Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something
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| MA | Maternal Ancestor |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Family |
| MAC | Microsoft Ate Company |
Steve Keate Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| MACABRE | Mourning Across Canada As Beautiful Robin Expires |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| MACADDICT | Magazines Are Considered A Dainty Delicacy, If Chewed Thoughtfully |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat |
| MACARTHUR | Magnificently Appaling 'Chant' - A Record That Had Unusual Refrain |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - referring to Macarthur Park, a 'song' from the 1970s featuring (I can't say "sung by") Richard Harris Entertainment:Music:Songs |
| MACBETH | Married A Conniving Bitch - Evil Things Happen |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Macbeth Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Macbeth |
| MACDUFF | Macho And Controlled - Despite Undeserved Family's Fate |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Macbeth Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Macbeth |
| MACE | Methodical Attacker Crushes Enemies |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Weapons |
| MACEDONIA | Mighty Alexander Conquered Enemy Domains, Overran Nomads In Asia. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| MACHINE | Making Acronyms Constantly - He Is Neatly Eloquent. |
Angela Brett, describing Tony after reading an email from him containing 45 new acronyms, mostly related to Arthurian legend. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| MACHOP | Martial Arts Can Harm Other Pokemon |
Angela Brett (Machop is Pokemon #66) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| MACNIFICENT | My Apple Computer's Now Incredibly Fast. It Crunches Extraordinary Numbers Tirelessly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| MACPAC | Many A Camper Prefers Acclaimed Carrybags |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| MACS | Most Astounding Computer Standard |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| MADAGASCAR | Much Abject Destitution, A Generally Agricultural Society, Constituted As Republic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| MADAM | Makes A Dame A Mistress |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Titles |
| MADCAP | Mental Ability's Defective - Call A Psychiatrist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| MADMAN | Mentally Am Defective, Maybe Am Normal? |
TMcCO'G who, looking around him, wonders if the 'norm' for society is to be a bit abnormal. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| MADMEN | Mental Asylums Detain Many (Euphemistically) Nutters |
Tony McSane O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| MADONNA | Musically Adept Dancer. Often Nurtures Naughty Antics. |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| MAF | Much About Flora |
Angela Brett, referring to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Biology |
| MAFF | Many Abhor Factory Farming |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (MAFF usually stands for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| MAFIA | Many Assassins From Italian Ancestry |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| MAGGIE | Mute Agile Girl, Generally Intensely Expressive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| MAGGOT | Many Anglers Get Grubs Outta Tins |
Izaac Walton Science:Biology:Insects |
| MAGIKARP | Much Ancentral Greatness - Immediate Kin Aren't Really Powerful. |
Angela Brett (Magikarp is Pokemon #129) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| MAGISTRATES | Must Always Give Incarcerative Sentences To Repeatedly Arrested Thieves, Extortionists & Swindlers |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| MAGNET | Metal's Attracted, Getting Near Electromagnetic Thingies! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics |
| MAHOGANY | Much Admired. Having Originally Grown About Ninety Years? |
TMcCO'G Science:Biology:Plants:Trees |
| MAIDENHEAD | Marry Assets, Initiate Divorce, Ensnare New Husband, Enjoy And Divorce |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| Messages And Interesting Letters |
Edwin Hermann Communication | |
| MAINE | Marginal Area Is North Eastern |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| MAINFRAME | Machine Adds Immense Numbers For Researchers - Absorbs Much Electricity |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| MAINTENANCE | Madness! Apparently I Need To Endure (No Arguments) Numerous Cosmetic Enhancements! |
Angela Brett, whose idea of maintenance is eating, breathing and fixing bugs. Assorted Nouns |
| MAJOR | Must Admonish Junior Officers Regularly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Ranks |
| MAJORITY | Many Absentees Justified Or Ratified Inane Trendy Yawns |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| MALAWI | Mainly Agricultural, Labouring Against Whopping Indebtedness. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| MALAYSIA | Mainly Agricultural Labourers And Yet Some Industrially Active. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| MALCOLM | Machismo's Absent - Loses Control Over Lord's Murderer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Macbeth Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Macbeth |
| MALE | Masculine Anatomy Losing Extinction |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| MALES | Most Are Lustily Expecting Sex |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| MALI | Mostly Agricultural - Little Industry. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| MALPRACTICE | Medical Accidents - Lousy Physician Regrets A Claim That Insinuated Cure's Ensured |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| MALT | Milky Adaptive Liquid, Thick |
Jan Morgan -- Thicker than a milk shake Food & Drink |
| MAMA | Mano A Mano Acrobatically |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| MAMMAL | Mother Animal Makes Milk And Lactates |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| MAMMARIES | Most All Manly Men Are Rapt If Eying Some. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| MAMMOGRAM | Manipulate And Mash Melons - Oncologists Gather 'Round And Murmur. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| MAN | Mutters Ad Nauseum |
Angela Brett, after MANTRA People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| MANAGEMENT | Making A Nuisance And Getting Everybody Muddled Eventually Nauseates Them |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Commerce |
| MANAGER | Make A Name At Getting Everyone Roused |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| MANDARIN | Many Admit Nibbling Duck And Roasting Is Nice |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Science:Biology:Animals |
| MANGERE | Maori Aborigines Not Generally Energetic - Rarely Employed |
Angela Brett (apart from being a suburb which is supposedly full of the kind of people described in the expansion, mangere means 'lazy' in Maori.) Science:Linguistics:Maori Words Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| MANIFOLD | Much About Nature Is Full Of Living Diversity |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Science Assorted Adjectives |
| MANILA | Many Ardent Natives Invite Love Affairs |
Rico Leffanta Places:Towns & Cities |
| MANITOBA | Métis And Natives Investigated This Outstandingly Beautiful Area |
Patricia Rix (Métis is anyone of mixed French and Indian heritage, specifically in the Province of Manitoba. This is not a pejorative: the Métis have always considered themselves a nation within the nation, as the First Nations do.) Places:States & Regions |
| MANKEY | Muck Abounds, Nearly Kneedeep - Everything's Yucky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. Mankey is a slang word for dirty. A long time ago a group of boyscouts set to cleaning out a river-fed swimming pool. There was a lot of knee-high silt/mud/decaying-vegatation at the bottom of the pool which was nicknamed 'mank'. The scouts thought that they had coined a new word, but there was probably some subconscious reference to 'mankey' Assorted Adjectives Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| MANSION | Millionaires Are Needlessly Squandering Income On Nonessentials. |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings |
| MANTIS | Make A Note That It's Screwy |
Angela Brett (Mantis is a program for keeping track of bugs in software.) Computers:Programming |
| MANTRA | Mutter Ad Nauseum 'Til Revelation's Apparent |
Angela Brett Religion |
| MANUALS | Meals Are Not Usually A Literary Stew |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat |
| MAORI | Meandering Aborigines Originating Round Islands |
Mary Carr, referring to the aboriginal people of New Zealand People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| MAP | Make A Plan |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Navigation Aids |
| MARATHON | Many Asthmatic Runners Are Treated - Hospitals Offer Nebulisers. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| MARCEL | Mime Artist Rather Cleverly Exchews Language |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Marcel Marceau - a renowned French mime. Names:Famous people |
| MARCH | May & April Rounding Corner Hastily. |
Angela Brett Time:Months |
| MARCO | Made A Route - Chinawards - Overland |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people History |
| MARGARET | Marries A Royal, Gets Ambassador Romantically Entangled Too |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry VI |
| MARGE | Mother - A Really Good Epitome |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| MARGIE | Makes A Reasonable Guess, It's Exceptional |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| MARIANA | Makes Angelo (Reluctantly Interested) Announce Nuptial Arrangements |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Measure for Measure |
| MARIANNE | Misguided Adult Really Is Antagonistic, Needs Navigation Ethics |
Jan Morgan - someone I know Names:First names:Female |
| MARIE | Makes Any Romance Intimate, Eventually! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| MARIJUANA | Mind-Altering Recreational Inhalant - Joints Usually Are Not Approved |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Drugs:Cannabis |
| MARINA | Morality's Apogee - Really Innocent Nature Abides |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Pericles Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Pericles |
| MARINE | Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential |
The US Navy and the US Marines have a log tradition of dumping on each other. Here's one example from a US Navy Vet. Military People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| MARINES | Men Armed, Ready If National Emergency Strikes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military |
| MARJORIE | Makes A Reasonable Judgment, Offering Reconciliation Is Extinguished |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| MARK | Much Acclaimed Religious Knowledge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books Religion:Saints |
| MARLBORO | Manly And Rugged? Lungs Blackened Or Respiration Obstructed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs:Tobacco |
| MARRIAGE | Make A Relationship Remain Into Amours' Geriatric End |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| MARRIOTT | Most Agree Room Rent Is Over The Top |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings |
| MARS | Many Anticipate Raiders Soon! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy:Planets |
| MARSHALL | Most Active Resident, Saves His Adventures, Large List |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| MARTIN | Make A Rival Town Into Necropolis! |
Angela Brett (Martin means 'warlike') Names:First names:Male |
| MARYLAND | Mid Atlantic Region Yields Large Academy, Naval Domain |
Jan Morgan - the Naval Academy Places:States & Regions |
| MASERATI | Master Automotive Sportster, Erstwhile Racer, Archetypal Total Italian |
Eric Bridgstock Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| MASH | Make A Spud Horrible/Heavenly |
Angela Brett, who only likes mashed potatoes sometimes. Food & Drink |
| MASOCHISM | Many A Stroke Of Cane Has Intense Sexual Meaning |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| MASON | Makes A Stone Object Neater |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| MASSACHUSETTS | Mayflower's Arrival Site, School At Cambridge, Harvard University. State Established Textiles, Tourist Sites |
Jan Morgan Places:States & Regions |
| MASSACHUSSETTS | Manifestly, A Sea Side Area Can Have Unexplored Sunken Ships, Exciting To Treasure Seekers |
Patricia Rix, saying: I don't know if there are wrecks off the coast of Massachussetts, but it seems logical Places:States & Regions |
| MASSAGE | Make A Sweet Sensation Abound, Generally, Everywhere! |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| MASTURBATE | Mating Alone?! Sexual Tension's Usually Relieved By A Twin Euphoria. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| MASTURBATION | Manual Arousal & Stimulation Till Urgent Relief Brings Awesome Tremors Is Often Nice |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| MATH | Much About Tedious Hypotheses |
PiMaster Science:Mathematics |
| MATHEMATICS | Methodology Attempting To Harmonise Equations, Many Apply Techniques In Calculus & Statistics. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| MATHIAS | Mostly A True Happy Individual, Active Scout |
Jan Morgan -- Someone I know Names:First names:Male Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| MATHS | Models, Axioms, Theorems, Hypothetical Structures |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| MATLAB | Mathematical Algorithms Take Little Actual Brainpower. |
Angela Brett (MATLAB is a mathematics software package) Computers Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software:Applications |
| MATRIS | Mothers Are Treated Respectfully In Society |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Hindu Goddesses |
| MATRIX | Mental Agility Transfigures Reality; Insane Xperience! |
Gavin Lambert, after seeing The Matrix: Reloaded Entertainment:Movies |
| MATT | Mine's A Tad Tasteless |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement:Paint |
| MATTHEW | Many Attest Thankfully To His Evengelising Words. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books Religion:Saints |
| MAURITANIA | Mines A Useful Resource - Iron! They Are Now Islamic Administration. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| MAY | Merriment And Youthfulness |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Months |
| MAYA | Middle Americans, Years Ago |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races History |
| MAYBE | Mainly A 'Yes, But...' Ensues. |
Angela Brett Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| MAYO | Mixture Adds Yummy Overtones |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Condiments |
| MAYPOLE | March Around Yippily, Prance Over Lilies, Eh? |
Jeff Anonymous Assorted Nouns Time:Special Occasions |
| MAZDA | Many Automobiles Zippily Drive Along |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| MCDONALDS | Many Children's Diets Obviously Need A Lingering Detailed Scrutiny |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| MCP | Mastered Crappy Programs |
Angela Brett (MCP usually stands for Microsoft Certified Professional) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Windows Education:Qualifications |
| ME | My Existance |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| MEAD | Meadow Extract, Alcoholic Drink |
Mary Carr Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| MEASUREMENTS | Must Ensure Accurate Size Using Ruler - Errors Mean Everything's Now Too Short! |
Angela Brett and Patricia Rix Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| MEATHOP | Meet Each Aircraft Tragedy & Have Obscene Picnic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Meathop is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'One who sets off for the scene of an aircraft crash with a picnic hamper.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| MECCA | Muslims Everywhere Can Come Along. |
Angela Brett Places Religion |
| MECHANIC | Male Endangered Class, He's Always Nestled Inside Cars |
Mary Carr People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations Transport |
| MEDICINE | Might Eradicate Disease, If Contagion Is Nullified Everywhere. |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| MEDIEVAL | Many Existed Dreadfully In European Villages - Abject & Low |
TMcCO'G Time History |
| MEDITATION | Mental Exercise, Do It To Attain True Insights, Or Nirvana |
Tony McCoy O'LotusPosition Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| MEETINGS | Meaningless Endeavours Engendering Trash, Including Nagging Grandmothers' Stories. |
Dundee Commerce |
| MELANIE | 'Midnight-Eyed' Looks Are Noticable, Indeed Exceptional! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists Names:First names:Female |
| MELINDA | May Eventually Live In Neighborhood, Designated Area |
Jan Morgan (when looking for a home the couple had a designated area to locate one in) Names:First names:Female |
| MELISSA | My Eponymic Legacy Is Sharp Smart Antics |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Female |
| MELODY | Musical Excellence Lingers On, Delighting You |
ToneDeaf McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| MELON | Must Eat Lots Of Nourishment |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| MEMORABLE | Many Endearing Memories, One Really Astounding Bit Lingers Eternally |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| MEMORIES | Most Events Manages Our Recollection, Is Emotional Sometimes |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| MEMPHIS | Maybe Every Microsoft Programmer Hates Information Services |
Sean Lamb (Memphis was the code name Microsoft used for Windows 98) Computers:Windows Names:Code Names:Microsoft |
| MENAECHMUS | Mathematician Entered Near Alopeconnesus - Explained Cones Had Many Useful Sections. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| MENENIUS | Mediator Extraordinary... Now Entreating... Now Insisting... Urges Settlement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Coriolanus Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Coriolanus |
| MENOPAUSE | Menstruation Ends, Now Once Pretty Anatomy Undergoes Sagging Entropy |
Patricia Rix and George Rix Science:Biology |
| MENSA | Modern Einsteins Need Stimulating Associates |
Angela Brett, after Edwin mentioned on the ACRONYMS forums that Mensa were looking for acronyms of their name. People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| MENSANS | Maybe Edwin's Not Slow, Angela's Nauseatingly So. |
Angela Brett -- in about 1998 I filled in an application form to join MENSA, so that Edwin (a MENSA member) would have a chance of winning something. In 2001 I found the form and mailed it. It's now November 2003 and every so often I get an email announcing the next inconvenient entrance test date. Sorry Edwin, I don't think you'll win that competition. People & Relationships |
| MENTAL | Mind Expanding? No? Then Add Letters. |
Angela Brett -- whichever meaning you read into this, apronymising is mental! Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| MENTOS | Micro-Electronic Negative Thought Override System |
Geoffrey Russell, who explains that the acronym was heavily influenced by the Mentos commercials wherein people do impolite or bizzare things and then, by way of explanation, hold up a Mentos package, which invariably causes the person on the recieving end to grin like an idiot. People & Relationships:Thoughts Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| MEOW | Mild Expression Of Words |
Acronymous Anonymous Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| MEOWTH | Meowing Entity Often Washes The Hands |
Jeff Anonymous, expanding the cat pokemon (#52), as listed on the unsuccessful-search list. As for the last three words, I know cats to often lick their forepaws. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| MERCEDES | Many European Racing Cars, Elegantly Designed, Exceptionally Speedy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| MERCUTIO | Mercurial, Eloquent Rakish Character's Unmannerly - Tybalt Is Outraged |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Romeo and Juliet |
| MERCY | Many Entreat Respected & Clement Yahweh |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| MERLIN | Mastered Esoteric Realms, Loyal Intelligent Necromancer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| MERRILL | Manages Ego, Reacting Reprovingly In Life's Lessons |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| MERRIMENT | Me Expressing Raucous Revelry In My Environment Nine Times |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| MERRY | Many Exploits Reveal Ripening Youth |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| MESON | Matter Element Shadowing Own Negation |
Angela Brett (a meson is composed of a QUARK and an antiquark) Science:Physics:Particles |
| MESSAGE | Mainly Excessive Silly Stories About Ghastly Events |
Jon Barker Communication |
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