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| 100% | NA | No, Assertively |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | NAAS | Noxious Albanian Alcohol's Source |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Naas is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'The winemaking region of Albania where most of the wine that people take to bottle-parties comes from.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 100% | NAB | Net A Baddie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | NAB (2) | Now Apprehended Burglar |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | NACTION | Not And, 'Cause Truly It's Only N |
Angela Brett (Naction is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'The 'n' with which cheap advertising copywriters replace the word 'and' (as in 'fish 'n' chips', 'mix 'n' match', 'assault 'n' battery'), in the mistaken belief that this is in some way chummy or endearing. Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 100% | NADIR | Nothing Above Depth Is Reversed |
Rico Leffanta Places |
| 100% | NADS | Need Autoerotic Dirtiness Sometimes |
Jeff Anonymous People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 86% | NAG HIM | Nudge And Guide Heedless Individual to Modify |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | NAHUM | Ninevah Assailed. Happiness Upon Me! |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | NAILS AND BEAUTY | Not As If Lady's Superficial Achievement's Noticed. Dumb Blondes... Everyone's After Using The Yoni! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | NAME CARD | Nobody Acknowledges Me, Even Cows Are Regarded Distinguished |
Dundee Names |
| 100% | NAMES | Nomenclature Applied Mostly Everywhere, Seemingly |
Melanie Merswolke Names |
| 100% | NAMIBIA | Now A Mining Industry Base In Africa. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | NAOMI | Not An Obviously Monstrous Intellect |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - thinking of non one in particular :-) Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | NAOMI (2) | No Admirer Of Men's Interests |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | NAP | Need A Pause |
Edwin Hermann Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | NAPKIN | Nicely Arranged Paper Keeps It Neat |
Daryl Thomas Household Objects |
| 100% | NAPPIES | Nasty Ass Products & Pee In Exclusive Softwear |
TMcCO'G Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | NAPPIES (2) | Neat Attached Poo Package Is Enclosing Sewage |
TMcCO'G Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | NAPSTER | Nasty American Pop-System Took Extreme Revenge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | NARROW GAUGE | Non-Average Rail Ratio, One Working Grade And Unusual Gauge Examples |
Sean Lamb ("Gauge" refers to the distance between the rails. Standard Gauge in North America is 4' 8.5", Narrow Gauge is anything less than that, most commonly 3'; narrow gauge railroads often contain tighter curves and steeper grades than their standard gauge counterparts) Transport:Trains |
| 80% | NASA | Newbies: "Acronym [for] Space Agency" |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | NASA (2) | Never Attended Starfleet Academy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy |
| 67% | NASA (3) | Never Attained Speed-of-light Acceleration |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | NASA (4) | Not Another Shuttle Accident! |
Angela Brett, after the space shuttle Columbia broke up in re-entry. Science:Astronomy People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | NASAL | Nostrils And Sinuses Are Leaking |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | NASCAR | Numerous Afternoons Spent Careering Around Racetrack |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | NASHVILLE | Not A Simple Hyperlinker; Visiting Internet Links, Lackluster Experience |
Sean Lamb (Nashville was the internal code name used by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 4.0) Computers:Internet:Web browsers Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | NASHVILLE (2) | Now Another Software Html Viewer Is Leaving Locales Exposed |
Sean Lamb (Nashville was Microsoft's code name for Internet Explorer 4.0; there are so many exploits written against IE that its use is now often recommended against) Computers:Internet:Web browsers Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | NATALIE | Noble Adult Troubled, Acts Leave Its Entanglement |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| 87% | NATASHA GURDIN | Natural Acting Talent And She Had A Great Union Rapturously Dancing In Never-never-land |
Rico Leffanta (Natasha Gurdin is better known as Natalie Wood) Names:Famous people:Actors & Actresses:Little known real names |
| 100% | NATES | Natural Asset That Excites Sadists |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | NATHAN | Negotiates All Talents, Having A Need |
Jan Morgan - Someone I Know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | NATHAN (2) | Negotiates Activities Tackling His Addiction Needs |
Jan Morgan - Someone I Know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | NATHAN (3) | Narcissistic Adolescent/Adult Takes Harsh Analysis Notes |
Jan Morgan - Someone I Know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | NATO | Nasty Americans Threaten Others |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (NATO usually stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Politics |
| 100% | NATURAL HEALTH | Not A Treatment Using Recent Advances? Large Herbs Eaten As Little Tablets, How? |
Angela Brett, wondering just how natural a pill containing concentrated herbal remedies can be -- just as soya milk isn't naturally produced by soybeans feeding their babies, herb pills don't grow in the garden. Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 93% | NATURAL NUMBERS | Now A Toddler Understands Repeated Addition... Lacking Numerals Under 1 - Maths Being Essentially Related to Surroundings. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | NATURE | Naked As The Universe Revolvingly Evolves |
Rico Leffanta Science:Environment |
| 100% | NAURU | Not A Universally Recognised Unity. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | NAUSEA | Not Another Uneasy Seatrip, Evacuate Abdomen |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | NAUSEA (2) | Nursing An Unhappy Stomach... Eaten Aasleagh. |
Angela Brett (see AASLEAGH) Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | NAVEL | Nowadays A Very Exposed Location |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | NAVY | Numerous (And Violent) Yachts |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military |
| 100% | NAVY (2) | Never Again Volunteer Yourself. |
Was in the US Navy for 6 year as a volunteer (draftees not accepted). Enough said. Military |
| 100% | NAY | Not A Yes |
Angela Brett Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | NCR | Not Completely Reliable |
Tiny Lee (NCR usually stands for National Cash Register) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | NEAT | Not Even Adding Tonic |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | NEBRASKA | Negotiates Every Best Resource Advantage, Seems Keenly Agricultural |
Jan Morgan - Farming State Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEC | Not Enough Components |
Tiny Lee (NEC usually stands for Nippon Equipment Corporation) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | NECTAR | Never Eat Come Try Angelic Refreshment |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink |
| 100% | NEED | None Eke Ed Drawn |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Either Poverty or Sufficiency. Ed=Education (This is an example of a 'chained apronym' where on top of the usual constraints of an apronym, the last letter of each word in the expansion is the first letter of the next word, and the last letter of the last word is the first letter of the first word.) Education |
| 100% | NEGATIVE INTEGERS | Numerical Entities. Going Against The Increasing Variety, Every Individual Number (Though Entire) Gets Endlessly, Relentlessly Smaller |
TMcCO'G Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | NEGLIGEE | Nearly Every Guy Lusts If Girl's Ensemble's Enticing |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | NEHEMIAH | New Era Heralded; Exiles Migrate; Israel At Home |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | NEIN | No, Everywhere, Is No |
Roger Williams Science:Linguistics:German Words Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | NELL | Never Ever Likes Listening! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | NEMESIS | Not Even Magic Escapes Settling Its Score! |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Greek Gods & Goddesses |
| 100% | NENNIES | Nascent Entities Now Navigating Inside Entire Space |
Eminence Grise, explaining: I'm a French Canadian and nennies is the plural of nenni which is the first name "Denis (day-nee)" in French of a good friend. There was a park in front of his house and his mother often yelled "Denis" for supper but due to distance and a lot of trees in between, we always heard "NENNI!". It stayed through the years and a bunch of friends (40 years of friendship) called themselves the Nennies and there's no nennying about it! Nennies are curious about everything and enjoy life as it comes. Names:First names:Male Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 90% | NEODYMIUM | Natural Element - Oxide Deployed in Your Monitor In Underpinning Mismatches. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | NEON | Now Enlivening Our Nighttimes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 88% | NEOPETS | Not Exactly Organic Perhaps, Evidently They're Smile-inducing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see http://www.neopets.com) Computers:Games Computers:Internet |
| 100% | NEOPHYTE'S SERENDIPITY | Newcomer's Exciting Occurrence Probably Has You Telling Everybody. Search Shows Extraneous Result - Extremely Novel Discovery Is Pleasant, I Tell You! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| 100% | NEPAL | Nowadays Everest's Peaks Accumulate Litter. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | NEPHI | Navigator Endures Prideful Heinous Illusions |
Jan Morgan -- the good sibling in the Book Of Mormon Names:Book of Mormon Characters |
| 100% | NEPHITE | Noble Emigrants Prepares Harbouring Israel To East |
Jan Morgan -- Work with me here! depending on which way you travel the Americas can be East of Israel Names:Book of Mormon Characters |
| 100% | NE PLUS ULTRA | Need Extra Penile Length? Use Safe Urologist Logs That Raise Assets |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | NEPTUNE | Nearer Earth Perhaps Than Universe's Next Entity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy:Planets |
| 75% | NEPTUNIUM | Neptunium Emits Particles That (are) Useful. Neutron-detection Instruments Use it Much. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | NERD | Never Experiences Romantic Dates |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | NERD (2) | Not Exactly Romantic Dude |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | NERMAL | Nice Eccentric Relaxed Mammal, Abudhabi Lent |
Jan Morgan - Garfield always sends this cat to Abu Dhabi Art & Literature:Fictional Characters Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | NET | Now Everyone's Thieves |
Sean Lamb (NET, in this reference, is the acronym given by the US Congress to the No Electronic Theft Act, which is supposed to simplify criminal prosecution for distributing proprietary files online) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | NETHACK | Neat, Everything's Text! Heroic "At" Creams Kobolds. |
Sporkmaster Computers:Games |
| 100% | NETHERLANDS | Need Elevate Their High Embankment Ridges Lest A Natural Disaster Strikes. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | NET PRESENT VALUE | Not Estimable! This Priceless Resource Enables Sending Electronic Notes To Virtually Anyone Living & Using Electricity. |
Angela Brett, thinking of the present value of the 'net. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | NETSCAPE | Not Everyone Trusts Software Companies. A Possible Exception. |
Edwin Hermann Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 100% | NETSCAPE (2) | Nightmare Experiences? Then Stop Choosing Alternative Product, Explorer |
Edwin Hermann Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 100% | NETSCAPE (3) | Not Especially Tight, Spacewise... Communicator Adds Pointless Extensions. |
Angela Brett, who likes Netscape apart from the excess memory that the Communicator version uses by having mail, news and Composer built in. Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 100% | NETSCAPE SIX | Not Enjoyable - Those Skins Can Appear Pretty, Except Standard Interface's Xcluded. |
Angela Brett, who liked older versions of Netscape but doesn't like the way that Netscape 6 can be themed to look like anything except the rest of the OS. Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 100% | NETWORK | Nothing's Ever Televised With Out Receiving Kudos |
Patricia Rix, who adds: at least from the Network. Entertainment |
| 100% | NETWORK GEEK | Need Equipment To Work Out Route Kilobytes Go? Employ Exchange Kid/Kit |
Angela Brett Computers People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | NEUTRINO | Not Entirely Untouchable, Though Rarely Interacts. Neutral, Obviously. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| 100% | NEVADA | Nightly Entertainment Venues Are Dating Attractions |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEVER CRY WOLF | Northern Expeditionary Venture Encounters Roaming Caribou, Rodents, & Yelping Wonder Of Lupine Frolics |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Farley Mowat. Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | NEVER EAT SOGGY WAFFLES | Not Everyone Views Each Range Effectively, Adventures Take Steering Of Guidance, Greatly Yields Where Adventures Follow For Leading Every Step |
Jan Morgan - this is the phrase that helps kids know how the compass is - North East South West Places:Positions & Directions |
| 100% | NEW ACROS | Nice Extremely Weird Acronyms, Created Rapidly Online, Stupendous! |
Jeff Anonymous, after he'd capitalised NEW ACROS in a forum post and Angela reminded him to acronymise capitalised words. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | NEW ACROS (2) | New Entrant Waives Anonymity - Cautiously Reveals Original Surname |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Jeff. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | NEW BABY | Neonate Enters World Blubbering And Burping Yuckily. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | NEWBIE | Not Even Weaned, Baby Is Extraordinary |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that an unweaned baby is basically a 'newbie' to life. Science:Biology People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | NEWBIE (2) | New Entrant With Beginner's Ignorant Enquiries |
Tony McCoy O'Grady... a propos the usual use of the term - someone who hasn't read the manual asking basic questions. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | NEWBIE (3) | Not Especially Wise, But Incredibly Enthusiastic. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | NEW ERA | Nuptials End With Easily Read Articles. |
Angela Brett, on hearing about New Era, a divorce magazine. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | NEW HAMPSHIRE | North Eastern World Has Abnaki Memories, Potatoes Started Here In Region, Embarked |
Jan Morgan - Abnaki indians Potatoes started(embarked) here Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEW IDEA | Novel Effusive, Wildly/Wonderful, Innovative, Dynamically Expansive, Advancement! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | NEW JERSEY | North Eastern World, Justifying Einstein's Research, Studied Energy, Yesterday |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEW JERSEY (2) | Now Edison Wattage Juices Energy Research Saves Electricity Yesterday |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEWLYWED | Nature's Endowment Will Leave You Wondering Every Day |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | NEW MEXICO | Not East's World, Magically Enchanting, Xrayed In Colorful Originality |
Jan Morgan - known as the land of enchantment and color Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEW POST TO THIS THREAD | Need Exposure? Write Pointing Out Something To The Others That Habituate Interesting Site. They Hopefully Relish Entertaining Acronyms Daily. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to one of the buttons at the Acronyms forums, at http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/start.cgi?id=acronyms Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | NEW PROFESSIONALS | Nowadays Employers Want Proper Records Of Further Education - Somebody Studying Independently's Often Not Appraised Like Scholar. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | NEWS | National Events, World Stories |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | NEW SCIENTIST | Not Even With Single Citation; I'm Employed Now Though, I'm So Talented! |
Angela Brett, who will have to settle for reading the magazine and hiring her soul to MICROSOFT for now. Science People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | NEWSPAPER | National Events, World Stories Published And People Everywhere Read |
Roger Williams Communication:Periodicals |
| 100% | NEW TESTAMENT | Now Everyone Will Treat Especially Sacred Texts As Meaningful - Evil Needn't Triumph |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | NEWTON | Neat Electronic Wizardry Turned Out Notsopopular |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | NEWTON (2) | Nice Equations - Worked Them Out Nimbly. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | NEWTON (3) | Not Everyone Will Type Out Notes |
Angela Brett, who now uses a Newton MessagePad to take notes in class, while some students use laptops. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | NEWTON (4) | Not Executive Wankers' Toy... Obsolete Now. |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| 100% | NEWTON (5) | Normally Expresses What "Thump" Offers, Numerically |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 85% | NEW YEAR'S DAY | Near End of Winter You Eagerly Await Return of Spring - Desperate, Anxious Yearning |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, showing that he lives in the northern hemisphere. Time:Special Occasions |
| 92% | NEW YEAR'S DAY (2) | (it's) Not Every Week You Eagerly Arrange Resolutions... Seldom Done All Year. |
Angela Brett Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | NEW YORK | Niagara's Enchants Wedded, Your Orchestra Reaches Kudos |
Jan Morgan - New York philharmonic Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | NEW ZEALAND | Nearly Extinct Wondrous Zoology, Environmentally Attractive Landscape, A Natural Delight. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | NEW ZEALAND (2) | Now English Whenua, Zespri-Eaters Abound & Land Actuates Native Disputes. |
Angela Brett. ('Whenua' means 'land' in Maori - the aboriginal language of New Zealand, and 'Zespri' is a New Zealand kiwifruit.) Places:Countries |
| 100% | NEXT | Now Entitled 'X' (Ten) |
Angela Brett (Mac OS X is a reincarnation of the NeXTStep operating system) Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 100% | NIAGARA FALLS | Nikon Is As Good As Ruined, As Falling Actually Launched Liquid Skyward/Spray |
Angela Brett Places:Waterways |
| 100% | NIB | Numerous Ink Blotches |
Tony Household Objects |
| 100% | NIC | Nasty Internal Cuts |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining why not to eat a Network Interface Card Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 93% | NICE EXPANSION | Novelty Is Cleverly Encapsulated - Eschewing X-rated Puns And Non-Standard Idioms Or Neologisms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | NICE LOOKING | Now I'm Charmed, Elegant Legs On Outstandingly Kinky Individual - Nubile Girl |
Tony McCoy O'NaughtyBoy People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | NICETIES | Not Interesting Comments, Essentially They're Insignificant, Empty Smalltalk. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | NICHOLAS | Needs Impressive Character, Having Own Lessons As School |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | NICHOLAS (2) | Negotiates In Caring Home Of Lawyer And Sister |
Jan Morgan - Someone I Know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | NICK | Notch, Incision, Cavity, Knifemark! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | NICK (2) | Nefarious Individual - Clearly Kleptomaniacal |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 100% | NICK (3) | Niche Is Computer Knowledge |
Angela Brett, on a Mac-fixing Nick she knows. Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | NICK BOTTOM | Normally Innately Calm & Kind, Becomes Over-The-Top Overacting Maniac |
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 |
| 100% | NICKEL | Nominally In Coinage, Keeps Everything Light |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
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