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| 100% | IMMIGRATION | If More Move In, Groups Rage About The Isolation Of Nationals |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Politics |
| 100% | IMOGEN | Innocence Makes Others Get Evil Notions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Cymbeline Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Cymbeline |
| 100% | IMPACT | I Might Perform A Crash Test |
Angela Brett Transport Science:Physics |
| 100% | IMPLORE | Ignorant Men Pleading Love Offers Romance Eternally |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | IMPORTS | I Must Purchase Overseas Requisites Traders Supply |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | IMPOSSIBLE (2) | Insomniac Mrs. Pleads, "Oh, Stop Snoring!" Instead Bringing Louder Explosions. |
Angela Brett (some people won't stop snoring no matter what you do!) Assorted Adjectives Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | IMPOTENT | I Mightn't Perform On Time Every Night, Temptress! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | IMPROVEMENTS | Immediate Modifications - Perhaps Relaying One's Views Easily Making Explanations Not Too Scientific |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | IMPULSE | If Musky Perfume Urges, Let's Sensuously Embrace |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 100% | I'M SLOW | It's My Sad Life On Windoze |
Angela Brett, as an explanation for not having noticed JAGUAR (7), OBJECTIVE-C and COCOA (2) which were hidden uncapitalised in an email. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | I'M SORRY | Its My Shortcoming Of Responsbility, Regretting Yarns |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| 100% | INABSENTIA | I Need A Bath Soon Especially Now That It's Autumn! |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | INANE | It's Not A Nip Exciting |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | INANITY | It's Nutty And Non Intelligent, Thank You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INCEST | Intergenerational Nookie Compromises Extreme Sexual Taboos. |
Angela Brett and Steve Keate People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | INCEST (2) | Intrafamilial Natality Can End So Tragically |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | INCEST (3) | Inbreeding Never Causes Embarrassing Sexual Transmissions |
Bern Dell People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | INCEST (4) | I Now Consummate Erotic Sibling's Trysts |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | INCH | It's Not Considered Highbrow |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | INCOME TAX | I've No Control Over My Earnings Total After Xtractions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| 100% | INCREASING | Is Not Contained Really Easily As Size Is Now Growing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Main |
| 100% | INDEBTED | Insolvent Nymph Discovers Every Banker Trusts Exotic Dancers |
Rico Leffanta Commerce |
| 100% | INDEPENDENCE | Island Nation Departed Empire, Proclaiming & Expressing Neighbour's Domination Evil. Now Called Eire |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see also IRELAND) Politics |
| 100% | INDIA | Its Nehru Dynasty Is Ambitious. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | INDIA (2) | Is New Delhi In Asia? |
Roger Williams Places:Countries |
| 100% | INDIANA | Indians Nation, Drivers Indy Annual National Adventure |
Jan Morgan (nation - land) and the indy 500 Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | INDICA | Indians Never Deny It Causes Accidents |
M.S.Prabhakar (Indica is a small car locally manufactured in India.) Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | INDICATOR | I'm Nearly Directionless, I Could Abruptly Turn - Or Reverse! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Parts |
| 86% | INDICT | Ignorance is No Defense In Court Today |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | INDIGESTION | Ignore Nutty Diets. If Good Eating Suggestions Taken, It's Obviated Normally |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | 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 |
| 91% | IN DISGUISE | I'm Not 'Dressed' In Santa's Garments Unlawfully - I'm Stand-in Elf |
? (see GIFTS OF ACRONYMS) Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | INDIUM | Indigo-Named, Ductile - If Uncommon - Metal. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | INDONESIA | Independent Now, Dutch Originated Network Exporting Spice Islands Artifacts. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | INDONESIA (2) | Is New Daughter Of Nation Evolving Silently, Independently, Alone? |
Dundee Places:Countries |
| 100% | I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR | Individual Negotiates Eternal Endurance Deemed To Him Even Every Evening Verifies Evident Reverence You're His Offspring, Ultimate Relief |
Jan Morgan -- song Entertainment:Music:Songs Religion |
| 100% | INEPT | Indulgent Nymph Exciting Peeping Toms |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | INEQUITY | I Note Existence's Quite Unfair, I Tell You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | INERT | It's Not Especially Readily Transported |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| 100% | I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN | Interesting Novel Explores (Very Expertly) Reason, Paranoia, Relationships Often Misdiagnosed In Schizophrenia. Even Deborah's Youth Occasionally Undermines Assistance. Rationality Or Sanity Elude Grasp, Although Reality Does Eventually Normalize |
Patricia Rix, referring to the book by Hannah Green. Art & Literature:Book Titles |
| 100% | INFANTICIDE | It's Not Fair, And Not Tolerated - Innocent Child Isn't Deserving Evisceration |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Death |
| 92% | INFATUATION | Infuriating Neurotic Feeling of Adoration That Unfortunately Attacks The Intelligence Of Nerds. |
Steve Keate & Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 80% | INFINITENESS! | Integers! Negatives First; additive Identity Nil; multiplicative Identity (one); Two; Endless Naturals; Efficient Socially / Scientifically! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. I tried INFINITY, but Y blocked me. Turned to INFINITE. Then I decided to name the 3 classes of WHOLE NUMBERS ( - 0 + ). So, I chose INFINITENESS! This 12-letter really challenged my BABY'S BRAIN!" Negatives First; additive Identity Nil; multiplicative Identity (one); Two; Endless Naturals" relates to the NUMBER LINE. The INFINITY of the INTEGERS is the SMALLEST INFINITY! Reference: TRANSFINITE in SET THEORY. Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | INFINITY | Increment Numbers Forever - It's Nuts, I Tell You! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | INFORMATICS | I Need Find Out / Research - Maybe Automatically - Topics In Computer System |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science Computers |
| 100% | INFORMATION | I'm Not Fond Of Reading Magazines About The Importance Of Nailcare. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | INFORMATION SYSTEMS | Incomsequential Notational Fumblings, Often Recording Methodologies Attached To Inflow Of Notions - Supposedly You'll See The Exercise Means Something. |
Angela Brett, who so far thinks that information systems analysis is a load of rubbish, but understands that some people feel the same way about mathematics. Computers |
| 100% | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | It's New-Fangled Organisation - Relaying Messages Across The Internet... Only Now They Electronically Can Have Nookie! Online Lovers Often Gull You. |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 89% | INFURIATED BY SLOW TEACHERS | It's Not Fair! Using Repeated Iterations is Always Tedious, Especially Done By You... Such Lavish Overuse of Whiteboard Takes Eons. Anyone Calculates in Head, Even Retarded Students! |
Angela Brett... (see SPANNING TREES for an explanation.) Education:Slow Teaching |
| 100% | INGRID | I Need Guys Really Into Dancing! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| 89% | INHALING | Inhaling Nicotine Has After-effects - Life Is No Good! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs:Tobacco |
| 100% | INHALING (2) | I Now Have A Lung Issuing Nasty Gunge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs:Tobacco |
| 100% | IN HEAT | Intercourse Needed Having Erotic Astronomical Temperatures |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | INHIBITION | I Never Have Imbibed Beverages Intended To Inebriate Ostentatious Nymphomaniacs |
Rico Leffanta Drugs People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INKWELL | I'll Now Keep Writing, Employing Lampblack Liquid |
Tony Household Objects |
| 100% | IN LAW | I Never Loved Anyone Worse |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | INMATE | I've Not Murdered Anyone (This Evening) |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 100% | INMATE (2) | "It's Not Mine!" A Thief Exclaimed |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 100% | INMATE (3) | Incarceration Normally Makes A Thug Embittered |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 100% | IN MY ARROGANT OPINION | I Never! May Your Absolutely Ridiculous Ruminations Oppose Greatness? Are Not Thinking, One Presumes; I Need Idiotic Opinions Not! |
Gavin Lambert Assorted Phrases People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | INNER CHILD | Innate Nurturing Now Essential, Revered Cautious Hidden Id Lives Disabled |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| 100% | INNOCENT | Injustice Needs No Obviously Convincing Evidence ---- Nail Tony! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GUILTY) Communication:Acronyms Forums:Mystery Posters |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INQUISITION | I Never Quite Understood It... So Is This It, Or Not? |
Angela Brett Communication |
| 100% | IN RETROSPECT, I AGREE WITH YOU | I Never Really Expected To Receive 'Onor. Some People Esteem Calendar Turnovers, I Ambitiously Grasped - Recklessly Expecting Equality With Irish Tony, Had You Only Understood! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, acronymising what Jeff said when Angela explained (on the Acronyms forums) why he wouldn't get an honour for the first acronym in 2002. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INSANE | I Never Spoke Any Nonsense Either! |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INSANELY GREAT MAC | Innovative New Software Advancing New Electronic Lifestyle. You've Greatly Revolutionised Electronics... Apple Technology Makes A Comeback! |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing. (Steve Jobs described the Macintosh as being insanely great way back before it was even out of the bag, and we agree with him!) Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | INSANITY | It's Not Socially Acceptable, Never Is, Thank You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Personality Traits Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| 100% | INSOMNIA | I Need Sleep! Obviously My Nocturnal Inability's Annoying. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | INSOMNIA (2) | I Never Slept One Minute - Now I'm Awake! |
Melanie Merswolke and Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INSPIRATION | I Need Some! Please Invent Rousing Acronyms To Inspire Others... Now! |
Angela Brett Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | INSPIRATION (2) | Innate Notion, Spritual Perspective In Respectable Approach To Instinct, Obviously Natural |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| 100% | INSPIRATIONAL | Innate Notion, Spiritual Perspective In Respectable Approach To Instinct, Obviously Natural Ability Lavished |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| 100% | INSPIRED | Inspired: Nurturing Spirit Presented Infinite's Redemption / Emmanuel’s Desire |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Religion People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | INSTANT FAME | Immediate Notoriety, Simply Tack Advertising Nonsense To Forums And Miff Everybody! |
Angela Brett, when somebody spammed the Apronyms Forums about a website promising 'instant fame', where the fame was no more than having your name on a website... something you could achieve by posting a message on the forums. I don't recommend spamming the forums, however, please post something constructive instead. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | INSTANT FAME (2) | I'll Now Spam To Attract Nitwits To Find About My Eminence |
Angela Brett, when somebody spammed the Apronyms Forums about a website promising 'instant fame', where the fame was no more than having your name on a website. The site appeared to be run by the Yellow Pages, and as I doubt they would resort to forum-spam for advertising, I can only assume the poster was trying to attract people to the site in order to increase his or her own 'fame'. Although, if having your name on a website counts as fame, then the simple act of posting on the forums gave just as much fame as the fame website itself. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | INSTANT FAME (3) | "I'm Not Stupid... To Achieve Notoriety, Try Forming Apronyms." -- Miss Expansion 2003 |
Angela Brett, when somebody spammed the Apronyms Forums about a website promising 'instant fame', where the fame was no more than having your name on the website. If having your name on a website counts as fame, then a much better way to get famous is to submit apronyms to this site. (Note that this apronym was added in 2005... but I haven't added many apronyms recently so I won't claim that fictitious title for this year.) Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | INSTANT MESSAGING | Immediate Notes Speeding To Anothers Note Typing Memos, Every Second So Answers Get Instantaneous Notice Gaddingabout |
Jan Morgan Computers:Internet |
| 88% | INSTANT OATMEAL | Insidious Ne'er-do-well, Singularly Tasteless, Attempts New Triumphs Of Atrociousness, Twice Monthly Ending A Life |
Patricia Rix MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| 100% | INSULIN BALANCE TRIAL | I Need Sugar Undersupply Like I Need Broken Arms... Leg Amputation, Near Coma, Every Time Risking Injury And Life |
Angela Brett, responding to an unsuccessful search of the site - it's so unsuccessful that even searching for the phrase on GOOGLE only brings up the Apronyms Unsuccessful Searches page. This could have been done better if the searcher had expanded on what s/he was looking for. Science:Biology |
| 100% | INSURANCE | Investment Needed Should User Risk Accidental Nasty Chance Event |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INT (2) | Its Name's Truncated |
Angela Brett, because int is short for integer. Computers:Programming:C variable types |
| 100% | INT (3) | I'm Not Telling |
As a programmer, it's sometimes hard to figure out what value a particular variable holds (or is supposed to hold). Computers:Programming:C variable types |
| 100% | INTEGERS | Include Naturals - They Even Generate External Rational Set. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Number sets |
| 100% | INTEGRATION PROJECT | It's Not Too Easy Getting Result... Adding That Infinity Of Negligible Parts. Relying On Just Exhaustive Calculation's Terrible! |
Angela Brett, when somebody searched for that phrase on the Acronyms website. Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | INTENSITY | Initial Nude Tryst Elicits Nervousness... Should I Touch You? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | INTENSITY (2) | I Never Thought, Except Now, Suddenly, I Think: "You!" |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships |
| 90% | INTENSITY (3) | It's Not Too Extreme Now Since It Toned-down Yesterday |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 0% | INTERCITY BUS | I've Not Travelled Everywhere Round the Country In This Yet, Because (I) Usually Soar. |
Angela Brett, while on a nine hour bus trip from GISBORNE - she had flown down there in a FAIRCHILD originally. Transport |
| 100% | INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING | It's Not That Easy, Remembering Natives All Think In Own National Affectations. Language Dictates Ethnic Viewpoints, Every Line Of Program Must Echo Numerous Thoughts Concurrently, Or Numerous Separate UIs Litter The IDE... Nothing Generalised. |
Angela Brett, thinking of specifically of international software development. Science:Linguistics Computers:Programming |
| 80% | INTERNET | Interconnected Network of Terminals Enabling Rich Nerds to Exchange Technobabble. |
Angela Brett, describing the old perception of the internet. Computers:Internet |
| 100% | INTERNET (2) | International Non-Tangible Ethereal Reticule Neatly Encapsulating Technology |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Internet |
| 100% | INTERNET (3) | I Need To Email Romantic Notes Everywhere Tonight |
Rico Leffanta Computers:Internet |
| 100% | INTERRACIAL | It's Nice To Experience Relations Ranging Across Cultures - It Augments Life |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| 100% | INTIMIDATOR | Intrusive Nasty Thug Is Most Intense, Displaying Aggression & Threats Of Revenge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | INTRODUCING LONGHORN | It's Not That. Really, OpenStep-Descended Unix Clone. Implementors Now Gawk -- Lots Of New Goodies: H.264, Overvoicing, RSS. Neat! |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to a humorous banner hanging at WWDC 2004, which actually brags on new advanced features (including the H.264 video codec, the VoiceOver spoken interface, and RSS syndication in Safari) in Tiger, which will probably be version 10.4 of the Mac OS. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | INVALID | Inane Nonsense: Verily, A Logically? Inferred Deprivation |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | INVALID (2) | I Need Ventilator And Live In Diapers |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 100% | INVASION OF IRAQ | Invasion Now Viewed American Solution - Importantly, Only Nations Of Fundamentalist Islamic Religious Arabs Qualify |
Chris Kjelgaard Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | INVASION OF IRAQ (2) | Iraq's Never-Valorous Army Soon Imploded - Only, Now, Occupying Forces Infer Reactionaries Aren't Quelled! |
Chris Kjelgaard Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | INVEIGH | I Never Voice Exceptions In Good Humour |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| 100% | 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 |
| 100% | IN YOUR DREAMS | I'm Next - You Offered Us Reciprocal Delightful Rubbing, Expressed As "Massage Swapping" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when he defended MASSAGE THERAPY (3) (Which Patricia thought more suited to a massage parlour - see DIFFERENTLY WELL) by saying "I was thinking a couple massaging each other in turns and finding it arousing." Patricia responded with, "But surely, only the first person to be massaged actually gets a massage! Do an acronym on that subject, please." Tony suggested that they can take it in turns, which prompted Patricia to give '"In Your Dreams" as the candidate for expansion. People & Relationships:Love & Lust Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| 100% | IODINE | In Ocean Depths It's Never Ending |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| previous apronyms beginning with I | more apronyms beginning with I |