Acronyms Perfected! Relations Organic/Obvious! Now Your Memory Scintillates!
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| 100% | MONEY MATTERS | Maybe Our Nation's Expanding - Yippie - Minister Attempts Tricks To Encourage Renewed Spending |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics Commerce:Money |
| 100% | MONGOLIA | Millions Obeyed Nomadic Genghis - Oppressive Leader In Asia. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | MONICA | Mistress Of Nation - Intern Controlled America |
Angela Brett, referring to Monica LEWINSKY Names:Famous people Politics Names:First names:Female |
| 88% | MONIQUE | Mistress Of No-one -- Is Quietly Using Encyclopaedia. |
Angela Brett (Monique comes from the Greek monos, meaning solitary.) Names:First names:Female |
| 88% | MONITOR | Men Omit Nutrients Inducing Tremour Over (at) Rectum |
Dundee Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | MONK | Monastic Orations, Numerous Kyries |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Religious Occupations |
| 80% | MONK (2) | Man Of Non-stop Kneeling |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Religious Occupations |
| 100% | MONKEY | Mankind's Other Near Kin Entertain You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | MONOPOLIST | Microsoft Owns Ninety-Odd Percent Of Labels In Software Trade. |
Angela Brett, who hopes that figure isn't true. Computers:Windows |
| 100% | MONOPOLY | Many Owners Nevermore. One Person Owns Lots. Yikes! |
Roger Williams Commerce |
| 100% | MONSTERS | May Often Not Seem To Exist... Rarely Seen. |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| 100% | MONSTERS (2) | Mothers On Night Shifts Teenagers Expecting Reasonable Sex |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| 89% | MONTAGUE | Malevolent Old Nobleman Takes Age-old Grudge Unto Extremes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Romeo and Juliet |
| 100% | MONTAIGNE | Manis Only Natural Talent Appears In Gods Never Enduring |
Rico Leffanta Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | MONTANA | Mountains Occupy, Northern Treasures At Natural Advantages |
Jan Morgan - Rockies - Land rich in Natural Minerals - yellowstone sapphire, gold, silver, copper and coal Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | MONTH SONDES FALL SEASON HAD SOFT PAST! | Month Of Northern (Top) Hemisphere September/ October/ November/ December/ End (Season = Fall = Autumn) Look Look! Sun's Equinox Autumnal! Same Of Night Hours, As Day! Start Of Fall Time. Providentially: And Spring Time! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. refers to the Vernal Equinox 6 months prior. Even yesterday is just a "SOFT" memory. Also "SOFT" for memory: day = night twice annually. Time:Seasons |
| 100% | MOOF | Macintosh Owners Offer Fellowship |
Angela Brett, who is considering starting up a club with that name at the university... it sure is better than MUMUG (Massey University Macintosh Users Group) and MOOF would catch the attention of anyone who's ever heard a DogCow. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | MOON | Monthly Orbiter Of Nighttime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | MOON (2) | Makes One Odify Nighttime |
Roger Williams Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | MOON (3) | Most Often Observed Nightly. |
Roger Williams Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | MOOSE | Moose Often Occupy Swamps, Eating |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | MOOSE (2) | Mostly Oversized, Obviously Slow Eater |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Animals |
| 100% | MOOSE FACTORY | Moose Often Occupy Swamps, Eating Flowers And Crunchy Twigs Or Runinantly Yawning |
Patricia Rix (Moose Factory is where the railroad to the North ends in Ontario at the shore of James Bay. "Factory" in this instance is an old Hudson's Bay Company term for a trading post. I maintain that this is a true acronym because moose are a big deal in the North. These are true facts about moose, too. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | MORALS | Mindless Orations Ridiculing Alternative Lifestyle Selections |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| 86% | MORBID | Morose Obsession Regarding Blood; Interested in Death |
Gavin Lambert People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | MORGANA LE FAYE | Magician Of Renown - Guided Arthur Nearer Appreciating Lancelot's Every Fornication At Year's End |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Arthurian Legend |
| 100% | MORMON | Man On Religious Mission Offends Neighbourhood |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| 88% | MORMONS | Man On Religious Mission Offering (k) Nowledge (&) Strength |
Jan Morgan - how the mormons offer salvation to all who want it Religion |
| 88% | MORMONS (2) | Men On Recruitment Mission Offering Never-ending Salvation |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| 100% | MOROCCO | Monarchy On Rocky Ocean Coastline. Colonists Ousted. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | MORON | Manager, Occupational Resources Operating Nightshift |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations:Humorous Job Titles |
| 100% | MORON (2) | Minister Of Revenue Of Nation |
Angela Brett, after her mother mentioned that New Zealand's minister of finance is a moron. Politics |
| 100% | MORONI | Mighty, Old Resident Of Nation, Icon |
Jan Morgan -- Symbol on Temples, name of last Nephite before race expired in Americas - Circa AD 421 Names:Book of Mormon Characters |
| 86% | MOROSE | My Only Response (is) Obviously Sad Embarrassment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, just to show that I'm not always "LAUGH"ing People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | MORPHEME | Manufacture Of Reductionist Philosophy - Here's Elementary Meaningful Entity. |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | MORSE CODE | Messages, Orders? Really Short Encoding, Common Organisation, Decryption Easy |
Gavin Lambert Communication |
| 100% | MORTA | Mors Offers Return Trip Assistance |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| 100% | MORTAL REMAINS | Molecules Obviously Rot, Then After-Life Results. Eternity Means An Infinity Never Stops |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | MORTARBOARD | Most Optically Ridiculous Tradition... Academic Regalia Bordering On A Roof/ Desk. |
Angela Brett, a few weeks before graduating. Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| 100% | MORTARBOARD (2) | Most Optically Ridiculous Tradition... Academic Regalia Built On A Redundant Design. |
Carl Brett, as an improvement on Angela's MORTARBOARD Household Objects:Clothing:Academic Regalia |
| 100% | MORTGAGE | Money (Or Repayments!) That Guarantee Accommodation - Generally Expensive |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Money |
| 100% | MORTON | Man Often Rooted Trees Onto Nebraska |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to Julius Sterling Morton of Arbor Day fame, whilst answering a failed search. Names:Famous people Science:Biology:Plants Time:Special Occasions |
| 100% | MOSCOW | Mafia Overrun Soviet Capital. Often Wintry |
Eric Bridgstock Places:Countries |
| 100% | MOSCOW (2) | Monetary Obligations Shove 'Cosmetics' Onto Waitinglist |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Eric said there was another category after 'musts', 'shoulds' and 'coulds' (see MUST) which begins with W... so that the whole idea can be summarised as MoSCoW. Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | MOTHER | Majestic, Orderly, Tit-Heralding Energetic Reposedness |
Mary Carr People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | MOTHERBOARD | Mother Of Too-Hard Eating! Ridiculously Broad - Oesophagus Actually Ruptures Dangerously! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | MOTHERBOARD (2) | Make One's Teeth Hurt Eating Respected Bits Of Apple's R & D |
Tony McCoy O'Grady and Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | MOTHERBOARD (3) | Makes One's Teeth Hurt, Eventually Removing Broken Ones, And Requiring Dentist. |
Steve Keate (using Angela's MOTH) Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | MOTHER MARY | My Own 'Tree' Has Exact Relative & Moniker, Approximating Religious Yarn |
Angela Brett (whose mother is Mary) when somebody searched for Mother Mary on the acronyms website. Names Religion People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | MOTHERS | Maniacal Obsession Teaching Heaven's Early Redemption Schemes |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | MOTIVATING PEOPLE | Making Others Take Initiative. Vitally Activating Them Into New 'Get-Profits' Enterprises, Often Pathetically Lacking Empathy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | MOTIVATION | Misinform Officeworkers They're Individually Valued And They Increase Output, Normally |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | MOTLEY | Mixture Of Things Lacking 'Ensembleness' - Yes? |
TMcCO'G Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | MOTOR ACCIDENT | Met One/ Two Others Recently As Car Crashed Into Drinkers Exiting Nebraskan Tavern? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Gavin said he'd 'run across' one or two acronymists in Nebraska. Transport |
| 91% | MOTORBIKES | Machines Of Transport - Or Rather, Bicycles (with) Increased Kinetic Energy & Speed |
Angela Brett and Dustan Dowsing, because when Angela asked Dustan's mother for a topic, bragging that there would probably be an acronym in this stack referring to it, she said 'motorbikes' and it was discovered that there was no acronym referring to motorbikes yet. Her second choice, horses, did already have acronyms referring to it, however - so the stack is *nearly* encyclopaedic. Transport |
| 100% | MOTOR CAR | Mode Of Transport Often Raced. Can Also Rust |
Eric Bridgstock Transport |
| 90% | MOTORCARS | Millions Of Them Overload Roadways, Causing A Right Snarl-up |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | MOTORCYCLE | Means Of Transport Offering Real Catharsis: You Can Liberate Emotions |
Patricia Rix, adding: or perhaps one of the other meanings of "catharsis" might apply, if you have a scary ride! Transport |
| 100% | MOUNTAINS | Movement Of Uncountable Newtons Thrust Alps Into New Space |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| 100% | MOUSE | Munch Onions Until Something Emits |
Dundee Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | MOUSE (2) | Makes One Upset, Scurrying Everywhere |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | MOUSE (3) | Makes Obvious Understandable Somehow/Seemingly Explicable! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MOUSE (4) | Mobile Obviously Understandable/Useful, Software Executor! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MOUSE (5) | Moving Onscreen, User Selects Entrypoint |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MOUSE (6) | Manually Operated User System Emulator |
Tiger Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MOUSE (7) | Must One Use Such Equipment? |
Sean Lamb (who prefers to use the keyboard for most computer operations) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MOUSE (8) | Makes Onscreen Usability Seem Easy |
Eric Bridgstock Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | MOUSE (9) | Minute Omnivore; Utters Squeaks Everywhere |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | MOUSE UP | Moment Of Ultimate Suspense - Engaging Uncertain Programming. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Programming |
| 100% | MOUTH | Much Open, Uttering Total Honesty? |
Eric Bridgstock Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | MOUTH (2) | Mine's Only Used To Hassle |
John Block. I was looking for the acronym for KLR which is the letters in the model number of my motorbike. I never really thought of conceiving acronyms from everyday words, but after reading a few I had to try. Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | MOVIE | Modern Ones Value Indecent Exposure |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | MOVIE ACRONYMS | Many Offer Variations In Excitement: A Category Recently Opened - Notate Your Movie Storylines |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| 93% | MOVING FORWARD | Motion Of Vehicle Is Now Going Frontwards (Or Reversing With A Rear-facing Driver) |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | MOZAMBIQUE | Millions Of Zebras And Migrating Beasts In Quite Unique Ecology. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who perhaps doesn't know that 'Quite Unique' is bad grammar. Places:Countries |
| 100% | MOZART | Music Often Zesty, Aurally Rich Treats |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 86% | MOZART (2) | Musical Order: Zenith -- Acomplished Renderer of Themes |
PiMaster Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 78% | MOZILLA | Monstrous Open-source space Zapping Inoperable Latent Lagging Application |
magicbrowser, as a joke on how slow and inoperable Mozilla is. Computers:Internet:Web browsers |
| 100% | MR. JINX | My Roguish Jester Is Noticeably Xceptional! |
Patricia Rix, referring to her cat. Names:Pet Names |
| 100% | MRS. | Mister's Reliable Servant? |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Titles |
| 100% | MRS. WESCOTT | Math, Really Stupid? Will Everyone She Cracks On Take Trig? |
Peter & Christina Names Education |
| 100% | MSBLASTER | My Server Began Losing All Speed... Those Evil Rascals! |
Angela Brett, though she doubts that the MSBlaster worm would be targetting the Apronyms site with its DOS attacks. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Excuses for Slow Loading |
| 100% | MSDN | Microsoft's Special Documentation Nook |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | MSDN (2) | Must Study Diverse Networks |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | MSDN (3) | My System's Down Now |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 80% | MS PAC MAN | Missus Strikes Popularly And Collects Money All [over the] Nation. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Games:Game Characters Computers:Games |
| 100% | MS WORD | Micro-Soft's Way Of Rendering Documents |
x_Player1_x Computers:Windows:Applications |
| 83% | MUDDY | Mucky Udders Dirty Dancing Yakity-yak |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | MUFTI | My Uniform's Forgotten Today, Incognito |
Tony McCop O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| 100% | MUGGLES | Magic Users Gloat, 'Goofy Losers, Extremely Stupid' |
Jeff Anonymous Art & Literature |
| 100% | MUGGLES (2) | Magic University Group, Gladly Learn Exotic Spells |
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 |
| 100% | MUGS | Men Undressing Girls Surreptiously |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | MULTIBABEL | Most Uninteresting Language Typed In, But After Butchering Elicits Laughter! |
Angela Brett, referring to http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/ which uses the automated translation at babelfish.altavista.com to translate English into several different languages and back consecutively. The results can be most amusing! Science:Linguistics Computers:Internet |
| 100% | MULTIMEDIA | Many Users Listen To Intense Music Every Day It's Available |
Sean Lamb (who will never give up his collection of classic jazz OGG files) Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | MUMFORD | Muppets' Unsung Magician Formulates One Ridiculous Declaration |
"A la peanut butter sandwiches!" Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | MUMMY | Made Using Medical Materials - Yes? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | MUMMY (2) | My Uterine Membranes Made You! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | MUNTED | Malfunctioning; Used Normally To Express Disgust |
Gavin Lambert Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | MURDER | Motive Usually Revenge, Dealt Excessively Ruthlessly. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Death |
| 100% | MURPHY | Much Understanding Regarding Potato Heralding Yeast |
Mary Carr Food & Drink |
| 100% | MURPHY (2) | Many Use Resourcefully Potato's Healthy Yield |
Mary Carr Food & Drink |
| 100% | MURPHY BED | Most Unusual, Rests Perpendicular, Horizontal Yawns Begins Early Dozing |
Jan Morgan - Hides vertically in the wall when not in use. can hang at a 90 degree angle before going horizontal to the floor BEST hide-a-bed around (no bars in the back) regular mattress Household Objects:Furniture |
| 100% | MUSCLE | My Unique Skeleton Clearly Lacks Enhancement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | MUSHROOMS | Multiply Using Spores, Happiest Rooting On Organic "Muck" Site |
TMcCO'G Food & Drink |
| 83% | MUSIC | Melodic Use of Sound Is Calming. |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | MUSIC (2) | Makes Us Sing Its Chorus! |
Robert Anonymous Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | MUSIC IS MY LIFE | Making Unique Sounds In Concert. I Spend Many Years Lyrically Intoning For Everyone |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | MUSKRAT | Muddy Underwater Spots Keep Rodents Actively Tunnelling |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals:Vermin |
| 100% | MUST | Minimum Usable Subset, Technically. |
Eric Bridgstock, explaining that he and his colleagues define technical requirements in terms of "musts", "shoulds" and "coulds". Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | MUSTANG | Mine Usually Seems To Accelerate Nice & Gently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | MUSTARD | Must Use Spice To Augment Recipe's Dreariness |
TMcCO'G Food & Drink:Condiments |
| 100% | MUST BE A MAC USER, I GUESS. | Macintosh Users Strive To Become Extraordinary, And Might Also Create Unusual Superheroes. Every Revolutionary's Insane(ly Great), Understand - Eccentricity Sires Success! |
Angela Brett Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 92% | MUST CATCH UP! | Maybe (an) Unbelievably Smart Thesaurus Can Assist... Tony Can't Have Unrivalled Percentage! |
Angela Brett, desperately trying to keep her contribution to these acronyms above 25% Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | MYANMAR | Murder Your Asian Neighbours - Militarily Aggressive Republic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | MYBOOK | Many Yippees Born Out Of Kleptomania! |
Angela Brett - myBook was given to me by Steve WOZNIAK after DIFFERENT THOUGHT was sort of stolen - see also IBOOK (7). myBook's web pages are at http://acronyms.co.nz/angela/mac/myBook/ Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware:Angela's Apples |
| 89% | MY FRIEND | Missing You - For Really, I Enjoyed (our) Nightly Discussions. |
Angela Brett, after not having heard from Tony in 15 days. People & Relationships |
| 100% | MY GRANDMOTHER | Mine, Yours, Grand-Relatives All Nag Descendents. Money, Otherwise, To Heirs Eventually Relinquishing. |
Robert Anonymous People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | MY LIFE | Many Years Lost In Futile Endeavours |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | MYRIAM | Maybe Youth Recognizes Initiating A Motive |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | MYST | Might You Struggle Through? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Games |
| 100% | MYSTERY | Make Your Story Thrilling - Excitement Reduces Yawns |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| 100% | MYTHICAL | Make Your Theology Highly Interesting - Create A Legend! |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Myths & Legends |
| 100% | MYTHICAL (2) | Multilayered Yarns That Helped Illiterates Create A Literature |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends |
| 100% | MYTHICAL CREATURE | Maybe You 'Think' He's Imaginary? Creative Antecedant's Liuterature Contained Really Exotic Animals - The Unicorn Remains Eminent |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| 90% | MYTHOLOGY | Manly, Yet Tender, Hero Opposes Logic Of God-imposed Yoke |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Myths & Legends |
| 100% | MZEE | My Zombie's Extremely Elderly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| previous apronyms beginning with M |