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| ARCHIVE | A Resource Containing Hoarded Items, Very Extensive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when it was suggested that some of the old forum threads be archived. Assorted Nouns |
| ARE | Acronym Requests Expansion |
Angela Brett, when Jeff capitalised ARE on the Acronyms forums. |
| CONTRACT | Contributors Ought Not To Reveal Any Contrary Thoughts |
Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract' |
| DAVEN | Discovered Apronyms Via Entering Name |
Angela Brett, after somebody posted on the Apronyms forums, 'It's Daven here I was searching google for your name and found this' Names:First names:Male |
| FAILS | 'Flocci...' Acronym Is Laudable Subject! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, responding to Jeff's THEORY with 'As I am not my own son, this idea - like many things - works fine in theory but fails in practice.' Jeff had promised to acronymise floccinaucinihilipilification if his THEORY were correct. |
| FAILURE | Feeding Acronymic Irishman's Large, Unusually Robust Ego |
Patricia Rix, when Tony said 'When it comes to acronyms, I don't acknowledge this as a word' after challenged to acronymise failure when someone searched for it on the website. Patricia said he was asking to be TAKEN DOWN A PEG and then produced this acronym. |
| FORUMS | Friends Overseas Regularly Use Message Service. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GOBSMACKED | Genuinely Overcome By Speechlessness. Mouth Apparently Completely Knackered - Extremely Dumbfounded. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who was gobsmacked that Jeff acronymised his forum post - see http://www.co.nz/cgi/forums/list.cgi?id=acronyms&user=&session=&root=983076143 Assorted Adjectives |
| JAFF | Just Angela's Freaky Falilure |
Jeff Anonymous, when Angela mistyped his name on the Acronyms forums. |
| NYMFORMANIA | Numerous? Yes - My Frequency Of Referring Means Abbreviated Name In Addresses |
Tony -- I have a bookmark for this Forum among my browser's addresses. As the site name is too long I shortened it to 'NymFor' and then _saw_ the connection with my favourite mania :-) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| POST | Press OK Single Time. |
Steve Keate, after he accidentally posted the same message twice on the forums. |
| SPAMMED | Some Putzhead Apparently Multiply Messaged Eventless Discussion. |
Jeff Anonymous, after someone posted a URL multiple times on the Apronyms Forums. Computers:Internet |