A Perfectly Reasonable Option? No, You Mangy Sonafabitch!
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| CA | Calculator's 'About' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the historian's habit of not bothering to calculate the dates of birth or death of historical characters precisely, instead calculating loosely on the lines of Tony McCoy O'Grady 1950 ca., when they were too lazy to check it out. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| CAATINGA | Covering An Arboreal Tract In Natural Granite Area |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| CAB | Contains Autoist Bottom |
Dustan Dowsing Transport |
| CABBAGE | Certainly At Best Boiled, Always Gets Eaten |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| CABINET | Caring About Business Induces Negative Employer's Threat |
Dundee Commerce |
| CABIR | Cells Affected By Internet Rage |
Sean Lamb (Cabir is the name of the first worm to infect cell phones) Communication |
| CABLE | Crappy Asyncronous Bandwidth Limited Experience |
SafT Computers:Internet |
| CACKLE | Created Audible Comedic Kinesis... Logically Enough |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| CACKLING | Chuffed About Carrying Key Lime IBook - Not Gloating! |
Angela Brett, who still grins/cackles joyously when she thinks about having a KEY LIME IBOOK, and how she came to have it. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Laughter |
| CAD | Cowardly And Deceitful |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| CADMIUM | Chemical Apparently Defends Metals In Unfriendly Milieus. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| CAIRO | Can Another Incarnation Recruit Others? |
Sean Lamb (Cairo was Microsoft's code name for Windows NT 4.0, which was supposed to get everyone off the Win9x kernel series) Computers:Windows |
| CAITIFF | Character Always Inclined Toward Inheriting Friend's Fortune |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| CAITLIN | Can Actually Involve Taking Life's Inconveniences Naturally |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| CAKE | Cooks A Kiss Edible |
Rico Leffanta, because of a woman who told him the only way she could kiss her sons was to bake them a cake. Food & Drink |
| CALCIUM | Common And Like Chalk It's, Unusually, Metallic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| CALCULATE | Costs: Accurately Logged! Counter Unnecessary Longings! Advance Truth Empathetic! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Commerce |
| CALCULATOR | Complex And Liberating Creation - Users Lose Ability To Orchestrate Ratios |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics Science:Electronics |
| CALENDAR | Complete Annual List, Entaililing Numerous Divisions And Rectangles |
Matthew Oram Time |
| CALIBAN | Creature Accepts Life Is Brutish And Nasty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Tempest Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Tempest |
| CALIFORNIA | Climate Always Lovely, Is Fruitful Of Rising Newcomers In Arts |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| CALIFORNIUM | Classified Actinide. Lecturers In Fusion Often Refer. Named In University's Memory. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| CALIGULA | Crazy! A Leader Italian, Gave Up Lingering Astuteness |
Robert Anonymous -- Caligula was one of the early emperors of the Roman Empire whose reign was short (sometime around 37-41 CE) due to his insanity. Politics:Royalty:Royals |
| CALLIOPE | Could A Lovely Lady Inspire One Poet's Eloquence? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends |
| CALM | Composed A Lot, Moderate |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| CALORIE | Cannot Allow Living Off Rapturous Impulsive Eating |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| CALUMET | Can Anyone Lend Us More Egalitarian Tobacco? |
Rico Leffanta Drugs |
| CALVARY | Christ At Last Validated And Respectfully Yielded |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| CALVIN | Can Achieve Little, Vision Is Nil |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| CAMBODIA | Completely Appalling - Millions Butchered Or Died In Atrocities. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| CAMEL | Cigarettes Affect Many Emphysemic Lungs |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs:Tobacco |
| CAMELBACK | Cab's About Middle. Engineer Looks Back And Controls Kettle. |
Sean Lamb (a camelback locomotive is a steam engine where the control cab is wrapped around the middle of the boiler rather than at the rear end of it; smaller locomotives were also sometimes called 'tea kettles') Transport:Trains |
| CAMEO | Charming And Magnificently Executed Ornament |
TMcCO'G Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| CAMERA | Capture A Moment - Enlargements Readily Available |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Electronics |
| CAMERON | Caring Adult Manages Educating Rambunctous Observant Novices |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| CAMEROON | Central African Mountainous Equatorial Region, Offshoot Of Nigeria. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| CAMILLAGATE | Could A Man In Love Leave Another Girl... And The Empire? |
Angela Brett, referring to the 1993 'Camillagate' scandal involving secretly recorded phone conversations between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. People & Relationships:Love & Lust Politics:Royalty |
| CAMINO | Can't Anyone Make Intelligent Naming Options? |
Rob Rix (they changed Chimera's name to Camino recently. I think there is/was an X-Windows browser called Chimera already out there.) Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| CAMLAN | Conflict As Modred Lead Arthur's Nemesis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| CAMPAIGN | Come And Make Protest, Abuse Is Growing Nationwide |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We are forming a new community group to end abuse, we are looking for a catchy acronym using the A for abuse. We don't want to limit ourselves to only family violence, or child abuse. Our purpose is to educate and raise awareness. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| CAMPING | Canvas Accommodation Mightn't Persist In Nasty Gale. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation:Travel |
| CAMPUS | Conveniently Assembled, Many Professors & University Students |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Education Places:Buildings |
| CANADA | Canucks Are Not Americans! Dammit All! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| CANDELA | Calculating A Non-Dark (Electrically Lit?) Area |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| CANDLE | Cylindrical Artifact, Non Dripping, Light Emitting. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects |
| CANDY | Chocolates And Nougat Delight You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| CANNABIS | Common Around Netherlands, Not Accepted By International Society |
Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis |
| CANOE | Can Anyone Navigate Ocean Ebb? |
Rico Leffanta Transport |
| CANOPY | Can Abundant Nylon Overhead Protect You? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| CANVAS | Creative Artists Need Vacant Art Slates |
Sean Lamb (most paintings that I've seen are on canvas, after all) Art & Literature |
| CAPACITIES | Cupful And Pint And CC, Intended To Itnternationalise Exact Standards |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| CAPI | Contemptible And Pitiful Interface |
CAPI = Crypto Application Programming Interface (Microsoft) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| CAPITAL | Chief Among Population's Inhabited Towns Across Landscape |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Towns & Cities |
| CAPITOL | Congested Area Politicians Inhabit To Oversee Legislation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics Places:Buildings |
| CAPRICORN | Can A Prediction Really Indicate Close Ones' Romantic Notions? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Astrology |
| CAPS | Cease All Pathetic Shouting |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Advice |
| CAPTURE | Copse Attack! Plot Tracks! Unnameable Rewards! Existence! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Capture escapee. Military |
| CAPULET | Cantankerous And Proud - Ultimately Learns Eternal Truth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Romeo and Juliet |
| CAR | Carries Around Riders |
Edwin Hermann Transport |
| CARAMEL | Chewy And Relatively Aromatic - Mine's Especially Lovely |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| CARAVAN | Cruises All 'Round Area - Vacationers' Abode, Normally. |
Angela Brett Transport |
| CARBON | Constituent All Real Breathing Organisms Need |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| CARBONATION | Carbonic Acid Rests. Bottle Opened. New Atmosphere Taints. Intense Oxidation Now. |
Robert Anonymous Science:Chemistry Food & Drink:Drinks |
| CARD | Cat's Anus Really Damaged |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining what happens if your cat thinks your sound card smells like fish. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| CARDIFF | Can Anyone Really Do It For Free? |
John Richard Jones Places:Towns & Cities:UK |
| CARE | Create A Rapport, Eventually |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs People & Relationships |
| CAREER | Can A Really Elderly Entrant Rise? |
Patricia Rix, adding: Or has one reached forced retirement? People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| CARING | 'Concern' - A Requirement In Nurses Globally |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| CARLEY | Can Anyone Respond Logically, Except You? |
Angela Brett, when somebody posted on the Apronyms forums asking for an expansion of her name. We can't come up with a name expansion which has any relevance to a particular person without knowing anything about that person... we could only make up some random description of nobody in particular, and if there happens to be somebody with that name who fits the description it's just a fluke. It takes the 'apro' out of 'apronym'. Names:First names:Female |
| CARLOS | Catch Australian's Real Life On Screen |
Angela Brett (Carlo was one of the housemates on the third series of Australian Big Brother.) Names:First names:Male Names:Famous people |
| CARMEN | Cigarette Artisan's Rose Mesmerises Engaged Nobleman |
TMcCO'G Entertainment |
| CARNIVAL | Concussed After Rollercoaster, Now I've Vomited A Lollipop |
Angela Brett Entertainment |
| CAROL | Christmastime Aria Remembering Our Lord |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| CAROLINE | Created A Radio Offshore, Living In Nautical Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Radio Caroline, a 1960s pirate radio station based off the coast of England and the forerunner of modern rock stations Entertainment:Music Communication |
| CARPOOL | Can Assist Reducing Pollution On Our Lives |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| CARPU | Crust Accumulates, Residue Piles Up |
Sean Lamb (Every winter around here, the snow kicked up by car tires collects on fenders and mudflaps. When the snow pile gets heavy enough or if the weather warms up a little, these clumps fall off, making what I call carpu.) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| CARRION | Carcasses Are Ripe & Rotting; It's One Nightmare! |
Roger Williams Science:Biology People & Relationships:Death |
| CARROT | Chewing A Root? Remarkable Optical Talents! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Carrots' reputation for improving one's eyesight springs, I believe, from propaganda the British put out in the 2nd World War to keep radar a secret from the Germans) Food & Drink |
| CARS | Carriages Are Roadworthy, Sometimes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| CARTS | Clydesdales Are Really Tough Species |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| CAS | Computer Aided Sleuthing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after much conversation about his sleuthing around one of Angela's stacks. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| CASABLANCA | Can American Smoothie Assist Brave Lover Against Nazism's Callous Agents? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| CASANOVA | Cast A Shadow And Never Offer Virgins Asylum! |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| CASCADE | Cataract As Stream 'Collapses' And Drenches Everything |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who can't think of a C word which describes what a waterfall does, but is quite happy with 'collapses' Places:Waterways |
| CASH | Collect And Spend Heavily |
Edwin Hermann Commerce:Money |
| CASINO | Cents And Sense In, Nothing Out |
Angela Brett Entertainment Commerce:Money Places:Buildings |
| CASSANDRA | Cancer's Always Stressful. Stamina And Nerve Develop, Reducing Anxiety |
Patricia Rix, referring to George's great niece, who celebrated her 13th birthday by beginning chemotherapy. Names:First names:Female |
| CASSEROLE | Chef Appetisingly Slowly Stews Everything, Result's Often Luscious Eating |
Tony McCoy Escoffier Food & Drink |
| CASSETTE | Cartridge And Spools 'Show' Electronic Tape Through Encoding |
TMcCO'G Science:Electronics |
| CASSIO | Conspiracy Abounds - Soldier's Steadfast Innocence Outlasts |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Othello Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Othello |
| CAST | Circumvent Any Strong Typing |
Angela Brett (the strong type-checking of programming languages such as C++ can easily be got around by casting.) Computers:Programming |
| CASTLE | Companions Are Secure, They Lockout Enemy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics:Royalty Places:Buildings |
| CASTRATE | Cut Away Scrotum's Testicles Rendering A Total Eunuch |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology |
| CASTRATION | Cutting Away Sexual Tackle's Really Abhorrent. The Idea's Outstandingly Nauseating |
Tony McCock O'Grady Science:Biology |
| CAT | Cute And Tame |
Angela Brett, while designing the icon for the 'Export Acronym' button. Science:Biology:Animals |
| CATACOMB | Can Any Tomb Accept Concubines Of Men Buried? |
Rico Leffanta Places People & Relationships:Death |
| CATCHY | Cultivating Abusive Traits Can Harm Yourself |
Angela Brett, in response to the same request as WATCH OUT, after mentioning an earlier acronym, STOP THE ABUSING which is not very CATCHY. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| CATEGORY | Can A Tame Elephant Grow On Raspberry Yoghurt? |
Angela Brett, while testing part of this stack. Assorted Nouns |
| CATERWAUL | Consternation And Torture/Torment Ensues Regularly When Awful Ululations Linger |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| CATH | Common Abbreviation. Though Horrid |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who prefers Cathy, or Kate. Names:First names:Female |
| CATHERINE | Cunning And Thoroughly Horrid & Evil - Russia's Infamous Nightmare Empress |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people:Politicians Names:First names:Female History |
| CATHOLIC | Concerned About The Holiest Of Liturgies In Churches |
Tony McCoy O'Cardinal Religion |
| CATHY | Crafty Anagram To Her Yacht |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay Names:First names:Female |
| CATION | Charged And Tried, Innocent Of Negativity |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry |
| CATIONS | Chemical[ly] Attracted To Ions On Negative Side |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry |
| CATULLUS | Can't Anyone Tell Useless Love Leaves Us Senseless? |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| CAUCHY | Complex Analysis Understood Completely... Huge Yield! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| CAVALIER | Charles' Allies Victorious Against Loathsome Illicit Emergent Roundheads |
TMcCO'G Military History |
| CAVIARE | Customer Awareness Valued - Integrity, Accountabilty & Respect Esteemed |
Tony People & Relationships:The Workforce:Employee Recognition Program |
| CAVITY | Causes A Variation In Troubles, Yuck |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| CBD | Congested Buildings Downtown |
It actually means Central Business District, but when Angela mentioned it Tony McCoy O'Grady didn't know this, so thought of his own ideas. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| CD | Can't Digest |
Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3)) Computers:Do Not Eat |
| CD-ROM | Can't Detect Round Of Metal |
Angela Brett, whose CD-ROM drive can no longer see when there's a CD in it. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| CD-RW | Can Dislocate Rectal Walls |
Jeff Anonymous Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Do Not Eat |
| CEASE | Cry 'End Abuse' - Support Education |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We are forming a new community group to end abuse, we are looking for a catchy acronym using the A for abuse. We don't want to limit ourselves to only family violence, or child abuse. Our purpose is to educate and raise awareness. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| CELANDINE | Certain Extracts Lighten A Nervous Digestion - It's Notedly Effective |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| CELEBI | Celebrity Evidently Loves Every Body, Inclusively |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who doesn't know what "celebi" is, or means, but sees a possiblity in the idea of "celebrity bi-sexual" having a word all it's own. (Celebi was an unsuccessful search term featured on http://acronyms.co.nz/cgi-bin/searches, and is actually a Pokemon) People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| CELIA | Companion's Exile Leads Into Amour |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It |
| CELTIC | Certain Exceedingly Lovable, Truly Irish Characters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| CELTS | Central Europeans Louts That Settled! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| CENSORED | Crude Expansions Not So Openly Received - Expletives Deleted! |
Angela Brett, after removing a few rude acronyms from the stack. Words & Wordplay:Rudeness |
| CENSORSHIP | Can Expect No Submissions On Rude Subjects Have Immediate Placement |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust Communication |
| CENSUS | Collects Entire Nations Statistics - Universal Sample. |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics |
| CEO | Confusion Exceeding Omniscience |
Susan S. In my line of work, I've gotten a lot of comments from my employees alluding to my phenomenal knowledge base -- "You know-it-all!" -- This to let them know that I'm just as confused as they, but as the head of the company I want to put my best foot forward. (CEO usually stands for Chief Executive Officer) Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| CERES | Cultivating Earth Reaps Elongated Seasons |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| CERIMON | Curious Ephesian Reviver Is Mighty Old Necromancer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Pericles Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Pericles |
| CERIUM | Chemical Element Resident In Umpteen Minerals. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| CESIUM | Clock Element. Standard In Universal Measurement. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| CESSPIT | Cloacal Enclosure Some Suffering Person Is Tending |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| CHAD | Climate's Hot And Desertlike. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| CHAIR | Can Hold An Interested Reader |
Steve Keate Household Objects:Furniture |
| CHALET | Cabin - High Alpine - Looks Excessively 'Touristy' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| CHAMP | Chewing Hard And Munching Peyote |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink:Pet food |
| CHANELLE | Can't Have Advantages, Naturally Exists, Lives Life Effectively |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| CHANGE | Coinage - How A Note Gets Exchanged |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| CHANT | Chorus Hollering, And Nobody's There |
Rico Leffanta Religion Entertainment:Music |
| CHAOS | Created Havoc Amongst Orthodox Scientists |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| more apronyms beginning with C |