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67% | EA | East-anglian Aqueduct |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways |
100% | EACH | Expressly 'All', Considered Holistically |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay |
100% | EACH (2) | Every Available Choice Heard |
Jan Morgan Main |
100% | EAGER | Every Attempt Gets Enthusiasm Renewed |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
100% | EAGLE | Enjoy A Great Lofty Eyrie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
86% | EAGLES | Eager Adolescents, Gaining Lessons (for) Eagle Scout |
Jan Morgan - the highest Rank a scout aims to reach - the lessons are from the merit badges that can help them find what career they want to pursue Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
75% | EAR | Entry to Aural Region |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
100% | EAR (2) | Enables Aural Reception |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Biology:Body Parts |
100% | EAR (3) | Equilibrator / Aural Receptor |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Biology:Body Parts |
100% | EARACHE | Expensive Affair Requiring A Consultation - How Exasperating! |
Angela Brett, when she had to go to a doctor to get a prescription for her recurring ear infection. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
93% | EAR INFECTIONS | Each Application Requires Inactivity... Not Fun, Except C Text Instructs (me) On Necessary Syntax. |
Angela Brett, on realising that the 20 minutes of lying on her side necessary for applying ear drops for her ear infection could be utilised by reading about how to program in C. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Computers:Programming |
100% | EARLOBE | Embellishments And Rings Lend One Beauty, Essentially. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
94% | EARLY YEARS CENTRE | Expregnant Adults Regularly Leave Yelping Youngsters, Engaged At Recreational Schooling (Creche, Elsewhere Named) To Re-enter Employment |
Apronymous Anonymous Education |
97% | EARNINGS BEFORE I TRICKED THE DUMB AUDIT | Evidently A Really Nasty Idiot Now Goes Stealing. Business Enterprises Fail Often - Rip-off Employees' Individual Thefts Rapidly Increase. Can't Keep Employing Deceitful Twits - Have Executive Department Using Much Business Acumen & Using Deep Investigating Tactics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - who admires those in the Audit Department where he works Commerce |
100% | EARS | External Audio Receiver System |
Mick Bridgstock Science:Biology:Body Parts |
100% | EARTH | Executes Annual Revolution Through Heavens |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy:Planets |
100% | EARTH DAY | Everybody Appreciate Round Thing Humans Destroy All Year |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions Science:Environment |
100% | EARTHQUAKE | Eschew All Reprehensible Temporal Habits, Quell Uncertainty And Kneel, Everybody! |
Tony Religion:Men's Ministry |
100% | EARTHQUAKES | Epicenter Assaults Residents Turf Homes, Quick Unusual Activity Keeps Everyone Shaking |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Disaster Science:Geology |
100% | EARWIGS | Excellent After Roasting With Italian Garlic Sauce |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Insects:Edible(?) |
100% | EASEL | Elevates Artist's Sketch. Easily Luggable. |
omnicronos Art & Literature |
100% | EAST | Evidently A Sunrise Thing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Positions & Directions |
100% | EASTER | Eggs Are Symbols That Evoke Regeneration |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Special Occasions:Easter |
100% | EASTER (2) | Eaters Anagram - So True! Everyone's Rounder. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Easter |
86% | EASTER (3) | Eventually Astarte, Secretly Transformed, Edged-out Redeemer |
Patricia Rix Time:Special Occasions:Easter |
92% | EASTER BUNNY | Eggs And Sunday Treats Enjoyed - Rabbit Brings Unknown Numbers of Nice Yummies. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions:Easter |
100% | EASTER EGGS | Enjoying A Season That Expresses Rebirth, Everybody Greedily Guzzles Some |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Special Occasions:Easter Food & Drink:Confectionery |
100% | EAST OF EDEN | Earliest Among Short Trilogy Of Films Exposed Dean's Emergent Neurosis. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
80% | EASY | Executable by Any Slackjawed Yokel |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
100% | EASY RIDER | Epic American Showing Youth Rolling Into Drug Experimentation & Rock |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
100% | EAT A SANDWICH | Email Alias Thingies And Some Annoying Nonsense, Drab Writings Investigating Cheeseburger Hunger |
Angela Brett, as the subject of a rambling email to Edwin asking about an email alias and complaining about being hungry and wishing she'd eaten the rest of that double cheeseburger the night before. Assorted Phrases |
100% | EAT MY DUST | Eradicating All Tailgaters Makes Your Driving Usually Suffer Thoughtfulness |
Kenny Roy Assorted Phrases |
100% | EAT MY SHORTS | Educational Authorities Treat Male Youth Scandalously - He Openly Replies 'Trouser Salad'! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases Education Household Objects:Clothing Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
100% | EAT OUT | Enjoy A Treat Occasionally, Untried Trattoria? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
100% | EAT POTATO | Everything's At Twenty Percent Off, Today And Tomorrow Only! |
Angela Brett (see SHOVE OFF and ANGELANESS- this one turned out to be a winning entry!) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
100% | EAU | Elles Aiment Uriner |
Patricia Rix Science:Linguistics:French Words |
100% | EAU (2) | Everywhere's Awash & Undulatory |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns Science:Linguistics:French Words |
100% | EBAY | Excellent Buys Available! Yesterday! |
Roger Williams Computers:Internet Commerce |
100% | EBENEZER SCROOGE | Extremely Benevolent? - Eh... Not Exactly! Zestful Emotional Response Saved Christmas, Result Of Odd Ghostly Experiences |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
100% | ECCLESIASTES | Epistemological Cynicism Causes Literary Expert Some Irritation. A Sceptical Thinker Emerges Strongly |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
90% | ECHINACEA | Extremely Common Herb - It's Noted Against Colds & (is) Effective Antioxidant |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
100% | ECHO | Everyone Calls "Hello" Occasionally |
Patricia Rix Assorted Nouns:Noises Communication:Talking |
100% | ECHO (2) | Everyone Can Hear One |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns:Noises |
100% | ECHO (3) | Enough! Content Heard Overmuch |
Gavin Lambert, when BIAS (2) was mentioned twice in THE ACRONYM TIMES Communication |
100% | ECHOLALIA | Every Child Hears Obscure Language And Lips It Again |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
100% | ECLAIR | Every Chomp's Luscious; An Irresistible Recipe! |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
100% | ECONOMICS | Each Column Offers Numerous Opportunities; Make It Count Sensibly |
Patricia Rix Commerce |
100% | ECONOMICS (2) | Expend Cautiously - Or No Obvious Merit In Careful Saving? |
Leo Boyes Commerce |
100% | ECSTASY | Extremely Challanging Sexual Technique Always Satisfies You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Emotions |
100% | ECUADOR | Equatorial Country Up Andes Densely Overgrown Rainforest. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
100% | EDGAR | Edmund's Death Generates A Revelation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear |
100% | EDMUND | Exceptionally 'Dark' - Morally Uncertain - No Dimwit |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear |
100% | EDNA | Every Date's New Acquaintance |
Angela Brett, remembering when Sideshow Bob on the Simpsons said 'You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel' Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
100% | EDS | Evil Doers Supreme |
Carl Brett, who works for a company called EDS Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
100% | EDS (2) | Electric Donkey Service |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
100% | EDS (3) | Evil Dark Side |
Adrian Parke, who also works at EDS Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
100% | EDS (4) | Everything Done Slowly |
Adrian Parke Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
100% | EDS (5) | Experts Dont Subscribe |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
100% | EDS (6) | Evil Doers Society |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Companies |
100% | EDUCATE | Everyone Duly Undergoes Curricularly Arranged Teaching Experience |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education |
100% | EDUCATION | Everybody Deserves University Courses & Access To Institutions Of Nowledge. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education |
100% | EDUCATIONAL | Everybody Does University Classes And Then It's Onto Nerdy Academic Lives. |
Angela Brett Education |
100% | EDUCATIONAL (2) | Extremely Didactic Undertaking - Colleges And Teachers Indoctrinated Our Nation At Length |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education |
95% | EDUCATIONAL ACRONYMS | Every Decent University, College And Technical Institute Offers Noted Awards Listed Apronymically & Cross Referenced (Or Numbered) with Your Main Subjects |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who doesn't think this is true :-) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Education |
100% | EDWARD & RICHARD | Early Delivered Words Augur Ruin... Dead Relatives Inspired Chill, However Active Relative's Deceitful |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Richard III Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Richard III |
100% | EDWIN | 'E Dwells Wealthily -- 'Is Name |
Jeff Anonymous (meaning of 'Edwin' = prosperous friend, according to babynames.com) Names:First names:Male |
100% | EDWIN (2) | Erratically Develops Wonderful, Interesting 'Nyms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
100% | EDWIN (3) | Eat Dinner With Instant Noodles |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
100% | EDWIN HERMANN | Extremely Dim Witted Imbecile, Never Has Expansions Ready. Make Acronyms Now, Numbskull! |
Angela Brett, after Edwin mentioned on the ACRONYMS forums that he hadn't submitted an acronym for ages and should be punished. This expansion of his name seemed a suitable punishment... I don't mean it though! (If it weren't for Edwin there would be no acronym forums at all.) Names:Acronymists |
100% | EDWIN HERMANN (2) | Entered Dual Wordplay Inventions, Now He's Earned Reparation - More Amicable Name Notation. |
Angela Brett, after Edwin submitted two acronyms so no longer deserved punishment. Names:Acronymists |
100% | EDWIN HERMANN (3) | 'E Does Wonders - Invented Netborne Hangman, Even. Registered Many A Net Name. |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists |
100% | EDWIN HERMANN (4) | Evident Delay With Instalment - Not Having Expendable 'Readies' Means Acronymsite Now Nonfunctional |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, thinking that Edwin not paying his webhosting bill on time might be the cause of the outage of the Acronyms forums. Names:Acronymists Communication:Acronyms Forums |
92% | EDWIN HERMANN (5) | Englishmen Don't Work Internet Neatly - Hapless Event Resoundly Meant Acronymforums Neglectfully Null & void |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after an outage of the Acronyms forums. (Edwin created the forums, but the outage was the fault of UK SOLUTIONS) Names:Acronymists Communication:Acronyms Forums |
83% | EEVEE | Expose to Elements... Various Evolutions Exist. |
Angela Brett (Eevee is Pokemon #133) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
100% | EFFIGIES | 'Evil' Figures Flamed In Grotesque Intensely Execrative Shows |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
100% | EFFORT | Exertion Fostering Feeling Of Real Tiredness |
Leo Boyes Assorted Nouns |
100% | EGG | Elegant Gender's Gamete |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
100% | EGGNOG | Every Glass Gives Nuance Of Grog |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Many recipes for eggnog contain varying amounts of alcohol, some have very little. Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
100% | EGGSHELL | Endless Gastric Gripes - Someone Has Evidently Lapped Litres |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
100% | EGGSHELL (2) | Even Glutton Gets Satisfied - Having Eaten Liquid Lunch |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, to balance EGGSHELL Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
100% | EGOTISTICAL | Ever Got Obsessed Totally In Self - Talking "I" Constantly At Length? |
tonI mccoI o'gradI People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
100% | EGYPT | Eventually Got Your Pyramids Triangulated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
100% | EI+EI+O | Explain It + Expand It + Observe |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, wondering why the (imaginary and irrational) rule saying that IF YOU PUT A WORD IN CAPS YOU MUST ACRONYMISE IT is rule ei+ei+0 of the Acronymists' Charter. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
100% | EIGENVECTOR | Excess Instructions Generate Exhausting, Not-Very-Exciting Classes. Tedium Often Results. |
Angela Brett, while sitting through a lecture about eigenvalues and eigenvectors (a topic which everyone in the class had learnt about at least once) which was being taught agonisingly slowly. Science:Mathematics Education:Slow Teaching |
92% | EIGENVECTOR (2) | Employing Ineffective Gaussian Elimination's Not Very Efficient... (we) Can Think Out Results! |
Angela Brett, during the same lecture as the first EIGENVECTOR, when the lecturer insisted on using Gaussian elimination while finding the eigenvectors of 2 by 2 matrices despite having already pointed out that it wouldn't give us any extra information. Science:Mathematics Education:Slow Teaching |
100% | EILEEN | Engaged Individual Listens, Even Exhorts Nervously |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
80% | EINSTEIN | Every Intellect Needs Some Training to Examine Imperfections of Newton |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
100% | EINSTEINIUM | Excluded In Nature, Since Thermonuclear Explosions It's Now Introduced Unto Mankind. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
100% | EKANS | Enthusiasts Keep A Nintendo Snake |
Angela Brett (Ekans is Pokemon #23) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
100% | EKANS (2) | Everyone Knows Anagram, No Sweat |
Angela Brett (Ekans is Pokemon #23) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon Words & Wordplay |
86% | ELAINE | Endeared of Lancelot - Alas Intercourse Never Eventuated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
100% | ELASMOSAURUS | Extreme Length And Size Made One Swimmer An Unusual Reptile Under Sea |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
100% | ELDER | Eager Lad Discoursing Edifying Religion |
Jan Morgan Religion:Religious Occupations |
100% | ELDER (2) | Eager Lad, Doctrines Explained Religiously |
Jan Morgan Religion:Religious Occupations |
100% | ELDERLY | Enduring Life's Duresses - Every Relation Loves You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
100% | ELECTION | Endure Late-Evening Commentary Tallying Ideologies Of Nation. |
Angela Brett Politics |
100% | ELECTION (2) | Extensive Lecturing Educates Crowds To Investigate Offered Nominations |
Jan Morgan Politics |
100% | ELECTRON | Even Little Electric Currents Take Ridiculously Oversized Numbers |
Angela Brett Science:Electronics Science:Physics:Particles |
100% | ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING | Ever Lost Electronic Credit To Robots Of Nasty Internet Criminals? Don't Allow Their Attacks, Prompt Routine Of Checking Every Site's Security If Negotiating Greenback. |
Angela Brett Computers Commerce |
89% | ELEMENTS | Euclid's Libers Expertly Made Evident Noncontradictory Theory of Shapes. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
100% | ELEPHANT | Extremely Large, Extremely Ponderous, Has A Nice Trunk |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
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