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| 100% | WA | Weird Anthropomorphoid |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the noise made by ASH of Pokemon, and the fact he is anything but human) Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WAAAAH! | Wail Annoyingly And Acquire A Hug |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WAAAH! | Wouldn't Allow Angela Any Honours |
Angela Brett, after Tony took a lot of the honours for first and last acronyms under each letter. Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WABAIN | Wood Alkaloid Brings About Immediate Narcosis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry |
| 100% | WACKY | Weird And Crazed Kooky Youth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | WACOM TABLET | Woeful Artist Consumed Overly Metallic Tool And Burst Lardful Extreme 'Tomach. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | WAFFLE | Woman Arrested For Finding Love Elsewhere |
Rico Leffanta, to go with BAFFLE People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | WAGE | Won't Acknowledge Greater Effort |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 80% | WAGE (2) | Weekly Amount Given (to) Employees |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | WAGE (3) | Weekly Average Gross Earnings |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | WAGE (4) | Won't Allow Gratuitous Extravagance |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | WAGON | We Are Getting On Now. |
Angela Brett Transport:Trains |
| 100% | WAHINES | Women Absolving Hula In Naked Environmental Shows |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Genderalisations Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| 100% | WAIF | What An Insignificant Figure! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | WAIFS | We Are In Financial Strife |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Commerce:Money |
| 100% | WAITANGI DAY | Wait And In Time All Negotiations Gradually Invalidate Deals Agreed Yesterday |
Rico Leffanta (Waitangi Day is when New Zealand celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which there always seems to be disputes about.) Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | WAITER | Walks Around Indoors, Tending Eaters' Requirements |
Tony McCoy O'TableSix Food & Drink People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | WAITING ROOM | We Aren't In Train, I'm Now Getting Restless Over Our (Mis)adventure. |
Angela Brett (Tony and I missed our train to Limerick by about a minute, and had to wait a few hours for the next one.) Places:Buildings Transport:Trains |
| 100% | WAKE UP! | We're All Keenly Expecting Undelayed Play! |
Angela Brett, when an opponent on an online game was not responding. Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WALES | Wherein Abide Leek-Eating Sheep |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | WALES (2) | Where Aliens Love English Sisters |
Rico Leffanta Places:Countries |
| 100% | WALES (3) | Why Aren't Languages Ever Shared? |
Jan Morgan Places:Countries |
| 83% | WALES (4) | We All Love English Second-homers/Settlers |
Leo Leek, London Places:Countries |
| 100% | WALKABOUT | When All Local Kiddies Are Bedecked, 'Onouring Uppity Tourist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics:Royalty |
| 100% | WALKERIA | Was A Little Killer. Eventually Renamed. Is Alwalkeria. |
omnicronos (according to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexw.shtml, Walkeria was a small bipedal carnivore. And, according to http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/de_4/5ce8942.htm, it changed its name in 1987 - just enough to avoid recursion) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | WALKERTON | Water - A Liquid Killer - Exacerbated Residents' Troubles Over Night |
Patricia Rix (Walkerton was catapulted into horror and infamy a year and a half ago when it was found that one of the town's wells was contaminated with E. coli to the extent that the water wasn't even safe to wash in. As many as 2000 people got sick, and 7 of them died directly from the E. coli, with perhaps 10 others dying from other causes after being weakened by the bacteria, and many many are left with chronic serious illnesses. You couldn't give away a house in Walkerton during this time, so they were pretty well stuck with it, using bottled water for ingesting, and washing in bleach-water. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | WALKING SHOES | Where Amazingly Long Kilometers, Is Noticeably Going Slim, Has One Eliminating Sizes |
Jan Morgan -- walking hopefully accomplishes loss of weight Household Objects:Clothing Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | WALKING SHOES (2) | Wants Amazingly Lean Kilograms, Is Noticeably Getting Slim, Has One Eliminating Sizes |
Jan Morgan -- walking hopefully accomplishes loss of weight Household Objects:Clothing Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | WALKMAN | While A Listener's Kinetic, Music Around Noggin. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who wasn't sure whether Angela would know the term 'noggin' for head. Entertainment:Music Science:Electronics |
| 91% | WALL STREET | Want A Lot (of) Lolly? Selling Things Really Expensively Earns Thousands! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| 100% | WALNUT | Wallopping A Lot Normally Ups Tonnage |
TMcCO'G - referring to the old saying "A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be." (This is not in accordance with Tony's opinions!!) Food & Drink Science:Biology:Plants:Trees |
| 100% | WANKERS NEEDED | We All Need Kinetic Exercise Regularly. Sign Now! Enrolment's Easy, Don't Even Delay |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| 100% | WANT | Women Are Naked Too |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | WAR | When America Retaliates |
Angela Brett, after terrorists crashed commercial jets into the Pentagon and the WORLD TRADE CENTER. Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WAR (2) | Will America Retaliate? |
Angela Brett (see WAR) Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WAR (3) | Wastage All 'Round :( |
Angela Brett Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WARD | Worship At Reach, Drove |
Jan Morgan (see WARD CONFERENCE) drove = throng or group Religion |
| 100% | WARD CONFERENCE | Wanting A Real Determination Covers Our Needs For Eternity Reports Effect Noteworthy Concerns, Endeavors |
Jan Morgan -- a ward conference is a meeting one step below a STAKE CONFERENCE Religion |
| 100% | WARD CONFERENCE (2) | Wanting Accurate Reasonable Detail, Covers Our Needs For Eternity Reports Effect Noteworthy Concerns, Endeavors |
Jan Morgan -- a ward conference is a meeting one step below a STAKE CONFERENCE Religion |
| 100% | WARDEN | We All Require Dramatic Exit Now |
Angela Brett, after being eveacuated from a building due to a fire alarm. People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | WARDEN (2) | We Anxiously Request Direction - Exit Nearest. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | WAREHOUSE | Where A Retailing Empire Holds Over Unsold Stock Excess |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WARFARE | We Are Ready For A Rapid Exit |
Angela Brett Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WAR ON TERROR | What A Rip Off! Nervous Tony's Extreme Reaction Restricts Our Rights! |
Leo Boyes Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WARP | Wood's Awry, Rain Penetrated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | WARP (2) | With Abnormally Rapid Progress |
Gavin Lambert (referring to 'warp speed' in shows like Star Trek) Art & Literature Entertainment Science:Physics |
| 100% | WARP SPEED | Where Are Real Physics? Some Plot Elements Entail Distortion |
Gavin Lambert Art & Literature Entertainment Science:Physics |
| 100% | WARRANT OFFICER | We Are Raiding Rooms And Not Tidying! Oh F*** Fawning If Criminal's Eventually Reprieved. |
Angela Brett, thinking about an officer with a SEARCH WARRANT rather than an actual warrant officer - but at least this gets it off the unsuccessful searches list, so the search was warranted. People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | WARS | Web Application Retrieving Studies |
Angela Brett (see DETECTIVE) - If the veterans have been in the wars, why shouldn't the clinical trials be in the WARS too? Computers:Internet:VA Data Acquisition |
| 90% | WARTORTLE | Watery Attackers Race Through Ocean, Righting Themselves by Lifting Ears. |
Angela Brett (Wartortle is Pokemon #8) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | WARTS | Where A Rubbed Toad Shows |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Old wives tales talk of catching warts from touching toads) Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | WART VIRUS | Worry Assures Rough Tags, Vicious Indignant Rough Ugly Surface |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | WARWICK | Wily Adviser, Respected & Wise - Is Called 'Kingmaker' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry VI |
| 100% | WASAGA BEACH | What A Sad And Gross Atrocity; Billboards Everywhere; A Complete Hole |
Rob Rix Places:Waterways |
| 100% | WASH | Water And Soap Hygiene. |
Eric Bridgstock People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | WASHER | When A Seal Has Expired, Replace! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects |
| 93% | WASHING MACHINE | Whiteware Automation - Shock, Horror! - by Intel Numbercruncher. Gasp! My Apple Clothes Hydrated In Nasty Environment. |
Angela Brett, on finding out that the family washing machine had an Intel 186 processor in it. Household Objects:Appliances |
| 100% | WASHINGTON | Western Area State Has Important, Necessary Great Trees, Olympic Nationals |
Jan Morgan - Olympic Nationals Park Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | WASHINGTON (2) | Wheat, Apples, Sprout Here, Irrigation Needed Greatly Targets Objective - Nature |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | WASP | Will Anaphylactic Shock Prevail? |
Angela Brett, thinking again of people who are allergic to wasp stings. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Insects |
| 80% | WASP (2) | Wildly Attracted to Sweet Provender |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASP (3) | When Angered, Stings People |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASP (4) | Winged And Stinging Pest |
Roger Williams Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASPS | With A Sting, Pierce Skin |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASPS (2) | When Allergies Strike, People Suffer |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WASPS (3) | Without Adrenaline, Some People Succumb |
Angela Brett, thinking of people allergic to wasp stings. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Insects |
| 100% | WATCH | Wrist-Attached Timer Counting Hours |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Time Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 100% | WATCH (2) | Wrist Attached Timepiece Chimes Hourly |
Jan Morgan Time Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| 100% | WATCH OUT | We Aim To Cease Heartache Of Unspoken Terror/Torment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We are forming a new community group to end abuse, we are looking for a catchy acronym using the A for abuse. We don't want to limit ourselves to only family violence, or child abuse. Our purpose is to educate and raise awareness. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| 100% | WATER | Wet And Terrifically Essential Resource |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATER (2) | Where Are The English Rivers? |
Rico Leffanta Places:Waterways |
| 100% | WATER (3) | Without Any, They'll Expire Rapidly |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATER (4) | Weak And Terribly Effete Refreshment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATER (5) | Wetness Assures Torso's Efficiently Rinsed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WATER (6) | Wet, And Tastes Extremely Refreshing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATER (7) | Why All This Expensive Raro? |
Angela Brett, pondering the recent fashion of labelling bottled cordial as 'water' (appealing to sporty or 'health-conscious' people?) and charging more for it. Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WATERCOLOUR | When A Toxin's Eaten, Rashes Can Occur. Loads Of Unhealthy Radicals. |
Angela Brett (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| 100% | WATERCOLOUR (2) | What A Taste Extravaganza! Restaurant Chefs Ought Learn Of Unusual Repast. |
Angela Brett, to balance WATERCOLOUR Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| 100% | WATERFALL | Where A Torrent Eternally Rolls Forward - A Liquid Location |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who wants to see a submission from AngelFalls Brett Places:Waterways |
| 100% | WATERLOO | When A Tyrant's Ended Revolution, Loses Over Onslaught |
Robert Anonymous Waterloo was the name of the battle in which Napoleon was defeated. Napoleon was a self declared emperor who had restored stability to France after the French revolution. History Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | WATERMELON | Wet And Tasty (Eaten Ripe) - Much Elbow-Licking Often Necessary |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (the juice gets everywhere!) Food & Drink |
| 100% | WAVE ICED COFFEE | We're Addicted! Very Economical Iced Coffee... Especially Delicious 'Cause Of Full Flavour. Enjoy Everywhere! |
Angela Brett. (Wave is a brand of flavoured milk available almost anywhere in NZ, and their iced coffee flavour so far has the highest average overall rating at Dustan's and Angela's iced coffee website - http://surf.to/icedcoffee.) Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 100% | WAVE ICED COFFEE (2) | What A Very Exceptional, Inspired Creation! Every Day Consumption Obviously Fundamental For Endless Energy! |
Lizzie - Having consumed Wave Iced Coffee constantly throughout my pregnancy as it was the only thing that didn't come back, I felt an ode to this fine product was the least I could do! Food & Drink:Drinks |
| 83% | WAVES | Water At Various Elevated Sea-levels |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 83% | WAVES (2) | Waggles Arms Very Energetically - So-long! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | WAYNE | Wellknown Actor, Yet Never Excelled |
Tony McCo(wbo)y O'Grady Names:Famous people:Actors & Actresses |
| 100% | WAYNE (2) | Wants A Yummy Nibble Eaten |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | WAY TO GO, MAN! | Whey Above! Yeah! Taste/Tact/Truth Orders: Go Organic! Milk/Mucus Always Negative! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.This APRONYM provided as a service 2 HueManNitTea Buy THEULTIMATENONVIOLENTMAN Hoo(!) Iz An Organic Vegan (According to the labels for his food.) Food & Drink |
| 100% | WEAK FORCE | Won't Even Alter Kinetics; Form Of Reactants Changed. Extraordinary! |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| 100% | WEATHER | Wet Expectations - A Thunderstorm, Hail, Especially Rain! |
Angela Brett Science:Meteorology |
| 100% | WEB | Wait Endlessly, Browse |
Edwin Hermann Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WEB (2) | World Exchange Base |
Mick Bridgstock Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WEBCAM | Woefully Explodes Bowels... 'Cause Actually Metal. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | WEB IMAGES | With Every Browser In Mind, 'Alt's Give Essential Synopsis. |
Angela Brett (the 'alt' attribute of an image in HTML specifies the text which shows if the image is not loaded. It's usually good to fill something in so that people using text-only browsers or slow modems know what the picture is of, especially if it's a picture of text which they need to see to make sense of the page.) Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WEBLOS | We Endlessly Be Loyal Of Scouting |
Jan Morgan -- Rank in Cub Scouts Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 78% | WEBSTER | Worldly Evil Bookmaker Stupidly Took-away Ewes [before] R |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to Noah Webster's practice of taking out U before R in 'colour' and such. Words & Wordplay Names:Famous people |
| 100% | WEBSTER (2) | Wilful Editor Blatantly Stole Troublesome 'Extra' Representatives. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay Names:Famous people |
| 100% | WEBSTER (3) | Which Eminent Book Should Teachers Employ Regularly? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay Education |
| 100% | WEBTV | Was Enlisted By Trainee, Variant |
Jan Morgan -- not a computer but can get SOME internet functions. A beginner's choice. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WE CAN DO | With Everyone Cooperating All Nasty Dilemmas Overcome |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 88% | WEDDING | We'll Eventually Do (the) Deed, In Nuptial Glory. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WEDDING (2) | What/When Ends Doting Dates In Nuptial Gala |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WEDDING (3) | Witness Eternal Dreamlike Devotion. Important: No Gays! |
Robert Anonymous People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce People & Relationships:Love & Lust:LGBTQIA |
| 100% | WEDDINGS | When Each Day Dawns, I'm Near Gorgeous Soulmate |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WEDDINGS (2) | When Each Day Dawns, I'm Near Grunting Sleeper |
Angela Brett (to go with WEDDINGS) People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 90% | WEDNESDAY | Work's Extra Difficult Now. Evening Spent Doing Arrears (from) Yesterday |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Weekdays |
| 100% | WEE | Wet Excretion, Essentially. |
Angela Brett, after her youngest niece and nephew each managed to wet a bed. Science:Biology |
| 100% | WEED | We Enjoy Expanding Dope |
Angela Brett, after she and Steve acronymised many different names for cannabis Drugs:Cannabis |
| 100% | WEEK? | Weak? Enervated Energy! Kindness! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Rough WEEK? Time |
| 100% | WEEKDAY | Work Expected, Endlessly Keep Doing Again Yesterday's |
Angela Brett Time:Weekdays |
| 100% | WEEKDAYS | When Everyone Else Keeps Diaries Are You Safe? |
TMcCO'G - Who believes that all days are weekdays. what a silly word - what's a non-weekday? ;-) Time:Weekdays |
| 100% | WEEKDAYS (2) | With Eveningfall, Everyone's Kinetically Drained And Yearning Sat/Sun |
TMcCO'G Time:Weekdays |
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