Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something
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| 90% | XYLOPHONE (2) | Xmas-present Youngsters Least Often 'Preciate - Has Only Nerdy Exponents |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 90% | XYLOPHONE (3) | (e)-Xamines Yardage Length On Playing Harmony On Notes Ensemble |
Jan Morgan Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | XYLOPHONES | Xerox Your Lover's Organ! Play Havoc On Next Etude Session! |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | XYLOSE SORBITOL | Xylitol... You'll Love Our Substitute. Everyday Sugar Often Rots But Its Taste Obviates Lesions. |
Angela Brett (xylose sorbitol, a.k.a. XYLITOL is used as a sweetener in dental products and low-calorie foods... so even though sugar is bad for our teeth, making products taste like it can encourage people to look after their teeth.) Food & Drink:Condiments People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 100% | XZAR | Xtreme Zhentarim Alongside Road |
Jeff Anonymous (this character from the Baldur's Gate computer game series claims to belong to a society known as the 'Black Network of Zhentarim'... yet he can be found alongside a road, as I recall) Computers:Games:Game Characters |
| 100% | YABBER | You're Always Bloody Bellyaching, Expressing Resentments |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Talking |
| 100% | YACHT | You're Among Classy Harbour Traffic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| 100% | YACHT (2) | You Actually Can Have Travelled |
Jan Morgan Transport |
| 100% | YAHOO | Yak At Hearts Opponents Online |
Angela Brett (Hearts is one of the games available at http://games.yahoo.com, you can converse or 'yak' with other players while playing.) Computers:Games Computers:Internet |
| 100% | YAHOO (2) | You're A Horridly Odious Oaf! |
Patricia Rix People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | YAHOO.COM | You Are Here: On Online Community Of Millions |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet:URLs |
| 100% | YAKIMA | Your Australian Kangaroos Ingest My Apples |
Rico Leffanta (Yakima is a town in Washington, noted for red delicious apple exports.) Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| 100% | YAM | Yet Another Meal |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | YAMAHA | You're A Motorcyclist? Aren't Hondas Awful? |
Tony McCoy O'VroomVroom Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | YARDSTICK | Ye Auld Ruler... Do Stop Talking Imperial - Count Kilometres! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | YARE | You Are Really Educable! |
Chin Shih Tang. I saw the word for the first time on the site. Once I looked up the definition, the apronymization came easily. Assorted Adjectives Education |
| 100% | YARN | You Are Really Nice! |
Rico Leffanta Communication |
| 80% | YARP | Yarely Access Resources (in) Package |
Angela Brett, when the author of an application to dearchive PRAY files appealed for an acronymic name for his software - see http://c3ds.ue.cjb.net/ Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 100% | YARP (2) | You Automatically Reverse PRAY/Procedure/Protection/Process |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see YARP) Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 100% | YARP (3) | You're Allowed Reverse PRAY/Procedure/Protection/Process |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see YARP) Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 80% | YARP (4) | You Artfully Return (to) Previous |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see YARP) Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY |
| 100% | YARROW | Yet Another Redhat Release Of Wonder |
Sean Lamb (Yarrow was the codename for RedHat's Fedora Core Linux 1.0) Computers:Linux Names:Code Names:Linux |
| 100% | YASA | Yet Another Silly Acronym |
Original author unknown... however when Angela first used it in an email, Tony suggested 'You Are So Apposite', 'You're A Saintly Anthony', and 'Youth And Sex Abound.' Angela then replied with 'You Are Self-praising Also.' Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational |
| 100% | YAST | You Are Susefied Today |
Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Linux |
| 100% | YAVERLANDIA | Yet Another Very Extinct Reptile. Little Animal Never Dwelled In Asia |
Sean Lamb (Yaverlandia, at 2' 3" tall, was discovered in Yaverland Battery on the Isle of Wight) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| 100% | YEAH! | You Expressing Anger Happily |
Rulgnaj Yerdon Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | YEARBOOK | You Easily Are Ruined Because Of Obnoxious Kids |
Peter & Christina - We're the co-editor and editor of the yearbook staff. Enough said. Education Communication:Periodicals |
| 100% | YEARBOOK (2) | Year's Events, Activities Recorded Because Of Ordinary Kinetics |
Jan Morgan -- moving from grade to grade requires records of the year's events and the fun or not of it Education Communication:Periodicals |
| 83% | YEAST | Yes, Edibles Are Sitting for Time |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | YELLING INTO A DEAF EAR | You Evidently Listen Little. I'll Now Generate Increased Noise (Throat Open And Declaim Excessively) And Facilitate Effecting A Response |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Phrases |
| 86% | YELLOW | Yolk of Eggs, Lots Like Off-White. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | YELLOW (2) | Yolk's Exceptionally Lovely, Lying On White |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | YELLOW (3) | Yellow Encased Long Lush. Organic Wonderful! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Banana. Food & Drink Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| 100% | YELLOW (4) | Yell Enemy Lax Leaving Outlying Weapons |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Military People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 83% | YEMEN | Years (of) Enmity Marred Emergent Nation. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | YES | Your Expectation's Satisfied |
Angela Brett Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | YES (2) | Yet Ends Successfully |
Jan Morgan Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 100% | YIKES | Your Intense Keening Evinces Surprise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Main |
| 100% | YIN/YANG | Your Influential Nature - You Avoid Net Gains |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: Together they add up to a set 'total'. If you lose three 'points' of yin, then you gain three 'points' of yang, as far as I can interpret it. Religion |
| 100% | YIPPIE | You Ignore Peer Pressure In Extremes |
Rico Leffanta Main |
| 100% | YODA | You're One Dire Actor |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| 100% | YOKEL | You Only Kiss Engaging Lips |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| 100% | YOKEL (2) | Your Own Kin Evoke Lust |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| 100% | YORICK | Your Only Residue Inspires Comic Knockabout |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark |
| 100% | YORK | Yorkshire's Own Rebellious Knight |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry VI |
| 100% | YOSEMITES | You Own Some Expensive Macintoshes - It Tortures Envious Souls! |
Angela Brett - Yosemite was the code name for the blue and white Power Mac G3s. Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple |
| 100% | YOU ARE HOT AS HELL | Years Of Using A Radiation Emitter Has One's Temperature Absolutely Scorching, Having Endured Lamp's Lights |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who mused on what would happen if bodies stored the heat from sunbeds for a long time.... some people would boil over! Science:Biology Science:Physics |
| 100% | YOU ARE LOOKING SEXY TONIGHT | Yes, Oh Undoubtedly Amorous Response Elicited. Look Out! O. K. I Need Gratifying Sexually Erotic Xperience. You're Too Obvious - Now I'm Getting Horny Too! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (See YOU LOOK HORRIBLE DURING THE DAY) People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | YOU ARE SO HOT | You're Obviously Utterly Aroused, Really Excited, So Offer Him/Her Orgasmic Tumble |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | YOU ARE SO HOT (2) | You Oughta Use Antibiotics... Reducing Every Symptom Obviously Helps One's Temperature. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | YOU DON'T WANT TO DRINK THAT | Years Of Underaged Drinking Only Numbs The Wit, And Needs Toughness To Overcome. Dignity Remains In Not Knowing The Hard Ale's Taste. |
Angela Brett, who was intending to do YOU DON'T WANT TO PANIC People & Relationships:Advice Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| 100% | YOU DON'T WANT TO PANIC | Youthful Ominiscience Usually Doesn't 'Own' Negative Thinking - When Accidents (Needless Things) Threaten One's Parents Advise Not Ignoring Caution. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: I'm not sure what, exactly, that conveys - it is 'meant' to convey that in an emergency young people can panic because they don't see that negative thinking tends to rule out caution, which older people see as a good thing. (I think) See also I'LL PANIC IF I WANT TO and YOU DON'T WANT TO DRINK THAT People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | YOU LAZY GIT | You're Overdrawn? Unsecured Loans Arranged Zippily: You Get Interesting Terms. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF) Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans |
| 96% | YOU LEFT OUT THE UT - CALAMITY! | You Oaf... Unkindly Laughing at Evident Flaw, Then Offering Unfinished Transcription. Thy Heightened Error Undoes That 'Cut Above' Look. A Minor Inaccuracy Turned Yucky! |
Angela Brett, when Tony initially left out the U and T words from his expansion of YOU'VE LEFT OUT A Y - CALAMITY! Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 96% | YOU LOOK HORRIBLE DURING THE DAY | You're Obscenely Ugly, Loathsomely Objectionable, Of Knee-trembling Hideousness. One Regularly Retches If Beholding Less Extremely Disgusting Ugliness. Really! I Now Get Thunderous Headaches Every Day, All Year! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, to go with YOU ARE LOOKING SEXY TONIGHT People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | YOUNG | Youth's Ongoing, Until Nearly Geriatric |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Age |
| 100% | YOUNG ADULTS | Young One Uses Necessary Gifts And Deems Unconditional Learning Talent, Studies |
Jan Morgan Time:Age |
| 100% | YOUNG OFFENDER | Years Of Untold Neglect Generated One Fledgling Felon. Especially Needs Direct Effective Rehabilitation |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals |
| 84% | YOU'RE FUELLING THE ENEMY! | Your Open Uniqueness Restricts Enemy Function! Unerringly, Enemies Lose Land. Incomprehensibly, Nobody Gets it; They'd Hinder the Enemy by Encouraging Nonconformism. Engage in Mutiny, You! |
Rob Rix, when he used that phrase in capitals in an email to Angela, and Angela said he should acronymise it. Assorted Phrases |
| 89% | YOU'RE SAD | You Openly, Unwittingly Radiate Energies Suggestive (of) Abject Dejection |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 71% | YOU'RE WELCOME | You Ought to Understand... Really, Everyone Would Eagerly Lend a Computer Oriented Magazine to an Email-buddy |
Angela Brett, when Tony thanked her for lending him her MacAddict magazine Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | YOUR IDEAS ON PAPER | Yuck... Old, Useless Rubbish... It Doesn't Even Allow Searching. One Needn't Print A Perfect Electronic Record. |
Angela Brett, expressing her ideas on paper in response to an unsuccessful search term. Communication |
| 100% | YOUR MOM | Youth's Opinions Usually Reflect Much Of Mother |
TMcCO'G People & Relationships:Family |
| 100% | YOU SMELL BAD | Your Odour's Unspeakable... Somebody Must Explain Life's Laws - Buy A Deodorant! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | YOU STINK | Your Odour's Unbelievably Strong! Take Immediate Notice, Kindly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Insults People & Relationships:Advice |
| 100% | YOUTH | You're Obviously Unable To Hesitate |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, still picking holes in MacGirl. MacGirl & KeyBoard Time:Age |
| 100% | YOUTH GROUP (CHURCH) | You're Only Used To Hearing God's Rage Or Unanswered Prayers? Come Here, Understand Real Christian Happiness. |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | YOU'VE LEFT OUT A Y - CALAMITY! | You've Omitted Unique Vowel, Exceptional Letter - Eminently Flexible To Operate Usefully Twoways As Your Consonantal Assonantal Letter. Angela Might Indicate To You. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Jeff left out a Y in an expansion of ZZZZZZZZZRA on the forums. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 86% | Y-PRIME | You'd Probably Require Integrals to Make Equation. |
Angela Brett. (Okay, make isn't quite right, solve is more what I meant... but you'd usually need to use integrals to solve an equation involving y-prime (that is, y' or dy/dx, a.k.a the differential of y with respect to x... it's maths stuff. :) Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | YTTERBIUM | You Try This Expansion. Reference Book Is Unhelpful, Mostly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 90% | YTTERBIUM (2) | Ytterby Titled This Element - Rarely Boils (as) It's Unusually Massive. |
Angela Brett Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | YTTRIUM | Your Television Tube Requires It's Use, Mainly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | YUCCA | Yogi Unearths California Cactus Acupuncture |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Plants |
| 100% | YUCK! | Your Underarms Could Kill! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | YUGOSLAVIA | Your Usual Genocide One Supposes, Lasting American Victory Is Attainable? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | YUM! | Your Ultimate Meal |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | YUM BADGE | Your Ultimate MacEvangelist Beautification - Advertise Delicious G3 Ensemble! |
Angela Brett, referring to her 'Yum' badges featuring the five flavours of iMac in a circle and the word 'Yum.' Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | YUM BADGE (2) | You're Undressed! Maybe Because Apple's Decorative Garment's Excluded. |
Angela Brett, because she's sure that if Annie had had a Mac, she'd have sung that you're never fully dressed without a Yum badge. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 100% | YUM BRIGADE | You Use Macintosh? Barge Round In Garb Advertising Delectable Electronics. |
Angela Brett, after an Apple Update where we all got free YUM BADGEs. Computers:Macintosh & Newton |
| 83% | YUMMY | You're Usually Made to Mention 'Yum' |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | YUP | You're Unusually Perceptive! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela correctly guessed why he didn't want his ME expansion in the stack. (Hopefully it's okay to just mention it!) Communication:Yesses And Noes |
| 86% | YUPPIE | You Use Phone in Porsche... It's Extravagant! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Commerce |
| 100% | YUPPIE (2) | Young Unsocial Pretentious Pig Ignorant Executive |
John Richard Jones. I thought of this after an encounter with three yuppies on a train. People & Relationships |
| 100% | YURT | Your Uniquely Russian Tent |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| 100% | YVONNE | Young Virgins Often Need New Excitement |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| 100% | ZABAGLIONE | Zesty And Beautiful - A Good Lunch Is Obviously Nearly Ended |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | ZAIBATSU | Zen Associates Is Biased, Affluent Top Socialites United |
Jan Morgan Commerce |
| 100% | ZAIRE | Zebras Abound In Region's East. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | ZAMBIA | Zinc And Mining-Based Industries Abound. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | ZAPDOS | Zestily Annihilate Pretty Dumb Operating System? |
Angela Brett, speculatiing that Zapdos (Pokemon #145) wants to destroy MS-DOS. Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ZAPDOS (2) | Zooms Across Power Department's Official Safeline |
Dundee (Zapdos is Pokemon #145) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ZECHARIAH | Zerubbabel Established, Crowned. Hope About Rightful Improvement At Hand. |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | ZEPHANIAH | Zealous Eschatological Prophet Has A New Imprecation Against Hubris. |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | ZERO TOLERANCE | Zap Experimental Rounds Of Thievery, Offender's Liberty Encourages Repeated And Nastier Criminal Exploits. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | 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. Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| 100% | ZILCH | Zero Interest Level Confirmed Here |
Rico Leffanta Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIMBABWE | Zealous In Making Beginnings Against Black & White Extremists |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | ZINC | Zenith In Non-Corrosion |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | ZION | Zone Is On Nation |
Jan Morgan Places Religion |
| 100% | ZIP | Zero! Innovation! Progress! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIP (2) | Zero Invisible Power! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIP (3) | Zero Incrementation Power |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Mathematics |
| 100% | ZIP (4) | Zero Infinitely Powerful! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIP (5) | Zero Is Placeholder |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIP (6) | Zero & Infinitesimal -- Partners! |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| 100% | ZIP CODE | Zilch If Postal Code Omitted - Dead End! |
Patricia Rix Communication |
| 90% | ZIRCONIUM | Zounds, It Resists Corrosion, Occurs Nonferrously In Unions (with) Metals |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | ZITI | Zesty Italian Tasty Ingredients |
Sean Lamb Food & Drink |
| 100% | ZODIAC | Zoo Of Dozen Idolized Astronomical Characters |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Astrology |
| 100% | ZODIAC (2) | Zoo Of Dynamics In Astrology Capers |
Jan Morgan Religion:Astrology |
| 93% | ZOMBIE - IT'S A SONG! | Zest Of Merry Berries Is Encapsulated In This Song - Also Shows Off Noel's Guitar-playing. |
Angela Brett, on the song Zombie by The Cranberries. Entertainment:Music:Songs |
| 100% | ZOMBIE MAN | Zoological Obsession Makes Badman Instigate Extremely Messy Animal Nuisance |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - trying to create what will be the last entry in the stack MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 100% | ZOMBIES ATTACK | Zoological Organisms Mutated By Infectious Epidemic Strike At Towns; Total Annihilation, Civilans Killed |
Inev Entertainment:Movies |
| 100% | ZONKED | Zapped-Out Noggin Keeping Euphoria Dazzled |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | ZOOBIE | Zion Of Occupations, Books In Education |
Jan Morgan -- name given to students attending Brigham Yung University Education |
| 100% | ZOPE | Zero Online Publishing Equivalents |
Sean Lamb (Zope is a web page programming environment) Computers:Internet |
| 100% | ZORBA | Zesty Old Rogue Barters Adventure |
Rico Leffanta Main |
| 83% | ZUBAT | Zaps Ultrasound to Behold Approaching Targets |
Angela Brett (Zubat is Pokemon #41) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| 100% | ZUCCHINI | Zucca Uses Cognomen 'Courgette' Here In Non-Italy |
Angela Brett Food & Drink |
| 100% | ZURICH | Zwingli's Upstart Religion Is Considered Heretical. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, beating his own attempt at getting the last acronym in the stack. We challenge you acronymisers out there to beat it! (Zwingli was a Swiss priest and reformation character in Zurich in the 1500s.) Places:Towns & Cities |
| 80% | ZWAR | Zero-in Word After Rambling |
Grace Francis Science:Linguistics:German Words |
| 100% | ZWINGLI | Zealous Worker In New Gospel Literary Interpretations |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion Names:Famous people |
| 100% | ZWITTERION | Zany Wierd Ion That's 'Twice Electified' - Result Isn't Only Negative |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry |
| 86% | ZYGOTE | Zoogenic Yoking (of) Gametes One & Two, Essentially |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology |
| 100% | ZYMOTIC | Zesty Yeasts Make One's Throat Infection Contagious |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, [temporarily] succeeding in creating the stack's last acronym. You try to beat ZYMOTIC! Science:Biology |
| 100% | ZZ TOPS | Zippy Zithers Tangle Opus Players Singing |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Music:Artists |
| 100% | ZZ TOPS' LAST ALBUM | Zachery Zzzzzzzzzra Thinks Old Pop Singers Latest Arranged Song Tracks Are Largely Brilliant, Utterly Marvellous! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela told him that someone had changed his name to Zachary Zzzzzzzzzra to be the last in the phone book. Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | ZZV | Zanesville's Zlichified Viewrange |
Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the Zanesville, OH, airport code and Zero-Zero Visibility) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Science:Meteorology |
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