SLOTH | Slow, Lumbering, Otiose Tree Hanger |
Sean Lamb Science:Biology:Animals |
| 93% | SMOKE DETECTOR | Safety Makes One Keen to Every Danger. Escape Tactics Essentially Challenge Thoughts Of Readiness |
Sean Lamb Household Objects People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOAP (3) | Some Obfuscated Access Paradigm |
Sean Lamb (SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol; it's not nearly so straightforward as it sounds if you're not programming with the Micros~1 libraries) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 80% | SPAM (15) | Sending Plentiful Amounts of Mail |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAMMED (2) | Stupid Punter Annoyed Masses, Moderator Exercised Discretion |
Sean Lamb, when the Apronyms Forums were SPAMMED and Angela deleted the offending posts. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | SPY | Secrets Passed Yonder |
Sean Lamb (spies transmit secrets to faraway places, so...) People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 83% | STAMP (3) | Sticker That's Applied to Mail Packages |
Sean Lamb (most US stamps are self-adhesives now...) Communication |
| 100% | STEAM | Sometimes The Engines Are Magical |
Sean Lamb Transport:Trains |
| 100% | SUBSCRIBE | Sign Up By Sending Command, Receipt Is By Email |
Sean Lamb (who has been on more listservs than he can remember) Computers:Internet |
| 83% | SUGAR (5) | Sweetener Unfairly Groused by Atkins Regimentarians |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | SUPERFETCH | Speed Up Program Execution Really Fast Enabling The Consumer Hastily |
Sean Lamb (SuperFetch was Microsoft's code name for the technology [which may have since been removed] in LONGHORN to speed application launching) Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | TECHNOSAURUS | Texas Excavation Creates Hoopla. New Ornithischian Sauropod Artifacts Uncovered Right Under Sand |
Sean Lamb (Technosaurus was discovered near Lubbock, Texas, and is classed as an Ornithischian) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | TEDIOUS | To Endlessley Do It Often Unceasingly Slowly |
Sean Lamb (who's been typing too many lines of CPPUNIT_ASSERT code lately for unit testing) Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | TELLING LIES | To Every Lying Liar, It's Not Generating Lies, It's Exaggerating Stories |
Sean Lamb Communication |
| 100% | THE SIMS | Try Humorous Experiments. Simulated Individuals Manufacture Statistics. |
Sean Lamb Computers |
| 100% | THINK (2) | To Hate IBM's Not Known |
Sean Lamb (IBM's slogan in the early 1980s was "THINK"; now that they're pouring money and development into Linux, they're the good guys again) Computers |
| 100% | TIGER | This Is Greatly Enhanced. Really! |
Sean Lamb (Tiger is Apple's code name for the Mac OS X 10.4 update) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | TRAIN | Transporting Resources And Interconnecting Nations |
Sean Lamb Transport:Trains |
| 100% | TRIPLES | Three Repetitions Is Plenty. Let's Enjoy Singles. |
Sean Lamb (after hearing the same song over and over again on commercial radio, it's time for something else) Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | UDE | Ultimate Deceleration Event |
Sean Lamb (UDE is a railroad acronym for UnDesired Emergency, as in an event where the brake system on a train is set to the "Emergency" setting, bringing the train to a stop as absolutely soon as possible. Most often a train is set into Emergency when a car is stopped on a railroad crossing or desides to drive around the gates; engineers in this situation are normally granted a psychological leave for a short period.) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Transport:Trains |
| 75% | UDE (2) | Untimely Disruption of Employment |
Sean Lamb (UDE is a railroad acronym for UnDesired Emergency, as in an event where the brake system on a train is set to the "Emergency" setting, bringing the train to a stop as absolutely soon as possible. Most often a train is set into Emergency when a car is stopped on a railroad crossing or desides to drive around the gates; engineers in this situation are normally granted a psychological leave for a short period.) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Transport:Trains |
| 100% | UIFSA | Ultimatum Insures Families Secure Alimony |
Sean Lamb - UIFSA really stands for the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, an act that will enable the state that issues the first support order to have jusrisdiction over the payor (sic) regardless of which state the payor resides in. I used 'Families' instead of 'Fathers' because there are quite a few deadbeat moms out there with the deadbeat dads (growing up with a father prosecuting child support cases taught me that lawbreaking is an 'equal opportunity employer'). Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | UNIX | University Networks Interoperate Xceptionally |
Sean Lamb (who learned to use UNIX in a university setting) Computers |
| 95% | UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCHES | Users Needing Something Unusual Can Create Expansions. Subsequent Searches Find User's Latest Selective Expansions And Re-expansions Can Help Ensuing Searchers. |
Sean Lamb (who has spent too long reading the Unsuccessful Searches page) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | UPSIDE DOWN CAKE | Usually Produced Snack Is Dessert. Edible Dish Of What-Not Cooked And Konsumed Enthusiastically. |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | USL | Uneducated Sco Lackeys |
Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark). Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Linux |
| 100% | USL (2) | Using Stupid Lawyers |
Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark). Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Linux |
| 100% | UTAHRAPTOR | Unusually Talented And Harsh Raptor Attacked Predators That Once Roamed |
Sean Lamb (The Utahraptor had a 15" claw on one toe of each hind foot; it's believed that this creature attacked others much larger than itself using these claws and its razor-sharp teeth as weapons) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | VFAT | Verily, Files Are Truncated |
Sean Lamb (VFAT = Virtual File Allocation Table; the filesystem type that Windows 98 uses) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| 83% | VIRUS (3) | Virtually Inexhaustible Resources Used by Spammers |
Sean Lamb (Viruses are becoming the preferred method by spammers to deliver trojans that turn unsuspecting users' computers into spam relays) Computers |
| 100% | VIVALDI | Vain Italian Violinists Always Like Dulcet Inventions |
Sean Lamb Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 88% | WEIRD AL | Wacky, Eclectic, Insane, Ridiculous, Deranged and Amusing Lyrics |
Sean Lamb (who has been a Weird Al fan since "Another One Rides The Bus") Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 80% | WHEC | Will Hardware Ever be Compatible? |
Sean Lamb (WHEC = Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WHIDBEY | What Has It Done But Ensare You? |
Sean Lamb (Whidbey is Microsoft's code name for Visual Studio '05; Microsoft's strategy can often be reduced to Embrace-Extend-Extinguish, as they first accept standards then provide "essential" extensions that are only compatible with their own products) Computers:Programming Computers:Windows:Applications Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | WHISTLER | "Windows Has Inconsistencies" Said The Laboratory Engineer Relentlessly |
Sean Lamb (Whistler was the internal code name used by Microsoft for Windows XP) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 93% | WHITE CHOCOLATE | What Holidaymaker Intends To Eat Candy Hearts Or Chocolate? One's Lunch is Accentuated Tastefully, Elegantly |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 100% | WHO GOES ON HERE ANYWAY? | We Have One Grand Orator, Everyone Shares One 'Nother's Humor. Enjoy Reading Everyone's Apronyms. Now You Will Apronimize. Yahoo! |
Sean Lamb, apronymising something that was asked on the apronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE | We Have Once Watched A Network Television Show That Once Boasted Everyone's Attention. Maybe It Lost Luster In One Night After Its Reruns Encored. |
Sean Lamb Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | WIKIPEDIA (3) | Well It's Knowlege Is Perfect, Except Don't Invest Assurance |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WINFS | Well, It's Not Fail Safe |
Sean Lamb (WinFS is yet another Microsoft acronym [a Micronym?] for WINdows Future Storage, which was originally planned to be included in the upcoming Longhorn release) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WIRELESS (2) | Wireless Infrastructure's Really Excellent Lan Equipment Sending Signals |
Sean Lamb (who just recently learned the joys of 802.11g) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | WIX | Will It Xtinguish? |
Sean Lamb (WiX really means Windows Installer Xml; Microsoft's latest attempt to "embrace and extend" XML) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WMS | What, More Spam!? |
Sean Lamb (WMS really means Windows Messenger Service) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows:Applications |
| 100% | WMS (2) | Windows Marginalizes Security |
Sean Lamb (WMS really means Windows Messenger Service) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows:Applications |
| 100% | WORM (2) | Will Often Replicate Maliciously |
Sean Lamb (who has spent way too much time tweaking email server filters lately) Computers |
| 100% | XENOPHOBE | Xenophobes Enjoy Noting Other People Holding Old Biases Everlasting. |
Sean Lamb (http://august1.com/pubs/dict/ is the only legal dictionary online that I've seen with entries under X, including this one. Since a xenophobe is biased against alien residents, one would need others with similar biases to rationalize such views.) People & Relationships |
| 100% | XIAOSAURUS | Xiaosaurus Is Another Ornithischian Species; All Uncovered Remains Unusually Small |
Sean Lamb (Xiaosaurus has only been found in fragments; it is estimated that this creature stood only 1.5 feet tall) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 75% | XML | Xtract Meaning at Length |
Sean Lamb (XML really means eXtensible Markup Language) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| 100% | YAM | Yet Another Meal |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | YARROW | Yet Another Redhat Release Of Wonder |
Sean Lamb (Yarrow was the codename for RedHat's Fedora Core Linux 1.0) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | YAST | You Are Susefied Today |
Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Linux |
| 100% | YAVERLANDIA | Yet Another Very Extinct Reptile. Little Animal Never Dwelled In Asia |
Sean Lamb (Yaverlandia, at 2' 3" tall, was discovered in Yaverland Battery on the Isle of Wight) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 83% | YEAST | Yes, Edibles Are Sitting for Time |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | YOUNG OFFENDER | Years Of Untold Neglect Generated One Fledgling Felon. Especially Needs Direct Effective Rehabilitation |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 83% | YUMMY | You're Usually Made to Mention 'Yum' |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | ZITI | Zesty Italian Tasty Ingredients |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | ZOPE | Zero Online Publishing Equivalents |
Sean Lamb (Zope is a web page programming environment) Computers:Internet |
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