Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something
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| DACE | Did A Carp Evolve? |
Angela Brett, in a 2a.m. attempt at the first D acronym. Science:Biology:Animals |
| DACHSHUND | Dogs And Cats Have Sometimes Had Unusually Nice Dealings |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| DAD | Dick Added DNA |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| DAD (2) | Desired A Daughter |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| DADDY | Dear Adult Dutifully Dotes, Young |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Family |
| DADDY'S LAB | Don't Analyse Decay Data, You Should Love A Boy. |
Angela Brett, on the song by Les Horribles Cernettes (you can download it or read the lyrics at http://musiclub.web.cern.ch/MusiClub/bands/cernettes/songs/daddy.html) Entertainment:Music:Songs Science:Physics |
| DAEWOO | Drive An Engine, Without Overdrive, Ordinarily |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| DAFFODIL | Dumb Arrogant Fragrant Flower Or Daughter-In-Law |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Plants |
| DAFFODIL DAY | Do A Favour... Fork Over Dollars. Imitation Leafy Daff Awaits You. |
Angela Brett (Daffodil day is when fake daffodils are sold to raise funds for the Cancer Society) Time:Special Occasions |
| DAGONET | Dunce Arranged Gaiety Of Nobles, Entertaining Them. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| DAIHATSU | Drivers Are In Heaven Aboard This Stylish Unit |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| DAIRY | Decadent Attributes In Richness, Yummy |
Jan Morgan - Dairy Products Can Be Made into Some Pretty Rich Desserts Food & Drink |
| DAISY | Do Anything Intimate; She's Yours! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| DALE | Down Along Leafy Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| DALLAS | Daydreams About Love, Lust And Sex |
Rico Leffanta Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| DAMIEN | Devil's A Monstrous Infant - Evil & Nasty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in the movie 'The Omen' Names:First names:Male Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| DAMN | Didn'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 |
| DANCE | Display A Novel Choreography Effect |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music Sports & Recreation |
| DANCE (2) | Disco Ability Nicely Conceals Exercise |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music Sports & Recreation |
| DANCE (3) | Dynamic Ability Nicely Carries Everyone |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music Sports & Recreation |
| DANCE (4) | Date A Nice Co-Ed |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music Sports & Recreation |
| DANDELION | Delightful, Although Natural Dispersement Endangers Lawns If Openly Neglected |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| DANDELION (2) | Drunk As Nostrum, Diuretic Effect Lingers, Inconveniently, Over Night |
Patricia Rix Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| DANDELION (3) | Dilute As Necessary & Drink. Emit Liquids Intensely Over Nighttime |
Tony (Dandelion is known as 'piss-the-bed' because of it's diuretic properties.) Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| DANGER (2) | Disasterous Activities Nervously Gives Everyone Reflection |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Disaster |
| DANIEL | During A Nasty Interlude, Encounters Lion. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| DANIEL (2) | Doesn't Appreciate Nuances In English Language |
TMcCO'G, after somebody on the Apronyms forums said that he needed an alliteration for Daniel. Names:First names:Male Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| DANIELA | Drop 'A' - Name Is Exactly Like Another. |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Female |
| DANIELLE | Does Activities Naturally Is Effortlessly Loving Life Energetically |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| DANISH | Definitely A Nourishment I Should Have |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| DARL | Doesn't Actually Run Linux |
Sean Lamb (Referring to Darl McBride, the CEO of SCO) Names:Famous people Computers:Linux |
| DARLING (2) | Dear And Respected Lover In Nude Gymnastics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| DARLING (3) | Diana - Adored Royal Lying In Neat Grave |
Mary Carr and Angela Brett Politics:Royalty |
| DARLING (4) | Dearest Amour, Real Love Is Never Gone. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| DARTH VADER | Donned A Really Terrible Helmet, Voyaged After Dimwitted Empath Relative. |
Jeff Anonymous Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| DARWIN | Dank Australian Region Where Ideas Natter |
Rico Leffanta Places:Towns & Cities |
| DARYL | Does Act Really Young, Luckily |
Jan Morgan Names:First names |
| DASTARD | Dimwitted Activist Superior To All Retarded Dumbos |
Angela Brett MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 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 |
| DATE | Dinner Advancing The Entertainment |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| DATE (2) | Designated As Temporal Event |
Angela Brett Time |
| DATES | Do Anything To Escape Situation |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| DATSUN | Drive At Top Speed Until Nackered |
Had a Datsun 15 years ago. Painted this on its hood in big letters. Got heaps of laughs and no body said they had heard it before, but has bound to have been thought of. I can't guarantee I was the first. Later Bro Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| DAUPHIN | Dispatching An Unusual Present Hastens Idiot's Nemesis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry V Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry V |
| DAVE | Did Astronaut View Eternity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (The main human character in 2001 was called Dave) Names:First names:Male Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| DAVE (2) | Desires A Veal Entrecote |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| DAVEN | Discovered Apronyms Via Entering Name |
Angela Brett, after somebody posted on the Apronyms forums, 'It's Daven here I was searching google for your name and found this' Names:First names:Male Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| DAVID | Did A Valiant 'Impossible' Deed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male Religion |
| DAVID (2) | Delicious And Very Interesting Dessert |
Me my Mom and Stepdad where thinking of different acronyms and this one was the funniest we thought of. Names:You Are What You Eat |
| DAVID (3) | Does All Vital Income Depart? |
Jan Morgan - Someone I know that struggles with income Names:First names:Male |
| DAVID LETTERMAN | During A Very Irksome Disease, Laughter Excelled To Tremendously Enrich Recovery. Man Astounds Network. |
joybutton Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| DAWDLE | Dally A While, Don't Look Energetic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| DAWN | Does Absolute Worthwhile Nurturing |
Jan Morgan - a good person I know Names:First names:Female |
| DAWN (2) | Deceiving Antagonistic Warmonger Nature |
Jan Morgan - a not so nice person I know Names:First names:Female |
| DAY | Dawn Arrives, Yes! |
Roger Williams Time |
| DAYS | Daze At Year Start! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Hope these Rough DAYS do not lead to a Rough Year! Glad: not a drink over half my 58 year sojourn. No New Year Party for this Organic Vegan. Time |
| DAYTONA | Drivers Are Yearning To Open Necessary Acceleration |
Jan Morgan - Drivers Start your engines for the race Sports & Recreation |
| DDS | Doesn't Do Spleens! |
Angela Brett (DDS usually stands for Doctor of Dental Surgery) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Education:Qualifications Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| DDT | Darn Dat Toxin! |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Chemistry |
| DEAD | Didn't Earlier Admit Defeat |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| DEAD (2) | Drank Ethanol And Drove |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic People & Relationships:Death |
| DEAD (3) | Defunct Entity, Already Departed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death |
| DEAD (4) | Doesn't Exhale Anymore - Deceased |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death |
| 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 |
| DEALERSHIP | Druggies Earn A Living Encouraging Regularly Smoking Hashish In Pipes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs Commerce |
| DEAN | Does Educating At Night |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Male Education:Occupations |
| DEARTH | Does Every Asset Represent The Hole? |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| DEATH | Decaying Elderly Advances To Heaven. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| DEATH (2) | Devout Expect Afterlife - Tentatively Heaven. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| DEATH (3) | Dealt Everyone, According To Hoyle. |
Rico Leffanta, who explained to a puzzled Angela that E. Hoyle (1672-1769) wrote THE rule book for card games, hence the international expression "according to Hoyle". People & Relationships:Death |
| DEATH (4) | Delights End At This Hour. |
Timothy Chambers People & Relationships:Death |
| DEATH (5) | Don't Ever Assume Tomorrow'll Happen |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice People & Relationships:Death |
| DEATH (6) | Discerned Eternally, Assuming There's Heaven/Hell |
Angela Brett -- If we simply cease to exist upon death, then we are alive for the entire time we're aware of anything at all, which (from the individual's perspective) is equivalent to living forever. If we each have an eternal 'afterlife' in which we know we're dead, then we are only alive for an insignificantly finite amount of time and dead ever after. Thus the 'eternal life' promised by Heaven is more an eternal death. I doubt many would disagree that Hell is also an eternal death. People & Relationships:Death |
| DEATH EATER | Dutiful Entities Arrange Treacherous Haunts, Evil Advantage Tries Explosive Rebellion |
Jan Morgan Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Harry Potter |
| DEBACLE | Doing Everything Because A Clitoris Loves Excitement |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| DEBBIE | Doesn't Every Boy Become Instantly Enamoured |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| DEBBIE (2) | Duties Entail Being Brave In Endeavors |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| DEBIAN | Debian Exists Because It's Altogether Nicer. |
Criggie (Debian is a linux distribution) Computers:Linux |
| DEBRA | Divine Emissary Beeing Resisted Aggressions |
Angela Brett -- according to http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/Content.cfm?ContentTypeID=1002&NameID=16085&BabySiteID=7712592, Debra comes from Hebrew 'Dvorah' meaning Bee, and According to the Jewish scriptures, Deborah was one of the earliest judges, or leaders, of her people. Considered a divinely inspired prophetess, she mobilized the Jewish nation (which was only beginning to regard itself as such) to affirm its relationship to God and to resist the aggressions of the neighboring Canaanites. Names:First names:Female |
| DEBRIS | Deafening Explosions Bring Residual Incendiary Sediment |
Sean Lamb (debris is always left over after an explosion, so...) People & Relationships:Disaster |
| DEBRIS (2) | Destroying Everything Brings Rubble Into Sight |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Disaster |
| DECADIC | Dials Elegantly Click - Actually Digital, If Countermodern |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to pulse telephone dialing, a digital system, and the rotary dial phones that implement it. I keep a Western Electric 500-type rotary phone next to my iBook to remind me that while newer isn't always better, elegance is timeless. Or more practically, it doesn't fall off the desk. Communication |
| DECEMBER (4) | Dreadful -Expletive- Conditions - Expect More Bloody Endless Rain |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Months |
| DECIBEL | Do Echoing Chords Injure Bandmembers' Eardrums, Lately? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| DECIMAL POINT | Dot Emphasising Change In Magnitude... Any Leftward Part's Obviously Integral, Nearby's Tenths. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| DECOMPOSE | Death Ends Complex Organic Molecular Processes - O Sweet Eternity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after reading COMPOSE People & Relationships:Death |
| DEDE | Does Every Duty Eloquently |
Jan Morgan - Trudy's sweet daughter Names:First names:Female |
| DEDICATED | Describes Edifice, Declaring It Called After The Exalted Dead |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - thinking of buildings which are named - or renamed - in honour of national heroes/heroines Places:Buildings History |
| DEDICATED (2) | Doing Everything Described In Command, And Then Extra - Devoted! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| DEDICATED (3) | Doesn't Ever Deviate. Is Concerned About The Exact Difficulty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| DEDICATION | Dutifully Engraved Discourse Inside Cover, Author Thanks Inspiration Of Novel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| DEED | Due Extreme End: Divorce |
Angela Brett, referring to the title of a property which has to be split in a divorce. People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| DEER | Doe's Experience Ever Replayed |
Angela Brett, referring to Bambi Science:Biology:Animals Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| DEER (2) | Dawn/Dusk Eats, Evironmental Ritual |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Animals |
| DEFAULT | Designer Encapsulated 'Favourite' As Usual Look / Theme |
Tony McCoy O'Grady who feels that not all default settings are the most logical, therefore they are probably the favourite of the makers Main |
| DEFENSE | Detective's Evidence-Finding Etiquette Not Strictly Endorsed |
Angela Brett (If TV shows are to be believed, people often get off because the evidence which proves their guilt was not obtained in the right way.) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| DEFINES | Dictionary Entry Found In Next Edition Says/States |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Linguistics |
| DEFROST | Diminish Established Frigid Rigid Obduracy Somewhat Temperately |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| DEGRADE | Dead Entities Gently Rot And Decay Eventually |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death Science:Environment |
| DEGREE | Diploma Evinces Generally Recognized Extensive Education. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education:Qualifications |
| DEITY | Doesn't Exist; It's Truly Yourself |
Angela Brett Religion |
| DEITY (2) | Designer Evolution: Image Toward Yahweh |
Angela Brett Religion |
| DELAWARE | Dutch Explored, Leading Attempts, Wildlife And Refuge Extensive |
Jan Morgan - leading Attempts = Dupont Products and several wildlife & refuge places Places:States & Regions |
| DELIVERY | Direct Everything Lost If Verification Exists Register Yawn |
Rico Leffanta Transport |
| DELL | Don't Eat Live Leads |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat |
| DELTA | Depositing Effluvium, Land's Terribly Aqueous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways |
| DEMENTOR | Distressful Entities, Memories End Negatively Tragic, Objectionable Ramifications |
Jan Morgan Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Harry Potter |
| DEN | Doesn't Even Network |
DEN = Directory-Enabled Networking (Microsoft) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| DENIAL | Despite Evidence, Nobody Is Admitting Liability |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| DENIM | Don't Eat - Nutrition Is Minimal. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| DENISE | Diverse Energetic Nice Individual Seeks Eternity |
Jan Morgan - someone I know Names:First names:Female |
| DENTIST | Don't Extract Nine Teeth, I've Second Thoughts! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| DENTIST (2) | Dohn Eggtak Ny Teeh, I'n Sehen Taws |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, simulating the sound of someone trying to talk while in the dentist's chair. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| DENTURES | Dentists Extract Natural Teeth Using Revenue Enhancement Schemes |
Rico Leffanta Household Objects |
| DEPENDS | Determined Efforts Personally Exceeds, Noted Dependability Standing |
Jan Morgan Assorted Verbs |
| DEPOSIT | Don't Empty Purse On Sprees... Invest Treasure. |
Angela Brett, who had only deposit slips next to her bed to write on when the acronyms started coming late at night. Commerce:Money |
| DEPOSIT (2) | Deems Every Penny Of Sufficient Interest, Thanks! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| DEPRESSED | Don't Expect Progress, Rather Expect Stasis, Sadness & Enduring Dejection |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Emotions |
| DEPRESSED (2) | Dismal Expression Portends Reverse Extreme, So Sulking Ensues, Dramatically |
Patricia Rix, thinking of manic depressive Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
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