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| 100% | AIRLINES | Aviation Industry Regularly Leaves Individuals Needing Extra Space |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | AIRPLANE | Aerial Innovation Rising Perpendicular, Lifts Achieving Necessary Elevation |
Jan Morgan |
| 100% | ALABAMA (2) | Americas Largest Active Battleship Alabama, Mobile Area |
Jan Morgan - Can Be toured here it saw action in WWII and was the largest ever built Military Military Places:States & Regions Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | ALITALIA | Aircraft Leave Italian Territory And Land In Adriatic |
Chris Kjelgaard |
| 100% | ANCHOR | A New Cruiser's Held Off Rocks |
TMcCO'G |
| 100% | ARGUS | A Really Great Unusual Ship |
Jan Morgan -- see THE ARGUS Sports & Recreation:Scouts Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 100% | ATMOSPHERIC (2) | As Transport Machinery Overtakes Sense, Particulates Have Exercisers Racked In Coughs |
Angela Brett - in some places it would be faster to walk than drive due to all the traffic, if it weren't for the exhaust fumes you'd have to breathe. Science:Environment Science:Environment |
| 100% | AUTOMOBILE | Almost Universal, Though One Man On Bike Is Less 'Exhausting' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | AUTOMOBILE (2) | An Unmerciful Taker Of Money, Often Being In Lien Eternally |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | AUTOMOBILE (3) | A Useful Tool Often Making Our Busy, Involved Life Easier. |
Roger Williams |
| 100% | BATTLE TANK | Bush Artfully Targets Threat-Lapsed Enemy, Totally Avoiding North Korea |
Chris Kjelgaard Military:Weapons Military:Weapons |
| 88% | BIG DENT | Banged Into Garage - Didn't Even Notice it There. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | BLIMP | Balloon's Lines Impede Marauding Planes |
TMcCO'G |
| 100% | BOATS | Best Ones Are Trailer-Sailers |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | BOMBER | Billions Of Megatons Bring Earthly Ruin |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military Military |
| 100% | BRIDGES | Busy Road If Deep Gorge's Elaborately Spanned |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways Places:Waterways |
| 100% | BULLDOZER | Big Ugly Land Lifting Digger, Often Zealously Engineering Roads |
Dustan Dowsing |
| 100% | BUS | Backbreakingly Uncomfortable Sleep |
Dustan Dowsing, after having a sleep on an INTERCITY BUS and finding it had left him with, among other things, a pain in the neck. |
| 100% | BUS (2) | Big... Umpteen Seats |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | BUS (3) | Brought Us Southward |
Angela Brett, after going from Auckland to Palmerston North in one. |
| 100% | CAB | Contains Autoist Bottom |
Dustan Dowsing |
| 83% | CAMEL (2) | Carrying Amorous Males to Exquisite Ladies |
Mary Carr Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | CANOE | Can Anyone Navigate Ocean Ebb? |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | CANOE (2) | Can A Novice Overturn Easily? |
Roger Williams Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | CANOE (3) | Canada's A Neat Overseas Experience |
Angela Brett, who spent a fair bit of time in canoes while visiting Canada. Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | CANOE (4) | Canada's Apparently National Overwater Experience |
Rob Rix Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | CAR | Carries Around Riders |
Edwin Hermann |
| 100% | CARAVAN | Cruises All 'Round Area - Vacationers' Abode, Normally. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | CARPOOL | Can Assist Reducing Pollution On Our Lives |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | CARS | Carriages Are Roadworthy, Sometimes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | CARTS | Clydesdales Are Really Tough Species |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 91% | CHALLENGER | Christa Had A Life; Lost in Explosion. National Grief Eternally Remains. |
Roger Williams Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy History History |
| 92% | COMPETITION | Co-operation Of Major Petrol Empires Throws Insult To It, One Notices. |
Angela Brett, when she received an email urging people to boycott major PETROL companies in order to force the price down. (See also CO-OPERATION) Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | CO-OPERATION | Complete Oligarchy Of Petroleum Empires Riles All The Innocent Oil-Needers. |
Angela Brett (see COMPETITION) Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | CRUISE CONTROL | Car Runs Uniformly If Specialty's Engaged Correctly - One Needn't Turn Right Or Left. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | CYCLISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL | Caution Your Children! Lessons In Safe Transport Should Save Harmful Outcomes..... (Unsafe Learner Drivers, Badly Educated, Cause Accidents) .... Repeat Every Fortnight Until Learnt. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, explaining: My son was knocked down in a collision between his bicycle and a motorcar. He is not badly injured and we are unsure as to who was at fault, but as his father I have decided that the car driver was ;-) |
| 100% | DELIVERY | Direct Everything Lost If Verification Exists Register Yawn |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | DIESEL | Dirty Internal Engines Should Emit Less |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 90% | FAIRCHILD | Fine Aircraft, It Reaches Cloud-Height Instead of Lower Down. |
Angela Brett, when she realised that the aeroplane she was travelling in was a Fairchild... yep, that is the kind of plane that those people crashed in and ended up eating each other. See also WINDOW SEAT. |
| 100% | FALLING | Forget About Lost Luggage - Incompetence's Now Grave! |
Angela Brett, referring to a falling aircraft and the presumed incompetence of whoever's flying it, compared with that of the luggage clerk who sent your luggage to Murmansk. |
| 100% | FAST | Fleet And Speedy Travel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 80% | FEET | Fantastically Effective & Environmentally-friendly Transport |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | FERRY TICKET | Forget Enduring Road Rage - You'll Travel In Comfort, Knowing Entrance Time. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | GALLEONS | Great Armada Lost Lives Entering One Nasty Storm |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (The Spanish Armada was defeated as much by the weather as by the British Navy) History History |
| 100% | GIRLS DON'T LIKE BOYS, GIRLS LIKE CARS AND MONEY. | Get It Right, Lads! She Doesn't Only Need True Love (I Know Everyone Believes Only Your Soul's Goodness Is Really Likeable) She Likes Incredible Kit, Excess Capital And Racing Spoilers. All Now Demand Men Owe Nothing Except Yabber. |
Angela Brett, who disagrees with this lyric from 'Boys and Girls' by Good Charlotte. People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Love & Lust Commerce:Money Commerce:Money |
| 100% | HIGHWAY | Having Itinerary, Guides Humans Wanderings, Achieving Yardage |
Jan Morgan Places Places |
| 100% | HITCHHIKER | Hop In The Car... Heading Home? I Know Expedient Route. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | HITCHHIKER (2) | Hope I'm Travelling Carefully, Hope He Isn't Killer, Even Rapist |
Tony McCoy O'Serial Killer |
| 67% | HOBO (2) | Hop On Board, On-the-house! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships People & Relationships |
| 100% | HORSE (3) | Harry Only Rides Sally East |
Uniasus Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 92% | HORSE AND CART | Having Obedient Reliable Slaves, Each Affluent Nobleman Drove a Carriage. Archaic Road Transport. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | HORSEPOWER | Humans Often Race Speedy Engines... Probability Of Wreckage Escalates Rapidly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | HORSES | Humans' Overiding/Overall Resource Speed Earthshakin' Steeds! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Biology:Animals Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | I CAN FLY | I'm Completely Airborne, No Feathers, Look You! |
TMcCO'G, It's been a while now since I had dreams wherein I could fly, but they were thrilling, though always ultyimately disappointing upon awakening. |
| 100% | IMPACT | I Might Perform A Crash Test |
Angela Brett Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 0% | INTERCITY BUS | I've Not Travelled Everywhere Round the Country In This Yet, Because (I) Usually Soar. |
Angela Brett, while on a nine hour bus trip from GISBORNE - she had flown down there in a FAIRCHILD originally. |
| 100% | JET | Joins Earth's Terminals |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | KAYAK | Keeps Away Yachties... Absent Keel! |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | KLR | Kickstart & Let's Ride |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to MOUTH (2) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | KLR (2) | Keep Leathers Ready |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to MOUTH (2) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | KLR (3) | Keen Little Racer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to MOUTH (2) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 94% | LATE TRAIN SERVICE | Left After The Evening Train Rolled Along, In Near-empty Station, Expecting Returning Vehicle Into City - Evfentually |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | LIFEBOAT | Lucky Indeed For Everyone's Brought Onboard After Tragedy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Disaster People & Relationships:Disaster |
| 100% | LOCK (2) | Loss Of Car Keys |
Matthew Oram |
| 90% | LOGISTICS | Long-distance Operation Generally Involves Shifting Things Into Certain Sites |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military Military |
| 100% | LOGISTICS (2) | Large Operation Gets Items Shipped To Infantry's Complete Satisfaction |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military Military |
| 100% | MECHANIC | Male Endangered Class, He's Always Nestled Inside Cars |
Mary Carr People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | MOTOR ACCIDENT | Met One/ Two Others Recently As Car Crashed Into Drinkers Exiting Nebraskan Tavern? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Gavin said he'd 'run across' one or two acronymists in Nebraska. |
| 91% | MOTORBIKES | Machines Of Transport - Or Rather, Bicycles (with) Increased Kinetic Energy & Speed |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing, because when Angela asked Dustan's mother for a topic, bragging that there would probably be an acronym in this stack referring to it, she said 'motorbikes' and it was discovered that there was no acronym referring to motorbikes yet. Her second choice, horses, did already have acronyms referring to it, however - so the stack is *nearly* encyclopaedic. |
| 100% | MOTOR CAR | Mode Of Transport Often Raced. Can Also Rust |
Eric Bridgstock |
| 90% | MOTORCARS | Millions Of Them Overload Roadways, Causing A Right Snarl-up |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | MOTORCYCLE | Means Of Transport Offering Real Catharsis: You Can Liberate Emotions |
Patricia Rix, adding: or perhaps one of the other meanings of "catharsis" might apply, if you have a scary ride! |
| 93% | MOVING FORWARD | Motion Of Vehicle Is Now Going Frontwards (Or Reversing With A Rear-facing Driver) |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | NASCAR | Numerous Afternoons Spent Careering Around Racetrack |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | O FOR THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD | Oh Fiddlesticks. Over Run Tonylet... Hit European Jalopey. Overall, Youth Survived, 'Owever, Flattened. Perhaps Another Reason Exclaiming 'Need The Helmet'? Optional? Oah Dunthinkso. |
Jeff Anonymous (Tonylet suggested by Angela Brett) in response to CYCLISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL |
| 100% | PADDLE | Propel A Dugout During Liquid Escapade |
Tony McCanoe O'Grady |
| 100% | PARK | Put Away Resting Kart |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | PEDESTRIANS | People Evading Drivers - Eventually Squashed! They're Regularly Included As Newspaper Statistics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 94% | PEDESTRIAN SAFETY | People Expect Drivers, Especially Speeders, To Resist Injuring Anyone - No Sidewalks Are For Entertaining Tear-away Youths! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | PETROL | Prehistoric Extinction! This Revolutionised Our Locomotion. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | PETROL (2) | Prefer Engines That Run On Light |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | PLOW | Patrolboat Lurches Over Waves |
TMcCO'G |
| 100% | PRAM | Pushing Round A Minor |
Tony McCoy O'Daddy |
| 100% | PUBLIC TRANSPORT | People Using Busses Locked In Commuter Traffic Repent, At Next Stop Purchase One Rail Ticket. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | RA | Rafted Atlantic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Ra is the name Thor Heyerdahl gave the papyrus raft he crossed the Atlantic with.) |
| 100% | RIDING A BIKE | Reaching Immense Distances Is Nearly Gleeful, Added Benefit Is Knee Exercise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | ROAD RAGE | Rulers Of Automobiles Don't Remember About General Etiquette |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | ROAD TRIP (2) | Result Of A Desire To Retch In Public? |
Angela Brett, thinking about carsickness Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | ROCKET (2) | Races Off Creating Kerosene Exhaust Trail |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 100% | SAILBOAT | Skims Along In Little Bay On Aeolian Thrust |
Tony McAyeAye Captain |
| 88% | SAILING | Skimming About In Light Individual Naval Go-about |
TMcCO'G Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation |
| 86% | SCENIC | See Countryside En-route, Nestled Inside Coach |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | SCOOTER | Small Chariot Occasionally On The Easy Road |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | SEGWAYS | Scooters Employing Gyroscopes Will Assure Your Stability |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | SELL CARS | Spec! Exhibit! Log Luxe Cars: Audi, Rolls, Simca! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Commerce Commerce |
| 100% | SHIPS | Some Have Immense, Proud Sails |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 89% | SHORT BUS | Some Half-length Omnibus, Regularly Travelling Between Urban Stages |
TMcCO'G |
| 100% | SHUTTLE | Spacemen Have Used This To Leave Earth |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | SKATEBOARD | Some Kids Adopt Technological Enhancements, But Older Adults Remember Disasters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SPITFIRE | Special Plane In The Forties. It Really Excelled. |
Eric Bridgstock |
| 100% | SPITFIRE (2) | Super Plane - Invincible Tactical Fighter. It Rouses Emotions. |
Eric Bridgstock |
| 100% | SPOT (3) | Stupid Pet Obstructs Traversing |
Jan Morgan -- A driver's view of animal -- can't even get into the driveway before he tries to greet you Names:Pet Names Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | SUPERSONIC | Souped-Up Plane's Engines Reverberate, Sudden Objectionable Noise Is Created |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics Science:Physics |
| 100% | VAN | Vehicle Accomodates Nine |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | VARIG | Vintage Aircraft Rotting In Graveyards |
Chris Kjelgaard |
| 100% | VROOM | V8's Roar - Obvious Onomatopoeic Meaning. |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns:Noises Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | VROOM (2) | Vehicle Revs Overly On Motorway |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns:Noises Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | VROOMSTICK | Vacuum Roaring Overhead... Occult Magic Starts To Incorporate Contemporary Knowledge. |
Angela Brett, considering what modern witches might fly around on. |
| 100% | WELCOME BREAK | Where Everyone Loves Coming Off Motoring Exit Because Rest Eases Absolute Knackeredness |
Jan Morgan -- European equivalent to an American Rest Stop |
| 91% | WINDOW SEAT | Watch Interesting Nimbus Drift Over WingÉ Such an Exciting Aeroplane Trip! |
Angela Brett, just before takeoff in a FAIRCHILD, where every seat but one is a window seat. |
| 100% | WON A TRIP! | Way/Wonderful Omnipresence! Naturally Atones! Trust Redeemer/Reward = > Interceding Prince/Peace! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Religion Religion |
| 100% | YACHT | You're Among Classy Harbour Traffic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | YACHT (2) | You Actually Can Have Travelled |
Jan Morgan |