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100% PRIESTParish's Religious Individual Espouses Sacred Teachings. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion:Religious Occupations
0% PRIEST (2)Person Regarding Infinite Eternity "Summer Time" Rico Leffanta
Religion:Religious Occupations
0% PRIEST (3)Proclaims Religion In Each Sabbath Teaching Angela Brett
Religion:Religious Occupations
100% PRIESTHOODPatriarchal Religious Improvement Essential Submission To Holy One Of Divinity Jan Morgan
Religion:Religious Occupations
100% PRIMARYPrincipal Resource Inducts Many Alarmed & Resentful Youths Tony McCoy O'Grady
Education
100% PRIMEProduce Right Integers Multiplying Eternity Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics
0% PRIME (2)Pray! Reinvest Income! Methodically Expand! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Assorted Verbs
0% PRIME MINISTERPlease Remember I'm Merely Empowered Mortal, I'm Not Infallible - So Try Empathetic Reactions. Angela Brett
Names:Famous people:Politicians
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
0% PRIME POWERFUL NUMBERS!Positive = Recursively Invoke (Multiplication * {Each Prime, One Withheld!} ^ Exponent). Represent Factorisation Uniquely, Luminescing Naturals Unlimited! "Mathematics By Expansion: Reduces Swiftly!" Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. In apronym, PRIME is a transitive verb. One Withheld! means that mathematicians do not define ONE as a PRIME, even though PRIME commonly means FIRST. ONE is called a UNIT. "Mathematics By Expansion: Reduces Swiftly!" fractions. Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic n. Every natural number is either prime or may be decomposed uniquely into prime factors.
Science:Mathematics
100% PRIMESPositively Represent Individuals! Multiply Essential Services! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics
0% PRIMES (2)Positives: Represented Integers. Multiplications Essentially Singular! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics
0% PRINCE HALPlainly Rather Idle Now, Convinces Everyone He's Adult & Loyal Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry IV
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry IV
100% PRINCESSPublic Relations Is Nearly Choking Elegant Stately Symbol. Angela Brett
Politics:Royalty
0% PRINCESS (2)Perky Royal In Navarre's Court - Evidently Someone's Smitten Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Love's Labours Lost
0% PRINCESS DIANAPretty Royal Is Notable, Causing Eventual Society Sadness Died In Accident, Numerically Admired Jan Morgan
Politics:Royalty:Royals
100% PRINCIPALPerson Responsible Is Normally Chief Instigating Player, And Leader Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
0% PRINCIPAL (2)Person, Reputedly In Nominal Charge, Is Prolix And Loquacious Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
0% PRINCIPAL (3)People Regularly Invest Notes, Chasing Interest-Paying Annuities / Loans Tony McCoy O'Grady
Commerce:Money
100% PRINCIPLEPithily Rolled Into Neat Clause, I'm Perhaps 'Life-Encapsulating' Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Thoughts
0% PRINCIPLE (2)Pareto Ratio Idea Nearly Covers It... Percentage Law's Everywhere! Angela Brett (The PARETO PRINCIPLE, also known as the 80/20 rule, states that you can get 80 percent of the result with 20 percent of the effort)
People & Relationships:Thoughts
0% PRINCIPLE (3)Pareto's Ratio Idea Nearly Conveys Inversely Proportional Labour & Effect Angela Brett (see PRINCIPLE (2))
People & Relationships:Thoughts
100% PRINTERPitiful Rectum Injured. Never Try Epson Rolls! Jeff Anonymous
Computers:Do Not Eat
100% PRISCILLAPresley's Relict In Subsequent Career Is Lovely Leading Actress Tony McCoy O'Grady
Names:Famous people
100% PRIVATEPlodding Ranker Is Valiantly Assaulting The Enemy Tony McCoy O'Grady
Military:Ranks
0% PRIVATE BANKERPurposely Reaching Individual Victims, All (of) Them End-up Broke And Never Knowing Enjoyment of Riches. Dundee
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
100% PRIVATEERPiratical Robbery In Vast Atlantic Tracts Enriched Elizabeth's Realm TMcCO'G - Privateers were often English ships which robbed Spanish ships returning to Spain with riches taken from the Americas and 'donating' portions of the booty to the Exchequer.
History
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals
0% PRIVATE EYEPerson Researches / Investigates Various Activities That Employer Expects You'll Expose Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations
0% PRIVATE PARTSPeople Rarely Inspect Venal Areas That Everyone Possesses, And Restricted To Spouses Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
Science:Biology:Body Parts
0% PRIVY BOXPrivacy Required In Vault: You Become Outstandingly Xenophobic! Patricia Rix
Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room'
100% PRIZESPayment Received Is Zero$ Each Submission. Angela Brett - Acronyms.co.nz does not offer prizes for acronyms as no money is made from the site... but you could still boast about being on the hall of fame (http://acronyms.co.nz/halloffame.html) or honours list (http://acronyms.co.nz/honours.html)
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website
0% PRIZES (2)Primary Reward Is Zealous Enjoyment / Stimulation Angela Brett (see PRIZES)
Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website
100% PROBABILITYPredict Randomness Only By Assuming Bias Isn't Long In Term, Yes? Angela Brett
Science:Statistics
100% PROBABLYPossible Result / Outcome - Basically A Bet Like Yankee Tony McCoy O'Grady
Communication:Yesses And Noes
0% PROBLEM SOLVING TIPSPansophic Regime Of Book-Learning Engages Memory Skills; Of Larger Value Is Neatly Gathering Thoughts Into Pliant Structures Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Thoughts
0% PROCLUSParallel Rays' Omnipresent Closeness Levels Uncertainty [Sic]. Timothy Chambers (Proclus erroneously proved the parallel postulate by assuming that parallel lines are equidistant.)
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
100% PROCRASTINATEPlease Realize Our Chores Really Are Stupidly Tedious -- *I'll* Never Accomplish Them Efficiently. Timothy Chambers
Assorted Verbs
0% PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTPlease Remember Ordinary Daily Users. Code Tuning Isn't Much Prized - Regardless Of Velocity, Exasperation Makes Everything Need Time. Angela Brett (Most everyday software doesn't really benefit from code-tuning to make each operation run as quickly as possible... productivity really increases when the software is made easier to use.)
Computers:Programming
Commerce
100% PRODUCTIONPlay, Revue Or Drama - Usually Critics Take In Opening Night Tony McCoy O'Grady
Entertainment
92% PROFESSIONALPeople Really Oughta Find Electrician, Since Short-circuits Inevitable Occasion Nicks And Lacerations Patricia Rix (I was thinking of the electician's motto: electricity is not a hobby - hire a professional)
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
Science:Electronics
100% PROFESSIONSPeople Rather Offices For Earning Salaries, Since Income's Often Nicely Stable Tony McCoy OWageearner
People & Relationships:The Workforce
100% PROFIGGLEPatient Rolled Off Furniture, Injuring Gluteus, Grazed Lower Extremities Tony McCoy O'Grady. 'Profiggle' was originally a contraction for 'prolonged stifled giggle' until Tony gave it this expansion.
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
Laughter
100% PROGENYParental Reproduction Often Generates Excessively Numerous Youths Tony McCondom O'Grady
Science:Biology
100% PROGRAMMINGPeople Require One Good Reference, Alphabetically Making Most Instructions Nimbly Graspable. Angela Brett
Computers:Programming
100% PROGRESSPeople Running Onwards Get Rewarded Earning Social Status Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Nouns
100% PROJECTPlease Review Our Job Especially Compassionately. Thanks. Angela Brett, after a meeting with her group for an INFORMATION SYSTEMS project.
Education
100% PROJECTSPeople Rely On Just Enough Cash To Survive Tavia Bryant
Places
100% PROLOGUEPlease Read Opening Lines, Offering Guidelines Unto Everyone Tony McCoy O'Grady
Art & Literature
80% PROMParty Requiring Outlay (of) Money Patricia Rix
Time:Special Occasions
91% PROMETHIUMPossibly Real, Observers Made Experiments To Have Inspected (it) Under Microspectrophotometer. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
100% PROMISCUOUSPromises Romance Or Marriage In Seconds Counting Unscrupulously On Unresisted Sex Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
100% PROMISEProclamation's Read Only Memory... It Shall Endure. Angela Brett
People & Relationships
89% PROMISESPrior to Release, On Mp3 I Sampled Emerging Single. Angela Brett, after downloading and listening to an mp3 of the Cranberries' new song, Promises, before it was released as a single.
Entertainment:Music:Songs
100% PROMPTPrint Request On Monitor - Please Type! Angela Brett
Computers
100% PROPAGANDAPope's Religious Office Puts About Gospel Against Native Deities & Altars Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion
100% PROPHETPrayerfully Religious, Offering Precepts, Happiness. Eternal Teacher Jan Morgan
Religion:Religious Occupations
100% PROPOSALPaper Relating One's Purpose, Or Strategy, At Length Tony McCoy O'Grady
Communication
100% PROPOSALSPeople Readily Offer Personal Opinions Solving A Locked Situation Tony McCoy O'Grady
Communication
100% PROPRIOCEPTIONPeople Rely On Perfect Representations Internally Of Carnal Extremities. Perceiving This Is Only Natural. Angela Brett
Science:Biology
100% PROSPEROPatiently Rides Out Seclusion Plotting Epic Revenge Operation Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Tempest
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Tempest
100% PROSTITUTEPeople Requesting Oral Sex Think It's Too Uneconomical To Enjoy? Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
100% PROTACTINIUMParticularly Rarely Occurring. Tiny Amounts Cost Thousands. It's Not In Use Much. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
100% PROTECTIONPeople Really Ought To Ensure Care's Taken If Outside Nocturnally Angela Brett
Assorted Nouns
0% PROTECTION (2)People Really Ought To Ensure Care's Taken If Orgasming Nowadays Angela Brett, as a modification of PROTECTION
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
100% PROTEINProvides Rationable Options To Eat In Nibbles Jan Morgan
Science:Chemistry
Food & Drink
100% PROTESTPeople Register Opposition To Enemy's Sinister Threat Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
Politics
100% PROTEUSPuerile Rascal's Opportunity To Eye Up Silvia Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Two Gentlemen of Verona
100% PROTOCOLSProcedures Rigidly Observed To Obviate Crassness Or Looking Stupid His Excellency, TheAmbassador@TheCourtOfSaintJames
People & Relationships
100% PROTONPositive, Resists Orbiting To Occupy Nucleus Gavin Lambert
Science:Chemistry
Science:Physics:Particles
0% PROTON (2)Part Removed Of The Other Nucleon Angela Brett, since a neutron can react with an electron neutrino to form a proton and an electron, giving the impression that a neutron is an electron plus a proton.
Science:Physics:Particles
0% PROTON (3)Particle Reputedly Of Three, One Negative. Angela Brett - protons are thought to be made up of two positive UP QUARKs and one negative DOWN QUARK.
Science:Physics:Particles
100% PROTO-POLYNESIANPrehistoric Relative Of Today's Oceanic People's Oral Language. You'd Never Expect Such Interesting Ancestral Notes. Angela Brett
Science:Linguistics
100% PROVEPerform Repeatable Objective Verifiable Experiments Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. I have been noticing for decades that a lot of common expressions can be acronymed (I am 58). E.G., HAND for "Have A Nice Day!" I have also coined apronyms for decades (even tho I did not link to your site until SAT 7/19 from acronymfinder.com, which I found on TUES 7/15.) I submitted this definition as my 37th and last to acronymfinder.com & apologized in the comment section that I had not read their guidelines until after my 36th submission.Your site is the most fun I visit. I hope that, above all, kids are encouraged to learn, communicate in, and coin apronyms! My favorite from your site is INFINITY! (I am a MATH WIZ.)
Science
0% PROVE (2)Provide Rational Obvious Verifiable Evidence Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Just a variation of PROVE, when operating in a more common, not necesarily experimental, mode.
Science
100% PROVERBSPractical Recitation Of Valuable Educational Resources, Became Sayings Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion:Bible books
0% PROVERBS (2)Poems Rhymic Offerings, Vital Enlightenment Reaches Believers, Solace Jan Morgan
Religion:Bible books
100% PROWLParade Romantic Opulence Women Love Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
100% PROXYPerson Registers Other's X, Yes? Tony McCoy O'Grady ('Proxy' is a term used to describe someone authorised to vote for someone else. The 'X' stands for a vote.)
Politics
100% PSALMSPoetic Songs And Lyrics, Much Sung Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion:Bible books
0% PSALMS (2)Poems Sung At Length, Makes Solace Jan Morgan
Religion
100% PSHAWPathetic Sarcasm Hasn't Actually Worked Tony McCoy O'Grady
Main
100% PSYCHOLOGYPerhaps Somehow You Can Help Others Live Out Golden Years Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology
100% PSYDUCKPsychokinetic Superpowers You Don't Understand Could Kill! Angela Brett (Psyduck is Pokemon #54... and they don't really kill, they could just make your pokemon faint.)
Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon
100% PTOLEMYPostulated That Otherworlds Looped Earth & Moon Yearly. Angela Brett
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
100% PUBERTYPenis, Uterus Be Expanding Rapidly Through Youth Jeff Anonymous
Science:Biology
0% PUBIC HAIRSPrickles Upsurge By Intimate Crevices, Heralding Adulthood & Insulating Reproduction Sites. Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Body Parts
0% PUBLIC TRANSPORTPeople Using Busses Locked In Commuter Traffic Repent, At Next Stop Purchase One Rail Ticket. Angela Brett
Transport
100% PUCKPatently Unruly Chaos King 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
0% PUCKER UPPlease Understand Cheek Kisses Erode Romantic Urges Paradoxically Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
0% PUCKER UP (2)Proper Upper Class Kisses Excite Randy Underprivileged Peckers Rico Leffanta - 'Peckers' is a pun based on the American 'peck' for a casual kiss and 'pecker', - a synonym for penis.
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
100% PUDDLESPools (Usually Dreadfully Dirty) Linger, Evaporating Slowly Tony MuckOy O'Grady
Assorted Nouns
100% PUFFINPower Users Find Files In Networks Sean Lamb (Puffin is Google's code word for their new desktop file search utility)
Computers
Names:Code Names
100% PUKEPartially Undigested Kilojoules Ejected Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PULSARSProbably Unpopulated Locations, Some Are Remotely Studied. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Astronomy
100% PUMAPuma: Ultimate Mac Advancement Acronymous Anonymous (referring to the version of MAC OS X before JAGUAR)
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software
Names:Code Names:Apple
0% PUMA ATTACKS ZEBRA Pertinent Unto Mainland America, Apparently This Terrible Animal Can Kill Skilful Zoological Entity Based Round Africa Tony the Tiger, after somebody on the forums said 'puny puma pit their skills against zebras.'
Science:Biology:Animals
0% PUNCH CARDPunch Using 'Nuff Clout, Hanging Chads Are Rarely Deciphered Sean Lamb
Computers:Programming
100% PUNCTUATIONPerhaps Underutilised, Need Commas To Understand Acronyms! Trivial Indeed, One Nods Gavin Lambert
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Science:Linguistics
100% PUNKPerson Uncovering Nobby Knees Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships
0% PUNK ROCKPresent Underwear Near Knees Rip Off Chains Kinetically Rico Leffanta
Entertainment:Music
100% PUNLESSPolite Unadorned Natural Laughter Expresses Simplicity Sometimes Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela said he was SLIPPING
Words & Wordplay
100% PUNSPlayful, Unexpected Nuances Surprise! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Words & Wordplay
0% PUNS (2)Paronomasia Unearths Natural Silliness Angela Brett
Words & Wordplay
100% PUNTPurchasers/Paddies Used Need These. Tony
Commerce:Money
100% PUPPETPulling Upon Plaything's Pieces Entertains Tots Tony McCoy O'Grady, as an example of something which is worse with NO STRINGS ATTACHED (Pulling Strings)
Entertainment:Toys
100% PUPPIESPeople Usually Prefer Pets If Extra Small Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Animals
100% PURCHASINGPeople Using Resources Can Haggle And/or Shop In New Grocers Tony McCoy O'ShoppingTrolley
Commerce
0% PURCHASING POWERPeople Using Real Cash Have A Strength In Numbers, Grocers Provide Offers Which Earn Revenue TMcCO'G
Commerce
100% PUREPerfectly Unsullied, Remaining Entire Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives
0% PURE (2)Perfectly (Unillogical) Reasonable Expansion Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Jeff suggested putting LAURA in the credit of MICHAEL SEILER, 'so as not to fill the stack and site with PURE nonsense.' Of course the capitalised PURE demanded a pure expansion.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
0% PURE METHAMPHETAMINEPopularly Used Rage Excuse, Maybe Everyone That Has Any May Plead Helplessness Even Though A Murder Is Never Excusable. Angela Brett, after 'P' was blamed for a murder (it seems to be blamed for everything these days.)
Drugs
100% PURGATORYPunishment Until Residual Guilt Atoned, Then Openly Regard Yahweh Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places
Religion
100% PURGEPurify Using Registered General Emetic Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Verbs
100% PURITYPenises Usually Relegate It To Yesterday Angela Brett, after (CHAP (2)) was given a 100% purity rating by the acronym submission form.
Assorted Nouns
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
86% PURPLEPrussian-blue Underneath Red Paint... & Lavender's Engineered! Angela Brett
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
0% PURPLE (2)Perhaps Upperclass/ Royal People Look Elegant Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
0% PURPLE (3)Purely Used, Regal Passionate Lush Emotions Jan Morgan
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
88% PURPPLEPinnk, Umbber, Redd, Peeach, Pearrl, Lemmon and Euccalyptus Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela pointed out that he'd put an extra P word in the expansion of PURPLE in the 'ROSES ARE RED...' acronym. He explained that purpple is a particularly strong colour made up of those listed in the expansion.
Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
100% PURSUITPolice Under Requirements So Ultimately I Tergiversate Taylor Rundell's the name. I thought of the acronym in my brain, but I also used the thesaurus @ thesaurus.com
People & Relationships:Law & Order
100% PUSSPretty, Unusual, Silky, Sleeping Patricia Rix
Science:Biology:Animals
0% PUSSY CATPurring Under Suzy's Sweet Yellow Cardie - Absolute Tranquility Mary Carr
Science:Biology:Animals
0% PUT A SOCK IN ITPoliteness (is) Usually Thoughtful. A Soupcon Of Consideration & Kindness Is Needed, I'm Thinking Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Advice
0% PUT A SOCK ON ITPen Up Thermal Activity So Outside Cold Keeps Out... Nice Insulated Toes. Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Advice
Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear
100% PUTERPathetic Useless Tangled Electronic Rubbish! Tony McCoy O'Grady
Computers:Windows
0% PUT OUTPlace Unwanted Thing(s) Outside Until Trashday Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Verbs
100% PVCPretty Vulgar Clothing Angela Brett (PVC usually stands for Poly-Vinyl Chloride)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Household Objects:Clothing
0% PVC (2)Perfectly Viable Clothing Tony McCoy O'Grady
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Household Objects:Clothing
100% PYTHAGORASPredict Your Triangle's Hypotenuse... Assuming Geometrically Orthogonal - Right-Angled - Sides. Angela Brett
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
0% PYTHAGORAS (2)Prove Your Theorem - Hypotenuses Arranged & Geometry Obviates Relative Areas of Squares. Angela Brett
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
0% PYTHAGORAS (3)Perhaps You Think He Achieved Greatness Of Reputation Alone... Sorry! Angela Brett, because much of the mathematics attributed to Pythagoras was actually by other members of the Pythagorean sect.
Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians
100% PYTHONPursues You, Then Has Ophidian Nutrition Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin
86% PYURIAPus (in) Your Urine Readily Indicates Affliction Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
100% PYXISPopping Yardage, Xraying/Xposing Individual Seeds Jan Morgan in other words the bursting seeds fall over the length (yardage) of the garden xraying (examining) each (individual) seed. An alternative beginning is Portions Yards referring to how people portion out their gardens to say where each variety of seed should go.
Science:Biology:Plants

previous apronyms beginning with P