Apt Phrases, Redolent Of Novel Yet Meaningful Sense
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| IA | Its Astronomical |
Rico Leffanta (Ia is Hawaiian for Milky Way) Science:Astronomy |
| IACHIMO | Implicates A Chaste, Honest, Innocent Maiden - Obnoxious |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Cymbeline Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Cymbeline |
| IAGO | Incites A Ghastly Overreaction |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Othello Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Othello |
| IAI-DO | Interesting Artistry In Defensive Operation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Martial Arts |
| IBERIA | In Between European Regimes Invading Africa |
Rico Leffanta Places History |
| IBIZA | Indulgent Brits In Zany Activities |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| IBM | Incredibly Bad Machine |
Gavin Shapiro Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers Commerce:Companies |
| IBRAHIM | Iraqi-Born Reasoner Analysed Hyperbolae, Integration & Motion. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| ICAB | It Criticises Any Blunder |
Angela Brett (iCab is a Mac web browser which gives reports on all the tiny inconsequential problems in pages' HTML code. Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| ICARUS | Individuals Crusading Against Rampant Unchecked Stupidity |
Geoffrey Russell, who is responsible for ICARUS at http://www.h2g2.com/A159374 People & Relationships |
| ICE | It's Coldness Embodied |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry Assorted Nouns |
| ICELAND | It's Continual Earthquakes Leave A Natural Desolation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| ICEMAN | Inuit Chappie (Esmiko Man) At Northpole? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| ICON | It's Clicked On Needlessly |
Apronymous Anonymous Computers |
| ICY | It's Cold... Yikes! |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| ID | Initialized Dynamically |
Angela Brett (an 'id' can be assigned any kind of object) Computers:Programming:Cocoa |
| IDAHO | Its Diversity Actually Has Options |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| IDEA | Information Does Electronically Advance. |
Angela Brett, after she'd said something about throwing ideas around and Tony replied 'I can't throw an idea out the hall door, never mind as far as New Zealand!' Communication People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| IDENTITY | It Describes Everyone's Natural Traits Ingenuously To You |
Edwin Hermann People & Relationships |
| IDIOTS | I Don't Insult... Only Triumph Scorewise. |
Angela Brett, when someone on an online game called less able players idiots. People & Relationships:Insults |
| IDOC | Individuals Dependent On Computers |
Stan Cheney, explaining: We are starting a new organization or movement called "Individuals Dependent On Computers" or IDOC (pronounced: "Idiocy") Computers |
| IGLOO | Ice-Girth Lodge Or Outpost |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| IGNORE | I Guess No One Really Exists |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| IKEBANA | It's Kado. Eclectic Botany, Artful New Arrangements |
Sean Lamb (Ikebana, also known as Kado, is the ancient Japanese art of formal floral arrangement) Art & Literature |
| ILL | Invalid Lies Lethargically |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| ILLINOIS | It's Lincolns Land, It's Nature's Option In Soybeans |
Jan Morgan - More soybeans are grown Here Places:States & Regions |
| ILLUSIONS | If Lovers Lose Union Should Imbeciles Operate Nuclear Stations? |
Rico Leffanta, because people imagine lovers sticking together which, of course, they don't do for long, and that bureaucrats are competent to manage nuclear stations, but Chernobel wasn't an illusion, was it? Politics People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| IMAC | Incomparable Macintosh Awaits Connection |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| IMAGE! | Interceding Man, Almighty God: Emmanuel! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Refers to Colossians 1:15 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:" (King James Version) Religion |
| IMBALANCE | It Might Begin A Lean And Not Correct Error |
Angle-aaah! Brett Assorted Nouns |
| IMHO | I Make Humungous Overstatements |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: Let's subvert the accepted standard interpretations of some well known internet nyms, so that when we see them we can smile to ourself knowing that the writer is 'really' saying... (IMHO usually stands for In My Humble/Honest Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| IMMAC | Incredible Moustache Moving Applicator & Creme |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, inspired while watching a TV advert for Immac hair remover. Drugs People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| IMMIGRATION | If More Move In, Groups Rage About The Isolation Of Nationals |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Politics |
| IMOGEN | Innocence Makes Others Get Evil Notions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Cymbeline Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Cymbeline |
| IMPACT | I Might Perform A Crash Test |
Angela Brett Transport Science:Physics |
| IMPLORE | Ignorant Men Pleading Love Offers Romance Eternally |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| IMPORTS | I Must Purchase Overseas Requisites Traders Supply |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| IMPOSSIBLE | I Mustn't Pass On Something So Irresistible... 'Bad' Letters Expanded! |
Angela Brett, when it was said that EPHEMERAL was impossible to expand. Assorted Adjectives Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| IMPOTENT | I Mightn't Perform On Time Every Night, Temptress! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| IMPRESSED | If Military Personnel Require Extra Servicemen, Shanghai Eligible Drunks |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - referring to the Press Gangs of the Royal Navy who 'kidnapped' men to fill out the crews of ships in days gone by Military |
| IMPROVEMENTS | Immediate Modifications - Perhaps Relaying One's Views Easily Making Explanations Not Too Scientific |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| IMPULSE | If Musky Perfume Urges, Let's Sensuously Embrace |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| INABSENTIA | I Need A Bath Soon Especially Now That It's Autumn! |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Phrases |
| INANE | It's Not A Nip Exciting |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| INANITY | It's Nutty And Non Intelligent, Thank You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| INCENTIVE | If National Creative Energies Necessitate Thinking, Irish Variations Excel |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, I said I felt I could create an acronym for anything given the incentive. I was challenged to do INCENTIVE, and did. Words & Wordplay Assorted Nouns |
| INCEST | Intergenerational Nookie Compromises Extreme Sexual Taboos. |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| INCH | It's Not Considered Highbrow |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| INCREASING | Is Not Contained Really Easily As Size Is Now Growing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Main |
| INDEBTED | Insolvent Nymph Discovers Every Banker Trusts Exotic Dancers |
Rico Leffanta Commerce |
| INDEPENDENCE | Island Nation Departed Empire, Proclaiming & Expressing Neighbour's Domination Evil. Now Called Eire |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see also IRELAND) Politics |
| INDIA | Its Nehru Dynasty Is Ambitious. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| INDIANA | Indians Nation, Drivers Indy Annual National Adventure |
Jan Morgan (nation - land) and the indy 500 Places:States & Regions |
| INDICA | Indians Never Deny It Causes Accidents |
M.S.Prabhakar (Indica is a small car locally manufactured in India.) Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| INDICATOR | I'm Nearly Directionless, I Could Abruptly Turn - Or Reverse! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Parts |
| INDIGESTION | Ignore Nutty Diets. If Good Eating Suggestions Taken, It's Obviated Normally |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| INDIGO | It Never Did Integrate Global Objects |
Sean Lamb (Indigo is Microsoft's code name for the .NET communication technologies) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| INDIUM | Indigo-Named, Ductile - If Uncommon - Metal. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| INDONESIA | Independent Now, Dutch Originated Network Exporting Spice Islands Artifacts. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| INEPT | Indulgent Nymph Exciting Peeping Toms |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| INEQUITY | I Note Existence's Quite Unfair, I Tell You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| INERT | It's Not Especially Readily Transported |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| INFANTICIDE | It's Not Fair, And Not Tolerated - Innocent Child Isn't Deserving Evisceration |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Death |
| INFINITY | Increment Numbers Forever - It's Nuts, I Tell You! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| INFORMATICS | I Need Find Out / Research - Maybe Automatically - Topics In Computer System |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science Computers |
| INFORMATION | I'm Not Fond Of Reading Magazines About The Importance Of Nailcare. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| INGRID | I Need Guys Really Into Dancing! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| INHIBITION | I Never Have Imbibed Beverages Intended To Inebriate Ostentatious Nymphomaniacs |
Rico Leffanta Drugs People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| INITIATION | Insult Newcomers Intensely... This Is A Test (Idiotically, Of Nothing!) |
Angela Brett, on the humiliating initiation rituals which movies would have us believe fraternity/sorority members have to go through. People & Relationships |
| INKWELL | I'll Now Keep Writing, Employing Lampblack Liquid |
Tony Household Objects |
| INMATE | I've Not Murdered Anyone (This Evening) |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| INNOCENT | Injustice Needs No Obviously Convincing Evidence ---- Nail Tony! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GUILTY) Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| INNUENDON'T | It's Not Naughty Unless Explicitly Nasty, Decency & Openness Not Threatened |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to PORNOTGRAPHIC. This means that Pornotgraphy would be visual, while Innuendon't would be aural. The Pornotgraphy has overtones of photography in there also. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| INQUISITION | I Never Quite Understood It... So Is This It, Or Not? |
Angela Brett Communication |
| INS | It's Now Security |
Sean Lamb (INS was the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the US until it merged into the DHS [Department of Homeland Security]) Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| INSANE | I Never Spoke Any Nonsense Either! |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| INSANELY-GREAT.COM | Internet Niche Showing Apple's Next Electronic Leap. Your G3s Rule, Endangering All The Companies Opposing Macintosh. |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing... and yes there is a Mac website at http://www.insanely-great.com. Computers:Macintosh & Newton Computers:Internet:URLs |
| INSANITY | It's Not Socially Acceptable, Never Is, Thank You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| INSOMNIA | I Need Sleep! Obviously My Nocturnal Inability's Annoying. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| INSPECIFIC | It's Not Strictly Perfect Expansion - Created In Friggin' Infinitesimal Chronos! |
Angela Brett, when Bern complained about her use of 'Inspecific' in GENERIC. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| INSPIRATION | I Need Some! Please Invent Rousing Acronyms To Inspire Others... Now! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| INSPIRATIONAL | Innate Notion, Spiritual Perspective In Respectable Approach To Instinct, Obviously Natural Ability Lavished |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| INSPIRED | Inspired: Nurturing Spirit Presented Infinite's Redemption / Emmanuel’s Desire |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Religion People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| INSURANCE | Investment Needed Should User Risk Accidental Nasty Chance Event |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| INT | It's Neatly Truncated |
Angela Brett, when she had half an hour to spare in a C programming test. (In C, an int is a kind of variable which holds an integer, and values put into one get truncated.) Computers:Programming:C variable types |
| INTEGERS | Include Naturals - They Even Generate External Rational Set. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| INTEL | Invest Nothing, They'll Eventually Lose. |
Angela Brett, after Steve said that he wouldn't invest any money in Intel because he doesn't think they innovate any more. Computers Commerce:Companies |
| INTENSITY | Initial Nude Tryst Elicits Nervousness... Should I Touch You? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| INTERRACIAL | It's Nice To Experience Relations Ranging Across Cultures - It Augments Life |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| INTIMIDATOR | Intrusive Nasty Thug Is Most Intense, Displaying Aggression & Threats Of Revenge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| INVALID | Inane Nonsense: Verily, A Logically? Inferred Deprivation |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Assorted Adjectives |
| INVEIGH | I Never Voice Exceptions In Good Humour |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| INVOLVING | I Need Vulnerability, Or Looming Violence Is Not Gainful. |
Angela Brett - this one came about because in response to her LOVING on the forums, Tony said '"..or 'Involving'" thus creating LOVING (2). Angela briefly expected to see an expansion for INVOLVING using the same words as the LOVING expansion. All this LOVING is beginning to make it seem like FORUM POST (2) is not far from the truth. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| IODINE | In Ocean Depths It's Never Ending |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| IOMEGA | I Own Marvellous External Gigabyte Accessory. |
Angela Brett Computers Commerce:Companies |
| IONIC | Instead Of Neutral, It's Charged. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry |
| IOWA | It's Out West America |
Angela Brett Places:States & Regions |
| IPERSON | Intelligent People Err Rarely, Sometimes, Or Never |
joybutton, because Angela was on IRC at the time with the nick iPerson. Names:Acronymists |
| IPOD | It's Portable, Omniuseful Disk |
Angela Brett, referring to Apple's 'iPod' mp3 player which doubles as a firewire hard disk. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware |
| IRAN | Islamic Republic, Asian Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| IRAQ | Internal Revolts Are Quelled. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| IRAQI | Invaders' Reasoning: Al Qaeda Implicit |
Chris Kjelgaard People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races Military:War & Terrorism |
| IRAS | Intrigues Romantically Around Soothsayer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Antony and Cleopatra |
| IRELAND | Independent Republic, English Lodgers Are Nearly Dislodged! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| IRENE | I Rarely Expand Names <- Exception |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Female |
| IRIDIUM | Its Rainbowness Is Displayed In Useful Mixtures. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| IRIS | In Rainbows Is Speed |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| IRISH | Ireland Reaching Into Southern Hemisphere |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, describing our KIWI friendship People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| IRON | It Rusts, Oh No! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| IRS | Income Retrieval Service |
Sean Lamb (who just finished filing his 2003 tax return) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Commerce |
| IS | Implies Status |
Edwin Hermann, referring to the usual meaning of IS, Information Systems. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| ISAAC | Illustrious Scifi Author's Always Creative |
Sean Lamb (that's Isaac as in Isaac Asimov, of course) Art & Literature:Writers |
| ISABELLA | Intercession Succeeds And Brother's Eventually Let Loose Again |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Measure for Measure |
| ISCHISAURUS | It Should Call Herrerasaurus Its Sister, Although Uncertain Relationship's Under Speculation |
Angela Brett (There is speculation that Ischisaurus may actually be the same genus as Herrerasaurus.) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| ISDN | It's So Darn Neat! |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| ISEULT | Irish Sweetheart, Enchanted Unto Lover Tristram |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| ISIS | Is She Immortally Superior? |
Rico Leffanta Religion |
| ISO | Initials Seem Off |
Angela Brett (ISO usually means International Organization for Standardization, so it seems as though its abbreviation should be IOS. However, ISO is not an acronym... as explained at http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/introduction/index.html#three) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| ISOMETRIES | Images Simulate Originals, Mostly. Examples: Translations, Rotations Imitate Exact Shape |
Angela Brett. (An isometry is a plane transformation which preserves distances, and therefore shapes of figures.) Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| ISRAEL | It's Still Really Arab-Encompassed Land |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| IT | Intensive Touching |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. Angela had quoted a student telling a friend to 'do it in the Mac lab.' Tony asked whether these two students were of opposite sexes, to which Angela replied that they weren't thinking of doing *it*, probably just doing I.T. People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| ITALICS | Indolent's Typographical Additive Littering Immeasurable Current Sentences |
Kenneth T. Davis -- giving back to an application I love -- no, distraction from present writing project Communication |
| ITALY | Intensely Tactile And Lecherous! Yes? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| ITCH | Irritation That Craves Hurt |
Angela Brett, since we get rid of an itching sensation by scratching and making it hurt instead. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| ITEM | Individually Tally! Expertly Market! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Assorted Nouns |
| IVY | It's Viny, Yes? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants |
| IWI | Increased Whanau, Ivory |
Angela Brett (Iwi means either 'tribe' or 'bone' in Maori, Whanau means 'family') Science:Biology:Body Parts People & Relationships:Family Science:Linguistics:Maori Words |
| IZAC | I'm Zealous About Compactness |
Angela Brett - iZac is my Newton MessagePad 110, which works surprisingly well since it's only the second model in a long-discontinued series. iZac's web page is at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/iZac.html Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| IZZARD | It's Zed. Zounds! Apronyms Rarely Disappoint! |
Sean Lamb (dictionary.com defines izzard simply as "The letter z.") Science:Linguistics |