Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| ABBA | Agnate Biblically Begat Adam |
Angela Brett |
| A B CEE DEES OF LIFE! | Almighty Beautiful Craft: Earth. Eve: Devil's/Deception Eatingly Entertained. Sinners Offered Forgiveness. Life/Love/Law Intact Forever. Emmanuel! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| ABEL | Adam's Boy, Eve's Lad |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Male |
| ABEL (2) | A Briefly Experienced Life |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| ADAM AND EVE (2) | Apple Devoured. Absurd Mistake - Attempting Nugatory Deception. Edict: Vacate Eden! |
Roger Williams Names |
| ADOPTED | Angel Dancing On Pin Turning Either Direction |
Rico Leffanta, referring to that very Catholic question: "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" If you are adopted (and are, one presumes, angelic) you must dance according to the direction of your new parents - whatever direction that may be, or fall from the only thing stable in your life... People & Relationships:Family |
| A FAST | All Feasts Are Stopped Today |
Jan Morgan - see FASTING Food & Drink |
| AGNOSTIC | A God's Not Observable, So Truth Isn't Certain |
Angela Brett |
| AGNOSTIC (2) | As God's Not Obviously Shown, This Individual's Cynical |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ALTAR | A Little Table Attracts Reverence |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ANGEL | A Near-Godly-Existence Lifeforce |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ANGEL (2) | Always Near God's Everlasting Love |
Yru Redhead |
| ANIMISM | Any Natural Item May Invoke Spiritual Manifestation |
Rico Leffanta |
| ANUBIS | Ancient Netherworld-Underworld Being Is Supreme |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death |
| APOCALYPSE | Awesome Propounding Of Cataclysm Awaiting Lets You Ponder Supreme Eternity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Disaster |
| APOSTLE | A Person Once Selected To Lead Eucharist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| APPLE (5) | Adam -- Please Partake. Love, Eve |
Roger Williams |
| ARMAGEDDON (2) | Anxiously Reading Magazine About Goddesses, Engineering Doomsday Decorations On Nebulae. |
Angela Brett, to accompany a short story she's writing. If you really want to read the story, email angela@kagi.com and ask for it. |
| ARTICLES OF FAITH | Aims Religiously Taken In Careful Learning, Educated Sole Objectives For Faith Aiming In Truths, Hope |
Jan Morgan - 13 points of what the LDS people believe |
| ATHEISM | All That Has Existed Is Strictly Mechanistic |
Angela Brett |
| ATHEIST | A True Heathen's Existence Is Sans Theology |
Angela Brett |
| ATHEIST (3) | All Those "Hereafter Exists" Ideas - Silly Twaddle! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ATHEIST (4) | Anybody That Has Ever Investigated Scientific Theory? |
Angela Brett, after a friend said that because some articles in NEW SCIENTIST magazine are about evolution, everyone who has ever written for the magazine must be an atheist. Science |
| ATHEIST (5) | A Theistic Hypothesis Existed In Simpler Times |
Angela Brett |
| ATHEISTIC | All The Hard Evidence Implies Scientific Theory Is Correct |
Angela Brett |
| ATHEISTIC (2) | Apronym Touting Heavenly Entity Is Somewhat Tongue-In-Cheek? |
Angela Brett |
| ATHEISTIC (3) | All Those Hapless Evangelists Insist Sticking To Initial Conjecture |
Angela Brett |
| AZYMOUS | Apparently Zero Yeast Meliorates Our Unleavened Sacrifice |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology Food & Drink |
| BABEL | Brought About (Biblically) Every Language |
Angela Brett |
| BAH | Born Again Heathen |
Used when some streets evangelist asks me if I am a believer or they try to press a pamphlet in my hand. It usually draws them back & I can make my escape. Dave Buhmann |
| BETHLEHEM | Birth's Exceptional, The Heralds Laud & Extol. He's Evidently Messiah |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Towns & Cities |
| BIBLE | Books Inside Book, Lasting Evangelism |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIBLE (2) | Believers Instruction Book - Life Encompassing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIBLE (3) | Basic Instruction By Life's Engenderer |
George Rix Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIBLE (4) | Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth |
Jide Alakija, Read the bible everyday and it just suddenly clicked one day what the bible meant to me. Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIBLE (5) | Because It Brings Light Eternal |
Jan Morgan Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIBLE (6) | Because It's Believed, Learn Extensively |
Jan Morgan Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIBLE (7) | Best Ideas Build Loving Eternity |
Jan Morgan Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BIG GOAL: LEAP! | Believe In God. God Obey. Advance Love. Love / Encourage / Affirm People! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| B IS FOR BA | Bird Identifies Soul For Old Religion's Believing Adherents. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see C IS FOR CAATINGA) |
| BLESSED | Being Loved Especially Should Secure Eventual Deification |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| BLEST | Benevolent Lord Extends Special Treatment |
Saint Tony McCoy O'Grady, who hopes that Blest [as searched for on the Acronyms website] is not a Pokemon character, but the older spelling of Blessed. |
| BOOK OF MORMON | Basic Objective Of Keystone, Original Features, Memories Of Residents, Migrates Over Nation |
Jan Morgan - History Lessons Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| BREAD OF LIFE | Buy Regularly, Eat And Die Or Follow Love's Inspiration For Eternity |
Rico Leffanta |
| CALVARY | Christ At Last Validated And Respectfully Yielded |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CATHOLIC | Concerned About The Holiest Of Liturgies In Churches |
Tony McCoy O'Cardinal |
| CELESTIAL GLORY | Challenging Everyones Life Exam, Standards Testing In Applicable Living Great Love Of Radiant Yearnings |
Jan Morgan |
| CELTS (2) | Christians Extinguished Local Theology, Sadly. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| CHANT | Chorus Hollering, And Nobody's There |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Music |
| CHARISMA | Charlatan Has A Roguish Innocence, Seducing Moronic Audience |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - TV preachers are often described as 'Charismatic'. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| CHERUBS | Chubby Harpist Ecstatically Rapturous, Usually Boys Seemingly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CHOOSE THE RIGHT | Children Hereby Offers Own Solutions Eternally, To Heaven Eventually, Raising Individual Goodness Highly Triumphant |
Jan Morgan |
| CHRIST | Certainly His Resurrection Is Supreme Truth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| COMMUNION | Christians Offer Messiah Morsels... Ultimately Not Innards Of Nazarene |
Angela Brett |
| COMPASSIONATE SERVICE | Comforts Others, Many People Are Seeing Service In Our Needs And Trials Endured. Sees Every Responsibility, Vital In Caring, Everyone |
Jan Morgan |
| CONFESSIONAL | Catholic Or Not, 'Fess Even Small Sins In Our Now Audioproof Locker |
Jeff Anonymous Places:Buildings |
| CONSECRATION | Complete Obedience Necessary, Sacred Efficacious, Concentrated Righteous Attributes To Initiate One's Nirvana |
Jan Morgan |
| CONTROL DESTINY | Conscious Or Not, The Reality Of Life's Deterministic... Everything's Sums, Trajectories, Integrals, 'Ncluding You! |
Angela Brett |
| CONVERTING PAGANS | Christians Overthrow Native Views, Existing Religious Teaching's Implicitly No Good, Presumed 'Actual' God's A Necessary Substitute. |
Angela Brett |
| CRIMINALS: GET WEALTH, POWER, FAME! | Criminals Repent: Invest Mind/Money In Nurturing Altruism/Achievements, Living Sacrificially. Get Eternal Treasure. Wealth Earned Assures Life's/Lasting/Luxe: True Happiness. Power: Omnipotent's Wonderful Encouragement Receive. Fame: Almighty's Measureless Empathy! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. The Organising Principles of Expansion: 1. Each Word of Apronym Expands to one sentence. 2. Each Word of Apronym is the Expansion of its Initial in the APRONYM. These contraints strengthen the APRONYM, because the expansion is more predictable. I like that. People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Advice |
| CROSS | Cruciform Reminder Of Suffering Saviour |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CULT | Community Usually Lacking Theology |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CURSED | Completely Uncouth Ruffian Swore, Execrating Deity! |
TMcCO'G Communication |
| DAVID | Did A Valiant 'Impossible' Deed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| DEITY | Doesn't Exist; It's Truly Yourself |
Angela Brett |
| DEITY (2) | Designer Evolution: Image Toward Yahweh |
Angela Brett |
| DEVIL | Demonic, Evil Villain Is Lucifer |
Angela Brett |
| DEVIL (2) | Doesn't Enjoy Virtue In Life |
Angela Brett |
| DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS | Does Offer Collective Truths, Religious Ideas, Necessary Examination, Always Near Decisions Can Offer Vital Enlightenment, Nourishment As Needed To Searcher |
Jan Morgan - Latter Day Saints important recorded doctrine |
| ENDURE TO THE END | Eternal Nature Deems Unusual Righteous Endurance. Today Or Tomorrow's Heavenly Earth Eventually Negotiates Divinity |
Jan Morgan |
| ENDURE TO THE END (2) | Every Nurtured Dealings Usually Rely Endlessly Towards Our Truth Healing End. Eternity Never Dies |
Jan Morgan |
| EPIPHANY | External Presentation - It Possibly Happened Around New Year |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - The Christian celebration of "The Epiphany" recalls the visit of 'The Magi' to the new-born Saviour - His first presentaiton to non-Jewish people, it is celebrated on January 6th Time:Special Occasions |
| FAITH | Feeling As If There's Heaven |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| FAITH (2) | Full Assurance. Invisible = Trusted Hope! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Reference: Hebrew 11:1. |
| FAITH (3) | Fantastic Adventures In Trusting HIM |
CJ |
| FAITHFUL | Facts: Almighty = Individuals' Trust! Hebrews 11. Fulfilled Unseen's Love/Law! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| FAITHFUL (2) | Faithful Accept Infinite's Truth! Hold Fully Unlimited Love! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| FASTING | Feasts Are Stopped To Interprete Neccessary Glimpses |
Jan Morgan - a prayerful fast helps you make important decisions and can help in crisis situations like illnesses Food & Drink |
| FEMALE (2) | From Eden; Makes Adam Largely Excited |
Ian Rywalt People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| FENG SHUI (2) | Fashionable Energy Nurturing. Get Some Help Understanding It. |
Eric Bridgstock |
| GARDEN OF EDEN | Gobbling Apple Revealed Dear Eve's Nakedness... One Figleaf Enhanced Decency Enough? No! |
Angela Brett Places |
| GARDEN OF EDEN (2) | Gained A Rich Domain, Evil Negotiates Offense, Failed Experimental Decree Exiles Newlyweds |
Jan Morgan Places |
| GEEKS (3) | God's Electronic - Every Kilobyte's Sacred |
Angela Brett Computers People & Relationships |
| GENERAL CONFERENCE | Gives Extraordinary Navigation, Exceptional Resolve Acknowledged, Listening Covers Our Needs For Eternity, Reports Effect Noteworthy Concerns, Endeavors |
Jan Morgan -- world wide meeting of LDS church that delivers counsel to its members Time:Special Occasions |
| GLORY | God's Love Often Revives You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GOD | Great Omniscient Deity |
Angela Brett |
| GOD (2) | Great Omnipotent Deity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GOD (3) | General Overall Deity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GOD (4) | Great Omnipresent Deity |
Angela Brett |
| GOD (5) | Goliath's, Or Davids? |
Angela Brett... A lot of people seem to fight each other because they believe in different gods - the Old Testament is littered with stories of God helping the Israelites defeat their enemies. I wonder how bible stories would read if told by the other side. |
| GOD (6) | Generous, Or Destructive? |
Angela Brett - some churches (at least Reverend Lovejoy's one on The Simpsons!) lean towards the idea that if we don't do exactly what God says we'll all burn in hell. Others describe a more benevolent God. |
| GOD (7) | Gender's Often Debated |
Angela Brett - Most texts refer to God as 'He' although there are jokes about God being female and logically (if logic even applies to gods) God is neither. People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| GOD (8) | Guess One's Desires |
Angela Brett (there are so many arguments and no direct ways of finding out what a god might want us to do.) |
| GOD (9) | Gestalt Of Devotees |
Angela Brett |
| GOD (10) | Greets Our Dead |
Angela Brett |
| GOD (11) | Goodness On Demand |
Angela Brett |
| GOD (12) | Giver, Observer, Destroyer. |
Angela Brett |
| GOD (13) | Generated Our Domain |
Angela Brett |
| GOD IS GOOD | Generator Of Divine Inspiration Should Get Our Ongoing Devotion |
Angela Brett |
| GOD LOVES YOU VERY MUCH | Great One Doesn't Look On Viciously, Expecting Something You're Obviously Unable. Vices Embraced... Remember Your Most Unsaintly Characteristic -- Humanity! |
Angela Brett (If God loves me very much, He wouldn't send me to HELL whatever petty evil I were involved in... and certainly not for simply being imperfect.) |
| GODS (3) | Glut Of Different Sorts |
Angela Brett |
| GODS (4) | Glut Of Denominational Schisms |
Angela Brett |
| GOSPEL | Giving Orders So People Expect Love |
Rico Leffanta |
| GOSPEL (2) | God's Own Scriptural Prospective, Eternally Learning |
Jan Morgan |
| GO TO HELL | Going On Tour Of Hades, Enduring Lucifer's Location |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases |
| GRACE | God Regularly Advances Considerable Encouragement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| GUARDIAN ANGEL | God's Unique Agents, Religiously Drawing Individuals Along, Nearer And Nearer Gaining Eternal Life |
Tony McCoy O'Afterlife |
| GYPSY | Greases Your Psychic Secret Yearnings |
Rico Leffanta |
| HALO | Her Angelic Love Observed |
Rico Leffanta |
| HATING | Humans Attack Those Idolising Neighbouring Gods |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions Military:War & Terrorism |
| HEAVEN | Highly Ecclesiastical Angelic Vista - Eternal Nirvana |
Angela Brett (the Angelic one ;^) Places |
| HEAVEN (2) | Hyperdevelopment: Emmanuel Almighty - Virgin Energises Newborn! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Places |
| HEAVENLY FANTASY | Having Experienced A Vision Eternal, Never Let Yourself Forget And Not Try Again Seeing Yahweh |
Tony McCoy O'Gradyoga |
| HELL | Hot Environment, Lucifer's Location |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| HIM | Holy Immortal Mightiness |
Tony, in response to the capitalised 'HIM' in FAITH (3) |
| HOLY GRAIL | Hallowed Object Long Years Gone - Remotely Accessible In Legend |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| I AM HE | Infinity's Announcement Mean's He's Eternal |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST | I Can Achieve Nothing Desiring Only A Lazy Life... Through Him I'm Near God, Shown The Harder Road Of Understanding God's Help Can Have Responsibilities... I Seize Them! |
Angela Brett |
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