A Punster Reworks Old Names - You May Smile
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| ACCOUNTANT | All Cash Counted Out Using Numeracy Techniques - And No Theft! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ADMIN | A Desk Man Is Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ADMINISTRATOR | A Dreadful Master Is Needed In Setting The Rules And Then Organising Routines |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| AMBASSADORS | A Mission Based Abroad Serving State's Ambitions Doth Often Require Statemanship |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics |
| ARTIST | After Rendering The Image, Sculpture's Touted |
Sean Lamb Art & Literature |
| AVIATOR | A Vital Individual, Aviation Tactics Operator, Responsible |
Jan Morgan |
| BLACKSMITH | Big Lumbering Artisan Crafting Knives & Swords - Metal Is Terribly Hot |
TMcCO'G |
| BOSS | Bags Over-Sized Salary |
Angela Brett |
| BUTLER | 'Bottler' Used To Logically Entitle Retainer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - The word "Butler" is a corruption of "bottler" - the member of staff who looked after his employer's wine-cellar. |
| 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 |
| CLOWNS | Child Like Optional World Needs Students |
Jan Morgan Entertainment |
| CONSULTANT | Companies Often Need Someone Using Logic To Analyze New Theories |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| COORDINATOR | Controlling Overseer Of Research & Development Is Necessary Administrator To Obtain "Results" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| DOMESTIC | Designated Ordinary Maid Except Sometimes Transparently In Charge |
Rico Leffanta |
| EMPLOYEE | Expecting Much Pay Leaves One Youth Especially Energized! |
Angela Brett, soon after finding out she'd got a job with SOEIDENTAL |
| FARMER | Friendly, Agricultural 'Real Man...' Endearingly Rugged. |
Mary Carr |
| FIREFIGHTER | Fellow In Red Engine, Frequenly Involved Getting Hoses To Extinguish Roasters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| FIREMEN | Flame Is Rising - Emergency Manpower Evidently Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Disaster |
| HANDYMAN | Husband's Apparently Now Doing Yearly Maintenance Around Nest. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| HOOKER | Harlot Often Offers Kerbside Erotic Rendezvous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| HUNTER | Having Unusual Natural Talent, Engages Rifle |
Jan Morgan Sports & Recreation |
| JANITOR | Just A Nice Individual To Oversee Repairs |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| JANITORIAL | Just A Nitwit In Tattered Overalls, Responsibility Is Airport Lavatory |
Angela Brett, who doesn't really think that lowly of janitors, and hopes somebody doing janitorial work will respond with a more positive expansion. |
| JOURNALIST | Just One Unusual Reporter, News Announces Latest Incidents, Sharing Tales |
Jan Morgan Communication |
| LIBRARIANS | Love Interesting Books, Read Any Recently? I Admire Novels Sometimes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MANAGEMENT | Making A Nuisance And Getting Everybody Muddled Eventually Nauseates Them |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| MANAGER | Make A Name At Getting Everyone Roused |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 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 |
| MASON | Makes A Stone Object Neater |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| MECHANIC | Male Endangered Class, He's Always Nestled Inside Cars |
Mary Carr Transport |
| MESSENGER | My Errand's Successful Since Employee Never Goes Erring Route |
TMcCO'G Communication |
| PHILOSOPHERS | People Here, In Life, On Some Opportune Planet... How Extremely Remarkable Sounding! |
Angela Brett Religion |
| PIMP | Profits In Manipulating Prostitutes |
Angela Brett |
| POLITICIAN | Prejudiced Orotund Layabout Intending To Improve Career, In A Nutshell |
Leo Boyes Politics |
| PROSTITUTE | People Requesting Oral Sex Think It's Too Uneconomical To Enjoy? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| QUIZMASTER | Questions Usually Instigate Zero Marks As Silly Twits Essay Reponses |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| RATER | Remember, A Ten's Extremely Rare. |
Angela Brett |
| RECEPTIONIST | Regularly Every Company Employs Person To Implement Office Network If Someone Telephones |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SAILOR | Seasickness Affects Inlanders... Lean Overboard Retching |
Angela Brett Transport:Drivers |
| SCIENTISTS | Some Canny Inventors Experiment - Nothing That's Interesting 'Scapes Their Scrutiny |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science |
| SKIPPER | Someone Keeping International Port Populations Expecting Returns |
Rico Leffanta Transport:Drivers |
| SKIPPERS | Skilful Keen Individuals Perpetually Prefer Embarking Reachable Sights |
Jan Morgan Sports & Recreation Transport:Drivers |
| SLEUTH | Some Loser Eejit Unlikely To Help |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SPY | Secrets Passed Yonder |
Sean Lamb (spies transmit secrets to faraway places, so...) |
| STEVEDORE | Stows Tributes Everywhere Vegetates Eventually Diverts Official Records Elsewhere |
Rico Leffanta |
| STRIPPERS | Slowly To Reveal Individual Private Parts Erotically's Reputedly Sensous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| TASTER | Takes A Sip Then Ejects Residue |
Rico Leffanta Food & Drink |
| TELECASTER | Television's Earliest Linkmen Established "Celebrity" Announcing Sports' Teams Endeavours & Results |
TMcCO'G Sports & Recreation Communication |
| TINKER | Trusting In Nice King's Effective Rulings |
Mary Carr |
| WAITER | Walks Around Indoors, Tending Eaters' Requirements |
Tony McCoy O'TableSix Food & Drink |
| WARDEN | We All Require Dramatic Exit Now |
Angela Brett, after being eveacuated from a building due to a fire alarm. |
| WHORE | Woman Hiring Out Reproductive Entrance |
Angela Brett |