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| 100% | SORE | Some Organ's Reddened & Excited |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SORRY | Such Offensive Rudeness Riles You. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | SOS | Side Open, Sinking |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (2) | Some Obscure Signal |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (3) | Several Obituaries Soon |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (4) | Signal Of Stress |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (5) | Sea Opened, Swallowed |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (6) | Stupid Ocean Swells! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (7) | Several Overboard Seamen |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (8) | Sending Out Screams |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (9) | Splitting Our Seams |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (10) | Stay Out, Sea! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (11) | Stop Our Suffering! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOS (12) | Sh*tting Our Selves! |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | SOSUMI | Sound. Overtly Shagging Up Music Industry |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. The makers of the early Mac computers stated that they would never be used to make music. The name of the sound called "sosumi' translates as "so sue me". (see http://www.newtontalk.net/archive/newtontalk.2002-04/1425.html for more information) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Entertainment:Music People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | SOUL | Seat Of Unending Life |
Tony McCoy O'Afterlife Religion |
| 100% | SOUND | Sleep Ongoing = Usual = Nice Deep! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| 100% | SOUND (2) | Sane. Organized. Unagressive. Novel. Dependable! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | SOUND (3) | Sane, Organized, Unagressive, Novel. Dependable! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | SOUND IN SPACE | Sign Of Uneducated Nitwits... Doesn't It Need Some Perturbed Atoms, Compressing & Expanding? |
Angela Brett, when Jeff gave sound in space as the reason for calling STAR WARS FOUR Un Realistic. Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SOUTH | Standard Orientation's 'Under' Top Hemisphere |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions |
| 92% | SOUTH AFRICA | Scene Of Unparalleled Tribal Happiness - Aroused Following Recent Inevitable Collapse (of) Apartheid. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | SOUTH CAROLINA | Shape Odd, Uniquely Triangular, Has Charleston Area Restored, Originally Lead In Nation's Altercation |
Jan Morgan (civil War) Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | SOUTH DAKOTA | Some Of Us Think, "How Did Arrivals Keep Overcoming This Area?" |
Roger Williams Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | SOUTH DAKOTA (2) | Sculptures Of Upright Trusted Humans, Deeply Admired, Kept Our Territories Agenda |
Jan Morgan - Mount Rushmore Places:States & Regions |
| 91% | SOUTH KOREA | Source Of Unequalled Textiles, Has Known Outbreaks (of) Recurring Enemy Activity. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | SOUVEFAR | Strange Object Usually Via Envelope From Another Realm |
Angela Brett (A souvefar is like a souvenir, except it's from somewhere you've never been anywhere near. Some souvefars start out as souvenirs but become souvefars when given to friends or family back home; others are bought at local souvenir shops and delivered to friends overseas.) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | SOVIET ONION | System Of Vegetables In Elected Tribunals, Or Novelties Inside Other Novelties. |
Angela Brett, expanding a quirky unsuccessful search. An onion's layers are similar to matryoshka dolls, so perhaps that's what a soviet onion is! Politics Food & Drink |
| 100% | SOY BEAN | Source Of Your Butter Excludes Animal Nutrients |
Tony Food & Drink |
| 100% | SPA | Signal Passing Ambulance |
Angela Brett, celebrating TOWEL DAY by acronymising different types of towels to show some of their uses. ('...You can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal') Household Objects:Towels |
| 100% | SPACE | Scientists Puzzled About Curvature, Etc. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| 89% | SPACE AGE | Shuttle Pilotted by Aging Chap - Everybody Admires Great Explorers. |
Angela Brett Time Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SPACES | Some Paradoxically Appeared, Code's Essentially Spoiled. |
Angela Brett, after finding some spaces where they shouldn't have been in a C program which she's sure she never typed. Computers:Programming |
| 100% | SPACE STATION | Specially Prepared Automobile - Communty Education & Surgery Taking Animal Topics Into Our Neighbourhood |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (punning on the closeness of 'SPCA' and 'SPACE') Science:Biology:Animals:The Dorothy Dorosett Brown Mobile Centre |
| 100% | SPAE | Scottish: Predict An Event |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | SPAIN | Sunshine Particularly Attracts International Nudists |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | SPAIN (2) | Spain & Portugal Are Iberian Neighbors. |
Roger Williams Places:Countries |
| 100% | SPAM | Send People Annoying Mail |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (2) | Stupid People Are Many |
Steve Keate, referring to the people who mindlessly forward spam. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (3) | Sometimes Promises Ample Money |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (4) | Sanity Prevailed, Ate Meat. |
Steve Keate Food & Drink |
| 100% | SPAM (5) | Sludge Passing As Meat |
Steve Keate Food & Drink |
| 100% | SPAM (6) | Supposedly Particles Are Meat |
Steve Keate Food & Drink |
| 100% | SPAM (7) | Spiced, Preserved And Minced |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | SPAM (8) | Some Particularly Aggravating Mail |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| 80% | SPAM (9) | Students Paid to Administer Mailings |
Acronymous Anonymous Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (10) | Students Propagate Annoying Messages |
Acronymous Anonymous Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (11) | Students Propagate Anonymous Mailings |
Acronymous Anonymous Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (12) | Students Propagate Assinine Mailings |
Acronymous Anonymous Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (13) | Slime Posing As Meat |
W. Kline Food & Drink |
| 100% | SPAM (14) | Shoves Products At Me |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| 80% | SPAM (15) | Sending Plentiful Amounts of Mail |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (16) | Scams, Phishing And Maliciousness |
Bruce Siegel Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (17) | Short Pointless Annoying Message |
Lingwo Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (18) | Stupid People Advertising Merchandise |
Rebecca G. Listening to a news report on spammers and Canada's Privacy Act Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAM (19) | Special Purpose Army Mailer |
The AKO mail team Computers:Internet |
| 100% | SPAMMED | Some Putzhead Apparently Multiply Messaged Eventless Discussion. |
Jeff Anonymous, after someone posted a URL multiple times on the Apronyms Forums. Computers:Internet Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | SPAMMED (2) | Stupid Punter Annoyed Masses, Moderator Exercised Discretion |
Sean Lamb, when the Apronyms Forums were SPAMMED and Angela deleted the offending posts. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | SPANKING | Somatically Punishing A Naughty Kid Isn't Necessarily Good |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | SPANKING (2) | Some Pains Are Not 'Kindness' - Ignore Naive Gossip |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (I've never believed that "you've got to be cruel to be kind".) People & Relationships |
| 87% | SPANNING TREES | Silly! Prim's Algorithm's Not Necessarily Iterated (so) Numbingly Gradually. This is Really Easy, Elementary Stuff! |
Angela Brett, when a tutor was spending an hour finding the minimum cost spanning tree for a graph using Prim's algorithm, writing every single step on the board. It could have all been done in about 45 seconds - basically a game of join the dots where instead of finding the next number to decide which dot to go to next, we have to work out the minimum of a few numbers. Science:Mathematics Education:Slow Teaching |
| 100% | SPARC | Sun's Particularly Amazing Research Creation |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | SPARE TIME | Some Pastimes: Acronymising, Reading, Eating, Tweaking Important MacOS Elements... |
Angela Brett, who rather likes ResEdit ;^) Time |
| 100% | SPARKLE | Super Precious/Perfect And Rare Kitten Loved Existence |
Jan Morgan -- name of cat Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPARSE | Some People Acronymise Rapidly, Some Exceptionally! |
Angela Brett, while Tony was producing over 40 new acronyms per day and her own contributions were becoming rather SPARSE. (But his are great too, I don't really mean that speed is reducing his quality) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | SPARTACUS | Spite Provokes Ancient Romans To Actively Crush Uprising Slaves |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | SPASMS | Sharp Pain As Some Muscle Seizes |
Tony Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SPASTIC | Slightly Palsied Athlete Specially To Intrigue Competitors |
Carl Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SPASTIC (2) | Slightly Palsied Athlete Specifically To Irritate Carl |
Carl Brett, probably referring to Angela Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SPASTIC (3) | Such People Are Surely Talented... It's Cerebral! |
Angela Brett, on Cerebral Palsy. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | SPEAKERS | Some People Eat Audio Kit, Ending Really Sick |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | SPEAROW | Small Pokemon's Energetically Airborne, Rapidly Oscillating Wings |
Angela Brett (Spearow is Pokemon #21) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | SPECIAL | Sounds Pretty Extraordinary. Causes Immediate Attraction Literally |
Jan Morgan Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | SPECIAL K | Seriously Perillous. Expect Callous Icecold And Loathesome Killer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, crunching his way through another cereal killer. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| 100% | SPECIAL OLYMPICS | Stupid People Enter Competition In Athletic Level. Only Lost Your Mind, Physically In Champion Shape. |
Angela Brett (anyone offended by 'stupid' may call me spastic.) Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS | Some Police Experts Can Incapacitate A Larrikin With Exceptional Armaments. Positions Often Need Surrounding All Night / Day... The (Armed?) Criminal Then Is Captured / Shot |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 83% | SPECTACLES | Seeing Properly Entails Choosing The Appropriate Combination of Lenses to Ease Stigmatism. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 100% | SPECTRE | Soul's Presence Ex-Corpus, Theoretically Residual Energy. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | SPECTRUM | See Practically Every Colour Through Rays' Unusual Motif |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours Science:Physics |
| 100% | SPEECH | Speaking Precisely Ensures Efficient Communication Happens |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Talking |
| 100% | SPEECH (2) | Spout Prefabricated Eloquence Ex- Campaign Headquarters |
Angela Brett Politics Communication:Talking |
| 100% | SPEEDOMETER | System Pacing Each Engine's Distance Or Miles, Except Times Equipment Reverses |
Rico Leffanta Transport:Car Parts |
| 89% | SPEIGHTS | Southern People Enjoy It; Goody-goodies Hate The Stuff. |
Angela Brett (Speights is a brand of beer) Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | SPEIGHTS (2) | Special Piss Enjoyed In Great Hotels Throughout Southland |
Apronymous Anonymous Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | SPENCER | Some Peer's Eponymously Named Coat - Early Regency |
TMcCO'G Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | SPENT | She Predicts Entry Next Time |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | SPERM | Small Paternal Effort Riles Mother |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | SPERM (2) | Sexual Performer Ejaculates Rich Mucous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | SPES | Should Probability Expire, Suppose! |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| 100% | SPHERE | Solid Paradigm Having Every Radius Equal |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 90% | SPHINCTER | Shuts Posterior Hole - Is Needed to Control Those Embarrassing Runs |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | SPICE | Sugar's Partner In Creating "Eve"s |
Roger Williams People & Relationships:Genderalisations Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | SPIDER | Spins Pretty, Intricate Designs Entrapping Rations |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | SPIDERMAN | Swinging Perilously Into Downtown Environs, Radioactive Mutant Arrests Nasties |
TMcCO'G Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | SPIKE | Sharp Pointy In Kind, Excruciating |
Jan Morgan Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | SPIRIT | Somehow Perhaps I'll Remain, In Thought. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | SPIRIT (2) | Soul's Passage Interrupted, Remains In Torment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | SPIRIT (3) | Sacred Person In Righteous Intuitive Truth |
Jan Morgan Religion |
| 100% | SPIRITUAL | Sacred Perception In Righteous Intuitive Truth Usually Adds Light |
Jan Morgan Religion |
| 100% | SPIRITUAL GUIDE | Sacred Perception In Righteous Intuitive Truth Usually Adds Light. Giving "U" Individual Direction Essentially |
Jan Morgan Religion |
| 100% | SPITFIRE | Special Plane In The Forties. It Really Excelled. |
Eric Bridgstock Transport |
| 100% | SPITFIRE (2) | Super Plane - Invincible Tactical Fighter. It Rouses Emotions. |
Eric Bridgstock Transport |
| 100% | SPLAT | Several Parachutists Landed Awkwardly There |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| 100% | SPLEEN | Strange, Perplexing Little Entity... Explanation Needed |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | SPLITTING THE ATOM | Singular People Loving In Tandem Trying Innovative New Gambits To Help Enhance Archaic Traditions Oppressing Marriage |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | SPOCK | Strangely Pointy Orifice-Coverings, Kinky! |
Bones McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| 100% | SPOCK (2) | Space Plots Often Concern Klingons |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| 83% | SPOCK (3) | Serious Person Of [the] Curious Kind |
Susan S. This alludes to Spock's lack of emotion and extended curiosity. Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| 100% | SPONGE | Smelly People Obviously Need Greater Exposure |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 100% | SPOOF | Silly Prank On Optimistic Fools |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | SPOOK | Spectacular Projection Of Our Kids |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | SPOOL | Spindle Product's Outputted Onto Loop |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects |
| 100% | SPOON | Slurping Person's Often Overly Noisy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Soupspoons seem to turn some people into slobs!) Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| 100% | SPOONERISM | Seople Pometimes Offer Odd Narrative, Easily Recited, Involving Sixed Mounds |
Roger Williams Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | SPORK | Sure Partner Of Runcible Knife? |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| 100% | SPORT | Some 'Players' Only Require Television |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows Sports & Recreation |
| 83% | SPORT (2) | Spectacular Pouring-forth Of Raw Testosterone |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SPORT (3) | Sometimes Played On Rough Terrain |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| 83% | SPORT (4) | Some Pill-popping Olympians Recently Triumphed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SPORTS | Some People Organising Regular Training Sessions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SPORTS FAN | Serious! Proud! Owes!$ Reads! Taunts! Sane? Faithful Always! Neveryield! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SPORTS FAN (2) | Scientist Pursuing Observable Relationships: Time Stars Future Anno Numbers! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | SPORTS MEDICINE | Swallow Painkillers, Out Running Tomorrow. Sore Muscles Every Day Indicates Competitor Is Near Excellence. |
Angela Brett (if you disagree, see SPORTS MEDICINE (2)) Sports & Recreation Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 93% | SPORTS MEDICINE (2) | Some Physiotherapy Or Rest on The Sidelines - Must Ensure Disuse, Injury's Compounded If Now Exercised |
Angela Brett, to balance SPORTS MEDICINE Sports & Recreation Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 100% | SPOT | Stain Present On Threads |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | SPOT (2) | Super Precious Owners Toy |
Jan Morgan -- different views of animal Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOT (3) | Stupid Pet Obstructs Traversing |
Jan Morgan -- A driver's view of animal -- can't even get into the driveway before he tries to greet you Transport Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOT (4) | Stupid Pet Of Throng |
Jan Morgan -- different views of animal Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOT (5) | Special Pet Of Throng |
Jan Morgan -- different views of animal Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOT (6) | Stuck Pet Of Throng |
Jan Morgan and Randall Morgan -- dog gets stuck under bed Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOT (7) | Spineless Pet, Oblivious Tactics |
Jan Morgan -- different views of animal Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOT (8) | Surprisingly Pounces Outta Truck |
Jan Morgan & Randall Morgan -- Dog can't figure out he is supposed to stay seated when the truck is in motion Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SPOUSE | Someone Pretending One Understands Someone Else |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | SPOYLT | Several Presents Offered - You Lucky Thing! |
Angela Brett, on sending Tony and his family some Christmas presents. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | SPREAD | Slimline Products Reflect Everyone's Avoirdupois Desires |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 94% | SPREADING GOD'S WORD | Some People Relish 'Educating' Anyone Distantly Interested (or Not.) Goodness Gracious, One Daren't Slacken With One's Religious Duties. |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | SPRING | See Plants Resplendant In New Greenery |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Seasons |
| 100% | SPRING (2) | Several Plants Rising In New Growth |
Eric Bridgstock Time:Seasons |
| 100% | SPRINGER | Some People Revel In Nasty, Grossly Entangled, Relationships |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, as an entry to the Radio Times Def.i.n.i.t.i.a.l.s competition Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | SPRINGER (2) | Self-Publicists Riled, Invariably Nauseous, Generally Elevate Ratings |
Eric Bridgstock and Tony McCoy O'Grady, Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | SPRINGER (3) | Stunt-People Readily Instigate Nasty Grapples (Evidently Real) |
Angela Brett, as an entry to the Radio Times Def.i.n.i.t.i.a.l.s competition Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | SPRINGER (4) | Should People Resolve Issues? No, Get Even! Retaliate! |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 89% | SPRINGER (5) | Staged Punch-ups Regarded Inevitable, Never Get Elegant Result |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 91% | SPRING LAMB | Serve People Rosemary In Neat Garnish, Leave A Mint-sauce Boat |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
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