Acronyms Preeminently Realized! Organizing Nuggets! Your Memory Soars!
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| ACME | A Company Manufacturing Encouragement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after he suggested that Angela's ENCOURAGEMENT probably came from the ACME people the coyote always got his stuff from. |
| ALOETTE | A Lovely Objective, Essence To Try, Everyone |
Jan Morgan -- A home party Cosmetic Company made with Aloe Vera in it People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| ALTSCAPE | Alternative Landscape: Their 'Scenesaver' Creates A Personalised Environment |
Angela Brett, who is developing the Mac OS X version of Altscape's 'Scenesaver' and Media Manager software. (See http://www.altscape.com/index.asp?displaymode=DownloadsPage) |
| AMTRAK | Another Metro Train Rolls Along Keenly |
Sean Lamb (Amtrak is the national passenger carrier of the US) Transport:Trains |
| ARBONNE | A Real Botanical Objective, Nourishes Naturally Everyone |
Jan Morgan -- A home party Cosmetic company People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| BAESYSTEMS | Being An Engineering Specialist You Should Take Engineering More Seriously |
John Richard Jones - Advice to all who work where I do, with the company name as an Apronym |
| BE | Bankrupt Enterprise |
Angela Brett Computers |
| BECHTEL | Big Engineering Contracts Hardened "Threat-Ending" Line |
I knew what I wanted to say and tried different combinations until I found a suitable one. (I'm sure this is what everyone does!) |
| BORDERS | Books (Obviously), Records, DVDs, Even Refreshments Sold |
Robert Anonymous Art & Literature |
| CRICKET | Cellular Reasons/Restrictions In Connecting Kinfolk, Excessive Talk |
Jan Morgan - name of cheap but frequently dropped calls cell phone company Communication |
| EDS | Evil Doers Supreme |
Carl Brett, who works for a company called EDS Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| ENRON | Earth's Natural Resources - Or Nothing! |
Rico Leffanta |
| EPSON | Evil Printer Supplier Overcharges Needlessly |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Epson's practice of gouging on inkjet cartridges) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| HALLIBURTON | Halliburton's American Leader Lifts Income By Usurping Regime-Terrorized Oil Nation |
Chris Kjelgaard. Knew what I wanted to get across and just tried a variety of word combinations until I found one that seemed to fit. "Halliburton's American leader" is, of course, former CEO Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the USA and the man who many people in the USA believe really makes the Presidential decisions. Politics |
| HERBALIFE | Hate Every Repulsive Banner Accosting Linked-In Food Eaters. |
Angela Brett, who sees a lot of annoying pop-up ads (not exactly banners... put some demerit points on my creative license) for Herbalife but prefers to get her nutrients from a balanced diet rather than from herb pills. I'm glad only have to put up with those ads when I'm at work... the web browsers on my own computer block unrequested pop-up windows. Food & Drink |
| HEWLETT-PACKARD | Have Employed Wozniak - Looked Encouragingly Toward The Prototype Apple, Couldn't Know About Resulting Disadvantage. |
Angela Brett, since Steve Wozniak was working at Hewlett-Packard when he designed the Apple I, but luckily HP weren't interested in selling computers at that time so they didn't claim it as their own. Computers |
| IBM | Incredibly Bad Machine |
Gavin Shapiro Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| 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 |
| IOMEGA | I Own Marvellous External Gigabyte Accessory. |
Angela Brett Computers |
| JARED | Jewelry's A Really Expensive Delight |
Angela Brett, who went to http://jared.com hoping for inspiration for this expansion, and found a jewellery store. Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| NCR | Not Completely Reliable |
Tiny Lee (NCR usually stands for National Cash Register) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| NEC | Not Enough Components |
Tiny Lee (NEC usually stands for Nippon Equipment Corporation) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers |
| NOVELL | Now Our Venture Entirely Loves Linux |
Sean Lamb (Novell announced that it will purchase SuSE Linux for (US)$210M on Nov 4 2003) Computers:Linux |
| PEPSICO | People Employed Peddling Sugar In Carbonated Offerings |
Tony McCoke O'Grady Food & Drink:Drinks |
| SEARS | Stock Everything Americans Regard Saleable |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SOEIDENTAL | Someone's Obviously Excited - I Daresay Employer Now Thinks Angela's Learned! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, on finding out that Angela got a job at Software Of Excellence International (http://www.soeidental.com) |
| THINGAMAJIG | This Humorous Invented - Name Given A Major Appliance: Jig! It's Good! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. (see FAIL SAFE!) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| TIPTOP | There Is Pizazz To Our Paraoa |
Angela Brett (Tiptop is a company which makes bread, and other foods. Paraoa is Maori for bread.) Food & Drink |
| VODAFONE | Voice Or Data Apparently Fry Owners' Neurons Eventually. |
Angela Brett (Vodafone is a cellphone network) Communication |