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| 100% | WEEPING WILLOW | With Exceptional Elegance, Plainly It's Naturally Glowious When It's Lovingly Located Over Water |
TMcCO'G Science:Biology:Plants:Trees |
| 100% | WEES | What Everyone Else Said |
Acronymous Anonymous Main |
| 100% | WEETBIX | Wrongfully Executing Enemies... Techniques Being Incredibly Xpert |
Angela Brett, creating another cereal killer MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| 83% | WEIRD | What an Enigmatic, Intriguing, Ridiculous Dream! |
Angela Brett, after having a weird dream involving Tony. Assorted Adjectives |
| 88% | WEIRD AL | Wacky, Eclectic, Insane, Ridiculous, Deranged and Amusing Lyrics |
Sean Lamb (who has been a Weird Al fan since "Another One Rides The Bus") Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 88% | WELCOME | We Eagerly Look (for) Contributors Offering Mirthful Entries. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, welcoming a newcomer to the Acronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | WELCOME BACK ANGELA! | Was Europe Lovely? Canada Offers Many Experiences. But Angela, Creative Kiwi, Absent Negates Goodtimes Everywhere -- Let's Apronymise! |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela returned from a round-the-world trip. Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| 100% | WELCOME BREAK | Where Everyone Loves Coming Off Motoring Exit Because Rest Eases Absolute Knackeredness |
Jan Morgan -- European equivalent to an American Rest Stop Transport |
| 91% | WELCOME TO A SINGLES CLUB | Wankers Evidently Like Company... Obviously Man's Entry Thrills Oestrogenic Airheads. Some Intoxicated Numbskulls Get Lucky, Except Seldom is Comatose Lust Unconquered by Booze. |
Angela Brett. Assorted Phrases People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | WELFARE REFORM | Workers Everywhere Lose Finance As Redundant Extras Receive Easy Funds... Oust Robinhood Men! |
Angela Brett, who doesn't mind welfare but reforms usually seem to be a waste of time and money. Politics Commerce:Money |
| 100% | WELL | Water! Eureka! Lotsa' Liquid! |
Roger Williams Food & Drink Places:Waterways |
| 100% | WENDELL | When Everyone Needs Direction, Enters Lifes Lessons |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| 63% | WENDY | Went Excitedly (to) Never-never-land During Youth |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | WE'RE BACK! | Welcome, Everybody! Relax! Enjoy! Backedup Apronyms Completely Kept! |
Roger Williams - Due to Angela's backed-up data, Apronyms were not lost when the hard drive took a vacation in Feb, 2004. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | WESLEY | Was Evangelists' Surname; Ladies Eponymised Young |
Angela Brett (according to http://babynamer.com, This was the surname of brothers John and Charles Wesley, 18th-century founders of Methodism, a Protestant Christian denomination. It was first used as a given name in their honor during their lifetimes.) Names:First names:Male Religion |
| 100% | WEST | Where Exits Sun Today |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Positions & Directions |
| 100% | WEST VIRGINIA | Was Enroute Southeast To Virginia, In Regional Geographical Incentive, Now In Alleghenies |
Jan Morgan (the state includes Allegheny Plateau) Places:States & Regions |
| 78% | WETSUIT | Waterproof Elastic Tights for Swimming in Unpleasantly Icy Temperatures. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | WE WILL SEE | While Everyone Waits Impatiently, Looking Like Something Expecting Explosion |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WHAT? | Would Happily Accept Teaching |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Main |
| 100% | "WHAT A FINE FAMILY" SAID TONY | We're Heartened At Tony's Accolade, Finding Intelligence Not Exclusively Familial, And Must Improvise Like Yokels, "Such An Impressive Designation! Thanks, O Noble Youth!" |
Patricia Rix, after what Tony said about the Rix family (which seems to have a genetic predisposition for acronymania) People & Relationships:Family |
| 97% | WHAT ARE ACRONYMS? JUST ABBREVIATIONS? | We Here Assert That Acronyms Reflect Expansions And Can be Read Out. Now, You Might Say 'JPF' Uses Same Technique (As Bad Books Recognise) Except Vocally It's Awful. That Is One? No Sir! |
Angela Brett (see also WHAT IS AN ACRONYM? Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 95% | WHAT DOES FLAG STAND FOR? | We Have Answer... That Dude O'Grady Expanded as Such: Flutters Loftily And Gloriously. Searcher Typed A Naturally Defined Form Of Request. |
Angela Brett, in response to an unsuccessful search for the phrase. See FLAG. Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WHATEVER | We Hear All That's Expressed - Valiantly Eschewing Reasoning |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - many people with a closed mind will say "whatever" to end a discussion they are bored with. Communication |
| 100% | WHATEVER (2) | We Have A Terrific Eventful Very Extraordinary Relationship |
Judy Bishop. Created it while e-mailing back and forth to friend People & Relationships |
| 100% | WHAT IS AN ACRONYM? | We Here Assert That Initials Spell Another (Nice And Compact) Representation, Outlining Neatly Your Meaning. |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WHAT IS AN APRONYM? | We Here At This Internet Site Added New Acronym Partition, Reinforcing Our Normal Yardstick -- Meaning! |
Angela Brett, doing the title of the page at http://apronyms.com/apronyms.html Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Page Titles |
| 100% | WHAT IS THE LONGEST ACRONYM? | Well, Here's A Tip - Its Subject Touts Home Electronics. List Of Numerous Genius' Eccentricities - Such Traits Are Considered Representative Of Non-Yoked Minds |
Angela Brett, when somebody typed 'what is the longest acronym?' into the search field on HTTP://ACRONYMS.CO.NZ>. This acronym is referring to the HERE'S TO THE CRAZY ONES... acronym, which is the longest at the time of adding this acronym, but a current list of all ridiculously long acronyms is at http://apronyms.com/wordswordplay/ridiculouslylongapronyms Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR | Will Hermann Attempt To Program Exploration Of Posts? Listing Every Acronym Reveals, Eventually, Location Of Our Konversations. It's Not Good For Other Reconnaissance. |
Angela Brett, when someone searched for that phrase on the Acronyms website. If Edwin made the forums searchable, I could integrate a search of the Acronyms Forums into the normal acronym search form, and then someone searching for that phrase would find the 'What people are looking for' threads on the forums. The current such thread is at http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/list.cgi?id=acronyms&user=&session=&root=1015278415, but I start a new thread of what people are looking for whenever one gets too long, so I would recommend going to http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/start.cgi?id=acronyms and looking near the top of the thread list for a thread with 'What people are looking for' in the title. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | WHAT'S GOING ON | We Have A Tight Schedule; Get Onto It Now! Goof Off Never! |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WHAT THE HELL IS ALL THIS CRAP? | Who Here Are There To Help Explain How Everything's Linked? Listing Idiotic Silly Acronyms Looks Like Twaddle. Huh, I Swear Contributing Readers Are Psychotic! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to an unsuccessful search for that phrase. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 78% | WHAT? YOU? | Who Has Attempted This? You're Obviously Up-for-it |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO NOW | Workers, Here's A Task You Ought Undertake. Any Rebel Even Grumbling Obscurely, "I'm Not Going To!" Only Does Overtime; Now Or Weekend? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 80% | WHEC | Will Hardware Ever be Compatible? |
Sean Lamb (WHEC = Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WHEEL | Wonderfully Helpful, Enabling Easy Locomotion |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Parts |
| 100% | WHEN SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG | We Have Emergency Notes: Scream! Or, Muff Ears 'Til Hell Is Nearly Gone, Have A Short Game Of 'Nobody Expose Wimpiness' & Resume Our Normal Grind. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | WHIDBEY | What Has It Done But Ensare You? |
Sean Lamb (Whidbey is Microsoft's code name for Visual Studio '05; Microsoft's strategy can often be reduced to Embrace-Extend-Extinguish, as they first accept standards then provide "essential" extensions that are only compatible with their own products) Computers:Programming Computers:Windows:Applications Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | WHINE | Wail How It's Never Enough |
Angela Brat Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (2) | Wail How I Need Everything |
Angela Brat Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (3) | Want Heaps I'll Never Enjoy |
Angela Brat (Never Enjoy doesn't necessarily mean Never Get!) Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (4) | Why Have _I_ No Esteem? |
TMcCO'G Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (5) | When Happiness Is Not Experienced |
TMcCO'G Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINE (6) | Whimpering Habitually; It Never Ends! |
Roger Williams Assorted Verbs Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINGE | Why Have I Not Got Everything? |
Angela Brat, inspired by an unsuccessful search for WHINE... this could be WHINE if you remove the Got but then it doesn't flow as well. Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | WHINNY | When Horse Imitates Nymphomaniac Nun Yodelling |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHINY | Waaah! Help! I Need You! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | WHIPPING BOY | Work Harder, I Pay (Peanuts) Iff Niggers Get Bloody Over Yield! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | WHISKEY | We Have Irish, Scotch, Kentucky - Enjoy Yourself |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | WHISTLER | "Windows Has Inconsistencies" Said The Laboratory Engineer Relentlessly |
Sean Lamb (Whistler was the internal code name used by Microsoft for Windows XP) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| 100% | WHITE | Wedding's Hue Is Terrifically Elegant. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | WHITE (2) | When Hair Is Terminally Elderly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 93% | WHITE CHOCOLATE | What Holidaymaker Intends To Eat Candy Hearts Or Chocolate? One's Lunch is Accentuated Tastefully, Elegantly |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| 100% | WHITE ELEPHANT SALE | We Have It Today! Everything Exotic! Ladies, Examine Pink Hammers And Neck Ties. See Amazing Luminous Eyemask! |
Angela Brett (referring to eye masks used for sleeping) Commerce |
| 100% | WHITE HOUSE | We Have Indicated That Everyone Here Owns/Owes United States Ethics |
Angela Brett Politics Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WHITE HOUSE (2) | We Have It That Everyone Here Outwitted United States Electors |
Angela Brett Politics Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WHITE HOUSE (3) | W's Home. I'm Thinking Evidently His Only Until Second Election |
TMcCO'G Politics Places:Buildings |
| 88% | WHITTLE | When He Invented That Thing Life-speed Escalated |
TMcCO'G Names:Famous people |
| 100% | WHO GOES ON HERE ANYWAY? | We Have One Grand Orator, Everyone Shares One 'Nother's Humor. Enjoy Reading Everyone's Apronyms. Now You Will Apronimize. Yahoo! |
Sean Lamb, apronymising something that was asked on the apronyms forums. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | WHO IS IT? | Would HyperUnit Offer Individual Signature Identifying Themself |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? | We Had Our Labradors Especially Tethered... Then How Ever Did One Get Scent Of Unsuitable Territory? |
Angela Brett (Scent Of could be replaced with Sent Off without changing the meaning much.) Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | WHOOP | Welcome Hearty Outburst Of Pleasure |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | WHORE | Woman Hiring Out Reproductive Entrance |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | WHOREHOUSE | Where Hookers Operate - Regularly Entertaining Husbands Of Utterly Sexless Entities |
Penname Nom De Plume People & Relationships:Love & Lust Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE | We Have Once Watched A Network Television Show That Once Boasted Everyone's Attention. Maybe It Lost Luster In One Night After Its Reruns Encored. |
Sean Lamb Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | WIARTON | Willie Is A Rodent Trying Out Notoriety |
Patricia Rix, referring to WIARTON WILLIE, the white groundhog who will be making his annual forecast on Groundhog Day. Time:Special Occasions Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | WIARTON WILLIE | Woodchuck Is Albino, Raised To Offer News Winter Is Longer, Like Is Expected. |
Angela Brett -- see WIARTON. An alternative ending is, 'Lives In Enclosure.' Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | WIARTON WILLIE (2) | When I Actually Roamed To Ontario, Notorious Woodchuck Indeed Looked Lively In Enclosure. |
Angela Brett, who met Wiarton Willie while staying in PAISLEY. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | WICCA | Witches In Coven Conjure Antichrist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| 100% | WICK | With Illumination Comes Knowledge |
Gavin Lambert (thinking lantern wick in an old library or something) Art & Literature Household Objects |
| 100% | WICK (2) | What's Inside Candles; Kindling |
Gavin Lambert Household Objects |
| 100% | WICKED WITCH | Woman In Castle Knows Extremely Dangerous Wiccan Incantations To Create Havoc |
Gavin Lambert Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| 100% | WICKIUP | When It's Cold Kissing Is Usually Perfect |
Rico Leffanta Places:Buildings |
| 100% | WIDOWS | Women In Danger Of Winning Solitaire |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIFE | Wedded Individual - Female, Essentially. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIFE (2) | Woman In Futuristic Experiment |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIFE (3) | Wed Is For Ever |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIFE (4) | Willfully Insolent Female, Eh? |
Word Nerd -- This came to me in a flash just this minute. Not my wife, of course. Those in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are often inclined to ad the closing comment " ... eh?" in routine conversation. Thus we might assume the this woman is a Yooper, i.e., an Upper Peninsula dweller. :) People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIFE (5) | Wanted Immediately For Ever |
ALBERT JOSE. I found it myself. People & Relationships:Family People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WIKIPEDIA | What I Know Is Perfect, Encyclopedia's Definition Is Augmented. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady I really like the idea of Wikipedia, particularly the notion that people can add extra detail to an entry in an area they know a lot about. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WIKIPEDIA (2) | Which Idiot Keeps Inserting Patently Erroneous Details Into Archive? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, mindful that the strength of WIKIPEDIA is also a weakness. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WIKIPEDIA (3) | Well It's Knowlege Is Perfect, Except Don't Invest Assurance |
Sean Lamb Computers:Internet |
| 100% | WILD | Wondering If Love Died |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | WILD YAM | Will I Live Double Years Appearing Mortesque? |
Angela Brett -- the ORGANIC HERB spammer mentioned wild yam as one of it's products, so I assume it's rumoured to be good for something, and extending lifespan is a pretty general aim that most remedies share. 'Mortesque' isn't a word but I'm using it to mean something like 'as if dead.' -- you'd have to be careful with anything promising a long life that you didn't end up living another hundred years looking and feeling like a corpse. Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | WILD YAM (2) | Wonderful In Large Doses You'll Agree, Milady |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | WILFRED OWEN | Watched Innumerable Legions Fall Retaking Enemy's Defences - Opposed War's Excruciating Needlessness. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | WILL AND GRACE | Working In Law Ladyman And Nutty Designer Give Romance A Chance. Entertaining! |
Robert Anonymous Entertainment:TV shows |
| 100% | WILLIAM | Was Insecure, Living Lies In Actual Memories |
Jan Morgan - someone I knew Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | WILLIAMS | Wise Infantryman Loves Life, Is At Majesty's Service |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry V Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry V |
| 100% | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | Working In Lovely Lines - Intense And Moving - Scribbled Histories About Kings' Escapades - Some Plays Endure About Romantic Events |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | WILLIS | Was Involved, Learning Lifes Inspired Salvation |
Jan Morgan - someone I know Names:First names:Male |
| 100% | WILLOW | Wonderful In Lovely Latticed Osier Work |
TMcCO'G Science:Biology:Plants:Trees |
| 100% | WILL YOU MARRY ME? | We're In Love, Let's Yoke Officially. Utter Magical Affirmative Response, Romantically You're Mine Evermore! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| 100% | WILL YOU TAKE ME BACK? | When I Left (Leaving You Openly Upset) Trivial Annoyances Kept Emotions Masked. Eventually Bewailed Actions, Counting Karma. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 83% | WIMPS | Weak-willed Individuals Make Pathetic Superheroes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady MacGirl & KeyBoard People & Relationships |
| 100% | WIN A TRIP! | Wish! I Need Adventure! Take Reward In Promotion! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| 100% | WINDA | Woman Into Non-Dairy Alternatives |
Angela Brett Names:You Are What You Eat |
| 100% | WINDOWS | Will I Never Discover Original, Wondrous Software? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (2) | Work Is Near Disastrous, Oh Wretched System! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (3) | World Is Not Dominated - Others Will Survive |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (4) | Where Indoor Nudity Displays Outdoor Wonder Shows |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WINDOWS (5) | What Idiotic Nerd Developed Our Wierd System? |
Helen Livesey Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (6) | What If Now Dominant OS Won't Survive? |
Angela Brett Computers:Windows |
| 88% | WINDOWS (7) | Why Is Newzealander Deadset Ogre [to] Working System? |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (8) | 'Working', Indeed... Next Desire's Operating Well! Someday... |
Angela Brett, in response to WINDOWS (7) Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (9) | When It Never Draws One With Style! |
Angela Brett, because it's sort of odd that Windows should be called that when it's actually not very good at drawing windows (it visibly draws them bit by bit in no particular order) Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (10) | Will Install Needless Data On Whole System |
delt Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (11) | What I Need (Domestically) Observing World's Sights |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WINDOWS (12) | When Iced, Need Dowsing Of Warm Something |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | WINDOWS (13) | When Iced, Need Delivery Of Warmth Somehow |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| 78% | WINDOWS (14) | Why Isn't NT Doing Operations We Said [it should.] |
magicbrowser, because Windows never does what you ask it to do. Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS (15) | Whistler's In No Danger Of Whistling Speed |
Angela Brett ('Whistler' is the code-name for Windows XP) Computers:Windows |
| 100% | WINDOWS DEVELOPER | Well, It's Not DOS; One Windowing System Demands Engineers, Very Easily Learnable, Only Problem: En Redmond! |
Gavin Lambert People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Computers:Windows |
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