Apt Phrases, Redolent Of Novel Yet Meaningful Sense
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| ALARM | A Loud Appliance Ringing Madly |
Edwin Hermann People & Relationships:Law & Order Science:Electronics |
| BAA | Bleating, Audible Announcement |
Dustan Dowsing Science:Biology:Animals |
| BANG | Back Away, Noise Generator. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after I offered him some ENCOURAGEMENT for collecting more sounds. |
| BELLOW | Bull Emits Loudness, Look Out Walkers |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CATERWAUL | Consternation And Torture/Torment Ensues Regularly When Awful Ululations Linger |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CLUCK | Chicken-Like Utterence Causes Kerfuffle |
TMcCO'G - The sight or sound or anyone imitating a chicken always seems to cause others to laugh. Laughter |
| CRASH | Crack Reverberating Around Somewhere Hollow |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| ECHO | Everyone Calls "Hello" Occasionally |
Patricia Rix Communication:Talking |
| FRING | Filament's Rattled - It's Not Glowing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Fring is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'The noise made by light bulb which has just shone its last.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| GURGLE | Gullet Utters Rolling Groan-Like Effect |
Tony McCoy O'Daddy |
| HISS | Humming In Snake Songs |
Rico Leffanta |
| HUM | Having Unusual Moans |
Jan Morgan |
| HUSH | How Unbroken Silence Happens |
Tony McQuiet O'Grady |
| JINGLE | Jangling Intrusive Notes Generate Lavish Expenditure |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| KERPOW | Kick Endangering Rude Parts Of Wrongdoer |
Angela Brett MacGirl & KeyBoard |
| LOUD | Loony Or Uncouth Din |
Patricia Rix Assorted Adjectives |
| MEOW | Mild Expression Of Words |
Acronymous Anonymous |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Original Noise Obviously Mandates Alphabetical Text Ordered Phonetically; Openly Encapsulating Intended Allusion |
Gavin Lambert Science:Linguistics |
| PLURAL | Painfully Loud Ululating, Repeated A Lot! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, explaining that the 'Aaaaaarrrrggghh' in his ANTHRAX (2) is the plural of 'Aarrghh', an official Scrabble word. Words & Wordplay |
| SIREN | Startlingly Immediate Rousing Emergency Noise |
Eric Bridgstock People & Relationships:Disaster |
| SONIC | Some Otic Nuisance Is Created |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SWISH | Sibilant Whooshing Is Sound Heard. |
Angela Brett |
| VROOM | V8's Roar - Obvious Onomatopoeic Meaning. |
Angela Brett Transport |
| WA | Weird Anthropomorphoid |
Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the noise made by ASH of Pokemon, and the fact he is anything but human) |
| WAAAAH! | Wail Annoyingly And Acquire A Hug |
Angela Brett |
| WAAAH! | Wouldn't Allow Angela Any Honours |
Angela Brett, after Tony took a lot of the honours for first and last acronyms under each letter. |
| WHINE | Wail How It's Never Enough |
Angela Brat Assorted Verbs |
| WHINNY | When Horse Imitates Nymphomaniac Nun Yodelling |
Rico Leffanta |
| WHOOP | Welcome Hearty Outburst Of Pleasure |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |