Awfully Peculiar Racket - Ordinary Names Yield Meanings, Surprisingly!
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| REPLENISHMENT | Replace Every Piece Lost. Each New Incoming Shipment Has More Elements Needed, Thanks |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| REPORTS | Regular Evaluation Procedure Often Reveals Torporific Staff |
Angela Brett Communication People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| REPOSSESSION | Repugnant Event, Perhaps One Should've Sent Expected Stipend, Since It's Overdue Now. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| RESPITE | Resting Easy Some People Inhale The Ether |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| RESPONSE | React Expressing Surprise - People Often Note Staring Eyes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| REST | Relaxing Excessively Soothes Tension |
Kenny Roy Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| RESUME | Report Effortlessly Sums Up My Experiences |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| RETAIL | Really Expensive Things Are Individually Labelled |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| RETARD | Really Exhausting To Attempt Reading Dictionary. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| RETIRE | Rich Elders Trade-In Relentless Employment |
Angela Brett Time:Age |
| RETIREMENT | Regular Employment Time Is Reduced. 'Elderly' Means Enjoying New Timetable |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
| RETRIEVE | Recover Everything They Robbed In Evening's Violent Episode |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, whose mother once retrieved some of what had stolen in a burglary People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| REVELATION | Regarding Eventual Victory, Expect Lucifer's Aides To Intervene Over Nations. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| REVENUE | Received Earnings, Vital Excise, Now Undergoes Experience |
Jan Morgan Commerce:Money |
| REVERENCE | Respect Every View, End Religious Envious Nonsense, Choose Equality |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| REVOLVER | Rotating Elements, Vital Of Lines, Viewing Every Range |
Jan Morgan Military:Weapons |
| RHENIUM | Rather Hard Element, Not - Indeed - Unlike Manganese. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| RHIANNON | Reason Has Its Answers Nature Never Offers Nonsense |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| RHINOS | Rhino Horn Is Not Orgasmically Stimulating |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Animals |
| RHODIOLA | Recommended Herb Often Diagnosed In Occasional Lung Afflictions |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| RICE | Repast Is Consumed Everywhere |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| RICHARD | Roast Irish Cow & Ham - A 'Real' Dinner |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:You Are What You Eat |
| RICHMOND | Reflects In Contrast His Majesty's Ogreish Nasty Deeds |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Richard III Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Richard III |
| RICKY | Rambunctious Is Child, Keen Yang |
Jan Morgan - child I know Names:First names |
| RICO | Real Intense Coital Orgasm |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Male Names:Acronymists |
| RIETVELD | Renowned Illustrator Emblazons Tshirts, Very Elaborate & Lovely Designs |
TMcCO'G - the search item 'RIETVELD' has been on the list so long, I did a websearch and found that Rick Rietveld does surfer illustrations for t-shirts, Names |
| RIFLE | Right In Firing Line... Eeeek! |
Angela Brett Military:Weapons |
| RIMMING | Regurgitation-Inducing Mutual Masturbation Is No Good |
Jeff Anonymous, replying to a failed search; if you don't know, you don't want to know. Believe me. People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| RINGER | Racehorse Is Not Genuine, Event's Rigged |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (A 'ringer' is a good horse substituted for a bad one, to make a killing from the bookies) Sports & Recreation |
| RIOT | Raucous Is Obviously Taboo |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| RIP | Romance In Progress |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| RIPCORD | Relax - If Parachute Cannot Open, Reserve'll Deploy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| RIP-OFF | Really Isn't Percentage Of Fat Free |
Angela Brett (see FAT FREE) Food & Drink |
| RIPON | Review Is Plagiarism Of Novel |
Angela Brett (Ripon is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, '(Of literary critics.) To include all the best jokes from the book in the review to make it look as if the critic thought of them.' Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| RIVENDELL | River In Valley Excludes Necromancer; Dwellings' Elves Live Luxuriously |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Places:The Lord of the Rings |
| RIVER | Runs In Various Elongated Routes |
Niki Widdowson Places:Waterways |
| ROB | Regularly Offers Brilliance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| ROBBERS | Rogues Or Burglars, Break & Enter Residences & Steal. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| ROBE | Resolution Of Blasted Education |
Angela Brett, just after graduating. Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| ROBERT | Rixes' Only Boy Evidently Resents Tony! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Acronymists |
| ROBIN | Racing Oncoming Bird, Injures Native |
Jan Morgan -- Birds were playing chase and headed for the window one bounced off said window the other hit person sitting on porch Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| ROCK | Region Of Countryside - Karst. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| ROCKET | Roaring Off, Carrying Keen Extra Terrestrials |
Patricia Rix Science:Astronomy Science:Physics |
| ROCKETS | Reach Orbit Converting Kinetic Energy, Transporting Satellites |
Philip Edwards Science:Astronomy |
| RODEOS | Riders Often Dismount End Over 'Saddle' |
Roger Williams Sports & Recreation |
| ROFL | Raunchy Overlord Fell Lasciviously. |
Jeff Anonymous, when Tony said 'ROFL' on the forums, and Jeff thought he ought to supply a more original expansion for it than 'Rolling On Floor Laughing'. Laughter Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| ROGER | Romantic Overtones Get Everyone Roused |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| ROHYPNOL | Rapists Often Have Your Phone Number - Over Later! |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett. (Rohypnol is a tranquiliser which has been linked with date rapes.) Drugs |
| ROLLERCOASTER | Ride Of Long Length Enjoyed Regularly. Can Often Amuse / Startle Those Enjoying Ride |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment |
| ROMANTIC | Randy Old Man Anticipates Necking, Touching, Intimate Caresses |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| ROMEO | Romantic Opportunist Makes Enemies Outraged |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Romeo and Juliet |
| ROMULAN | Really Overly Militaristic; Uses Light Attracting Node |
Gavin Lambert (Romulans use an artificial black hole as a power source) Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| ROMULUS | Rome's Original Monarch, Usurped Leadership Using Slyness |
Robert Anonymous, inspired by four years of study of the latin language. Romulus was Rome's first king who killed his twin brother Remus in order to gain power (hence the usurped leadership using slyness...) History Politics:Royalty:Royals |
| ROOT | Radical, Or Originating Thing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics Assorted Nouns |
| ROOTS | Really One Outstanding Television Series |
Sean Lamb (who was but a child when "Roots" premiered on television) Entertainment:TV shows |
| ROSALIND | Resolution Opens Sweetheart's Awareness. Love Is Now Developing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It |
| ROSALINE | Runs Off Suggesting A Liaison In Next Encounter |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Love's Labours Lost |
| ROSE | Richly Offers Scents Effectively |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Plants |
| ROSETTA | Rare Old Stone Excavation Tutored Talented Archeologists |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - the Rosetta Stone helped people to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics History |
| ROTATE | Round Orb Turns And Turns Eternally. |
Roger Williams Assorted Verbs |
| ROTE | Repeat One Thing Exhaustingly |
Angela Brett Education |
| ROTORUA | Rotten Ova, The Olfactory Receptors Usually Assume |
Angela Brett (Rotorua smells like rotten eggs because of the sulphur in the air due to geothermal activity.) Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| ROUNDHEAD | Rebels (Oliver's) Under New Direction, Heartily Eviscerated Aristocratic Domination |
Robert Anonymous -- The Roundheads were the name given to the side of the English Civil war that opposed the king, lead by Oliver Cromwell History Military:War & Terrorism |
| ROUTERS | Rhymes Outers? Uters? The Easiest Route's Silence. |
Angela Brett, as geeks sometimes argue about the pronunciation of the word router. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| ROVER | Remotely Operated Vehicle - Elevated Reconnaissance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: You know the remote-controlled aircraft used to spy over unfriendly territory? Well I don't know what they are called but they could be called ROVER. (Angela added that they're called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs) Military |
| ROWLING | Readers Of Wizardry Linked In Novel Guild |
Muggles McCoy O'Grady, in response to a request for a name for a Harry Potter society at Cambridge University. Art & Literature:Harry Potter Society |
| RSH | Real Security Hole |
The rsh (Remote SHell) daemon is one of the system processes that is often compromised for server hacks. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| RSVP | Reply Soon Via Phone/Post |
Angela Brett (RSVP usually stands for Respondez S'il Vous Plait) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Communication |
| RTFM | Reflects 'Teaching Fishing' Metaphor |
Angela Brett, when there was a discussion on the Cocoa-dev mailing list about whether RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual) responses are productive. Some people argued that it's better to show people where to look to find information rather than just giving the information, and one mentioned the saying, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.' Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| RUBBISH | Repeatedly Uttering 'Blah Blah' Is So Humdrum. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| RUBICON | River (Utmost Boundary) Its Crossing Opened Nastiness. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Waterways History |
| RUBIDIUM | Rather Uncommon, But If Discovered Is Usually Minute. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| RUBY | Relationship Untouched By Years |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the ruby (40th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| RUDENESS | Regular Users Discount Earns Nice Extra Special Savings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| RUDY | Rough Unusual Dude, Yob |
Jan Morgan - a person I know Names:First names |
| RUGBY | Rucks Unite Great Baritone Yodellers |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| RUGOPS | Relatively Unknown Giant Of Paleozoic Science |
Sean Lamb (The rugops primus [or "rugops" for short] is a recent discovery in Africa; more info is at http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040531/newdino.html) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| RUGRAT | Ruffians Use Gadgets, Release A Trojan |
Sean Lamb (Rugrat is the name of the first 64-bit Windows virus discovered 5/27/04) Computers:Windows |
| RUMSFELD | Remarkably Unpleasant Man, Supercilious For Every Live Debate |
Chris Kjelgaard Names:Famous people:Politicians Military |
| RUN | Race Until Nighttime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| RUSSELL | Ranks Usually Safe, Success Earns Lovely Life |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Male |
| RUSSIA | Remains Unstable, Socialists Still In Authority. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| RUSTY | Ruthless User, Severs Ties, Yob |
Jan Morgan - a person I know Names:First names:Male |
| RUTH | Raised Up To Heaven |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Bible books |
| RUTHLESS | Rigourous Unto Those Harmed, Lacks Emotion, Sans Sympathy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| RWANDA | Regular Warfare Amongst Natives - Dreadful Atrocities. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| RYMME | Rim - Yet Mainly Middle English |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| previous apronyms beginning with R |