A Perfect Rendition Of Names, You Must See!
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| STANZA | So Tony's Accuracy Nears Zero... Aarrghh! |
Angela Brett, because Tony continues to use the word 'verse' when he means 'stanza' even though he knows that a verse is only one line of poetry. Art & Literature |
| STAR | Something That Astronomers Research |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| STARBUCK | Seaman That Apparently Registered Big (Universal) Coffee Kitchen |
Tony McCoy O'Cappuchino Names:Famous people Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| STARCH | Sweets, Tators, Are Rich Carbohydrate Hazards |
Jan Morgan Food & Drink |
| STARS | Shining Things Are Radiation Sources |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| STATISTICS | Shrunk To Averages, The Information Steers Toward Incorrect Conclusions Sometimes. |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics |
| STATUE | Sculpted Thing - Art That's Unmoving, Ever |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| STD | See Telephone Directory |
Angela Brett (STD usually stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialling) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Communication |
| STEAM | Sometimes The Engines Are Magical |
Sean Lamb Transport:Trains |
| STEEL | Some Twosomes Enjoy Everlasting Love |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the steel (11th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| STEP | Start To Evince Progress |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| STEPHANIE | Softly Touches Emotional Person, Has A Natural Involvemet Exclusively |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| STEPHANO | Sozzled Twit - Easily Pictures Himself As Next Overlord |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Tempest Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Tempest |
| STEPHEN | Stride That Egglaying Poultry Has? Evidently Not! |
Angela Brett, thinking of Step-hen Names:First names:Male |
| STEVE | Swings To Extremes Very Erratically. |
Angela Brett, describing Steve Jobs according to what she's read about him. (If he happens to be reading this... hey, no offense... oh great, all-powerful iCEO (who owns lots of G3s and therefore deserves my respect.) You're doing a great job, just as long as you don't can HyperCard. :) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Names:Famous people |
| STEVEDORE | Stows Tributes Everywhere Vegetates Eventually Diverts Official Records Elsewhere |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| STEVEN | Stupid Teen, Excessively Vicious-Even Nauseating |
Nevica the MAN Names:First names:Male |
| STIFLE | Smother The Intimate Flow Love Exudes |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| STINK | Stench That Is Not Kosher |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| STIPULATE | Set Terms In Place Under Legal Agreement That's Enforceable |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| STITCHED | Sewn Together In Tiny Challenges Her Eyesight Detailed |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| STIX | Something Timberlike Is Xyloid. |
Angela Brett, after discovering the word Xyloid (meaning woodlike or pertaining to wood) and thought that since it was a real X word and not an eX word then it ought to be included in an acronym just so there'd be another X that hadn't been cheated on... unfortunately she had to cheat on the acronym anyway to get an X into it. But hey, it explains the word nicely, doncha think? Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Science:Biology:Plants |
| STOATS | Steal The Ova And Threaten Species |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| STOCKASTIC | Sales That Oscillate Chaotically Keep Any Stockpiling Tendencies In Check. |
Angela Brett, after reading a paper which mentioned stochastic sales, and thinking that perhaps 'stockastic' would be a better term. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Commerce |
| STOMACH | Somewhere To 'Organicise' Meals Amid Concentrated HCl. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| STONED | Smoke/Sniff/Shoot This, Or Never Experience Delirium |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| STONEHENGE | Structure Takes Orbital Notion, Eccentric Habits, Engages Nocturnal Galactic Events |
Jan Morgan Places:Landmarks |
| STONER | Smoking 'Tokes', One Never Experiences Reality |
Patricia Rix Drugs:Cannabis |
| STOP | Suspend Trading On Provider |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to HALT. Commerce |
| STORY | Single Tale Of Romantic Yarn |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| STRAIGHT | Sexual Targeting's Repulsive, And I Genuinely Hate This! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| STRATINO | Someone Transforms Rubber And Tries Inventing New Operation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when someone searched for stratino on HTTP://ACRONYMS.CO.NZ>. He didn't know what it is but found a reference to it (as a brand-name?) in a web-search under the heading 'Rubber and Plastic Transformation' Main |
| STRESS | Some Times Real Easy Stuff Stinks |
Rico Leffanta, as an explanation for mistyping an acronym. Assorted Nouns |
| STRIDER | Silly Tall Ranger Ignores Dodgy Elrond Rapist |
Carl Brett Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| STRING | Slipped Tying Ribbons? I'm Not Glossy. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| STRIPPERS | Slowly To Reveal Individual Private Parts Erotically's Reputedly Sensous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| STRONG | Sozzled Toper Reeks Of Neat Gin |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| STUART | Short Tails Usually Aren't Rat's Tails |
Angela Brett, thinking about the movie Stuart Little, which features a mouse named Stuart. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| STUBBORN | Stays Totally Unbending Basically Believes One Retreats Never |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| STUD | Stable's The Usual Dwelling |
Angela Brett, after passing a stud farm during a bus trip. Science:Biology:Animals |
| STUDY | Solo Teaching Usually Done Yourself |
Angela Brett, after her mother suggested that she just sat under her computer acronymising and didn't know the meaning of study. I'm not sure sure which viewpoint this proves. ;) Education |
| STUFFED | Standard Technical User Fully Frank Error Description |
Dave Parlett, explaining the technical term in the phrase, 'your PC is stuffed.' Computers |
| STUFFING | Some Turkey's (Unkindly, Forcibly Filled-In) Now Gone |
Santa Claus Food & Drink |
| STUPID | Supervisor, Technical Unit Promoting Intranet Development |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations:Humorous Job Titles |
| STUPIDITY | Some Thickos Unsuccessfully Pretend Intelligence... Does It Trouble You? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| STYLUS | Stop Typing... You'll Love Using Scribbles. |
Angela Brett Computers:Generic Hardware |
| SUAVE | Some Upstaged Actor Venerating Etiquette |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| SUBARU | Sports Utility - Big And Rather Ugly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| SUBROUTINE | Second Use Brings Reduction Of Unnecessary Typing, Integrity, Name's Explanatory |
Angela Brett, meaning that reusing a subroutine brings integrity, not a reduction of it. Computers:Programming |
| SUBSCRIBE | Sign Up By Sending Command, Receipt Is By Email |
Sean Lamb (who has been on more listservs than he can remember) Computers:Internet |
| SUBSCRIPTION | Send Us (Bimonthly?) Submissions Created Recently. I Prefer Them In One Newsletter. |
Robert Anonymous - An apronym written about the apronym times. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| SUCCESS | Some Unsuccessful Clots Couldn't Even Spell Success |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| SUCCINT | Short / Unadorned / Compact Communication! Informative, Not Talkative/Tedious! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Assorted Adjectives Communication |
| SUCK | Skill Unborn Can Know |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SUDAN | Such Utter Desolation And Nothingness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| SUE | 'Spansions Usually Excellent |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| SUFFOLK | Seduces Unsuspecting French Female, Openly Loathes King |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry VI |
| SUGAR | Sweetener Used Generously And Regularly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments |
| SUICIDE | So Unhappy I Could Invent Deadly Exit |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Emotions People & Relationships:Death |
| SUICINE | Suicidal Undertaking Inducing Capture. Impossible? Naturally Evident. |
Dundee (Suicine is Pokemon #249, the third of the legendary beasts which Dundee has been trying to capture for six months.) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| SUIT | Single Units In Tandem |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| SUITCASE | Suitably Un Intesting Transport Capsule Aiding Stylish Escape |
Matthew Oram Household Objects |
| SULK | Sniffles Unhappily, Like Kiddie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| SULPHUR | Smells Uniquely, Like Pheasants Hung Until Rotten |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| SUMMER | Sun Usually Makes More Epidermal Redness |
Eric Bridgstock Time:Seasons |
| SUNBURN | Shoving Unprotected Nude Bodyparts Under Rays. Nasty! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SUNDAY | Stomach's Upset, Noggin's Dodgy And Yucky! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Weekdays |
| SUNRISE | Sun's Up Now, Resulting In Sleep Ending. |
Roger Williams Time Science:Astronomy Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| SUNSET | Sun Unseen Now Signifying Evening Time. |
Roger Williams Time Science:Astronomy |
| SUPERFETCH | Speed Up Program Execution Really Fast Enabling The Consumer Hastily |
Sean Lamb (SuperFetch was Microsoft's code name for the technology [which may have since been removed] in LONGHORN to speed application launching) Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| SUPERFICIAL | Some Uncouth People Esteem Rich & Famous Icons - Crass Inanity's A Liability |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| SUPERHERO | Some Unlikely Person - Essentially Ridiculous - Handling Exceptionally Risky Operations |
Tony McCoy O'Grady MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| SUPERHEROES | Successful Unique Pairing - Endlessly Rebuffing Hellish Evil - Regularly Overcoming Every Schemer! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, perhaps describing MacGirl and KEYBOARD. MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| SUPERNATURE | Science Used Progressively Entering Realms Nearly Always Thought Unscientific. Reasoning's Engaging. |
Angela Brett, referring to the book by Lyall Watson Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| SUPERSONIC | Souped-Up Plane's Engines Reverberate, Sudden Objectionable Noise Is Created |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport Science:Physics |
| SUPERSTITION | Silly Unfounded Propositions - Evidently Registering Simple Truisms - I'm Told Indicative Of Naivety |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| SURE | Small Uncertainties Removed Entirely |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| SURFERS | Sharks Underwater Resurface For Entrees Riding Swells |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| SURGE | Sudden Up-Rising Generates Energy |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| SURGERY | Sawbones Used Rusty Gadgets Effecting Remedies, Yesteryear |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| SURRENDER | Say Uncle Really Rapidly, Else No Deal's Ever Reached |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| SURVIVAL | Still Unbeaten, Resisting Valiantly Irritating Vicissitudes Along Lifepath |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Science:Biology |
| SURVIVE! | Sentences Using Real Verbs Invade Victoriously! Engage/Escalate! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. (perhaps describing how to survive on this website) Assorted Verbs Science:Linguistics |
| SUSAN | She's Utterly Sensual - And Nubile! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| SUSE | Seems Useless - Stumps Everyone! |
Angela Brett, on hearing about SuSE Linux. Computers:Linux |
| SUSPECTS | Soaking Up Sunbeams, Probably Exceeding Contractor's Time Schedule |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| SUSPENSE | Some Unique Situations Perhaps Engender Nerve-Straining Excitement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| SUZANNE | Super Unique Zany Adult Negotiates Needed Endurance |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| SUZUKI | Stupid User Zips Unnecessarily, Killing Indiscriminately |
Acronymous Anonymous Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| SWAIN | Someone Women Avow Is Nobody |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| SWAMP | Seriously Wet And Mucky Place. |
Roger Williams Places:Waterways |
| SWAN | Swims With Arched Neck |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| SWANS | Supercilious Women Always Need Something! |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Genderalisations Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| SWANSEA | South Wales And North Somerset's Elite Army |
John Richard Jones Something nice about the people of Swansea. Places:Towns & Cities:UK |
| SWAP | Substitute Without A Prayer |
Rico Leffanta Commerce |
| SWATCH | Swiss Watches Aren't Too Costly Here |
Angela Brett (while most brands of Swiss watch are ridiculously expensive, Swatch makes watches that are more generally affordable, and sometimes even digital! Call me primitive but I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.) Time Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| SWAZILAND | Sugar, Wood, Asbestos Zone. It's Landlocked And Nominally Democratic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| SWEAT | Strenuous Work? Exude A Trickle |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| SWEDEN | Smorgasborders Who Evidently Dine Epicureanly Nightly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| SWEET | Sugar Will Eventually Emaciate Teeth. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| SWEETROLL | Something We Eagerly Eat To Resurrect Our Lost Love |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink |
| SWEETS | Sugar Will Eventually Erode Teeth Successfully |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| SWIFT | Steve Wozniak Is Fast Thinker |
Angela Brett, thinking that maybe FAST THINKER a.k.a Woz could help out MacGirl and Keyboard in a few episodes. MacGirl & KeyBoard:(Wannabe) Superheroes |
| SWILL | Someone's Whispered Intimate Love Lies |
Rico Leffanta Drugs |
| SWIMMING | Some Water Is Missing - Maybe In Novice's Gullet |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| SWISH | Sibilant Whooshing Is Sound Heard. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| SWIZZLE | Stick - Whirled In Zesty Zippy Liquid Environment. |
TMcCO'G - a Swizzle Stick is the slender piece of plastic in a cocktail glass used for stirring (with or without a cherry or onion on it!). Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| SWORD | Sharp Weapon Of Ruthless Destruction |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Weapons |
| SWORDS | Start Weeping... Our Regiment's Deadly Serious |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons |
| SYLVIA | Should You Love Virgins, I'm Available! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| SYMBIOSIS | System Yielding Mutual Benefits Is Offering Species Integrated Survival |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| SYNODIC | Shouldn't You Now Omit Day In Calendar? |
Rico Leffanta Time |
| SYNONYM | "Sometimes You Need Other Nouns", You Mean? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay |
| SYRIA | Scant Yearly Rainfall - Inland Arid. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| SYRUP | Sugary Yet Rather Uniquely Pleasant |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| SYSTEM | Sometimes You Should Try Easier Method |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| SYSTEMATISE | So You'll Switch To Efficient Method, And That'll Increase Sales Eventually. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| SYSTOLE | Sighing Your System's Ticker Of Lifes Expansion |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology |
| previous apronyms beginning with S |