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A Pertinent Riposte Of Nonsense You May Send

APRONYMS BY STEVE KEATE
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AMIGAArchaic Machine, It's Gone Away. Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Computers
Computers
ANARUA Naughty And Rambunctious Underling Steve Keate, acronymising his son.
Names:First names:Male
Names:First names:Male
APPLE COMPUTERSA Perplexing Productive Large Enterprise Creating Obnoxious Monstrosities Plus Useful Tools. Employs Recycled Steves. Steve Keate
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
BAUDBlazing Access Using Dialup Steve Keate
Computers:Internet
Computers:Internet
BRASSIEREBreast-Restraining Apparatus, Sometimes Shown In Extremely Raunchy Exposes Angela Brett and Steve Keate
Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear
Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear
BREASTBeautiful, Round, Entertaining, Appetising, Supple, Tittilating. Matthew Oram and Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
BREAST (2)Becomes Really Erect After Some Tweaking Matthew Oram and Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
BUDDINGBreasts Usually Do Develop In Nubile Girls Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
CAPSCease All Pathetic Shouting Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Advice
People & Relationships:Advice
CDCan't Digest Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
CELL SITEChildren Exhibit Lack-Lustre Scores In Their Exams Steve Keate, thinking about the effect of cell sites being near schools.
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
Communication
Communication
CHAIRCan Hold An Interested Reader Steve Keate
Household Objects:Furniture
Household Objects:Furniture
CHEDSCrackers Having Extremely Delicious Seasoning. Steve Keate
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
CHIMERICALCan't Handle Installing Mozilla? Easily Remedied: Install Chimera And Laugh. Steve Keate, referring to the web browser for Mac OS X
Computers:Internet:Web browsers
Computers:Internet:Web browsers
CHUNDERCould Have Used Normal Digestive Enzymes, Really. Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
CORDClogs Oesophagus, Really Dry Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
CRAPChallenge Requiring A Professional Steve Hartsell (referring to CRAP as in "Look at all the CRAP my boss expects me to complete before I go home.")
People & Relationships
People & Relationships
DAMNDidn't Acronymise... More Needed. Steve Keate and Angela Brett, because Eric had created enough new acronyms to overtake Steve on the hall of fame.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
DISKDigestus Interruptus - Slender Kilojoules. Steve Keate and Angela Brett (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
DOGDull Organism. Growls. Steve Keate & Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Animals
Science:Biology:Animals
DOG (2)Disgusting Odour - Gross! Steve Keate & Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Animals
Science:Biology:Animals
DOG (4)Drools On Groin Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Animals
Science:Biology:Animals
DOG (5)Defecates On Garden Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Animals
Science:Biology:Animals
DONGLE (3)Devoid Of Nutrition, Gives Little Energy Steve Keate, who is thinking of creating a series of acronyms explaining why not to eat computer accessories.
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
DOORDon't Open On Route Steve Keate, referring to a car door.
Transport:Car Parts
Transport:Car Parts
DOPE (3)Does Offer Pseudo-Enlightenment Angela Brett and Steve Keate
Drugs
Drugs
DVDDidn't Vomit -- Died! Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
DYLANDied Young, Lump Attacked Neurons Angela Brett, referring to Steve's son.
Names:First names:Male
Names:First names:Male
FEMALEFor Ever Moaning About Littlest Errors Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
FEMALES (2)Flimsy Entities Males Attain Lewdly Enforcing Sexuality Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
FEMALES (3)For Entertainment, Many Are Laying Evil Scheme(r)s Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
FRIDGEFreezing Receptacle Including Digestable Goodies Endlessly Matthew Oram and Steve Keate
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
Household Objects:Appliances
Household Objects:Appliances
GEEK (2)Greatly Enjoys Enhancing Kernels Angela Brett and Steve Keate
Computers
Computers
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
GNUGood News, Usually Steve Keate (GNU actually stands for 'Gnu's Not Unix' and is a project by the free software foundation to make a free alternative to Unix.)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
Computers
GNU (2)Gates Now Unhappy Steve Keate
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
Computers
HANDHard Acronym Not Done Angela Brett, when Steve was trying to think of a HAND acronym and then asked her for an expansion when he couldn't think of one.
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
HANDSHave Above Nine Digits, Sometimes. Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
HEATERHigh Electrical Appetite, Turns Element Red. Matthew Oram and Steve Keate
Household Objects:Appliances
Household Objects:Appliances
HEWLETT-PACKARDHave Employed Wozniak - Looked Encouragingly Toward The Prototype Apple, Couldn't Know About Resulting Disadvantage. Angela Brett, since Steve Wozniak was working at Hewlett-Packard when he designed the Apple I, but luckily HP weren't interested in selling computers at that time so they didn't claim it as their own.
Computers
Computers
Commerce:Companies
Commerce:Companies
HOMERHolding Onto Marge - Extreme Reliance Angela Brett and Steve Keate
Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons
Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons
HYSTERICAL (2)Helplessly Yelping, Screaming Things Endlessly, Ranting Incoherently, Complaining A Lot. Steve Keate, after he lost Angela's Mac.
People & Relationships:Emotions
People & Relationships:Emotions
IBM (2)I Broke Mine Steve Keate
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers
Computers
Commerce:Companies
Commerce:Companies
IBOOK (5)It's Broken, Obviously... Omitted Konsole! Steve Keate, summarising the reaction of a KDE (http://www.kde.org) user to an iBook.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Linux
Computers:Linux
IBOOK (8)It Blocks One's Oesophagus, Killing. Angela Brett and Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
IMAC (6)It Made Ample Cash Steve Keate
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
IMAC (7)It's Mostly Always Colourful. Steve Keate and Angela Brett.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
IMAC (9)It Might Also Choke Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
IMAC (10)It Mated A Crayon! Steve Keate, describing the answer an iMac owner would give if asked what happened to his/her old Mac Classic.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
IMAC (11)I Made A CD! Steve Keate, since most of the new iMacs have CD writers in them.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
IMAC (12)It Made A Clunk Steve Keate, guessing what an iMac user might say on taking it to be repaired.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
INCESTIntergenerational Nookie Compromises Extreme Sexual Taboos. Angela Brett and Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
INSANELY GREAT MACInnovative New Software Advancing New Electronic Lifestyle. You've Greatly Revolutionised Electronics... Apple Technology Makes A Comeback! Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing. (Steve Jobs described the Macintosh as being insanely great way back before it was even out of the bag, and we agree with him!)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
INTELInvest Nothing, They'll Eventually Lose. Angela Brett, after Steve said that he wouldn't invest any money in Intel because he doesn't think they innovate any more.
Computers
Computers
Commerce:Companies
Commerce:Companies
JAGUAR (5)Just About Godlike... Unbelievers Are Reconsidering Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software
Names:Code Names:Apple
Names:Code Names:Apple
JEALOUSJustly Envious About Loved One Undressing Someone Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Emotions
People & Relationships:Emotions
JOBSJanitors Outdo Bigwig's Salary! Angela Brett - Steve Jobs only gets paid $1 a year for being iCEO of Apple.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Names:Famous people
Names:Famous people
KEYBOARD (2)Keys Enter Your Bowel Only After Ruining Duodenum. Angela Brett and Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
LAMPLuminous Apple Macintosh Phosphors Angela Brett, after she was given a 512k Mac whose disk drive wasn't connected, so all it does is show the disk icon with a flashing question mark - Steve suggested it could be used as a lamp.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
LAMP (2)Lost At Midnight? Press. Steve Keate
Household Objects
Household Objects
LEGALLoopholes Exploited, Getting Around Laws Angela Brett and Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Law & Order
People & Relationships:Law & Order
LICELittle Insects Crawl Everywhere Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Insects
Science:Biology:Insects
LOVE (2)Lust Overcomes, Vagina Entered Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
LUST (4)Lacy Underwear Stretched Taut Steve Keate and Blair
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
LUST (6)Largely Useless Sexual Tensions Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
MACMicrosoft Ate Company Steve Keate
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
MAC (2)Makes Angela Comfortable Steve Keate
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
MAC (3)Mostly Always Condescending Steve Keate
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
MAC OS (2)May Angela Crave Only Steve Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
MAC OS (3)Majorly Addictive, Causes Overuse Syndrome. Steve Keate
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software
MALES (2)Many Are Lacking Experience Socially Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
MALES (3)Most Are Lazy - Expect Slaves. Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
MALES (5)Machismo Attitudes, Larger Egos, Stupid Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
MALES (6)Morning After, Leave. Enforcing Stereotypes. Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
People & Relationships:Genderalisations
MARIJUANAMind-Altering Recreational Inhalant - Joints Usually Are Not Approved Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Drugs:Cannabis
Drugs:Cannabis
MENSA (3)Mental Elitists Need Segregated Association Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Thoughts
People & Relationships:Thoughts
MENSA (4)Monstrous Egos Necessitate Superficial Authority Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Thoughts
People & Relationships:Thoughts
MICROSOFT (8)Media Imbeciles Continually Rabbit On, Sold On Failed Technology. Steve Keate
Computers:Windows
Computers:Windows
MOAMaori Over-Ate Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Animals:Birds
Science:Biology:Animals:Birds
MODEL (2)Men Only Date Easy Lays Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
MODEL (3)Mad Obsessive Dieting, Eating Laxatives. Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
MODEL (4)Materialism Over-Done, Expensive Looking. Steve Keate
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
MOTHERBOARD (3)Makes One's Teeth Hurt, Eventually Removing Broken Ones, And Requiring Dentist. Steve Keate (using Angela's MOTH)
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
MYBOOKMany Yippees Born Out Of Kleptomania! Angela Brett - myBook was given to me by Steve WOZNIAK after DIFFERENT THOUGHT was sort of stolen - see also IBOOK (7). myBook's web pages are at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/myBook/
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples
NONot Ordinarily Steve Keate, after being asked if he had anything better to do than acronymise.
Communication:Yesses And Noes
Communication:Yesses And Noes
NOSENot Only Supporting Eyewear Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
NOSE (2)Number One Sinus Exhaust Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
ONANISM (2)Objects Normally Aren't Nuns... Isn't 'Semenary', Mate! Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
PAINTPalate Assaulted, It's Not Tasty Steve Keate
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
PAINT (2)Pleasing And Incredibly Nutritious. Truely. Steve Keate, balancing his negative PAINT expansion after reading Tony's GLOSS etc.
Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint
Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint
PC (6)Please Crush! Steve Keate
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Windows
Computers:Windows
PC USERPerfect Consumer - Uses Some Expensive Rubbish Steve Keate
Computers:Windows
Computers:Windows
PINGProbably Instigating No Good. Steve Keate, while wondering while people online were pinging him.
Computers:Internet
Computers:Internet
POLICE (2)Persecution Officers Like Intimidating Citizens Excessively Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
POLICE (4)Pigs On Lookout In Cars Everywhere Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
POLICE STATIONPlace Of Lies, Injuries Coerce Explanation. Suddenly They Are Terminating Investigation - Oh No! Steve Keate and Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Law & Order
People & Relationships:Law & Order
Places:Buildings
Places:Buildings
POOPHOLEP*ss Off, Offensive People... Hardly One Lecherous Expansion Steve Keate, when someone searched acronyms.co.nz for 'poophole' and some ruder words.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
POPSICLEPretty Often, People Suck Ice-Cold Lollies Eagerly. Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Food & Drink:Confectionery
Food & Drink:Confectionery
POPSICLE (2)Pathetic, Over-Priced, Slimy Ice Causes Little Excitement. Steve Keate
Food & Drink:Confectionery
Food & Drink:Confectionery
POSTPress OK Single Time. Steve Keate, after he accidentally posted the same message twice on the forums.
Communication:Acronyms Forums
Communication:Acronyms Forums
POTPolice Often Take Angela Brett and Steve Keate
Drugs:Cannabis
Drugs:Cannabis
POT (2)Please Offer Toke Steve Keate
Drugs:Cannabis
Drugs:Cannabis
POT (4)Parliament Outlawed This Steve Keate
Drugs:Cannabis
Drugs:Cannabis
RACE (3)Rapid Acronymising Crushes Eric Steve Keate, on hearing that Eric was about to overtake him on the ACRONYMS hall of fame.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
RAPERascal Assaults, Penetrates Eagerly. Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Law & Order
People & Relationships:Law & Order
REVOLTING (3)Retailing Emasculated Vagina On Local Toilets Is Normally Grotesque. Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Assorted Adjectives
Assorted Adjectives
ROHYPNOLRapists Often Have Your Phone Number - Over Later! Steve Keate and Angela Brett. (Rohypnol is a tranquiliser which has been linked with date rapes.)
Drugs
Drugs
ROHYPNOL (2)Randy Old Hack Yields Pharmaceuticals Numbing Obstinate Ladies Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Drugs
Drugs
ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHINGRolling Over Laughing Loudly, It's Not Good Over Night To Happily Exude Frenzied Laughter On One's Rug, Loud And Uncontrollable Good Humour Irritates Neighbouring Grandma. Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Laughter
Laughter
SAFARI (2)Small And Fast And Relatively Incorrect Angela Brett, when Steve said, 'Chimera is small, fast and correct. Safari is smaller, faster and incorrect.'
Computers:Internet:Web browsers
Computers:Internet:Web browsers
SCONEStale Clump Of Non-Edibility Angela Brett, when Steve tried to find some food at the UNIVERSITY cafeteria and found that the only vaguely edible thing they had was some stale scones.
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
SCREENSomewhat Coarse, Rarely Eaten. Explains Nausea. Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3))
Computers:Do Not Eat
Computers:Do Not Eat
SEXSomething Else Xtraordinary Steve Keate, after being asked what comes after INFATUATION.
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
SLUT (2)She Lustily Undoes Top Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
SORBITOLSugar's Obviously Really Bad, Instead This Overpressures Lobes Steve Keate
Food & Drink:Condiments
Food & Drink:Condiments
SOSSide Open, Sinking Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Disaster
People & Relationships:Disaster
SOS (2)Some Obscure Signal Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Disaster
People & Relationships:Disaster
SOS (3)Several Obituaries Soon Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Disaster
People & Relationships:Disaster
SOS (4)Signal Of Stress Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Disaster
People & Relationships:Disaster
SOS (5)Sea Opened, Swallowed Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Disaster
People & Relationships:Disaster
SOS (12)Sh*tting Our Selves! Angela Brett and Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Disaster
People & Relationships:Disaster
SPAM (2)Stupid People Are Many Steve Keate, referring to the people who mindlessly forward spam.
Computers:Internet
Computers:Internet
SPAM (4)Sanity Prevailed, Ate Meat. Steve Keate
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
SPAM (5)Sludge Passing As Meat Steve Keate
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
SPAM (6)Supposedly Particles Are Meat Steve Keate
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
SPARCSun's Particularly Amazing Research Creation Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Computers
Computers
SPLEENStrange, Perplexing Little Entity... Explanation Needed Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
STEVESwings To Extremes Very Erratically. Angela Brett, describing Steve Jobs according to what she's read about him. (If he happens to be reading this... hey, no offense... oh great, all-powerful iCEO (who owns lots of G3s and therefore deserves my respect.) You're doing a great job, just as long as you don't can HyperCard. :)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Names:Famous people
Names:Famous people
STEVE (4)Somebody That Expands 'Volvo' Evilly Angela Brett, after Steve expanded VOLVO
Names:Acronymists
Names:Acronymists
STEVE (6)Served Tepid, Everyday Vegetable Ensemble Angela Brett (this describes Steve K's taste in vegetables, but not his personality! Well, perhaps he can be vegetative but not tepid)
Names:You Are What You Eat
Names:You Are What You Eat
STEVE JOBSSaved The Empire - Very Embarrassingly Judged Opinion 'Bull-Sh*t' Tony McCoy O'Grady (Steve Jobs said that rumours of HyerCard's demise were b*llsh*t, when the project had already been shelved, if not actually killed off.)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
Names:Famous people
Names:Famous people
SUICIDESo Unhappy I Could Invent Deadly Exit Steve Keate
People & Relationships:Emotions
People & Relationships:Emotions
People & Relationships:Death
People & Relationships:Death
USUAL WAY TO DO THINGSUnvaried Style Undoubtably Averts Laughter. Why Aren't You Trying Out Different Organisational Tactics? Have Innovative & New Goals, Steve! Angela Brett... referring, of course, not to Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, or Commissioner Steve, but the Steve whatsisname who is the CEO of Microsloth.
Assorted Phrases
Assorted Phrases
Computers:Windows
Computers:Windows
VAGINA (2)Very Accomodating, Good In Numerous Applications Matthew Oram and Steve Keate
Science:Biology:Body Parts
Science:Biology:Body Parts
VERSICHERUNGVirtually Everyone Requires Some Insurance. Can't Have Everything Right Unconditionally - Nobody's God! Steve Keate (Versicherung is German for 'insurance')
Science:Linguistics:German Words
Science:Linguistics:German Words
VIAGRAVaginal Interface Aid, Genitalia Rapidly Ascends. Steve Keate and Angela Brett
Drugs
Drugs
VIAGRA (3)Vitality Imbued Again... Get Ready, Agnes! Steve Keate
Drugs
Drugs
VOLVOVulgar Old Ladies' Vehicle, Obviously Steve Keate (see STEVE)
Transport:Car Makes & Models
Transport:Car Makes & Models
VOLVO (2)Veers Obstructively, Lobbing Vehicle Over Steve Keate, referring to the unusually high number of Volvae involved in motorcycle accidents.
Transport:Car Makes & Models
Transport:Car Makes & Models
WAGE (3)Weekly Average Gross Earnings Steve Keate
People & Relationships:The Workforce
People & Relationships:The Workforce
WAGE (4)Won't Allow Gratuitous Extravagance Angela Brett and Steve Keate
People & Relationships:The Workforce
People & Relationships:The Workforce
WEEDWe Enjoy Expanding Dope Angela Brett, after she and Steve acronymised many different names for cannabis
Drugs:Cannabis
Drugs:Cannabis