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| 100% | ONLINE SUPPORT | Oh No! Latest Instrument Not Effectively Serving Us? Please, People Online, Resolve This! |
Robert Anonymous Computers |
| 100% | ONLY USE IN NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MORTALCOMBAT | One New Little Yare Use Stating Enemy Is Naming Names! Obnoxious! "Charles Howard" And Near Cousins! Extremely Terrifying! Opt: Sentences Using Real Verbs Invade Victoriously! Escalate Memorisation Of Real Terrifying Animals! Lions! Cats! Operatingsystems! Mouses! Bats! Anacondas! Termites! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. (see FAIL SAFE! Commerce:Companies:SIRC |
| 100% | ON/OFF SWITCH | Owners Need Occasional Forewarning For Shunning What Isn't To Cure Hunger. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | ONOMATOPOEIA | Original Noise Obviously Mandates Alphabetical Text Ordered Phonetically; Openly Encapsulating Intended Allusion |
Gavin Lambert Science:Linguistics Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| 100% | ONTARIO | Our Northern Trees Appear Reddish In October |
Patricia Rix Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | ON THE LAW | One Night They Had Extra Labor And Wages |
Sean Lamb (A train crew is "on the law" when they have exceeded their allowed work time between rest periods) People & Relationships:Law & Order Transport:Trains |
| 100% | OOHS AND AHS | Oldies Ogling Huggable Sprog: Apathetic Neonate Dribbles, 'Awww, How Sweet...' |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | OOP | One Odious Paradigm |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | OOP (2) | Outperforming Older Programs |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Programming |
| 100% | OOS | Out Of Service |
Angela Brett (OOS usually stands for Occupational Overuse Syndrome) Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | OPERATING SYSTEM TEN | Overhauled Procedures Ensure Reliability - Although This Isn't Necessary Generally. Simple Yet Stylish - This Extends Macintosh Theory.... Excitement & Novelty! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Mac OS X. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 100% | OPHELIA | Our Pathetic Heroine Ends Life In Anguish |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark |
| 100% | OPINION | One Person's Interpretation... Not Incorrect, Only Nonconforming. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Thoughts |
| 100% | OPPOSITE | Other Ponies Pooping On Someone's Immaculate Trojan Exhibition |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | OPRAH | Overtly Personable Rich American Host |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | OPRAH (2) | Outgoing Personality Regales American Heartland |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | OPRAH WINFREY | Other People Relate Awful Happenings; What If None Found Religion Except You? |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | OPS | Obstacles Produce Strength |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| 100% | OPTICAL | Our Pupils Take In Colours And Light |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science |
| 100% | OPTICAL DRIVE | One-Piece To Inscribe CDs And Load DVD-ROMs, I'm Very Envious |
Angela Brett, referring to DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drives. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | ORACLE | Obfuscation-Rich Announcements - Clarity's Lacking Everytime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Oracles never called a spade a spade, and their announcements were always open to misinterpretation) Religion |
| 100% | ORACLE (2) | Online Resource Assisting Clinical Learning/ Education |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see DETECTIVE) Computers:Internet:VA Data Acquisition |
| 86% | ORANGE | Often Related to Apple, Nectarine, Grape Etcetera. |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORANGE (2) | Ordinary Refreshment; Alton Notes, 'Good Eats!' |
Sean Lamb (Alton Brown is the host of my favorite cooking show right now, 'Good Eats') Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORANGES | One's Refreshing Awakener Needs Gentle Extra Squeeze |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORB | One Round Ball |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| 100% | ORCHARD | Old Remote Castle, Heroes' Abode, Romantically Derelict |
Tony McCoy O'Grady MacGirl & KeyBoard Places:Buildings |
| 100% | ORCHESTRA | Our Regular Concert Hall Ensemble Seems To Require Artistes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, as an example of something which is worse with NO STRINGS ATTACHED (Wind, Percussion and Strings) Entertainment:Music |
| 86% | ORCHID | Often (a) Rare, Cherished Hybrid Incites Desire |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | ORCS | Overwhelmingly Revolting, Cadaverous Scaries |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| 100% | ORDER OF THE ARROW | Obligation Ritual Deems Existence Responsibilities Offerings Founded, Traditions Help Everyone Achieve Recommendations Ranking Of Want |
Jan Morgan -- Scout honor society to exemplify Scout oath and laws to want to serve recommendations required to enter society and advancement Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 100% | ORDURE | Omnivorous Recyclings Dumped Under Rear Evacuations |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | OREGON | Original Route Engaged, Greatly Opened Nation |
Jan Morgan - Oregon Trail was an important route to settlers Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | ORGAN | Outputs Really Grand Acoustic Noise |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | ORGANIC | Organic: Resourcefully Grown And Not Involving Chemicals! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Biology Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORGANIC (2) | Organicvegans' Resource: Generate/Greatest "Apronyms" = "Neat Internal Codes!" |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | ORGANIC HERB | Our Rogues Grow A New Investment Crop, Harvesting Each Reader's Balance |
Angela Brett, in response to some spam on the Apronyms Forums by a company with that name. Commerce:Companies Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | ORGANISE | Organicvegans Realize God. Advance Neighbors. Innovatively Save Enemies! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Religion Food & Drink |
| 100% | ORGANIZE | One Really Gains Advantages Now I've Zeroed Everything |
TMcCO'G Assorted Verbs |
| 80% | ORGY | One Raucous Group of Youths |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships |
| 100% | ORION | Often Resplendent In Our Nightsky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | ORLANDO | Often Remote, Lets Arden's Nature Develop Obsession |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:As You Like It |
| 100% | ORLISTAT | Obesity Reduction Lies In Swallowing Tablets And Training. |
Angela Brett (Orlistat being a weight-loss drug.) Drugs |
| 80% | ORNAMENT | Ornate Relic Newly Acquired by Museum is Eventually National Treasure. |
Angela Brett Household Objects |
| 86% | ORNATE | Ornamentally Rich in Nice And Traditional Engravings |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | ORPHEUS | Organ Recitals Present Heroic Efforts Under Stress |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Music Art & Literature:Myths & Legends:Mythical Creatures |
| 100% | OSAMA | Orchestrated Suicide Air Missions, Allegedly |
Angela Brett, referring to OSAMA BIN LADEN Names:Famous people Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | OSAMA BIN LADEN | One Saudi Arabian Masterminded Airplane Blitz In Newyork - Letting America Drop Explosives Nightly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | OSBASTON | One Should Beware A Seven-Times-Over Nincompoop |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Osbaston is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'A point made for the seventh time to somebody who insisits that they know exactly what you mean but clearly hasn't got the faintest idea.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 100% | OSCAR | One Slob Can Accumulate Rubbish |
Jan Morgan, referring to the Sesame Street monster Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | OSCAR WILDE | Opinionated, Self-Centred, Awful Rogue Wittily Invented Lovingly Designed Epigrams |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Writers |
| 100% | OSH | One Sore Hand |
Angela Brett (someone from Occupational Safety & Health came to my work to look at people's workstations and tell us how to reduce the risk of OOS. After following her directions on how to use the mouse for the rest of the day, I had a sore wrist.) Re-expansions of existing acronyms People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | OSH (2) | Only Sarcastically 'Helpful' |
Angela Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| 100% | OSMIDROSIS | One Shower Monthly Isn't Decent... Remember, Our Sweat Is Smelly! |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | OSMIUM | Overly Solid Metal, Is Usually Mixed |
Angela Brett. (Osmium is very dense and is mainly used in alloys) Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 86% | OSMIUM (2) | Offensive Smell Maker - It's Used in Measurement. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | OSMONDS | Obtained Success Musically Of Novel Demand, Seventies |
Jan Morgan -- unusual musical talent enjoyed by those who loved them in the seventies and beyond Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | OSSETT | Ornate Spare Secretes Extra Toilet Tissue |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Ossett is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'A frilly spare-toilet-roll-cosy.') Household Objects Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| 100% | OSTI | Over-Sized Titties Inside |
Angela Brett, after seeing an ad for Osti bras, which come in larger sizes than usual. Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | OSTRACIZE | Order Someone To Run Away 'Cause Its Zone Evaporated |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| 86% | OSWALD | Once Shot (from) Window And Leader Died |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:Famous people Politics |
| 100% | OS X | Our System's Xciting. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after Angela installed Mac OS X. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Software |
| 100% | OTHELLO | On Treacherous Hearsay Evidence, Lover Loses Out |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Othello Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Othello |
| 0% | OTHER END UP* | Potential Users - Do Not Eat! Rough Edges Hurt The Oesophagus |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, making an honest expansion out of the 'Do Not Eat' subcategory of 'Computers'. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 91% | OTOROHANGA | Over To One's Right One Half-km Ahead's North-Going Alternative. |
Angela Brett, on seeing a sign in Otorohanga saying that there was an alternative Northward route 400 or 500 metres ahead on the right. Places:Towns & Cities:New Zealand |
| 40% | OTTO | One Toke, Then O-n-w-a-r-d-s |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| 100% | OUAIS | 'Oui' Uttered As Informal Sound |
Angela Brett ('ouais' is one way of spelling the French equivalent of 'yeah') Science:Linguistics:French Words Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | OUNGAH | Oddly Unpronounceable Name Given A Hamlet |
Patricia Rix Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | OUTDOOR LEARNING SKILLS | On Unfamiliar Terrain, Don't Overestimate Own Real-Life Experience... Adventure Roleplaying Night Is Not Good Solid Knowledge If Lost, Lonely, Shivering. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Advice Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | OUTHOUSE | Off Underwear, Then Heave Out Undeniably Stinky Excreta. |
Angela Brett Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | OUTLAWS | Old Uncles Talking Laughingly About Wayward Sisters |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | OUT OF HERE | Once Under That Old Fence, He'll Evasively Run East |
Angela Brett Assorted Phrases People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | OVERBOARD | Outrageous Voyage Enables Romance Between Outrageous Adults Romantically Deprived |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | OVERHEAD | One's Viewers Engage & React, Having Eyeballed A Diagram |
Tony (Overhead projectors made presentations much easier to assimilate for the audience in a conference/school) Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | OVERHEAD (2) | Obscured Visuals Effectively Reduce How Everyone Appreciates Diagram |
Tony (It only takes one person to stand and block out the presentation) Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | OVERHEAD (3) | Optical Viewer's Expensive - Resources Have Entered A Deficit |
Tony (Overhead projectors don't often get as much use as imagined when they were being argued for) Communication:Presentations |
| 100% | OVERWORKED | One's Very Extended (Regularly Working Overtime) Really Knackered Every Day |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | OWEN SOUND | Ontario's Wonderful Escarpment Neatly Surrounds Our Undeniably Nice Downtown |
Patricia Rix, saying: It is the most beautiful city, geographically, in all S. Ontario, with the old section nestled in the valley at the river's mouth, the escarpment providing dramatic beauty and a natural windbreak and green space, and the newer malls and car lots up on the top where you can't see them. Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| 100% | OWL | Overhead When Lightless |
Gavin Lambert and Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWLS | On Wing, Like Seagulls |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWLS (2) | Ornithologists Will Lack Sleep |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWLS (3) | Occult Wings Lift Silently |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWLS (4) | Old Wise Learned Souls |
Mick Bridgstock Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| 100% | OWNER | Once Whispers Now Embodied Reality |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| 100% | OXYGEN | Obviously Xeric, Yet Greatly Essential Necessity. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | OYSTER | Oh Yes! Sexy Tingling Excitement Results |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | OYSTER (2) | Ohhh Yeahhhh... Shellfish That Exaggerates Randiness |
Angela Brett, trying for the last 'O' entry. Food & Drink |
| 100% | OZONE | Ocean Zephyrs - Our Noses Enchanted |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry |
| 91% | OZONE LAYER | Our Zoology's On (k)-Nife Edge Lately, All Year Exhaust Reduction. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Environment |
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