A Person Rephrases One Noun Yet Makes Several
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| AA | Always Alkaline |
Jeff Anonymous (on the rareness of carbon-zinc and nickel-metal hydride AA batteries. ya can usually only get alkaline and rechargable alkaline) |
| AAA | Available As Alkaline |
Dustan Dowsing, who resorted to acronymising battery sizes in an attempt to get the overall first acronym. |
| AAAA | Also Available As Alkaline |
Dustan Dowsing |
| ADO | Acronyms Doubly Overloaded |
ADO = Active Data Object (Microsoft) |
| ADS | Anticompetitiveness Doesn't Sell |
ADS = Active Directory Service (Microsoft) Computers |
| ANZAC | Army Needed Zeal And Courage |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (ANZAC actually stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Military |
| AOL | Automatically Online Loser |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to what many people think about users of America Online) Computers:Internet |
| ASCII | Are Some Computer Ingredients Inedible? |
Tony, who doesn't think the American Standard Code for Information Interchange is edible. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| ASF | Advanced Spamming Format |
ASF = Advanced Streaming Format (Microsoft) Computers:Internet |
| ATI | Absolutely Terrific Illustrations |
Jeff Anonymous, referring to the graphics card company. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| BBN | Building Better Networks |
BBN = Bolt, Baranek & Newman, one of the companies that helped build the infrastructure of the internet. Computers:Internet |
| BMW | Break My Wallet |
Rob s Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| BOS | Bat Outta Shell |
BOS = Base Operating System (IBM). The kernel of AIX and the programs that consist of a base install are included in the BOS. Computers |
| B.SC. | Biological Scientific Calculator |
Angela Brett, after graduating with a B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) majoring in MATHEMATICS. Education:Qualifications |
| BSD | Best System Design |
Sean Lamb (BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution; a flavor of UNIX written by UC Berkeley that is the basis for FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD among others) Computers |
| CA | Calculator's 'About' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the historian's habit of not bothering to calculate the dates of birth or death of historical characters precisely, instead calculating loosely on the lines of Tony McCoy O'Grady 1950 ca., when they were too lazy to check it out. |
| CAPI | Contemptible And Pitiful Interface |
CAPI = Crypto Application Programming Interface (Microsoft) Computers:Programming |
| CAS | Computer Aided Sleuthing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after much conversation about his sleuthing around one of Angela's stacks. |
| CBD | Congested Buildings Downtown |
It actually means Central Business District, but when Angela mentioned it Tony McCoy O'Grady didn't know this, so thought of his own ideas. |
| CD-RW | Can Dislocate Rectal Walls |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 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) People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| CIA | Criminals In Authority |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| CIPA | Can't I Play Anywhere? |
Thinking about what the CIPA (Childrens' Internet Protection Act) really means for American libraries and schools Computers:Internet People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| CMOS | Computer Must Operate Somehow |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (CMOS usually stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| CMS | Complicated Magnetic System |
Angela Brett, referring to the COMPACT MUON SOLENOID. See http://cmsinfo.cern.ch for more information. Science:Physics |
| CNE | Can't Network Everything |
CNE's real definition is Certified Netware Engineer Computers Education:Qualifications |
| CSC | Citizens, Send Cash |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to ezboard.com's premium service) Commerce |
| DDS | Doesn't Do Spleens! |
Angela Brett (DDS usually stands for Doctor of Dental Surgery) Education:Qualifications Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| DDT | Darn Dat Toxin! |
Jeff Anonymous Science:Chemistry |
| DEN | Doesn't Even Network |
DEN = Directory-Enabled Networking (Microsoft) Computers |
| DMCA | Don't Make Cables Abroad |
It's not just DeCSS that US Customs doesn't want coming into the country. Check out http://www.cs.umn.edu/~mcmillen/dmca for another viewpoint. (DMCA usually stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| DNA | Daddy Not Available |
DNA usually stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid Science:Biology People & Relationships:Family |
| DNS | Dotted Numbers Synonyms |
Angela Brett (DNS usually stands for Domain Name System) Computers:Internet |
| DRM | Don't Rip Mp3s |
DRM = Digital Rights Management (Microsoft) Entertainment:Music |
| DSL | Darned Speedy Link! |
Angela Brett, as an alternate expansion of the more common Digital Subscriber Line or Direct Satellite Link. Computers:Internet |
| EDS | Evil Doers Supreme |
Carl Brett, who works for a company called EDS Commerce:Companies |
| ERNIE | Everybody Regularly Needs Income Enhancement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. - ERNIE is the name of the computer which picks (picked?) winning Prize Bonds in the UK. it stood for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment Commerce:Money |
| EULA | Extremely Unappealing License Agreement |
EULA = End User License Agreement (Microsoft) Computers |
| FM | Funky Music |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music |
| FTP | Follow That Puppy! |
Angela Brett - FTP actually stands for File Transfer Protocol, but at least two Macintosh FTP clients have dogs in their icons. |
| GM | Garbage Motors |
Rob s Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| GNU | Good News, Usually |
Steve Keate (GNU actually stands for 'Gnu's Not Unix' and is a project by the free software foundation to make a free alternative to Unix.) Computers |
| GPF | Greatly Pooched Files |
Sean Lamb, referring to the results of a General Protection Fault. Computers:Windows |
| HTML | How They Make Links |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (HTML usually stands for HyperText Markup Language) Computers:Internet |
| HTTP | Here's That Titled Page |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - People seem to think that 'http://www.co.nz' is the 'name' of a page, rather than the 'address'. (HTTP usually stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol) Computers:Internet |
| IBM | Incredibly Bad Machine |
Gavin Shapiro Computers Commerce:Companies |
| 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]) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| IRS | Income Retrieval Service |
Sean Lamb (who just finished filing his 2003 tax return) Commerce |
| IS | Implies Status |
Edwin Hermann, referring to the usual meaning of IS, Information Systems. Computers |
| ISDN | It's So Darn Neat! |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| JPEG | Juxtapositioned Pixels Emulate Graphics |
Sean Lamb (JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group) Computers |
| KFC | Known For Calories |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Food Outlets |
| KLR | Kickstart & Let's Ride |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to MOUTH (2) Transport |
| LCBO | Large Canadian Booze Outlet/Organization |
Angela Brett (LCBO usually stands for Liquor Control Board Ontario) Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| LZ | Loudmouths... Zoloft? |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that LED ZEPPELIN might lead someone to need an antidepressant. Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| MAF | Much About Flora |
Angela Brett, referring to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Science:Biology |
| MAFF | Many Abhor Factory Farming |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (MAFF usually stands for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) |
| MCP | Mastered Crappy Programs |
Angela Brett (MCP usually stands for Microsoft Certified Professional) Computers:Windows Education:Qualifications |
| MMORPG | Morons Mindlessly Overdoing Redundantly Programmed Game |
Sporkmaster (MMORPG usually stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) Computers:Games |
| MSDN | Microsoft's Special Documentation Nook |
Sean Lamb (MSDN usually stands for Microsoft Developer Network) Computers:Programming |
| NATO | Nasty Americans Threaten Others |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (NATO usually stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Politics |
| NCR | Not Completely Reliable |
Tiny Lee (NCR usually stands for National Cash Register) Computers Commerce:Companies |
| NEC | Not Enough Components |
Tiny Lee (NEC usually stands for Nippon Equipment Corporation) Computers Commerce:Companies |
| NET | Now Everyone's Thieves |
Sean Lamb (NET, in this reference, is the acronym given by the US Congress to the No Electronic Theft Act, which is supposed to simplify criminal prosecution for distributing proprietary files online) Computers:Internet People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| NIC | Nasty Internal Cuts |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining why not to eat a Network Interface Card Computers:Do Not Eat |
| NTFS | Not Trustworthy, Format Soon! |
Kuroneko, discussing the correct expansion of NTFS, which usually stands for New Technology File System. Computers:Windows |
| NZ | 'Nother Zone |
Jeff Anonymous, noticing that in New Zealand's timezone it was already Halloween. Places:Countries |
| OA | Over-Ate |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to Overeaters Anonymous) Food & Drink |
| OBE | 'Onoured By Elizabeth! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (OBE actually stands for Order of the British Empire) |
| OCR | 'Ow Computers Read |
Angela Brett (OCR usually stands for Optical Character Recognition) Computers |
| ODBC | One Doesn't Buy Connectivity |
Sean Lamb (ODBC usually stands for Open Database Connectivity) Computers:Programming |
| OOP | One Odious Paradigm |
Sean Lamb (OOP = Object Oriented Programming) Computers:Programming |
| 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.) People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| PAL | Peace At Last |
unknown origin - actually stands for Phase Alteration Line. Referring to the US/Europe TV standards war. |
| PC | Plastic Crap |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Windows |
| PCI-E | Purchasing Computers In Excess |
Sean Lamb (PCI-E is an acronym for a new graphics bus, the PCI Express; it may launch a wave of new computer purchases) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PCMCIA | People Can't Memorise Conputer Industry Acronyms. |
Acronymious Anonymous. (PCMCIA actually stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, but nobody can ever remember that!) |
| PDA | Pointer Directs Actions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (PDA usually stands for Personal Digital Assistant) Computers |
| PH.D. | Pathetically Haughty Dunce |
Carl Brett Education:Qualifications |
| POP | Porn's Offered Plentifully |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, of Post Office Protocol. (I get more junk mail than stuff I want to read) Computers:Internet |
| PPC | Productive Processor Cycles |
Angela Brett, because PowerPCs and other RISC chips are generally faster per MHz than CISC chips. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| PVC | Pretty Vulgar Clothing |
Angela Brett (PVC usually stands for Poly-Vinyl Chloride) Household Objects:Clothing |
| QA | Quirky A**holes |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to the many failures that go on in Quality Assurance |
| QIC | Quirky Information Cabinet |
Sean Lamb (QIC is really Quarter-Inch Cartridge, one size class of backup tape cartridge; multiple uses causes corruption on the tape) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| QY | Questioning You |
Jan Morgan (QY usually means 'query') Communication |
| RADAR | Remote Aircraft Detected Along Radius |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (RADAR actually stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging) Science:Electronics |
| RAM | Rudely Affects Middle |
Jeff Anonymous, explaining that eating random access memory may cause stomach cramps. Computers:Do Not Eat |
| RCMP | Rixes Care; McCop Provokes. |
Rob Rix - Responding to Tony "McCop" O'Grady's explanation for ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| REM | Resoundingly Evocative Musicians |
Eric Bridgstock Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| RSH | Real Security Hole |
The rsh (Remote SHell) daemon is one of the system processes that is often compromised for server hacks. Computers:Internet |
| RSVP | Reply Soon Via Phone/Post |
Angela Brett (RSVP usually stands for Respondez S'il Vous Plait) Communication |
| SA | Saith Art! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SARS | Suddenly Airway's Restricted Somewhat |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SCUBA | Suffocation Can Usually Be Avoided. |
Angela Brett (SCUBA actually stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Sports & Recreation |
| SETI | Spread Ears Toward Infinity |
Angela Brett (SETI usually stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Science:Astronomy |
| SLIP | Sending Little Internet Packets |
Sean Lamb (SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol) Computers:Internet |
| SMTP | Shove Mail Through Postbox |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (SMTP usually stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Computers:Internet |
| SSH | Superb System Handler |
Jeff Anonymous (SSH usually stands for Secure Shell) Computers:Internet |
| STD | See Telephone Directory |
Angela Brett (STD usually stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialling) Communication |
| TCP/IP | To Connect Properly, Install Properly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (TCP/IP usually stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) Computers:Internet |
| UA | Urky Acronymist? |
Jeff Anonymous, noting that whoever decided that the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (shouldn't that be the UAJAPPFIUSC?) should be called the UA must not be the greatest master of acronyms. |
| UAJAPPFIUSC | Urky Acronymists, Jeff Amends "Putzheads, Purely & Factually." I Understand Some Criticism. |
Jeff Anonymous (see UA) |
| UDE | Ultimate Deceleration Event |
Sean Lamb (UDE is a railroad acronym for UnDesired Emergency, as in an event where the brake system on a train is set to the "Emergency" setting, bringing the train to a stop as absolutely soon as possible. Most often a train is set into Emergency when a car is stopped on a railroad crossing or desides to drive around the gates; engineers in this situation are normally granted a psychological leave for a short period.) Transport:Trains |
| UIFSA | Ultimatum Insures Families Secure Alimony |
Sean Lamb - UIFSA really stands for the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, an act that will enable the state that issues the first support order to have jusrisdiction over the payor (sic) regardless of which state the payor resides in. I used 'Families' instead of 'Fathers' because there are quite a few deadbeat moms out there with the deadbeat dads (growing up with a father prosecuting child support cases taught me that lawbreaking is an 'equal opportunity employer'). People & Relationships:Law & Order People & Relationships:Family |
| UNESCO | Usefully Now Enables Spreading Cultures Overseas |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (UNESCO actually stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) |
| UNICEF | Usually Needed If Children Endure Famine |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (UNICEF actually stands for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) |
| UPS | Ugh, Pierced Stomach. |
Jeff Anonymous (UPS=Uninterruptable Power Supply) Computers:Do Not Eat |
| URL | Unintelligible Random Letters |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (URL usually stands for Uniform Resource Locator) Computers:Internet:URLs |
| USB | Users Sadly Blush |
Jeff Anonymous, saying, 'There must be a few Univeral Serial Bus users who are ashamed of it... afraid their friends will torture them for playing with the idea that serial might be dead.' Computers:Generic Hardware |
| USL | Uneducated Sco Lackeys |
Sean Lamb (SCO, which is suing IBM over code they claim to have copied from Unix into Linux, filed for the Unix Systems Laboratories trademark). Computers:Linux |
| VA | Vocally Aardvarkoid |
Jeff Anonymous, as a play of VA for Voice Actor. Entertainment |
| VCD | Veins, Capillaries Damaged. |
Jeff Anonymous Computers:Do Not Eat |
| VFAT | Verily, Files Are Truncated |
Sean Lamb (VFAT = Virtual File Allocation Table; the filesystem type that Windows 98 uses) Computers:Windows |
| WINFS | Well, It's Not Fail Safe |
Sean Lamb (WinFS is yet another Microsoft acronym [a Micronym?] for WINdows Future Storage, which was originally planned to be included in the upcoming Longhorn release) Computers:Windows |
| WIX | Will It Xtinguish? |
Sean Lamb (WiX really means Windows Installer Xml; Microsoft's latest attempt to "embrace and extend" XML) Computers:Windows |
| WMS | What, More Spam!? |
Sean Lamb (WMS really means Windows Messenger Service) Computers:Windows:Applications |
| WMV | Watch My Video |
WMV usually stands for Windows Media Video Computers:Windows |
| WTC | War? Terrorism? Crime? |
Jeff Anonymous (given the lack of a proper term to describe the September 11, 2001, tragedy in New York City, resulting in the destruction of the World Trade Center) Places:Buildings Military:War & Terrorism |
| WWDC | Where We Demonstrate Code |
Angela Brett (WWDC usually stands for Worldwide Developers Conference -- see http://apple.com/wwdc) Computers:Programming |
| YAST | You Are Susefied Today |
Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux) Computers:Linux |
| ZIFF | Zero Insertion Fun, Frankly! |
Duncan Smith, in response to an unsuccessful search. According to acronymfinder.com ZIFF means Zero Insert Force Field - Duncan explains: ZIFF means Zero Insertion Force. I think that the extra F is a typo or a joke, becuase I have never seen it before. ZIF means Zero Insertion Force, which is a name for a type of CPU socket which, logically enough, allows you to insert the CPU into the socket with a lever instead of pushing and bending pins. Computers:Generic Hardware |
| ZZV | Zanesville's Zlichified Viewrange |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the Zanesville, OH, airport code and Zero-Zero Visibility) Science:Meteorology |