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| PA | Paternal Ancestor |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Family |
| PACER | Precursive Athlete Can Enliven Runner |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| PACIFIC | Palms, Atolls, Castaways, Inspiration For Imaginative Children |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways |
| PACKAGING | Properly, A Carton Keeps All Goods Inside Neatly Grouped |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| PACKRATITIS | Person Accumulating Crap; Keeps Really Ancient Things Indefinitely, Taking Infinite Storage. |
Gavin Lambert, explaining why he has so many old computers. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| PACMAN | Positively A Classic Macversion Available Now |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Games:Game Characters Computers:Games |
| PACT | Prosper And Collect Taxes |
Rico Leffanta Politics |
| PADDLE | Propel A Dugout During Liquid Escapade |
Tony McCanoe O'Grady Transport |
| PADDY | Particularly Angry , Don't Destroy Yourself |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| PAGANS | Pray - And Get Afterlife's Necessities Secured |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF) Religion Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| PAIGE | Part Angel, In Godless Episodes |
Angela Brett (Paige is a part-angel, part-witch character in the TV series 'Charmed'. I expect that the show would be labelled 'Godless' by some religious zealots because of the witches and other supernatural creatures in it, so it's interesting that it should have angels.) Names:First names:Female Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| PAIN | Prescribe Anaesthetic, It'll Numb. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| PAINT | Palate Assaulted, It's Not Tasty |
Steve Keate Food & Drink |
| PAISLEY | Perfect, Although It's Small... Like Embryo / Young |
Angela Brett, who went to Paisley, Ontario, to meet the Rixes. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| PAKISTAN | Populous As Karachi Is, Still Truly Agricultural Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| PAL | Peace At Last |
unknown origin - actually stands for Phase Alteration Line. Referring to the US/Europe TV standards war. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 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 |
| PALESTINE | Please, All... Let's End Schismatic Terrorism (Israel's No Exception!) |
Angela Brett Religion Places:Countries Military:War & Terrorism |
| PALINDROME | Put All Letters In New Direction Reverse Or Mirror Effect |
Apronymous Anonymous Words & Wordplay |
| PALM | People Analyse Lines Mystically |
Angela Brett Religion |
| PALMS | Predict A Life, Mystics Say |
Angela Brett Religion |
| PALOMINO | Planning Another Launch, One Manufacturer Is Now Online |
Sean Lamb (Palomino was AMD's code name for their Athlon line of processors) Computers:Generic Hardware Names:Code Names |
| PALS | Personable And Likeable Soulmates |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| PALTRY | Pathetic Amount, Likely To Revolt You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| PANAMA | Please Attack Noriega And Make Amends |
joybutton (not his real name *grin*) Places:Countries |
| PANDA | Particular About Native Diet, Apparently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| PANGAMY | Promiscuity Amongst No-Good Adults Made You! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| PANIC | People Act Nonsensically In Crisis |
Angela Brett, 35 minutes before the deadline of a group PROJECT. People & Relationships:Emotions |
| PANTHER | Prowls Around Nature Trails, Heartily Enjoying Raccoons |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| PANTIES | Pair Always Neatly Threaded Into Equivocal Single |
Rico Leffanta Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| PANZER | Probably Australia-New Zealand Emergency Refreshment |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink:Drinks |
| PAPABEAR | Pauses Aren't Particularly Annoying Because Exponential Assignment's Rough. |
Angela Brett, while typing to someone called PapaBear on IRC, not minding his long pauses because she was also working on an assignment involving infinite exponentials. Names |
| PAPER | Precious And Passionate Emerging Romance |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the paper (1st) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| PARACHUTE | Persons Abandoning Rushing Aircraft Can Hurtle Uncomfortably To Earth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| PARADES | Public's Annual Routine Anticipates Day, Event Strolling |
Jan Morgan Time:Special Occasions |
| PARAGUAY | Politically A Republic After Government Under Army Yoke. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| PARAMEDIC | Patients At Roadside Are Medicated, Eventually Doctors Intervene Clinically |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| PARASCENDING | Person (And Rope And Speedboat) Can Elevate Nicely, Drifting If Not Gliding |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| PARIS | People Always Remember Iron Structure |
Eric Bridgstock Places:Towns & Cities |
| PARK | Put Away Resting Kart |
Angela Brett Transport |
| PARLIAMENT | Politicians Are Rogues Living In A Mendacious Environment, Never Trustworthy! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics |
| 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 |
| PARSER | Programmed Algorithm Reading Sentences, Expressions, Runes |
Gavin Lambert Computers |
| PASCAL | Pressure And Stress Calculations Are Lengthy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| PASSION | Perhaps A Shabby Sensation Indicating Onerous Needs |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| PASSWORD | Pick Alphanumeric Symbols, Sans Words Of Reputable Dictionaries. |
Angela Brett Computers |
| PASTA | Parboil, Add Sauce - That's All! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| PASTE | Pictures And Simple Text Entered |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| PASTRY | Pick Another Strudel To Rejuvinate Yourself |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink |
| PATCHES | Pretty Active Tabby Cat Hums Ever Sweetly |
Jan Morgan Names:Pet Names |
| PATENT | Prior Art Treated Egregiously, Not Trusted |
Sean Lamb (the patent office is called to terms by the W3C with prior art on Eolas's web embedding patent) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| PATHETIC | People Against The Hypothesis Earth Travels In Circles |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives Science:Astronomy |
| PATHOLOGY | Perusing A Tissue'e Health (Or Lack) Of Geriatrics & Youths |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| PATRICIA | Parenting All Those Rixes Ideally, Caused Inopportune Ageing? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (At times all parents feel prematurely aged!) Names:Acronymists |
| 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 |
| PATRIOT | Person Acclaiming Territorial 'Romance' Is Often Terrorist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Military:War & Terrorism |
| PATTI | Potatoes And Turnips Taste Incredible |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| PATTON | Picture About Truly Terrifying Officer - No? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| PAUL | Probably An Undersized Lad |
Angela Brett, because according to http://www.surebaby.com/page67.html, the name Paul means 'small'. Names:First names:Male |
| PAULA | Please Act Ultimately Like Adult |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| PAUPER | Poor And Unfortunate Person - Evidently Ravenous |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| PAUSE | Plainly A Uniquely Short Easement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time |
| PAYCHEQUE | Please Accept You Can't Have Everything - Quite Unstable Economy. |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| PAYDAY | Perfect, As Your Debts Arrived Yesterday! |
Angela Brett Time Commerce:Money |
| PAYROLL | Please Accept Your Raise (Or Lowering) Lief. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| PC | Plastic Crap |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| PCI-E | Purchasing Computers In Excess |
Sean Lamb (PCI-E is an acronym for a new graphics bus, the PCI Express; it may launch a wave of new computer purchases) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PCMCIA | People Can't Memorise Conputer Industry Acronyms. |
Acronymious Anonymous. (PCMCIA actually stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, but nobody can ever remember that!) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| PDA | Pointer Directs Actions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (PDA usually stands for Personal Digital Assistant) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| PDQ | Perform - Don't Question! |
Angela Brett (PDQ usually stands for Pretty Darn Quick) Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| PEACE | Perhaps Enmity's At Complete End |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Military |
| PEANUT | Paste's Edible And Nutritious Upon Toast |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| PEAR | Preferably Eaten All Runny |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| PEARL | Passion Exhibits A Rare Longevity |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the pearl (30th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| PEBBLE | Pedestrian Evidently Bashed Boot, Limping Erratically |
Tony McCoy O'Graaaaaady People & Relationships:Disaster |
| PEDANT | Professional Exhibit Displaying Angela's Natural Talent |
Rico Leffanta, when Angela pointed out that Maori and wahine shouldn't be pluralised with the letter s. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| PEDANTRY | Plumbum Est. Don't Alter Nixages/Notation, That's Rather Yucky. |
Jeff Anonymous, in response to PENCIL (5) If anyone can think of a better N word for an ending, let me know. Words & Wordplay |
| PEDESTRIANS | People Evading Drivers - Eventually Squashed! They're Regularly Included As Newspaper Statistics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| PEGASUS | Pony (Enchanted) Galloping Around Starlit Unicorn Stallions |
Rico Leffanta Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| PEGGY | Pretty Easy Girl Gets You! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| PELICAN | Peculiarly Enlarged 'Lip' Is Convenient As Net |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| PEN | Paper-Embellishing Nib |
Angela Brett Household Objects Communication |
| PENCIL | Please Erase Non-Correct Illustrations/ Letters |
Angela Brett Household Objects Communication |
| PENGUIN | Pending Extinction - Not Going Up In Numbers |
Angela Brett, thinking of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin, although I don't know whether the numbers are going up or not. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| PENIS | Pinkish, Erectile Needle Injects Semen. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| PENNILESS | Penury's Evident Now, Nincompoop Is Lamenting Every Shilling Spent |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Penned Enterprising Necessities, Noteworthy State, Yankees Liberty Victorious, A Nation's Independence Awarded |
Jan Morgan - this is where the declaration of independence was penned Places:States & Regions |
| PENTAGON | Poor Economic Numbers? Target Arabian Gulf Oil Nation! |
Chris Kjelgaard Military:War & Terrorism |
| PENTAQUARK | Physics Experimenters Noticed That Assumed Quintets Unquestionably Are Real. Kudos! |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| PENTAQUARKS | Positively Extending 'Normal' Tetrads, Anti-Quark Units Are Really Kinda Strange |
Angela Brett (according to http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~hicks/thplus/pentaquark.html For the exotic pentaquark under study here, the valence quarks consist of two up quarks, two down quarks, and one strange antiquark) Science:Physics:Particles |
| PENTHOUSE | Published Erotic Nudes That Hadn't Obviously Used Spraybrush Experts |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Love & Lust Communication:Periodicals |
| PEPCID | Pill Eliminates Perilous Common Indigestion Daily |
Jeff Anonymous (see TACO BELL) Drugs |
| PEPPER | Piquant Exotic Powder Promises Enjoyable Repast |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments |
| PEPPERY | Particularly Explosive & Pungent - Paprika Effectively Reddens You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments |
| PEPSICO | People Employed Peddling Sugar In Carbonated Offerings |
Tony McCoke O'Grady Commerce:Companies Food & Drink:Drinks |
| PERCIVAL | Perhaps Espied Renowned Chalice In Venerable Arthurian Legend |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| 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 |
| PERFECT | Picky Evaluators Rarely Find Everything's Completely Tiptop |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 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 |
| PERKS | People Employed Regularly Keep 'Souvenirs' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| PERSEIDS | Particles Entering Remote Stratosphere Emit Illuminations During Summertime. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| PERSIAN | Pokemon Evolution Refines Scratchcat Into Aesthetic Nuisance |
Angela Brett (Persian is Pokemon #53) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| PERSISTENT | Personal Energy Resolved Somehow Into Something Terminally Enhancing, Not Temporary. |
Ray Piper People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| PERSONALITY | Property Expressing Real Self Often Not Altogether Liked - Is That You! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| PERSPIRATION | People's Exudations Ret Skin's Pores In Rivulets, Although This Is Often Nasty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| PERU | Population's Expansion Rises Uphill. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| PERVERTS | People Each Requiring Vasectomies, Enjoy Raping The Susceptible. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| PESO | Please Empty Sack Out |
Rico Leffanta Commerce:Money |
| PETER | Pontiff Eventually To Evangelise Rome |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books Religion:Saints |
| PETROL | Prehistoric Extinction! This Revolutionised Our Locomotion. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 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 |
| PETTER | Person Enamoured Tries Touching Erogenous Regions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| more apronyms beginning with P |