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| 100% | RA | Rafted Atlantic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Ra is the name Thor Heyerdahl gave the papyrus raft he crossed the Atlantic with.) Transport |
| 100% | RA (2) | Really Ancient |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the ancient Egyptian sun god) Religion |
| 100% | RABAT | Rotate And Bring About Togetherness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | RABBI | Rebellious Arab Brazenly Blessing Israel |
Rico Leffanta, after reading DNA analysis concludes Jews and Palestinians are genetic brothers. Religion:Religious Occupations |
| 100% | RABBIT | Randy As Bejaysus, Big Incisor Teeth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | RABHADH | Read And Beware, Here Are Dire Hazards |
Angela Brett, who noticed this word on a train as the Irish translation of 'warning'. People & Relationships:Disaster Transport:Trains |
| 100% | RACE | Regard All Colours Equally |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | RACE (2) | Run And Club Everyone |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | RACE (3) | Rapid Acronymising Crushes Eric |
Steve Keate, on hearing that Eric was about to overtake him on the ACRONYMS hall of fame. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | RACE (4) | Run A Course Energetically |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | RACES OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN NEW ZEALAND | Racism's A Curse, Encouraging Sloppiness Of Foolish Persons Evidently Overlooking Proper Lingual Exactness. 'Tis Humans Alone That Live In (Very Exactly) Increasingly Numerous Nations Everywhere. White Zealots Evilly Attempt Lambasting A Nonwhite's Descent |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who believes that the person was seeking 'Nations of peoples....' or even 'Ethnicity of peoples....' Until aliens arrive, or the dolphins begin to be understood, those of us who communicate are all of the 'human' race. People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | RACHEL | Rather Attractive Clairol Hairproducts Evangelising Lady |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - who obviously isn't worth it, to judge by the bald spot. Names:Famous people |
| 100% | RACISM | Really Asinine Creed Immolates So Many. |
Timothy Chambers People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | RACKETS | Running A Criminal Kingdom - Evil Thugs Succeed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | RADAR | Remote Aircraft Detected Along Radius |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (RADAR actually stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Electronics |
| 100% | RADIANT | Really Attractive Damsel In Alluring Negligee Teaser |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | RADIO | Ranting About Deity Is Omnipresent |
Angela Brett, while on a long car trip when her brother pointed out that the only radio station you can rely on getting just about everywhere in the country is a religious station. Religion Entertainment Communication |
| 100% | RADIO (2) | Relayed Across Distances - It's Omnipresent. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | RADIO (3) | Receives And Decodes Inaudible Oscillations |
Edwin Hermann Communication |
| 83% | RADIO (4) | Remote Audio Distribution Is Old-fashioned |
Tony Communication |
| 90% | RADIOHEAD | Rock Always Deserved International Oddities Having Established yet Abnormal 'Dos. |
All by myself, Taylor Rundell. I remember my last Apronym... Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | RADIO NEWS | Regular Audio Dispatches Interrupt Other Noisy Entertainment With Stories. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 86% | RADIUM | Radio-Active Decay Is Used in Medicine. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | RADIUS | Rip A Diameter Into Uniform Sections |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | RADON | Rarely A Desired Occurrence, Naturally |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | RAICHU | Radically Awesome, Intelligent, Cute, Herculean... UBERCOOL! |
Jeff Anonymous (Raichu is Pokemon #26) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | RAID | Repeated Annual Income Decrement |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Tax Assessment. Commerce:Money |
| 100% | RAIKOU | Really Arduous In Kapturing One. Urgh! |
Dundee (Raikou is Pokemon #248 - one of the three legendary beasts which is very difficult to capture.) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | RAILROAD | Riding Along In Luxury, Railroads Often Are Delightful |
Sean Lamb Transport:Trains |
| 100% | RAIN | Runs Along Inside Neckline |
TMcCO'G Science:Meteorology |
| 88% | RAINBOW | Red And Indigo Naturally Banded (with) Other Wavelengths |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (2) | Rain Ahead, Illumination Near Behind... Oh, Wow! |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (3) | Red And Indigo, No Black Or White |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (4) | Really Amazing Image. Nicely Bends Over World |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (5) | Rainy Arc. It Never Breaks Or Wavers |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | RAINBOW (6) | Refraction Acts In Natural Breakup Of White. |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology |
| 89% | RAINY DAY | Release Any Idle Nest-egg... You Deserve Ample Yield. |
Angela Brett, referring to money people save 'for a rainy day.' Commerce:Money Science:Meteorology |
| 83% | RAKES | Rich Aristocrats Kicked-back, Enjoying Scandal |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships |
| 100% | RAM | Rudely Affects Middle |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that eating random access memory may cause stomach cramps. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 90% | RAMANUJAN | Read Advanced Mathematics And Nimbly Understood - Juvenescent Aptitude Non-surpassed. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | RAMBLING | Ranting About Marginally Bearable Little Insights - Nothing Great. |
Angela Brett, who is an expert on rambling. Communication |
| 100% | RANDALL | Relishes Aviation Navigation, Dynamic Achiever Loves Life |
Jan Morgan -- someone I know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | RANDOM HOUSE | Reading A New Dictionary Offers Many Hours Of Uniquely Serendipitous Enjoyment. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| 100% | RANDY | Rapist Acting Nice, Diddling You |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | RANK | Regal Attitude Needs Kingdom |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| 100% | RANSOM | Recovery Attempt Needs Shooters Or Money |
Eric Bridgstock, after Angela's laptop was held to ransom. People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | RANSOM NOTE | Really Awful Notice. Statement Of Malice. Not Often Tackled Easily. |
Eric Bridgstock People & Relationships:Law & Order Communication |
| 100% | RANTS | Read As Notes To Self |
Angela Brett, as many rants are more like outlets for the ranters feelings with little thought of the person being ranted at. Communication |
| 100% | RAP | Repetitive Annoying Percussion |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | RAPE | Rascal Assaults, Penetrates Eagerly. |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | RAPE (2) | Readily Aborted Pregnancy Eventuates. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | RAPHAEL | Reaching At Peace, Heaven Answers Everyone's Lessons |
Jan Morgan Names |
| 100% | RAPIDASH | Races Anything... Pokemon Instinctively Dashes After Something Hasty |
Angela Brett (Rapidash is Pokemon #78) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | RAPIER | Redmond Application Platform Is Engineered Roughly |
Sean Lamb (Rapier is Microsoft's code name for Windows CE 3.0 for Pocket PC version 2) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | RAPPORT | Reach A Particularly Pleasant Ongoing Relationship Together |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | RASCAL | Rake After Seasoning Consummates Autumn Leaves |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| 100% | RASH | Reaction Allergics Sometimes Have |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | RAT | Ranger And Tracker |
Arven Yerdon Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | RATER | Remember, A Ten's Extremely Rare. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | RATER (2) | Reasonable Assessment's This Employee's Responsibility |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | RATICATE | Rattata - After Twenty "Intervals" Character Alters Through Evolution |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who has done Pokemon #20 as his first Pokemon expansion Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | RATIONAL NUMBERS | Representable As Two Integers... Ontop - Numerator... And Lower Numeral? Usually Multiplying By Entry's Reciprocal Suffices. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | RAT RACE | Rodents Are The Runners, Apparently Craving Escape. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 67% | RATS | Re-fixing Apple is Terribly Slow |
Angela Brett, when poor Macless Tony discovered that the recent repairs on his Mac's power supply had to be re-done, and he'd be Macless for Christmas. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | RATS (2) | Runs Around Through Sewers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | RATTLESNAKE | Reptile's Agitated - Trembling Tail Lets Echoing Sound Notify Any Killable Entity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | RAWHIDE | Redhat's Always Working Hard In Developing Enhancements |
Sean Lamb (Rawhide is the code name for RedHat's unstable development tree) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | RAYMOND CHANDLER | Racy - And Yet Moral! Our Nearly Dubious Charming Hero Assists Nervous Dame Lethally Exact Revenge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | RCMP | Rixes Care; McCop Provokes. |
Rob Rix - Responding to Tony "McCop" O'Grady's explanation for ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | REACH | Remoteness Eludes A Clutching Hand |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | REACHING YOUR LIMITS | Remember, Even A Champion's Human. Invincibility's Not Given You, Only Use Responsible Low-Impact Machines If Training's Starting. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | REACTED | Regal Entrance Acknowledged; Close The Expletive Door! |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | READ! | Reality Envelops Announcing Death! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Reality (God) Envelops (Omnipresent) Announcing (in Bible) Death (to Jesus for our sins & to all who do not accept his atonement)! Religion |
| 92% | READ A MANUAL | Render Emergency Assistance Darling Angela, My Available Neurons Unusually At a Loss |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| 92% | READ A MANUAL! | Relying Exclusively on Auto Diagnosis? A Major And Nasty Unexpected Accident Likely! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| 100% | READ AND SUCCEED | Readers Evidently Apply Details Article Notates Duly Surfing Up Career Chart? Essentially Empty Dross! |
TMcCO'G - Self-help manuals for success always seem to be tailored for someone else. Otherwise all those who read them would be whoppingly successful, instead of lurking in bookstores looking for more 'How to Succeed...' books People & Relationships Art & Literature |
| 100% | READERS | Readers Extract Apronymic Data! Examine Reality Symbolic/Skillfully! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Art & Literature |
| 57% | REAL | Really Entertaining Acronym List (like this one!) |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | REALISE | Read! Expand Apronymists! Live Innovation! Supersede Expansions! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. on realising the potential of apronymists. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | REALIZING DREAMS | Restoring Esoteric Aesthetic Language Into Zine Is Now Getting Difficult Regardless Exact Allegorical Meanings Sought |
Apronymous Anonymous People & Relationships |
| 100% | REAL TIME ACQUISITION SOFTWARE | Retrieves (Electronically) A Library. The Information Must Enter A Conduit Quickly, Use Ideal-Speed Internet To Integrate Our Nous So Our Fellow Thinkers Will Always Research Efficiently |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | REAL TIME INTEGRATED SOFTWARE | Render Everything As 'Live' Then (If My Ethernet Is Not Too Erratic) Get Reactions As Things Emerge. Don't Sit Otiosely, Forced To Wait As Report's Edited |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 86% | REASON | Rendition of Explanatory Advice; Sometimes Only Nutty |
Gavin Lambert People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | REBBACHISAURUS | Really Exceptional Beast Became A Creature Hidden In Saharan Africa Under Rigid Unsandy Sand |
Sean Lamb (Rebbachisaurus was discovered in the Saharan area of northern Africa; after so many millions of years, sand gets packed down into rigid structures) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | REBECCA | Raises Every Boy's Excitement, C-Cups Advertised |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | REBUILD | Reassemble Everything, But Ultimately It's Little Different |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | RECAP | Repeated Explanation Clarifies A Point. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 78% | RECEIPT | Registered and Entitled Conductor of Electronic Intercourse, Preferential Treatment. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to the TICKET. Communication |
| 100% | RECENT ACRONYM | Reflects Everyone Constantly Expanding New Terms, All Carefully Recorded Online. 'Ncludes Yours, Maybe! |
Angela Brett, who thought she'd better acronymise the headings of the tour of recently added acronyms at http://acronyms.co.nz/tours/recent/recent1.html since they're in capitals. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | RECEPTIONIST | Regularly Every Company Employs Person To Implement Office Network If Someone Telephones |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | RECOGNITION | Realising Each Cherished One Gives Nasal Inflection That Identifies Owners Name |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | RECOGNITION (2) | Rewarding Esteemed Colleague On Goals Noted - Individual's Talent Is Officially Noted |
Tony People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program |
| 100% | RECORDER | Register Everything, Catching On Rotating Discs Each Remark. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Electronics |
| 100% | RECORDS | Roundels Evidently Contained Operas - Recorded Double Sided |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | RECORDS (2) | Remarkable Events Contained On Registered Data System |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication History |
| 100% | RECOVERY | Rejecting Every Craving, One's Very Existence Reforms Yearly |
My name is Tony and I'm an .... Drugs Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 91% | RECREATION | Relaxed Enjoyment Can Restore Energies And Tone-up Intensely Overwrought Nerves |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | RECRUITING | Remember Employers Can Reject Unskilled Individuals - That Includes New Graduates |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | RECRUITMENT | Redcoats Enlisters Coerced Runaway Urchins Into The Military - Each Needed Training |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | RECTUM | Regular Egestion Causing Trouble? Use Metamucil! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | RECURSIVE | RECURSIVE Expansion Continually Unfolds Reflecting Successive Interations, Virtually Endless |
Angela Brett (expand the first word in this expansion for hours of fun. Don't forget to eat.) Words & Wordplay |
| 75% | RED | Reminder of Everpresent Danger |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | RED! | Rises Ends, Danger! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Rises Ends: Sunrises, Sunsets. Red Label: Danger! Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | RED (2) | Rather Exciting Decoratively |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | RED (3) | Regularly Exposes Dangers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | RED (4) | Responsible Elevated Daily! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. referring to sunrise. Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | RED BULL | "Rashness" Elevated - Drinkers Beat Up Latenight Lingerers |
TMcCO'G - there was a spate of attacks on passers-by in Dublin when Red Bull was at its most popular. Drinkers were adding it to their vodka, and becoming very violent. Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | RED FOX | Russet Earth Denizen Finds Offal Xcellent |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | RED HAT | Reverend Eminence's Designatory Headpeace - A 'Titfer' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - A Roman-Catholic Cardinal gets a 'red hat' as a symbol of his status. "Titfer" is rhyming slang for hat (tit for tat). Religion Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | RED HAT (2) | Reliable, Easy, Defensible Hardware Access Technology |
Jeff Anonymous, speaking of the Linux distribution. Computers:Linux |
| 100% | REDMOND, START YOUR PHOTOCOPIERS | Remember, Everyone, Don't Mention Our Nemesis Directly, Since They're Always Ready To Yell Objections Using Representatives Paid Hundreds Of Thousands. Obvious Clone Of Product Is Expected Relatively Soon. |
Angela Brett, referring to a banner at WWDC unveiled after the announcement of Mac OS X 10.4 code-named TIGER. It's quite clear which company the banner is referring to without it being spelled out. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | REEBOK | Really Expensive, Exceeds Budget Of Kids. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing |
| 93% | REENGINEERING | Rewriting Electrical Engineers' Notes Generally Insinuates Nobody's Ever Entirely Right. It's a No Go. |
Sean Lamb Science:Electronics |
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