Acronyms' Punny Retrievers! Organized Novelties! Your Memory Smiles!
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| ALARM | A Loud Appliance Ringing Madly |
Edwin Hermann People & Relationships:Law & Order Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| BATTERIES | Began A Trip Thinking Extra Required... Instead, Existing Survived. |
Angela Brett, who took plenty of batteries with her to Palmerston North only to find that the ones already in her Newton lasted the whole trip. (Well, apart from the last few hours on the bus. But they would have survived that easily if they hadn't been a third used to begin with. If you're not happy with the slight deception, change it to 'Eight's Sufficient' in your head.) |
| CALCULATOR | Complex And Liberating Creation - Users Lose Ability To Orchestrate Ratios |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics |
| CAMERA | Capture A Moment - Enlargements Readily Available |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CASSETTE | Cartridge And Spools 'Show' Electronic Tape Through Encoding |
TMcCO'G |
| DYNAMO | Doth Yield New And Much Output |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ELECTRON | Even Little Electric Currents Take Ridiculously Oversized Numbers |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| FAX | Forward A Xerograph |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| GADGET | Got Ample Dough? Get Electronic Toys. |
Angela Brett |
| GLITCH | Good Lord! Imperfect Timing Causes Havoc! |
Angela Brett, after hearing about how delays in electricity flowing through logic gates can cause glitches in electronic circuits. |
| LOGIC | Lots Of Gates In Combination |
Angela Brett |
| MIKE | Man Installs Klutzy Electronics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| PHOTOCOPIER | Place Hand On Top Of Copier & One's Palm Is Endlessly Reproduced |
Tony McXerox O'Grady |
| RADAR | Remote Aircraft Detected Along Radius |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (RADAR actually stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| RECORDER | Register Everything, Catching On Rotating Discs Each Remark. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SINGER | Sewing Invention - Needles Get Electric Revolution |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SWATCH | Swiss Watches Aren't Too Costly Here |
Angela Brett (while most brands of Swiss watch are ridiculously expensive, Swatch makes watches that are more generally affordable, and sometimes even digital! Call me primitive but I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.) Time Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| TABLES | Truth Arrays... Boolean Logic Explicitly Stated |
Angela Brett, referring to truth tables. Science:Mathematics |
| TIMER | Timer Increments Minute Entities Repeatedly |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Time |
| 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 |
| WATCH | Wrist-Attached Timer Counting Hours |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Time Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |