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| ACATAMATHESIA | Afflicted Can't Apprehend That Anything Means Anything, Though Has Every Sense - It's Absurd! | Angela Brett | 
| ACHE | Anybody Can Hurt Everywhere | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| ACNE | Adolescents Can Not Escape | Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene | 
| ANTHRAX (2) | And Now The Human Race ... Aaaaaarrrrggghh... Xpires | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| ANTHRAX (3) | And Not Two Heads Rolled - All Xaggeration! | Angela Brett, when only one person had died of anthrax in the USA but the whole world was paranoid about it. Military:War & Terrorism | 
| AZOTURIA | Animal's Zone Of Trouble, Urine Really Is Abnormal | Dustan Dowsing | 
| BARF | Blasting Away Regurgitated Food | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| BARF (2) | Begetting A Rainbow Fountain | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| BEEF | BSE Endangered English Farms | Angela Brett Food & Drink | 
| BELLYACHE | By Eating Loads & Loads, You Ache Catastrophically, Heavy Emissions | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| BLIND | Blighted Lifetime In Neverending Darkness | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| BLOCKAGE (2) | Bottom's Lack Of Clearance Keeps All Garbage Enclosed? | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| BOTH BRAINCELLS KILLED | Bump On The Head Brings Really Awful Injuries, Now Can't Even Lift Legs. Some Knowledge Is Lost - Longterm Effect's Death. | Angela Brett | 
| BREAST CANCER | Bad Results, Endanger Adventures, Seizes Tomorrows. Cells Attacked, Never Ceasing, Enters Radiation. | Jan Morgan - Lost a friend to it | 
| BURN OUT | Become Useless; Requires No Official, Unusual Training | Patricia Rix | 
| CANCER (2) | Cell Apoptosis? Never! Choke Every Rival. | Angela Brett | 
| CANCER (3) | Cells Attacked, Never Ceasing, Enters Radiation | Jan Morgan | 
| CANCER (5) | Cancer Avoidance Needs Clever/Comprehensive Educational Resources | Tony | 
| CAN'T SEE | Cannot Actually Notice Things, Sadly 'Empty' Eyes | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| CAVITY | Causes A Variation In Troubles, Yuck | Jan Morgan | 
| CELL SITE | Children Exhibit Lack-Lustre Scores In Their Exams | Steve Keate, thinking about the effect of cell sites being near schools. Communication | 
| CHUNDER | Could Have Used Normal Digestive Enzymes, Really. | Steve Keate | 
| CLINICAL INFORMATION | Complete List (Including Nurses' Input) Chronicling A Lifetime's Illnesses, Notated For One's Resourceful Medical Ailment Team, Is Obviously Necessary | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| CONSTIPATED | Can One Not Shift This Impacted Pile And Take Energising Dump? | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| CORN | Chiropodist's Obviously Really Needed | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| CORN (3) | Callous Often Requires Nursing | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| CRIPPLE | Corporeally Restricted Individual's Parts' Performance Lack Evenness | TMcCO'G | 
| CYST | Cavity - Yet Sore & Tender | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| DIABETES | Disease Is Awful. Body Excretes (Tragically) Excess Sugar | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| DIARRHOEA | Dashing In And Running Repeatedly, Hogging Outhouse, Evacuating Again. | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| DISABILITY | Doesn't Imply Stupidity... Affected Brain Isn't Limited In Thought, Y'know. | Angela Brett | 
| DISEASE | Damn I'm Sick! Excruciating Aches & Soreness Everywhere | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| DISEASE (2) | Direly Incapacitated Situation - Each Ache Seems Endless! | Patricia Rix | 
| DYSLEXIA | Do You See Letters Extremely Xenotime In Appearance | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| DYSLEXIA (2) | Don't You Switch Language Even Xeroxed Interchanging Abilities | Jan Morgan -- Transposes things in Reading, Spelling and Numbers like a mirror numbers and letters are switched or interchanged | 
| DYSPEPSIA | Did Your Special Potluck Explode Perchance Soaking In Acid? | Rico Leffanta | 
| DYSPHASIA | Disturbs Your Speech Patterns - Has A Significant Impact, Apparently. | Angela Brett | 
| DYSTOCIA | Delivering Your Sprog Takes Obstetric Care In Abundance | Angela Brett | 
| EARACHE | Expensive Affair Requiring A Consultation - How Exasperating! | Angela Brett, when she had to go to a doctor to get a prescription for her recurring ear infection. | 
| EPSOM SALT (3) | Everyone Please Stay Off My Salted, Aching, Little Toe | Charlie Drugs | 
| FAINT | Feel(s) As If Not There | Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives | 
| FROG IN THROAT | False Ribbits One Gets If Needing The Health Resources Otorhinolaryngologists Assent To | Angela Brett | 
| FUZZY | Felt Unduly Zig-Zaggy Yesterday | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| FUZZY (2) | Food Undergoing Zippy Zymurgy Yesterday | Rico Leffanta | 
| GIMP | Gait Isn't Mighty Pretty | Tony McCoy O'Hyphen | 
| GLASS (3) | Get Lacerated As Some Shatters | Angela Brett | 
| HANGOVER | How Agonizing! Not Good! Oh, Vengeful Elixir Residue! | Roger Williams Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic | 
| HEARTBURN | Having Eaten Amazingly Rapidly, Then Begrudgingly Undergo Restless Night | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| HELP ME GO PEE | Have Especially Large Prostate? Maybe Envisioning Gently Oscillating Pond'll Ease Embarrassment. | Angela Brett, after somebody searched for that phrase on the website. Other unsuccessful searches are now listed at http://acronyms.co.nz/cgi-bin/searches | 
| HERNIA | Hurts Excruciatingly! Really Needs Immediate Attention | Angela Brett | 
| HERNIA (2) | Hurtful Erruptions Requiring Nursing, In Abdomen | Bern Dell | 
| HOSPITAL | House Of Sick Patients Itching Their Amputated Limbs | Angela Brett Places:Buildings | 
| HURT | Have Undiagnised Repugnant Troubles | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| HURTS TO BE A CARRIER | However Unafflicted, Relaying This Sickness To Others Becomes Equally A Curse... Always Remembering Risk, I'm Etiologic Recluse. | Angela Brett, when somebody searched for that phrase on the Acronyms website. | 
| ILL | Invalid Lies Lethargically | Angela Brett | 
| ILL (2) | Is Laid Low | Roger Williams | 
| IMPOSSIBLE (2) | Insomniac Mrs. Pleads, "Oh, Stop Snoring!" Instead Bringing Louder Explosions. | Angela Brett (some people won't stop snoring no matter what you do!) Assorted Adjectives | 
| IMPOTENT | I Mightn't Perform On Time Every Night, Temptress! | Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust | 
| INDIGESTION | Ignore Nutty Diets. If Good Eating Suggestions Taken, It's Obviated Normally | Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink | 
| INSOMNIA | I Need Sleep! Obviously My Nocturnal Inability's Annoying. | Angela Brett | 
| INSOMNIA (2) | I Never Slept One Minute - Now I'm Awake! | Melanie Merswolke and Patricia Rix | 
| ITCH | Irritation That Craves Hurt | Angela Brett, since we get rid of an itching sensation by scratching and making it hurt instead. | 
| ITCH (2) | Incredibly Troubling Cutaneous Hypersensitivity | Word Nerd | 
| LARYNGITIS | Lacking A Roundy Yoke Necessitates Gaps In Transmission - I'm Silenced. | Tony McCoy O'Grady, after a teasing gap in a message. | 
| LIMP | Lost Insert Member Prostrate | Rico Leffanta | 
| LIMP (2) | Leg In Much Pain. | Roger Williams | 
| MAMMOGRAM | Manipulate And Mash Melons - Oncologists Gather 'Round And Murmur. | Angela Brett | 
| MIGRAINE | My Insides Grumble Repeatedly And It Never Ends! | Rico Leffanta | 
| NAUSEA | Not Another Uneasy Seatrip, Evacuate Abdomen | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| NAUSEA (2) | Nursing An Unhappy Stomach... Eaten Aasleagh. | Angela Brett (see AASLEAGH) | 
| OBESE | Oversized Bodies Exercising Seldom Enough | Edwin Hermann | 
| OOS | Out Of Service | Angela Brett (OOS usually stands for Occupational Overuse Syndrome) | 
| OSMIDROSIS | One Shower Monthly Isn't Decent... Remember, Our Sweat Is Smelly! | Angela Brett | 
| PACKRATITIS | Person Accumulating Crap; Keeps Really Ancient Things Indefinitely, Taking Infinite Storage. | Gavin Lambert, explaining why he has so many old computers. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words | 
| PAIN | Prescribe Anaesthetic, It'll Numb. | Angela Brett | 
| PAIN (3) | Palpitations Ache In Neglect | Jan Morgan | 
| PAP SMEAR | Precaution Against Papilloma - Some Must Endure A Retest. | Angela Brett, after reading http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992601 | 
| PENGUIN | Pending Extinction - Not Going Up In Numbers | Angela Brett, thinking of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin,  although I don't know whether the numbers are going up or not. Science:Biology:Animals:Birds | 
| PIMPLE | Please Ignore My Pained & Lumpy Epidermis | Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene | 
| PLAGUE | People Lying About Grotesquely... Uncountable Expiries. | Angela Brett | 
| PLANTARS WART | Painful Lesion Attacks Nascent Terrible Arch Region, Sponsors Worry As Reason, Tension | Jan Morgan | 
| PMS (2) | Pardon My Snippiness | Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS Re-expansions of existing acronyms | 
| PMS (3) | Pleasantness's Mighty Scarce | Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS Re-expansions of existing acronyms | 
| PMS (5) | Pugnaciousness's My Speciality | Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PMS Re-expansions of existing acronyms | 
| POISON | Potion Once Ingested Surely Occasions Necrosis | Roger Williams Drugs | 
| PUKE | Partially Undigested Kilojoules Ejected | Angela Brett | 
| QUEASY | Quite Uneasy Emotion Assails Stomach, Yes? | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| RASH | Reaction Allergics Sometimes Have | Angela Brett | 
| RETARD | Really Exhausting To Attempt Reading Dictionary. | Angela Brett | 
| ROAD TRIP (2) | Result Of A Desire To Retch In Public? | Angela Brett, thinking about carsickness Transport | 
| SARS | Suddenly Airway's Restricted Somewhat | Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Re-expansions of existing acronyms | 
| SARS (3) | Stop Agent's Rapid Spread! | Angela Brett, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Re-expansions of existing acronyms | 
| SARS (4) | Scientists Are Rapidly Strategising | Angela Brett, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Re-expansions of existing acronyms | 
| SICK | Stomach Is Curdled & Kaput | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| SMELLY | Something Malodorous Exudes.... Lice'll Love You | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| SNEEZE | Snotty Nose Effortlessly Energising, Zinging Everywhere. | Mary Carr | 
| SNIFFLES | Stuffy Nose Initiates Feeling Fatigued, Leaking Excess Snot. | Angela Brett | 
| SOLICITING | Seeking Out Lustful Intercourse Can Induce Terrible Infections Near Genitals | Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust | 
| SORE | Some Organ's Reddened & Excited | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| SPASMS | Sharp Pain As Some Muscle Seizes | Tony | 
| SPASTIC | Slightly Palsied Athlete Specially To Intrigue Competitors | Carl Brett | 
| SPASTIC (2) | Slightly Palsied Athlete Specifically To Irritate Carl | Carl Brett, probably referring to Angela | 
| SPASTIC (3) | Such People Are Surely Talented... It's Cerebral! | Angela Brett, on Cerebral Palsy. | 
| SUNBURN | Shoving Unprotected Nude Bodyparts Under Rays. Nasty! | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| SWEET PEE | Sugary Wees Equals Endocrine Trouble... Pancreas's Effectiveness Ebbing | Angela Brett, when Tony apologised for mistyping an 'a' instead of an 'e' in his SWEET PEA expansion. | 
| THROW UP | Tummy, Having Rejected Offering, Will UpChuck Promptly | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| THROMBOSIS | The Heart Rarely Outlives Massive Bloody Objects Stuck In Stream | Bern Dell | 
| THEATRE | The Hospital's Experts Amputate Threatened / Ruined Extremeties | Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings | 
| VENEREAL DISEASE | Victim Enjoyed Numerous Erotic Relationships Evidently - And Long-Dreaded Itch Sometimes Ensues After Sexual Encounters | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| VIRII | Violently Invasive - Readily Initiating Illnesses | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| VOMIT (2) | Viscous Odorous Mess - Ill Tummy | Tony McCoy O'Grady | 
| WARTS | Where A Rubbed Toad Shows | Tony McCoy O'Grady (Old wives tales talk of catching warts from touching toads) | 
| WART VIRUS | Worry Assures Rough Tags, Vicious Indignant Rough Ugly Surface | Jan Morgan | 
| WASP | Will Anaphylactic Shock Prevail? | Angela Brett, thinking again of people who are allergic to wasp stings. Science:Biology:Insects | 
| WASPS (2) | When Allergies Strike, People Suffer | Angela Brett Science:Biology:Insects | 
| WASPS (3) | Without Adrenaline, Some People Succumb | Angela Brett, thinking of people allergic to wasp stings. Science:Biology:Insects | 
| WRYNECK | With Robin You Never Ever Come Kissing | Rico Leffanta | 
| YOU ARE SO HOT (2) | You Oughta Use Antibiotics... Reducing Every Symptom Obviously Helps One's Temperature. | Angela Brett | 
| TUBERCULOSIS | The Uneasy Breathing Erodes Resilience, Causing Unhurried Loss Of Strength In Sufferer. | Angela Brett, when it was thought that Steve might have tuberculosis. |