Acronyms' Peaks! Represent O'Grady's Neologism! Yare Mnemonic Self-definitions!
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| G4 | Grasping 4 |
Hyper Unit Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| GA | Gurgling Annoyance |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the baby noise) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| GAB | Grumble, Argue, Bicker |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Talking |
| GAB (2) | Garrulous Annoying Blether |
Angela Brett Communication:Talking |
| GAB (3) | Great At Babbling |
Jan Morgan Communication:Talking |
| GABBLE | Garbage Articulated, 'Blah Blah...' Lacking Eloquence. |
Angela Brett, not long before checking her email and discovering she'd been beaten to first G acronym by Tony's GAB. Communication:Talking |
| GABBY | Girl Always Babbling By You |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| GADGET | Got Ample Dough? Get Electronic Toys. |
Angela Brett Science:Electronics |
| GAG | Government Approved Giggle |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| GAIL | Girl Always In Love |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| GALATIANS | Gazing Astrologers Listened, Awed, To Itinerant Apostle. Now Saved. |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| GALLEONS | Great Armada Lost Lives Entering One Nasty Storm |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (The Spanish Armada was defeated as much by the weather as by the British Navy) Transport History |
| GAM | Green And Mauve |
Angela Brett ('gam' is the collective noun for weasels, and the story which the h2g2 researchers are writing at http://www.h2g2.com/A255007 is plagued with mauve and sometimes green weasels.) Art & Literature |
| GAMBLE | Gain A Million By Losing Empire |
Angela Brett Entertainment |
| GAMBLE (2) | Get Additional Money But Lose Everyone |
Angela Brett Entertainment |
| GAMBLING | Gaming And Much Bet Laying - Income Newly Generated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment |
| GAME | Generally About Mass Entertainment |
Gavin Lambert, thinking mainly about sports games and the like rather than board games, but you could extend the parallel... Sports & Recreation Entertainment:Games |
| GAME (2) | Great Adventures, Mesmerizes Evening |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Games |
| GAME (3) | Gives Amusement, Makes Entertainment |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Games |
| GAMER | Gathers Around Machines - Evading Reality |
Tony McCoy O'Gameboy Computers:Games |
| GAMMA | Greek Authors Mastered Minimalist Alphabet |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, commenting that there are only 24 characters in the Greek alphabet Science:Linguistics |
| GAMUTS | Girls Appraise Men Under The Sheets |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| GANDALF | Great Advisor Negates Death And Looses Fireworks |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| GANDALF THE GREY | Grappled And Nearly Died After Long Fall - Though He's Evidently Gotta Return (Even Younger?) |
Tony McFrodo O'Baggins Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| GANDER | Giving A Nudge Dames Excitedly Reject |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| GANT | Guess About Nebulous Timescales |
Jonathan Staniford (see GANTT) Time |
| GANTT | Graph Allocating Necessary Tasks & Timescales |
Angela Brett, after a workmate mistakenly referred to a Gantt chart as a 'GANT'. The Gantt chart is named after Charles Gantt, and is not an acronym. Time |
| GANTT (2) | Generally Always Need Triple Time |
Angela Brett (see GANTT) Time |
| GANTT (3) | Guesstimates Almost Never The Truth |
Angela Brett Time |
| GANTT (4) | Generate Arbitrary Net Total Time |
Jonathan Staniford Time |
| GANTT (5) | Generous Approximations, No Tiny Target |
Angela Brett Time |
| GANTT (6) | Generating Appropriate Notation Takes Time |
Angela Brett Time |
| GANZ | Glossary: "All", Not Zero |
Grace Francis Science:Linguistics:German Words |
| GAOL | Girls Are Only Lads |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Law & Order Places:Buildings |
| GAP | Gear's Awfully Pricey |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| GAP (2) | Greatly Annoys Parents |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| GAP (3) | Get-Across Problem? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| GARAGE (2) | Greasy And Rude Adolescents Guaranteed Employment! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Places:Buildings |
| GARBAGE MOUTH | Garrulous And Rude & Brutally Aggressive Guy. Every Moment One Utters "Toilet Humour" |
Toilet Mouth O'Grady Communication:Talking |
| GARDEN | Gives All, Rainbow Delights, Entreats Natives |
Jan Morgan Places |
| GARDEN LIGHTS | Generating A Remarkable Display Every Night - Lamps Illuminate Grower's Horticulural Trophy Specimens |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants Household Objects |
| GARDEN OF EDEN | Gobbling Apple Revealed Dear Eve's Nakedness... One Figleaf Enhanced Decency Enough? No! |
Angela Brett Places Religion |
| GARDEN OF EDEN (2) | Gained A Rich Domain, Evil Negotiates Offense, Failed Experimental Decree Exiles Newlyweds |
Jan Morgan Places Religion |
| GARDENS | Grass And Rosebeds Delight Everybody's Natural Senses |
TMcCO'G Places Science:Biology:Plants |
| GARFIELD | Gifted (Albeit Rotund) Feline, I Eat Lasagne Daily |
TMcCO'G Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Names:Pet Names |
| GARFIELD (2) | Gets Around Really Fast If Espying Lasagne Dish |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Names:Pet Names |
| GARLAND | Green And Red Leaves Are Nicely Decorative |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants |
| GARLIC | Garnish - A Renowned Love Inhibiting Condiment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| GARLIC (2) | Good At Repulsing Lovers, If Chewed. |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| GARMENTS | Girls Adorn Runways, Modelling Elegant New Tweed Suits |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| GARRETT | Gaelic - Attention Riveted Regarding Everything That's There |
Angela Brett (the name Garrett comes from Gaelic and means 'To Watch') Names:First names:Male |
| GARRULOUS | Gabbing About Random Rubbish, Usually Lots Of Useless Subjects |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GARY | Guy's Always Reinterrogating You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| GARY (2) | Gets Alcohol Replenished Yonder |
Jan Morgan - someone I know Names:First names:Male |
| GAS | Generally Asphyxiating Substance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry |
| GASBAG | Groan... Another Speech By Al Gore. |
Angela Brett Politics |
| GASBAG (2) | Get A Second Book Absolutely Gratis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| GAS PEDAL | Gains Automotive Speed. Probably Encourages Driving At Limit. |
Eric Bridgstock Transport:Car Parts |
| GATANISM (2) | Gleaning Apple's Trade, And Nerdishly Idolising Satanic Master |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows |
| GATE | Grants Access To Everyone |
Angela Brett Places |
| GATE (2) | Gives Abode Territorial Entrance |
Jan Morgan Assorted Nouns |
| GAUDY | Garish And Unusually Decadent - Yuck! |
Melanie Merswolke Assorted Adjectives |
| GAUSS | Got Answers Using Simultaneous Solutions |
Angela Brett, thinking of Gaussian elimination, a way of solving simultaneous equations. I didn't feel like acronymising the whole thing! Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| GAUSS (2) | Great Arithmetic Used Solving Systems |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| GAUSS (3) | Geometry's An Unexpectedly Strange Subject. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| GAVIN | Good At Very Interesting 'Nyms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| GAVIN LAMBERT | Generating Acronyms, Velocity Irregular. Natural Laziness Assumed; Maybe Boredom Enhances 'Ronymising Tendencies? |
Gavin Lambert (since I felt it was about time I "ronymised" my own name) :) Names:Acronymists |
| GAWAIN | Grail Adventurer, Was Arthur's Ideal Nephew. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| GAY | Got Aids Yet? |
mark a.k.a. (dad) People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| GAY MEN | Got Anagram? Yes, Mangey (Erroneous Naming)! |
Robert Anonymous People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| GAYS | Genes Alter Your Sexuality? |
Angela Brett Science:Biology People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| GAYS (2) | Gender Aside, You're Sexy! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| GEAR DOWN | Generally, Entering A Recession, Dispose Of Workforces Now |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| GEEK | Gathers Esoteric, Encyclopaedic Knowledge |
Angela Brett Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEK (2) | Greatly Enjoys Enhancing Kernels |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEK (3) | Great Education Enhances Knowledge |
Apronymous Anonymous Education People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEKS (2) | Generally Exhibit Exceptional Keyboard Skills |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers People & Relationships |
| GEEKS (3) | God's Electronic - Every Kilobyte's Sacred |
Angela Brett Computers Religion People & Relationships |
| GEEKY | Go Electronic - Everyone Knows You |
Angela Brett Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEKY (2) | Generally Everything Elicits Keyboard Yearnings |
Angela Brett Computers People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| GEEKY (3) | Gigabit/ Exabit Ethernet Kindling Yottabytes |
Angela Brett Computers |
| GEEKY ACRONYMS (2) | Gotos Evil, Everybody Knows. You Always Can Rely On (Names You've Mangled) Subroutines |
Angela Brett, thinking of abbreviated function names. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Computers:Programming |
| GEMINI | Gypsies Earn Money In Nonsense Industry |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Astrology |
| GEMINI (2) | Gets Endeavors Mixed In Neurotic Indecisiveness |
Jan Morgan Religion:Astrology |
| GENEALOGY | Generations Evoke New Excitement And Love Of Genealogy Yearnings |
Jan Morgan - Genealogy is the study of our heritage and finding our ancestors People & Relationships:Family |
| GENERAL | Generally Evinces Nothing Exceptional - Rarely A Livewire |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Ranks |
| GENERAL CONFERENCE | Gives Extraordinary Navigation, Exceptional Resolve Acknowledged, Listening Covers Our Needs For Eternity, Reports Effect Noteworthy Concerns, Endeavors |
Jan Morgan -- world wide meeting of LDS church that delivers counsel to its members Religion Time:Special Occasions |
| GENERIC | Generalised Extremely, Not Explicit... Really Inspecific Codswallop. |
Angela Brett, when Bern complained that her HERNIA was too generic. See also: INSPECIFIC Assorted Adjectives |
| GENESIS | Generating Everything, Nothing Excepted, Seventh Is Sabbath. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| GENESIS (2) | God's Early News: Existence Started In Seven |
Roger Williams Religion:Bible books |
| GENETIC ALGORITHM | Guesser Employing Nature's Evolutionary 'Tactics' In Creating A Likely Group Of Resolutions. Increase That Heuristic Measurement! |
Angela Brett Science Computers:Programming |
| GENETIC ENGINEERING | Godlike Experimenters Now Ensure That It Couldn't Evolve Naturally, Given Its Not Especially Effective Reproduction Inhibiting New Generations. |
Angela Brett, as genetically engineered plants are sometimes made sterile in order to prevent the crops from spreading and/or increase profits for the companies which sell the seeds. This also ensures that the variety could never have evolved naturally, since anything which can't reproduce is a sitting duck (so to speak) for natural selection. Science:Biology |
| GENGAR | Grimy Even Nauseating Ghoul Also Repulsive. |
Nevica the MAN. (Gengar is a purple, ugly, ghost pokemon #94) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| GENTS | Great Emergency - Need To Sh*t |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| GENUIS | Geeks Enabling Nottingham University's Information Systems |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see UNITS) Education:University of Nottingham School of Community Health Sciences IT Subgroup |
| GEOFFREY CHAUCER | Greatness Endures, Oh Founding Father! Really! Evidently Your 'Canterbury' Had A Unique Creative-English Role |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Writers |
| GEOLOGY | Geology Encapsulates One's Learning Of Gneiss Yields |
Sean Lamb Science:Geology |
| GEOMETRY | Golly, Elementary Orthogonal Matrices Excite These Randy Youths. |
Angela Brett, during a boring first-year algebra lecture. Science:Mathematics:Geometry Education:Slow Teaching |
| GEOMETRY (2) | Go Euclid! One Man's Elementary Text Remained Years! |
Angela Brett (parts of Euclid's 'Elements' were used as a standard textbook for around 2250 years.) Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| GEOMETRY (3) | Greek Earth Observers Measured Everything, Trusting Real Yardsticks. |
Angela Brett, since geometry began with people actually measuring land and wasn't at all like the abstract science it is today. Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| GEORGE | Gentleman, Eating Out, Rarely Gets Eel. |
Patricia Rix, describing her husband Names:Acronymists |
| GEORGE (2) | Gave Existence Onto Rix Generations, Evidently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| GEORGE (3) | Gives Entertaining Osmonds Rare Gifts, Emerged |
Jan Morgan, referring to George Osmond. Names:Famous people |
| GEORGE BUSH | Getting Elected On Recount, George's Eldest Boy Ultimately Succeeded Him |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGE PAGE | Gets Entangled Organizing Right Guy's Espousal - Patiently Accepts Girl's Elopement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON (2) | George Eventually Overthrew "Royal George". Everyone Wanted A Similar Hierarchy In National Government. "That's Over! Nevermore!" |
Roger Williams -- George Washington was highly instrumental in the success of the American Revolution. After victory, he was hailed as 'King George' and refused the title. Names:Famous people:Politicians History |
| GEORGE W BUSH | Got Every Opportunity Republican Governor Ever Wanted - But United States Harmed |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGE W. BUSH | Get Elected Or Remain Governor Even When Beaten Under Some Hedges |
Rico Leffanta Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGE W BUSH (2) | Got Every Opportunity Republican Gilt Ever Worked - But Unusually Stupid Human |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGE W. BUSH (2) | Gets Evil Offensive Ruler, Genuine Empathy, Warmth, Best Underdog Succeeds Honors |
Jan Morgan Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGE W BUSH (3) | Gives Every Opportunity Republican Grafters Ever Want By Utilizing State Hubris |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGE W BUSH (4) | "Good Egg", Or Really Gifted, Excellent World-Beater? Unimpressive, Say Hecklers |
Chris Kjelgaard. Alternative endings could be "Usually Seems Harmless", "Unusually Strong Head", or "Unfathomable, Says Humanity", etc. Names:Famous people:Politicians |
| GEORGIA | Gradually Eased Off Russia's Grip Into Autonomy. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| GEORGIA (2) | Gin Eli Original, Rural Gifts In Area |
Jan Morgan - Cotton gin was invented by eli whitney, Gifts = crops of cotton for clothes etc and peanuts for peanut butter etc. Places:States & Regions |
| GERADE | Genuine Expression Reaffirming Apparent Dubious Exactness |
Grace Francis Science:Linguistics:German Words |
| GERAINT | Gentle Errant Romantic, Arthurian Individual, Noble Traveller |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| GERALD | Gets Enchanted, Reading A Little Drama |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| GERMANY | Greeted Eventual Reunification Magnificently After Numerous Years. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| GERTRUDE | Generates Enmity Realizing The Rogue Uncle's Despotic Ends |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark |
| GESTALT | Generality Exceeds (Somehow) The Analytically Logical Total |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science |
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