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| 100% | OF COURSE | Our Famous Charter Obliges Urgent Requirement - Succinct Expansion! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela asked if a poster on the forums was obliged to expand something which was in capitals. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 93% | OFF-TRACK JOKES | Occasional Flights of Fancy, Truly Rollicking Always Cause Knee-Jerk Outbursts. Keeps Enhancing Suspense. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter Laughter |
| 100% | O FOR THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD | Oh Fiddlesticks. Over Run Tonylet... Hit European Jalopey. Overall, Youth Survived, 'Owever, Flattened. Perhaps Another Reason Exclaiming 'Need The Helmet'? Optional? Oah Dunthinkso. |
Jeff Anonymous (Tonylet suggested by Angela Brett) in response to CYCLISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL Transport Transport |
| 80% | OGRE | 'Orrible Giant, Repulsive Eating-habits |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| 100% | OH | Outraged Horror |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Main Main |
| 100% | OH (2) | Optimistic Happiness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, just to confuse those who think he means Outraged Horror! :-) Main Main |
| 100% | OLD AGE | One's Looks Decline After Geriatricity Emerges |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age Time:Age |
| 86% | OLIVER | Orlando's Life-saving Intervention Vigorously Effects Reconciliation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It |
| 100% | OLIVER (2) | Outstanding Lyrics In Vaguely Entertaining Romp. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies |
| 80% | OMAN | Oil-rich, Monarchic, Arab Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 100% | ONCE IN A WHILE | Occasionally - Not Consecutively, Erratic In Nature And Without Having Identifiable Lapse Episodes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases Assorted Phrases Time Time |
| 96% | ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY | Original Numerical Enumerators, This Way Onwards, They Haven't Reached (an) End, Even From Operating Useful Reckoning-machines, Furtherance Is Very Easy, Sufficiently Increase 'X" So Eliminating Virtually Every Number, Eternity Is Generally Hopeless Thought, Now Infinity Never Ends, (the) Thought Exceeds Numbers.... Ekeing Lengthens & Extends Value, (an) Extra Number! This Would Exceed Last Value Enumerated. To Hasten Infinity-Reaching, Try Expanding Elementary Numbers. First Off, Use Ready-reckoner To Extend Existing Notation - For Instance, Find The Epistasis Ending Number. So Infinity XtendsÉ The Extremity Eludes Numeration... Seemingly Endless, Valuation Evidently Never To End. Even NumbersÉ Escalation Is Generally Handy To Execute, Eight... Nine... Numbers I Normally Expect... Ten... Eleven... Ever Nearer... This Will End Now, Thank You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms Words & Wordplay:Ridiculously long apronyms Science:Mathematics:Numbers Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ON/OFF SWITCH | Owners Need Occasional Forewarning For Shunning What Isn't To Cure Hunger. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | OPERATING SYSTEM TEN | Overhauled Procedures Ensure Reliability - Although This Isn't Necessary Generally. Simple Yet Stylish - This Extends Macintosh Theory.... Excitement & Novelty! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Mac OS X. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 100% | OPHELIA | Our Pathetic Heroine Ends Life In Anguish |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark |
| 100% | OPRAH (2) | Outgoing Personality Regales American Heartland |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | OPTICAL | Our Pupils Take In Colours And Light |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science Science |
| 100% | ORACLE | Obfuscation-Rich Announcements - Clarity's Lacking Everytime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Oracles never called a spade a spade, and their announcements were always open to misinterpretation) Religion Religion |
| 100% | ORACLE (2) | Online Resource Assisting Clinical Learning/ Education |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see DETECTIVE) Computers:Internet:VA Data Acquisition Computers:Internet:VA Data Acquisition |
| 100% | ORANGES | One's Refreshing Awakener Needs Gentle Extra Squeeze |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORCHARD | Old Remote Castle, Heroes' Abode, Romantically Derelict |
Tony McCoy O'Grady MacGirl & KeyBoard MacGirl & KeyBoard Places:Buildings Places:Buildings |
| 100% | ORCHESTRA | Our Regular Concert Hall Ensemble Seems To Require Artistes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, as an example of something which is worse with NO STRINGS ATTACHED (Wind, Percussion and Strings) Entertainment:Music Entertainment:Music |
| 86% | ORCHID | Often (a) Rare, Cherished Hybrid Incites Desire |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | ORION | Often Resplendent In Our Nightsky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | ORLANDO | Often Remote, Lets Arden's Nature Develop Obsession |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It |
| 100% | OSAMA BIN LADEN | One Saudi Arabian Masterminded Airplane Blitz In Newyork - Letting America Drop Explosives Nightly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | OSBASTON | One Should Beware A Seven-Times-Over Nincompoop |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Osbaston is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'A point made for the seventh time to somebody who insisits that they know exactly what you mean but clearly hasn't got the faintest idea.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 100% | OSCAR WILDE | Opinionated, Self-Centred, Awful Rogue Wittily Invented Lovingly Designed Epigrams |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Writers Art & Literature:Writers |
| 86% | OSMIUM (2) | Offensive Smell Maker - It's Used in Measurement. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | OSSETT | Ornate Spare Secretes Extra Toilet Tissue |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Ossett is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'A frilly spare-toilet-roll-cosy.') Household Objects Household Objects Words & Wordplay:Liffs Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 86% | OSWALD | Once Shot (from) Window And Leader Died |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people Names:Famous people Politics Politics |
| 100% | OS X | Our System's Xciting. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela installed Mac OS X. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 100% | OTHELLO | On Treacherous Hearsay Evidence, Lover Loses Out |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Othello Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Othello Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Othello |
| 0% | OTHER END UP* | Potential Users - Do Not Eat! Rough Edges Hurt The Oesophagus |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, making an honest expansion out of the 'Do Not Eat' subcategory of 'Computers'. Computers:Do Not Eat Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 40% | OTTO | One Toke, Then O-n-w-a-r-d-s |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | OVERHEAD | One's Viewers Engage & React, Having Eyeballed A Diagram |
Tony (Overhead projectors made presentations much easier to assimilate for the audience in a conference/school) Communication:Presentations Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | OVERHEAD (2) | Obscured Visuals Effectively Reduce How Everyone Appreciates Diagram |
Tony (It only takes one person to stand and block out the presentation) Communication:Presentations Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | OVERHEAD (3) | Optical Viewer's Expensive - Resources Have Entered A Deficit |
Tony (Overhead projectors don't often get as much use as imagined when they were being argued for) Communication:Presentations Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | OVERWORKED | One's Very Extended (Regularly Working Overtime) Really Knackered Every Day |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | OXYGEN | Obviously Xeric, Yet Greatly Essential Necessity. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | OYSTER | Oh Yes! Sexy Tingling Excitement Results |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | OZONE | Ocean Zephyrs - Our Noses Enchanted |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry Science:Chemistry |
| 91% | OZONE LAYER | Our Zoology's On (k)-Nife Edge Lately, All Year Exhaust Reduction. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 100% | PA | Paternal Ancestor |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | PACER | Precursive Athlete Can Enliven Runner |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | PACIFIC | Palms, Atolls, Castaways, Inspiration For Imaginative Children |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways Places:Waterways |
| 100% | PACKAGING (3) | Paper And Cardboard - Keep Away - 'Glitz' Is Needless Garbage! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after reading PACKAGING (2) and saying that the environmentally aware might prefer something a bit more conservative. Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PACMAN | Positively A Classic Macversion Available Now |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Games:Game Characters Computers:Games:Game Characters Computers:Games Computers:Games |
| 100% | PADDLE | Propel A Dugout During Liquid Escapade |
Tony McCanoe O'Grady Transport Transport |
| 100% | PADDY | Particularly Angry , Don't Destroy Yourself |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | PAGANS | Pray - And Get Afterlife's Necessities Secured |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF) Religion Religion Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| 80% | PAIN (2) | Pulsations At Irritated Nerve-ending |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | PAIN (TWO) (ONE) | Parentheses Activate Interesting Novelty That We Only Occasionally Need Encounter |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when he began a forum thread called 'PAIN (2)' but since there was one post in the thread, it was displayed in the thread list as 'PAIN (2) (1)' Communication:Acronyms Forums Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | PAKISTAN | Populous As Karachi Is, Still Truly Agricultural Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 100% | PALAMON | Pally Allegiance Lumbered After Maiden's Openly Noted |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (and/or John Fletcher's) The Two Noble Kinsmen Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Two Noble Kinsmen Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Two Noble Kinsmen |
| 90% | PALLADIUM | Pallas Athene Linked. Light Alloy in Dentistry, It's Un-Magnetic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | PALM DATABASE (2) | Portable And Little, My Digital Assistant's The Absolute Best - Although Somewhat Expensive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers Computers |
| 100% | PALM DATABASE (4) | Predictions Are Like Men: Dumb And Tiresome - And Basically A Silly Exercise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after reading PALM DATABASE (3) and noting that Palmists are nearly always female. Religion Religion People & Relationships:Genderalisations People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| 100% | PALS | Personable And Likeable Soulmates |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | PALTRY | Pathetic Amount, Likely To Revolt You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | PANAMA (3) | Perhaps America's Narcotics Agents Messed About. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 100% | PANDA | Particular About Native Diet, Apparently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | PANTHER | Prowls Around Nature Trails, Heartily Enjoying Raccoons |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | PANTIES (3) | Protection Against Nighttime Temptation Into Erotic Session |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | PAPER (2) | Parchment Advances Produced Economical Replacement |
Tony Moore Household Objects Household Objects |
| 100% | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Parts Are Primitive - Uplanders Almost Never Encounter Westerners. Generally Upland Inhabitants Not Economically Active. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 100% | PARACHUTE | Persons Abandoning Rushing Aircraft Can Hurtle Uncomfortably To Earth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| 100% | PARACHUTE JUMPING | People Aboard Racing Aircraft Can Hear Umpteen Terrified Exiters Judiciously Uttering Many Prayers - I Need God! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| 100% | PARAGUAY | Politically A Republic After Government Under Army Yoke. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 100% | PARALLEL LINES | Partings Are Rigidly Applied, Logical Legalities Exclude Lines Lurching Into Nexus - Eternally Separated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who always wondered why concentric circles do not qualify as 'parallel'. Science:Mathematics:Geometry Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | PARAMEDIC | Patients At Roadside Are Medicated, Eventually Doctors Intervene Clinically |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| 100% | PARAMEDIC (2) | Provides Assistance (Road Accident) / (Medical Emergency) & Delivers Into Casualtyward |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| 90% | PARAMETER | Programs Always Require A Method of Ensuring True & Efficient Running |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Programming Computers:Programming |
| 100% | PARASCENDING | Person (And Rope And Speedboat) Can Elevate Nicely, Drifting If Not Gliding |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| 94% | PARETO PRINCIPLE | Perhaps A Ratio's Erroneous - That One Perceived Result Is Not Completely In Proportion (to) Less Effort |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see PRINCIPLE) People & Relationships:Thoughts People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | PARK (3) | Playground Amuses Restless Kids |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places Places |
| 100% | PARLIAMENT | Politicians Are Rogues Living In A Mendacious Environment, Never Trustworthy! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics Politics |
| 100% | PAROLLES | Promises Are Regularly Overturned - Little Loyalty Ever Shown |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:All's Well That Ends Well Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:All's Well That Ends Well |
| 100% | PASCAL | Pressure And Stress Calculations Are Lengthy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | PASSIVE SMOKING | People Around Smokers Should Indicate Vehement Exceptions! Secondary Mischief Often Kills Innocent Non-Gaspers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs:Tobacco Drugs:Tobacco |
| 100% | PASSWORD (3) | Private And Secret Spelling Which Operator Requires -- Damn |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers Computers |
| 100% | PASSWORD (4) | Perhaps A Security System Which Often Restricts Doorways |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PASTA | Parboil, Add Sauce - That's All! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | PASTE | Pictures And Simple Text Entered |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers Computers |
| 100% | PATHOLOGY | Perusing A Tissue'e Health (Or Lack) Of Geriatrics & Youths |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 89% | PATIENCE | Postage Across Timezones Is Exceptionally Non-fast. Check Everyday. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela was impatient to find out what Tony had put in with her MacAddict, when sending it back after a loan. People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits Communication Communication |
| 100% | PATRICIA | Parenting All Those Rixes Ideally, Caused Inopportune Ageing? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (At times all parents feel prematurely aged!) Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | PATRICIA (11) | Placename Acronyms Tackled Regularly - Is Clan Intensely Acronymic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists Names:Acronymists |
| 100% | PATRICK | Picked A Trefoil, Religiously Instructing Celtic King |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Saint Patrick is reputed to have used a shamrock to show the three-in-one nature of the Holy Trinity to an Irish king Religion:Saints Religion:Saints |
| 100% | PATRIOT | Person Acclaiming Territorial 'Romance' Is Often Terrorist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships Military:War & Terrorism Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | PATTI | Potatoes And Turnips Taste Incredible |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 100% | PATTON | Picture About Truly Terrifying Officer - No? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies |
| 86% | PATTY BOUVIER | Pestering Auto-Test Triers, You Brook One Unfulfilled Vaunted Infatuation - Enchanting Richard-dean-anderson |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | PAUSE | Plainly A Uniquely Short Easement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time Time |
| 100% | PC | Plastic Crap |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | PC (2) | Pathetic Creation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | PC (3) | Passable Calculators |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | PC (4) | Poor Compromises |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | PCS FOR EVER | Pathetic Computers Sometimes Fail Over Rotten Entrails, Viruses Enter Readily |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows Computers:Windows |
| 100% | PDA | Pointer Directs Actions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (PDA usually stands for Personal Digital Assistant) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Computers |
| 100% | PEACE | Perhaps Enmity's At Complete End |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships Military Military |
| 100% | PEACE IN OUR TIME | Pathetic Englishman's Airport Claim. Evil Intentioned Nazis Obviously Unreliable. Resulting Turmoil Involved Millions Exterminated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady History History People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions |
| 100% | PEANUT | Paste's Edible And Nutritious Upon Toast |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | PEAR | Preferably Eaten All Runny |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Food & Drink |
| 100% | PEBBLE | Pedestrian Evidently Bashed Boot, Limping Erratically |
Tony McCoy O'Graaaaaady People & Relationships:Disaster People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | PEDANT (3) | Picky Extremist Doesn't Accept New Terminologies |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, pointing out that pedant is also a term for someone who is too 'pedantic' about matters of grammar and the use of words. People & Relationships:Personality Traits People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | PEDESTRIANS | People Evading Drivers - Eventually Squashed! They're Regularly Included As Newspaper Statistics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport Transport |
| 94% | PEDESTRIAN SAFETY | People Expect Drivers, Especially Speeders, To Resist Injuring Anyone - No Sidewalks Are For Entertaining Tear-away Youths! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport Transport |
| 100% | PELICAN | Peculiarly Enlarged 'Lip' Is Convenient As Net |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Birds Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | PENCIL (3) | People Enjoy Nice Colours In 'Leads' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects Household Objects Communication Communication |
| 100% | PENCIL (5) | Plumbus's Excluded, Now Carbon's In Lieu |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PENCIL (4). Pencils have never, ever contained lead. Carbon in the form of graphite has been misnamed for ages. (See PEDANTRY for a correction.) Household Objects Household Objects Communication Communication |
| 100% | PENIS (3) | Prominent Erection Needs Immediate Satisfying |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | PENNILESS | Penury's Evident Now, Nincompoop Is Lamenting Every Shilling Spent |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 88% | PENSION | People (Elderly) Need Savings Invested (Or Nest-egg) |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money Commerce:Money Time:Age Time:Age |
| 90% | PENSIONER | People Evidently Need Saving In Old-age, Not Especially Rich |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 91% | PENTIUM MAN | Pathetic, Eggheaded Nerd, Too Idiotic to Use Macintosh, Must Await Neutering! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, thinking up another villain for our hero MacGirl to defeat. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 100% | PEPPER | Piquant Exotic Powder Promises Enjoyable Repast |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | PEPPERY | Particularly Explosive & Pungent - Paprika Effectively Reddens You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | PEPSICO | People Employed Peddling Sugar In Carbonated Offerings |
Tony McCoke O'Grady Commerce:Companies Commerce:Companies Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | PEPSI COLA | Pathetic Emulatory Product, Silly Idea Copying Original Liquid Aliment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | PERCIVAL | Perhaps Espied Renowned Chalice In Venerable Arthurian Legend |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| 100% | PERDITA | Perilously Exposed. Restored Daughter Is Then Affianced |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Winter's Tale Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Winter's Tale |
| 100% | PERFECT (2) | Pun Experts: Ready For Expansions? Call Tony! |
Angela Brett, since Tony's acronyms are generally of very high quality. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | PERICLES | Pathos Endured Results In Complex Life's Eventual Solution |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Pericles Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Pericles Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Pericles |
| 93% | PERIODIC TABLE | Proper Education Requires Introduction Of Dmitry's Ingenuous Classification. Tabulation Afforded Better Learning of Elements. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who has acronymised not only the PERIODIC TABLE, but each element in it. Science:Chemistry Science:Chemistry |
| 100% | PERKS | People Employed Regularly Keep 'Souvenirs' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | PERSEIDS | Particles Entering Remote Stratosphere Emit Illuminations During Summertime. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | PERSONALITY | Property Expressing Real Self Often Not Altogether Liked - Is That You! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | PERSPIRATION | People's Exudations Ret Skin's Pores In Rivulets, Although This Is Often Nasty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology Science:Biology |
| 100% | PERU | Population's Expansion Rises Uphill. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 88% | PERVERT | Person Enjoying Rather Varied Engagement (with) Reality & Truth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PETER | Pontiff Eventually To Evangelise Rome |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books Religion:Bible books Religion:Saints Religion:Saints |
| 100% | PETER QUINCE | Playwright's Efforts Towards 'Exact' Rehearsals Quite Unarguably Indicate Neurotic Character Elements |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:A Midsummer Night's Dream Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 100% | PETROL | Prehistoric Extinction! This Revolutionised Our Locomotion. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport Transport |
| 100% | PETRUCHIO | Perversity Effects Taming - Resolution Unfolds Complete Harmony In Opposites |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Taming of the Shrew Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Taming of the Shrew |
| 100% | PETTER | Person Enamoured Tries Touching Erogenous Regions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PETTER (2) | Personal Experiences Too Tempestuous? Eschew Revelations! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Patricia responded to his PETTER (and the unsuccessful search on the website for that word) with, 'No personal experience here!) People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | PHIL | 'Philip' Has Identifier Limited |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | PHIL (2) | Praenomen Has Insufficent Letters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | PHILADELPHIA | Portrays Hero's Intriguing Life And Details Evolving Life-Problems. He's Infected - AIDS! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | PHILANTHROPY | Plainly Humanity Is Loved - And Normally This Has Romantic Overtones & Pecuniary Yield |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | PHILIPPINES | People Hated Its Leaders, In Particular People Into Needless Expensive Shoes. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries Places:Countries |
| 92% | PHILOLOGISTS | Pathetic Horrid Individuals Lusting Over Language Origins Getting Instant Sexual Turn-ons Simultaneously |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela suggested that people might think from some of these acronyms that we have DIRTY MINDs. He concluded we're just PHILOLOGISTS. People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | PHOSPHORUS | Pilots Have Over-Supply. Potentially Hellfire Objects Relayed Unto Scene |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | PHOTOCOPIER | Place Hand On Top Of Copier & One's Palm Is Endlessly Reproduced |
Tony McXerox O'Grady Science:Electronics Science:Electronics |
| 100% | PHOTOGRAPH | People Have One Taken Occasionally, Get Ready And Pose Happily |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | PHOTON | Particle Helps One Talk Over Networks |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - who sincerely hopes that photons operate in fiber-optics Communication Communication Science:Physics:Particles Science:Physics:Particles |
| 75% | PHP | Phasing-out HyperCard Pages |
Angela Brett, after Tony accused her of geek-speek when she mentioned that more of the formerly HyperCard-generated web pages had been switched to PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming Computers:Programming Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
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