Acronyms Preeminently Realized! Organizing Nuggets! Your Memory Soars!
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| DODGE | Ducking, Or Diving, Guarantees Evasion |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| DOGGY | Doberman's Obviously Gonna Get You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| DOH! | Dimwitted Oafish Hick |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| DOMINIC | Dirty Old Man Is Needing Intense Cleaning |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| DOMINICA | Densely Overgrown Moist Island, Nevertheless Its Chiefly Agricultural. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| DOORS | Decently Organized Operating & Running Systems! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who asks "Why use windoze when you can use doors?" Computers |
| DORK | Definitely One Renowned Klutz |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Insults |
| DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT | Digital Operator Taps Distress Out To Direct Operations Towards Diverting All Shipping. Help During A Squall / Hurricane - Dispatch A Search Helicopter & Deploy Operative To Dangle Over Those Distressed Or Terrified |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who protested that the SOS acronyms are not reexpansions of an existing acronym, nor is SOS a word as it is always pronounced as a series of three letters ESS-OH-ESS. Angela replied that it still is in the dictionary and has a meaning, so is eligible for expansion - and it's 'pronounced' ..._ _ _... People & Relationships:Disaster |
| DOTES | Daydreams Over Those Enchanting Smiles |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| DRAFT | Deserters Resisted Armed Forces Training |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military |
| DRAWBRIDGE | Defeats Raiding Assailants When, By Retracting It, Defenders Generally Escape |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| DROLL | Deadpan Response Of Little Lightheartedness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| DRUNK | Disgustingly, Rottenly Unconscious - Non Kinetic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs |
| DUCK | Dive Under Cover, Kid |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| DUNCAN | Death Unleashes Nemesis, Conspiracy And Nastiness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Macbeth Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Macbeth |
| DUNDEE | Does Unusual 'Nyms, Delightfully Entertaining Expansions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| DUNTISH | Don't Undertake Numeracy Tests If Severely Hungover |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Duntish is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'Mentally incapacitated by severe hangover.') Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| DYNAMO | Doth Yield New And Much Output |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Electronics |
| DYNE | Do You Need Energy? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| DYSLEXIA | Do You See Letters Extremely Xenotime In Appearance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| DYSPROSIUM | Do You Suppose People Realise Our Sillinesses Indicate Unsound Minds? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| DZIGGETAI | Deceives Zoologists, Is Generally Graded 'Equus', Though Ass Indubitably |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| DZOMOS | Domestic Zoological Oddity - Milk Offers Sustenance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, as an extension of Angela's DZO. Science:Biology:Animals |
| DZOS | Does Zigzags Over Slopes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| EACH | Expressly 'All', Considered Holistically |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay |
| EAGLE | Enjoy A Great Lofty Eyrie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| EARTH | Executes Annual Revolution Through Heavens |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy:Planets |
| EAST | Evidently A Sunrise Thing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Positions & Directions |
| EASTER | Eggs Are Symbols That Evoke Regeneration |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Special Occasions:Easter |
| ECSTASY | Extremely Challanging Sexual Technique Always Satisfies You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Emotions |
| ECUADOR | Equatorial Country Up Andes Densely Overgrown Rainforest. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| EDGAR | Edmund's Death Generates A Revelation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear |
| EDMUND | Exceptionally 'Dark' - Morally Uncertain - No Dimwit |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear |
| EDUCATE | Everyone Duly Undergoes Curricularly Arranged Teaching Experience |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education |
| EDUCATION | Everybody Deserves University Courses & Access To Institutions Of Nowledge. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education |
| EGGNOG | Every Glass Gives Nuance Of Grog |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Many recipes for eggnog contain varying amounts of alcohol, some have very little. Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| EGGSHELL | Endless Gastric Gripes - Someone Has Evidently Lapped Litres |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| EGYPT | Eventually Got Your Pyramids Triangulated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| EI+EI+O | Explain It + Expand It + Observe |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, wondering why the (imaginary and irrational) rule saying that IF YOU PUT A WORD IN CAPS YOU MUST ACRONYMISE IT is rule ei+ei+0 of the Acronymists' Charter. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| EINSTEINIUM | Excluded In Nature, Since Thermonuclear Explosions It's Now Introduced Unto Mankind. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| ELDERLY | Enduring Life's Duresses - Every Relation Loves You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
| ELEPHANT | Extremely Large, Extremely Ponderous, Has A Nice Trunk |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| ELF | Energetic Little Fellow |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| EMACS | Educational Machinery And Classroom Software |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| Emitting Messages Along Internet "Lines" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Internet | |
| EMILIA | Evil Males' Intriguing Loathed In Abundance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Othello Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Othello |
| EMILY | Exceptional Maid Is Lusciously Youthful |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| EMOTICONS | Each Message On The Internet Contains Our Nonsensical Shapes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Internet |
| EMPLOYMENT | Expenses Much Padded? Look Out - Your Monthly Emolument Needs Tackling |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| EMULSION | Each Meal Using Liquid Suspension Isn't Overly Nutritious |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| ENABLER | Ever Noticed Addiction, But Let Everything Remain? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs People & Relationships |
| ENAMEL | Expect No Appetising Meals Eating Lacquer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| ENDEARMENT | Everyone Needs Devotion Expressed Aloud. Romantic Men Emote Needful Twitterings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Emotions |
| END-TO-END | Extremeties Neatly Dovetailed Together, One Ensures Neat 'Dressing' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases |
| ENGINEERING | Edifices Need Great Ingenuity Nowadays. Elegant Erections Require Innate Native Genius |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science Places:Buildings |
| ENGLAND | Europeans? Not Generally, Louts Arouse National Dislike |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| ENHANCE | Experts Now Have Added Newly Coloured Elements |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| EPHEMERAL | Everything Passes Hurriedly, Especially Mayflies - Earth's Rotation's A Lifetime. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| EPIPHANY | External Presentation - It Possibly Happened Around New Year |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - The Christian celebration of "The Epiphany" recalls the visit of 'The Magi' to the new-born Saviour - His first presentaiton to non-Jewish people, it is celebrated on January 6th Religion Time:Special Occasions |
| EPISTLE | Everyday Post Is Slow! This Letter's Electronic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Internet |
| ERIC | Exact Retribution In Coinage |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Crossworders will know that an 'eric' was a fine payable by a murderer to the family of the victim) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| ERNIE | Everybody Regularly Needs Income Enhancement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. - ERNIE is the name of the computer which picks (picked?) winning Prize Bonds in the UK. it stood for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce:Money |
| ESCOFFIER | Especially Successful Chef Offered French Food In European Restaurants |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Chefs |
| ESTHER | Evidently She Treated Her Existence Religiously |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| ESTONIA | Eventually Soviets Thrown Out, National Independence Attained. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| ETHIOPIA | Enduring The Heat Is Onerous, Poverty Is Apparent. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| EVANGELIST | Expounds (Vehemently) A New Gospel, Explaining Life In Sacred Terms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Religious Occupations |
| EVOLVED | Evolving View On Life Verily Excited Darwin |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| EXCALIBUR | Eminent Xemplary Claymore, Arthur Lifted It, But Ultimately Returned |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| FA | Falsetto's Aria |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| FAB | Fantastic And Brilliant |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| FABRIC | Fashion Artists Become Rich 'In' Clothing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| FACADES | Frontal Aspects Create A Desirable & Esteemed Streetscape |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| 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. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| FAITH | Feeling As If There's Heaven |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion Names:First names:Female |
| FAKE | Forgeries Are Kinda Expensive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| FALSTAFF | Friendly And Loyal Supporter, Though A Fat Fool |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry IV Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry IV |
| FANTASTIC | Felt About Near To A Seizure. This Is Comical. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| FAST | Fleet And Speedy Travel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| FAX | Forward A Xerograph |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Electronics Communication |
| FEBRUARY | Frosty, Exceptionally Blustery, Rainy Usually, After Recent Yuletide |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who lives in the northern hemisphere. Time:Months |
| FEDERATION | From Each's Democracy, Eventually Regions Are Turning Into One Nation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - looking at the (likely) distant future of the EU Politics |
| FEMININE | Frail Entity Making Idiotic Noises In Nefarious Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, while looking for MacGirl's faults, alleges that 'girls just squeak and squeal when faced with danger!' Not MacGirl, no... MacGirl is brave, MacGirl is fearless. MacGirl is... eek, is that a (three button) mouse over there? Heeelp! MacGirl & KeyBoard People & Relationships:Genderalisations People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| FENTON | Forest Escapade's Neat Trick, Organizing Nuptials |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| FERRET | Furry Entity Rootles Rabbits & Eats Them |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| FESTE | Fool Enters Singing Three Elegies |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Twelfth Night |
| FETISH | Finding Eroticism Through Item's Strange Hold |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| FIANCE | Fellow Is Apparenly Now Classified "Engaged" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| FIAT | Fascist Is A Tyrant |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - "fiat" is Latin for "let it be done" and means a formal or solemn command (Star-Trek-speak is "make it so"!) Science:Linguistics Communication |
| FIBER | Food Is Best Eaten Raw |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| FICTION | Fancy Is Creatively Treated In Original Novel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| FIFE | Fingering Is Fairly Elaborate |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| FIFTEEN | Fifteen Is Five Threes - Especially Endearing Number |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying that his son is fifteen. Time:Age |
| FIFTY | Fair In Face, Though Yellowed! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, on his 50th birthday. Time:Age |
| FIJI | Felicitous, Inspirational, Joyful Islands |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| FINGERNAILS | Flexibility Is No Good - Enamelled (Red?) Nails Assist If Loosening Screws |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| FINGERPRINTS | Forensic Investigators Now Get Enhanced Results, Putting Rogue Individuals Near 'The Scene' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| FINGERS | Fidgeting Indexes Negotiating Gently Enter Responses Slowly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| FINICKY | Fastidiousness Isn't Nice - It Could Kill You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| FINLAND | Far Into Northern Latitudes Amongst Neverending Darkness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| FIREFIGHTER | Fellow In Red Engine, Frequenly Involved Getting Hoses To Extinguish Roasters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| FIREMEN | Flame Is Rising - Emergency Manpower Evidently Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations People & Relationships:Disaster |
| FISH | Fins In Saline Habitat |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| FISHLURE | Feathers Intertwined Should Help Land Uniquely Rare Exhibit |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| FLACCID | Floppy, Limp And Collapsed, Cock Is Dangling! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| FLATTERER | False & Lying Adulation Tends To Elicit Reponses Exposing Reprehensiblity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| FLAVIUS | Faithful, Loyal And Valued (If Unsung) Servant |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Timon of Athens |
| FLAWLESS | Fabulous Looking, And Without Little Errors - Simply Stunning |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - who knows the feeling :-) People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| FLECK | Fewer Lines Equals Conserved Kilobytes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| FLED | Field's Left Empty/ Deserted |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| FLORENCE | Fish Lover Often Relishes Eating Nouvelle Cuisine Entrees |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| FLORIZEL | Fleeing Lord's Opposition, Romance Inspires Zesty Eloping Lovers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Winter's Tale |
| FLOURINE | Frequently Liquified On Unclean Reservoirs. It Nourishes Enamel. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| FLUTES | Fingerwork Looking Uncomfortable, These Emit Sounds |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| FM | Funky Music |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Re-expansions of existing acronyms Entertainment:Music |
| FOL-DE-LOL | Fell Over Laughing - Developed Emphysema Laughing Out Loud |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| FOOT | Frequently, One Of Three |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (The foot is usually overshadowed by the Yard, which is three foot long) Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| FORDS | For Overcrossing Rivers During Spates |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs Places:Waterways |
| FOREIGNER | From Overseas, Residents Enraged If Growing Numbers Engender Resentments |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| FORTRESS | Family Of Ruler Took Refuge, Escaping Shooting Soldiers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military Places:Buildings |
| FORUMS | Friends Overseas Regularly Use Message Service. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| FRANCE | Frequently Reckoned As Narcissistic, Chauvinist Europeans |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| FRANCHISE | Fellow Runs A New Company Having Invested Serious Equity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| FRASIER | Fairly Risible American Series Is Exceptionally Ridiculous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| FREEZE | Freshly Reaped Edibles Emit Zero Energy` |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Science:Physics |
| FRIENDS | Fractious Relatonships In Endless Newyork Drama Series. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows |
| FRING | Filament's Rattled - It's Not Glowing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Fring is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'The noise made by light bulb which has just shone its last.') Assorted Nouns:Noises Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| FRISBEE | Flung Regularly In Sport, Breeze Extends Elevation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| FROZEN | Fully Rigid, Obviously Zero Energy Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics |
| FRUSTRATED | Feeling Really Unable, Somehow, To Relate All The Embarrassing Details |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Emotions |
| FUN | For Unrestrained Novelty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| FUNDING | Financially Unstable, New Donor's Investment Now Glimpsed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| FUNGI | Foodies Usually Never Gobble Indiscriminately |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| FUZZY | Felt Unduly Zig-Zaggy Yesterday |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| GAB | Grumble, Argue, Bicker |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Talking |
| GAG | Government Approved Giggle |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| 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) Transport History |
| GAMBLING | Gaming And Much Bet Laying - Income Newly Generated |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment |
| GAMMA | Greek Authors Mastered Minimalist Alphabet |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, commenting that there are only 24 characters in the Greek alphabet Science:Linguistics |
| GAP | Gear's Awfully Pricey |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| GARLAND | Green And Red Leaves Are Nicely Decorative |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants |
| GARLIC | Garnish - A Renowned Love Inhibiting Condiment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| GARMENTS | Girls Adorn Runways, Modelling Elegant New Tweed Suits |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| GARY | Guy's Always Reinterrogating You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| GAS | Generally Asphyxiating Substance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry |
| GAVIN | Good At Very Interesting 'Nyms |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
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