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| ACME | A Company Manufacturing Encouragement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after he suggested that Angela's ENCOURAGEMENT probably came from the ACME people the coyote always got his stuff from. |
| ALOETTE | A Lovely Objective, Essence To Try, Everyone |
Jan Morgan -- A home party Cosmetic Company made with Aloe Vera in it People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| ALTSCAPE | Alternative Landscape: Their 'Scenesaver' Creates A Personalised Environment |
Angela Brett, who is developing the Mac OS X version of Altscape's 'Scenesaver' and Media Manager software. (See http://www.altscape.com/index.asp?displaymode=DownloadsPage) |
| ALTSCAPE (2) | A Lively Team Shall Celebrate As Patronage Expands |
Angela Brett (see PARTY) |
| ALTSCAPE (3) | A Little Thousand... So? Countless Additional Patrons Expected. |
Angela Brett (see PARTY) who apologises for the over use of 'Patron' but thinks it was the best word for all the ALTSCAPE-related acronyms which use it. |
| AMTRAK | Another Metro Train Rolls Along Keenly |
Sean Lamb (Amtrak is the national passenger carrier of the US) Transport:Trains |
| ARBONNE | A Real Botanical Objective, Nourishes Naturally Everyone |
Jan Morgan -- A home party Cosmetic company People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| AT & T | Attention! Thervice Thaved! |
Jeff Anonymous, after HALT, because AT & T is going to keep the ISP running. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| BAESYSTEMS | Being An Engineering Specialist You Should Take Engineering More Seriously |
John Richard Jones - Advice to all who work where I do, with the company name as an Apronym |
| BALFOUR BEATTY RAIL LIMITED | Big And Lucrative Frontrunner Of UK Rail Business. Electrification And Trackwork That You'd Readily Accept. It Looks Like (Inciting Moans) Intensive 'Training' Exercises Delivered. |
Angela Brett Transport:Trains |
| BE | Bankrupt Enterprise |
Angela Brett Computers |
| BECHTEL | Big Engineering Contracts Hardened "Threat-Ending" Line |
I knew what I wanted to say and tried different combinations until I found a suitable one. (I'm sure this is what everyone does!) |
| BORDERS | Books (Obviously), Records, DVDs, Even Refreshments Sold |
Robert Anonymous Art & Literature |
| COMPANY NAMES | Corporations Often Make Particular Apronymic Names - Yet Not Always Make Economic Sense |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - some apronymic names don't always tell the customer immeidately what the company does. Esso was an attempt at spelling the word formed by S and O, the initials of Standard Oil. Standard Oil tells the comsumer much more than Esso or Exxon do. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| CRICKET | Cellular Reasons/Restrictions In Connecting Kinfolk, Excessive Talk |
Jan Morgan - name of cheap but frequently dropped calls cell phone company Communication |
| DISC (2) | Does It Still Compile? |
Sean Lamb (DISC really means Digital Interactive Systems Corp., a company marketing a new computer-in-a-box gaming console) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Games |
| EDS | Evil Doers Supreme |
Carl Brett, who works for a company called EDS Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| EDS (2) | Electric Donkey Service |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| EDS (3) | Evil Dark Side |
Adrian Parke, who also works at EDS Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| EDS (4) | Everything Done Slowly |
Adrian Parke Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| EDS (5) | Experts Dont Subscribe |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| EDS (6) | Evil Doers Society |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| ENRON | Earth's Natural Resources - Or Nothing! |
Rico Leffanta |
| ENRON (2) | Executives Nefariously Realise Outrageous Net |
Rico Leffanta |
| ENRON (3) | Executive Neighs Reinforce Official "Nays" |
Rico Leffanta |
| ENRON (4) | Employees Now Retire On Nothing |
Rico Leffanta |
| EPSON | Evil Printer Supplier Overcharges Needlessly |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Epson's practice of gouging on inkjet cartridges) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| HALLIBURTON | Halliburton's American Leader Lifts Income By Usurping Regime-Terrorized Oil Nation |
Chris Kjelgaard. Knew what I wanted to get across and just tried a variety of word combinations until I found one that seemed to fit. "Halliburton's American leader" is, of course, former CEO Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the USA and the man who many people in the USA believe really makes the Presidential decisions. Politics |
| HERBALIFE | Hate Every Repulsive Banner Accosting Linked-In Food Eaters. |
Angela Brett, who sees a lot of annoying pop-up ads (not exactly banners... put some demerit points on my creative license) for Herbalife but prefers to get her nutrients from a balanced diet rather than from herb pills. I'm glad only have to put up with those ads when I'm at work... the web browsers on my own computer block unrequested pop-up windows. Food & Drink |
| HEWLETT-PACKARD | Have Employed Wozniak - Looked Encouragingly Toward The Prototype Apple, Couldn't Know About Resulting Disadvantage. |
Angela Brett, since Steve Wozniak was working at Hewlett-Packard when he designed the Apple I, but luckily HP weren't interested in selling computers at that time so they didn't claim it as their own. Computers |
| IBM | Incredibly Bad Machine |
Gavin Shapiro Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| IBM (2) | I Broke Mine |
Steve Keate Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| IBM (3) | It's Barbarically Megapriced |
Jeff Anonymous, after mentioning IBM in I AM GETTING THE MAC Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| INTEL | Invest Nothing, They'll Eventually Lose. |
Angela Brett, after Steve said that he wouldn't invest any money in Intel because he doesn't think they innovate any more. Computers |
| IOMEGA | I Own Marvellous External Gigabyte Accessory. |
Angela Brett Computers |
| IOMEGA (2) | Input/ Output, My Electronic Gargantuan Accesses. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers |
| JARED | Jewelry's A Really Expensive Delight |
Angela Brett, who went to http://jared.com hoping for inspiration for this expansion, and found a jewellery store. Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| MACPAC (2) | Makes Adventure Camping Products - All Canvas |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| NCR | Not Completely Reliable |
Tiny Lee (NCR usually stands for National Cash Register) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| NEC | Not Enough Components |
Tiny Lee (NEC usually stands for Nippon Equipment Corporation) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| NOVELL | Now Our Venture Entirely Loves Linux |
Sean Lamb (Novell announced that it will purchase SuSE Linux for (US)$210M on Nov 4 2003) Computers:Linux |
| ORGANIC HERB | Our Rogues Grow A New Investment Crop, Harvesting Each Reader's Balance |
Angela Brett, in response to some spam on the Apronyms Forums by a company with that name. Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| PEPSICO | People Employed Peddling Sugar In Carbonated Offerings |
Tony McCoke O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks |
| SEARS | Stock Everything Americans Regard Saleable |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SOEIDENTAL | Someone's Obviously Excited - I Daresay Employer Now Thinks Angela's Learned! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, on finding out that Angela got a job at Software Of Excellence International (http://www.soeidental.com) |
| TIPTOP | There Is Pizazz To Our Paraoa |
Angela Brett (Tiptop is a company which makes bread, and other foods. Paraoa is Maori for bread.) Food & Drink |
| THREE M | They Have Raped Earth's Environment, Mercilessly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (This is probably libellous, but it occurred to me - in the bathroom - that Minnesota Metal and Manufacturing has moved on a lot as it is now making throat medicine) Science:Environment |
| THINGAMAJIG | This Humorous Invented - Name Given A Major Appliance: Jig! It's Good! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. (see FAIL SAFE!) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| VODAFONE | Voice Or Data Apparently Fry Owners' Neurons Eventually. |
Angela Brett (Vodafone is a cellphone network) Communication |