Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| 88% | ABATURE | Animal's Beaten A Trail in Underwood... Riflemen Ensue. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | ARENA | Athlete's Runway Encircles Natural Amphitheatre |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| 100% | BALLS | Basically A Leather Lump, Sportswise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BALLS (2) | Bounces Across Level Laid Sportsfields |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BANK (3) | Bounce Another Nineball Keenly. |
Roger Williams |
| 100% | BASEBALL | Bring A Seat Easer, Because Amusement Lasts Long |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | BASEBALL (2) | Bring A Stick, Elevate Ball Across Local Lot |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BASEBALL (3) | Bases And Sticks Evokes Ball At Lively Leagues |
Jan Morgan |
| 100% | BASKETBALL | Ballgame Attracts Some Kids (Extremely Tall) Building Athletic Long Legs |
Tony McHoops O'Grady |
| 92% | BIG AND STRONG | Boring Ignorant Galute Always Narcissisticly Displaying Sinew Tragically Ruined by Overdoing Normal Gymnastics |
Susan S. People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | BOWLING | Balls Occupy Waxed Lanes, Ideally; Not Gutters. |
Roger Williams |
| 86% | BOXERS (2) | Brains Often X-rayed - Extremely Repugnant 'Sportsmen' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | BOXING | Boys Outmaneuver Xena In Nailing Girls |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | BRAIN BOWL | Bright Resourceful Abecedarians Interrogated Nightly By Other Witty Learners. |
Peter & Christina - The Brain Bowl Team participates in Jeopardy-like competition in a state-wide event every year. People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | BRONCO | Bucks Riders Off! None Can Outlast. |
Roger Williams |
| 100% | CANOE (2) | Can A Novice Overturn Easily? |
Roger Williams Transport |
| 100% | CANOE (3) | Canada's A Neat Overseas Experience |
Angela Brett, who spent a fair bit of time in canoes while visiting Canada. Transport |
| 100% | CANOE (4) | Canada's Apparently National Overwater Experience |
Rob Rix Transport |
| 100% | CHASM | Crevasses Have Always Slain Mountaineers |
Angela Brett Places |
| 100% | CHASMS (2) | Climb Harnessed And Summit Mountain Safely |
Angela Brett Places |
| 92% | CHEERLEADERS | Competitors Have Extremely Energetic Rosy-cheeked Ladies Entertaining Audiences, Doing Elaborate Routines Stylishly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | CROCHET | Crossing Right Over Crafts, Hooking Engages Thread |
Jan Morgan |
| 100% | CROQUET | Controlled Recreation Of Quaint Unusual Entertainment, Tactics |
Jan Morgan - tactics - achieving goal of winning |
| 100% | CROSS COUNTRY | Competitive Running Often Seems Silly. Charging Over Undulating Natural Terrain Ruins You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | CURVES | Creating Useful Routine, Vital Exercise Solution |
Jan Morgan - an exercise place |
| 100% | DANCE | Display A Novel Choreography Effect |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | DANCE (2) | Disco Ability Nicely Conceals Exercise |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | DANCE (3) | Dynamic Ability Nicely Carries Everyone |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | DANCE (4) | Date A Nice Co-Ed |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | DAYTONA | Drivers Are Yearning To Open Necessary Acceleration |
Jan Morgan - Drivers Start your engines for the race |
| 100% | DIVING | Dribbling In Vulvas Incites Naked Girls |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | EQUESTRIAN | Even Queen - Uh - Elizabeth Strives To Ride Irascible Anne's Nags |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | EQUESTRIAN (2) | Evidently, Queers Understand Equines Superbly... They're Riding In Australia Now. |
Angela Brett, because it seems that most members of the New Zealand equestrian team in the Sydney olympics are homosexual. |
| 100% | EXERCISE | Energetic Xertions Erase Rounded Curves, Instead Substituting Emaciation |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | FENCING | Foil Epee Nobly; Crouching Is Never Girlish |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | FISHLURE | Feathers Intertwined Should Help Land Uniquely Rare Exhibit |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 89% | FLY A KITE | Fun Loving Youths Artfully Keep Item (from) Touching Earth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | FOOTBALL | Feeling Or Otherwise Touching Bums Always Looks Laughable! |
Patricia Rix (this is what we were discussing during the Superbowl: why men can pat each other's bums on the playing field but no other time) |
| 100% | FOULED UP | Footballer's Out Until League's Ended - Dirty Ungentlemanly Player |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | FRISBEE | Flung Regularly In Sport, Breeze Extends Elevation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | GAME | Generally About Mass Entertainment |
Gavin Lambert, thinking mainly about sports games and the like rather than board games, but you could extend the parallel... Entertainment:Games |
| 100% | GOLF | Game Over Lovely Fairways |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | GOLF (2) | Greens Often Look Fabulous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | GOLF (3) | Gentlemen Oppose Ladies Fourball |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, mentioning that golf clubs can be very. very sexist! :-( |
| 100% | GOLF (4) | Green Overshot; Loudly, "Fore!" |
Roger Williams |
| 100% | GOLF (5) | Gives One Leisurely/Little Fun |
Jan Morgan |
| 100% | GYMNASTICS | Girls & Young Men Now Attempt Stretches That Impossibly Curve Spine |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | HIKE | Hillwalking Is Keenly Energetic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | HOBBIES | Hours Of Bliss, Busy In Exotic Sports |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who is unhappy with the ending, and invites amendments. Maybe something involving ".... In Empty Sheds" |
| 100% | HOCKEY | Heroicly Overpadded - Compete Keenly Every Year |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | HOCKEY (2) | Highly Overpaid Canadians Keep Entertaining You |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | HOLE IN ONE | Hero Of Lockerroom - Everyone's Inebriated Now, Oh Nasty Eagle |
TMcCO'G - When a golfer gets a hold in one it is usual that they stand a drink for everyone in the clubhouse that day. An 'eagle' is a score of two under par for a hole, so a hole-in-one on a par three hole would be an eagle. |
| 100% | HUNT | Having Unusual Natural Talent |
Jan Morgan |
| 100% | HUNTER | Having Unusual Natural Talent, Engages Rifle |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | HYSTERICS | Have You Seen The Evil Raging In Circumcised Sydney? |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | KARTING | Kiddie At Race Track Is Nearer Ground |
TMcCO'G |
| 86% | KENDAL | Keenly Eaten - Normally During A Long-walk |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Kendal Mint Cake, which British hikers are reputed to carry as energy food Food & Drink |
| 100% | KNITTING | Knowledgeable Needler Interlocks Talent, Takes Initiative, Negotiates Garments |
Jan Morgan and Angela Brett |
| 100% | LOSER (2) | Lack Of Stamina Endangers Runner |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | LYTHE | Lissom? Yes, Thank Healthy Exercise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | MACPAC | Many A Camper Prefers Acclaimed Carrybags |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | MACPAC (2) | Makes Adventure Camping Products - All Canvas |
Angela Brett Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | MAN. UTD | Mastered Arsenal's New Unprolonged Title Dominance |
Jide Alakija, Man Utd. Will Always Dominate the title. |
| 100% | MARATHON | Many Asthmatic Runners Are Treated - Hospitals Offer Nebulisers. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | MENS GYMNASTICS | My Eyes, Not Seeing! Guys (Young, Manly) Now Acrobatically Shift Themselves In Crazy Stunts |
Robert Anonymous |
| 100% | NASCAR | Numerous Afternoons Spent Careering Around Racetrack |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | NUMISMATICS | Not Unexpectedly, Many Individuals Spend Much Amusement Time In Coin Study. |
Roger Williams |
| 100% | OLYMPICS | Old Ladies, Young Men, Performing In Competitive Sport |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | OLYMPICS (2) | Other Locations Yet May Partake, It's Currently Sydney. |
Edwin Hermann |
| 100% | OUTDOOR LEARNING SKILLS | On Unfamiliar Terrain, Don't Overestimate Own Real-Life Experience... Adventure Roleplaying Night Is Not Good Solid Knowledge If Lost, Lonely, Shivering. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | PACER | Precursive Athlete Can Enliven Runner |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | PARK (4) | Playing Achieves Recreation, Kids |
Jan Morgan & Remington Morgan Places |
| 100% | PAUL AND MORGAN HAMM | Physically Amazing (Unfortunately, Larynges Are Not Desireable) Men, Obviously Rule Gymnastics. Among Nellies, Have A Massive Market |
Robert Anonymous - Paul and Morgan Hamm are two beautiful gymnasts with voices that rather resemble those of the munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. Names:Famous people |
| 100% | PICKAX | Please Ignore Craggy Kaves. Awkay, Xplore! |
Jeff Anonymous, on what could be consdered a good tool for spelunkers. |
| 86% | PLAYER | Person Limbers-up And, Yes, Endures Recreation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | POLO | Pony Owners Labour Outdoors |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | RACE (2) | Run And Club Everyone |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | RACE (4) | Run A Course Energetically |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | RAT RACE | Rodents Are The Runners, Apparently Craving Escape. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | REACHING YOUR LIMITS | Remember, Even A Champion's Human. Invincibility's Not Given You, Only Use Responsible Low-Impact Machines If Training's Starting. |
Angela Brett |
| 91% | RECREATION | Relaxed Enjoyment Can Restore Energies And Tone-up Intensely Overwrought Nerves |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | RIDING A BIKE | Reaching Immense Distances Is Nearly Gleeful, Added Benefit Is Knee Exercise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | RINGER | Racehorse Is Not Genuine, Event's Rigged |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (A 'ringer' is a good horse substituted for a bad one, to make a killing from the bookies) |
| 100% | RODEOS | Riders Often Dismount End Over 'Saddle' |
Roger Williams |
| 100% | RUGBY | Rucks Unite Great Baritone Yodellers |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | RUN | Race Until Nighttime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SAFARI | Some Animals Find Americans Rather Indigestible |
Rico Leffanta |
| 88% | SAILING | Skimming About In Light Individual Naval Go-about |
TMcCO'G Transport |
| 100% | SCUBA | Suffocation Can Usually Be Avoided. |
Angela Brett (SCUBA actually stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | SCUBA (2) | Seawater Can't Usually Be Aspirated |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | SHOTPUT | She Hops On Toes Pushing Ultimate Throes |
Rico Leffanta |
| 86% | SKIING | Snow-sport's Keenly Interesting - It Needs Gravity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SKIPPERS | Skilful Keen Individuals Perpetually Prefer Embarking Reachable Sights |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Transport:Drivers |
| 100% | SOCCER | Sport Of Clever Children Exercising Robustly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SOCCER (2) | Soiled Our Clothes Chasing Errant Roundthing |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | SOFTBALL | Sliding Overmuch For The Base Always Leaves Lumps |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | SOFTBALL (2) | 'Sport' Of Faintly Talented Boys Americans Love Lots. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SPECIAL OLYMPICS | Stupid People Enter Competition In Athletic Level. Only Lost Your Mind, Physically In Champion Shape. |
Angela Brett (anyone offended by 'stupid' may call me spastic.) |
| 100% | SPORT | Some 'Players' Only Require Television |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows |
| 83% | SPORT (2) | Spectacular Pouring-forth Of Raw Testosterone |
Patricia Rix |
| 100% | SPORT (3) | Sometimes Played On Rough Terrain |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 83% | SPORT (4) | Some Pill-popping Olympians Recently Triumphed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SPORTS | Some People Organising Regular Training Sessions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | SPORTS FAN | Serious! Proud! Owes!$ Reads! Taunts! Sane? Faithful Always! Neveryield! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| 100% | SPORTS FAN (2) | Scientist Pursuing Observable Relationships: Time Stars Future Anno Numbers! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| 100% | SPORTS MEDICINE | Swallow Painkillers, Out Running Tomorrow. Sore Muscles Every Day Indicates Competitor Is Near Excellence. |
Angela Brett (if you disagree, see SPORTS MEDICINE (2)) Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 93% | SPORTS MEDICINE (2) | Some Physiotherapy Or Rest on The Sidelines - Must Ensure Disuse, Injury's Compounded If Now Exercised |
Angela Brett, to balance SPORTS MEDICINE Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 100% | SPRINT | Some People Run In No Time |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | STAIR WALKING | Steep Track Ascends Inside. Residents Will Ascend Lifting Knees If Not Geriatric |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| 100% | STAMINA | Strength Takes A Massively Important Natural Addition |
Tony Moore Science:Biology |
| 100% | 1ST PLACE | Somebody That's Perfect Loves A Competitive Event |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | SURFERS | Sharks Underwater Resurface For Entrees Riding Swells |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | SWEAT (2) | Salty Wetness Exuded After Training |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| 100% | SWIMMING | Some Water Is Missing - Maybe In Novice's Gullet |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | SWIMMING (2) | Splashing Women Incite Manhunting Mermaids Investigating Navel Gyrations |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | TRAJECTORY | The Rounded Arc Javelins Exhibit / Career Track Of Redundant Yuppie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Science:Physics |
| 100% | TRACKSTAR | To Run Around Circles, Kick Sydney To Australia Repetitiously |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | TON (2) | Two Over Ninetyeight |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | THE OLYMPICS | Their Historic Events, Old Legacy Yields Memories, Plays In Contest Sports |
Jan Morgan |
| 100% | TENT | Trampers Erect Neat Tarpaulin |
Angela Brett Places |
| 100% | TELECASTER | Television's Earliest Linkmen Established "Celebrity" Announcing Sports' Teams Endeavours & Results |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Communication |
| 100% | TEAM NAMES | Top Echelon Athletes May Need A 'Moniker' Explaining Source |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Most team names give a little insight into the origins of the team. Names |
| 100% | TARGET | Taking Aim, Raise Gun, Embrace Trigger |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (One is always advised to 'squeeeeze' a trigger slowly, rather like embracing a partner, and not jerk it!) Military |
| 100% | TALLY HO | Toward Any Lethal Limb Your Horse Opts |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | TAKACHSIN | Trailblazing Adolescent Kindles Abilities Choosing His Skills, Informs Novices |
Jan Morgan - Delaware Indian Language means leader - and is a leadership training camp Education |
| 100% | TABLE TENNIS | Take Any Ball, Lob Everywhere, Then Enjoy Nefarious Negotiations In Sequence |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | ULMER | Unfortunately Lost Medal Ending Race |
Angela Brett, when Sarah Ulmer just missed out on a bronze medal in an Olympic cycling race, despite being ahead for most of it. Names:Famous people |
| 100% | VOLLEYBALL | Virgins, Or Leaping Lasses, Exercise Yielding Balls At Layman Level |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | VYING | Valiant Youths In National Games |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | WALKING SHOES | Where Amazingly Long Kilometers, Is Noticeably Going Slim, Has One Eliminating Sizes |
Jan Morgan -- walking hopefully accomplishes loss of weight Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | WALKING SHOES (2) | Wants Amazingly Lean Kilograms, Is Noticeably Getting Slim, Has One Eliminating Sizes |
Jan Morgan -- walking hopefully accomplishes loss of weight Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | WORKOUT | Weightlifting Or Running Keeps One Utterly Trim |
Tony McCalorie O'Grady Science:Biology People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| 100% | WRESTLING | Where Race Equals Strength, Try Letting In Natural Guile |
Rico Leffanta |
| 75% | WWF | Wanted Wanna-be Fools |
Nevica the MAN (WWF usually stands for World Wrestling Federation) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | TRIATHLON | Try Running In Australia; The Heat Leaves Organs Numb |
Rico Leffanta |