Acronyms Perfected! Relations Organic/Obvious! Now Your Memory Scintillates!
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| PFALTZGRAFF | People's Food's Always Lots Tastier, Zippier, Given Really Astonishingly Fine Foodware |
Patricia Rix - Pfaltzgraff is a very beautiful, very high quality stoneware made in the U.S.A. Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| PHALLUS | Pretense Holding Any Long Length Ushers Satisfaction |
Rico Leffanta Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| PHASE | Periodic Happenings Around Some Event |
TMcCO'G Time |
| PHASER | Please Have A Stun Effect Ready |
Angela Brett (apparently "set your phasers to stun" is a common command in Star Trek) Military:Weapons |
| PH.D. | Pathetically Haughty Dunce |
Carl Brett Re-expansions of existing acronyms Education:Qualifications |
| PHIL | 'Philip' Has Identifier Limited |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Names:First names:Male |
| PHILADELPHIA | Portrays Hero's Intriguing Life And Details Evolving Life-Problems. He's Infected - AIDS! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| PHILANTHROPY | Plainly Humanity Is Loved - And Normally This Has Romantic Overtones & Pecuniary Yield |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| PHILATELIST | Person Hoarding Interesting Letter Adornments To Examine & Lookup In Stamp Tomes |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Communication |
| PHILIPPINES | People Hated Its Leaders, In Particular People Into Needless Expensive Shoes. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| PHILOSOPHERS | People Here, In Life, On Some Opportune Planet... How Extremely Remarkable Sounding! |
Angela Brett Religion People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| PHOBIA | Phears Have Overtaken Because I'm Anxious |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments:Mental Illness |
| PHONEMES | Primary Hearing Objects - Nearly Every Morpheme Employs Several |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
| PHOSPHORUS | Pilots Have Over-Supply. Potentially Hellfire Objects Relayed Unto Scene |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| PHOTOCOPIER | Place Hand On Top Of Copier & One's Palm Is Endlessly Reproduced |
Tony McXerox O'Grady Science:Electronics |
| PHOTOGRAPH | People Have One Taken Occasionally, Get Ready And Pose Happily |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| PHOTON | Particle Helps One Talk Over Networks |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - who sincerely hopes that photons operate in fiber-optics Communication Science:Physics:Particles |
| PHYLLIS | Please Have Your Love Life In Secret! |
Rico Leffanta Names:First names:Female |
| PHYSICS | Profession Has Young Scientists Investigating Complex Spaces |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics |
| PI | Patternless Irrational |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| PIANO | Play In A Nice Order |
Jason Wilcox Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| PICARD | Person In Charge Aboard Roving Dreadnaught |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| PICCOLO | Principle Is Clear - Cover Over Little Openings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| PICHU | Pikachu Infant. Cries Horribly, Unpeacefully. |
Jeff Anonymous (Pichu, Pokemon #172, is a baby Pikachu.) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| PICKAX | Please Ignore Craggy Kaves. Awkay, Xplore! |
Jeff Anonymous, on what could be consdered a good tool for spelunkers. Sports & Recreation |
| PICNIC | Polite Intercourse Could Not Impede Copulation |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Movies |
| PICTURE | Pales In Comparison To Unadulterated Real Event |
Angela Brett Art & Literature |
| PIDGEY | Playing In Dirt Gets Eyes Yucky |
Angela Brett (Pidgey is Pokemon #16) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| PIECE | Partial Item - Especially Capturing Essence |
Angela Brett and Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| PIG | Pork Is Good! |
Angela Brett Food & Drink Science:Biology:Animals |
| PIKACHU | Pokemon Is Keeping Animation Creators Happy & Unstarved! |
Angela Brett (Pikachu is Pokemon #25) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| PIKE | Pointed Implement Kills Enemies |
Sean Lamb (dictionary.com lists one definition as "A long spear formerly used by infantry.") Military:Weapons |
| PIMASTER | Particular Irrational's Memorised, A Superimportant Transcendental's Effortlessly Recited. |
Angela Brett Names:Acronymists |
| PIMP | Profits In Manipulating Prostitutes |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| PIMPLE | Please Ignore My Pained & Lumpy Epidermis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| PINCH | Patently Idiotic Non-Competent Healer |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:The Comedy Of Errors |
| PINCHING | Pain Is Now Caused, Help - It's Not Gentle |
TMcCO'G Assorted Verbs |
| PINCHY | Pennypinchy, I'd Name Crustacean! He's Yummy. |
Angela Brett (Pinchy was the lobster which Homer bought small and then raised into a fully-grown lobster in order to save money.) Entertainment:TV shows:The Simpsons |
| PINE | Puts Irritating Needles Everywhere |
TMcCO'G Science:Biology:Plants:Trees |
| PING | Probably Instigating No Good. |
Steve Keate, while wondering while people online were pinging him. Computers:Internet |
| PINK | Personally, I'm Not Kinky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| PIPPIN | Peering Into Palantir Produces Intense Nightmare |
Patricia Rix Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:The Lord of the Rings |
| PIRACY | Pernicious Individuals Rob And Cheat You |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| PISA | Precariously Inclined Structure, Alarmingly |
Eric Bridgstock Places:Towns & Cities |
| PISCES | Pseudo-Intelligent Science Commands Extra Scepticism |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Astrology |
| PISMO | PowerBook Is Superlative Mobile Office. |
Angela Brett, referring to the last PowerBook G3 model, code-named 'Pismo.' Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware Names:Code Names:Apple |
| PISSED | Peed In Side Street... Eww! Disgusting! |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| PISSENLIT | Peeing In Sleepwear Seems Extremely Nasty, Lessening Its Thermodynamics |
Patricia Rix (pissenlit is French for DANDELION... see DANDELION (2)) Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| PISSOFF | Professional In Some Sort Of Financial Field |
John Richard Jones People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations:Humorous Job Titles |
| PISTOL | Petty, Insolent, Small Time Oafish Lout |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry IV Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry IV |
| PITCHFORK | Please Insert Tines Carefully Hay Fever Often Reveals Kissers |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| PITH | Particularly Interesting Tropical Helmet |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing |
| PITSLIGO | People In Tube Straphang - 'Look, I'm Gently Oozing!' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Pitsligo is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Part of traditional mating rite. During the first hot day of spring, all the men in the tube start giving up their seats to ladies and staphanging. The purpose of pitsligo is for them to demonstrate their manhood by displaying the wet patches under their arms.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| PIZZA | Palatable In Zesty Zeal Appetizing |
Jan Morgan Food & Drink |
| PLACARD | Pagan Libidos Are Cocked And Readily Discharged |
Rico Leffanta, who explains that placards are public labels; just as black men are placarded as having oversized organs, pagans are placarded as having overactive libidos. People & Relationships |
| PLACARDS | Public Labels Announce Community's Assumptions, Rapidly Diffusing Stereotypes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| PLACE | Position Located And Correctly Established |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| PLAGUE | People Lying About Grotesquely... Uncountable Expiries. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| PLAIT | Part Lock Approximately Into Thirds |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene |
| PLAN | Prepare, Launch, And Notarize |
Patricia Rix Assorted Verbs |
| PLANETS | Probably Lifeless Aggregations Now Encircling The Sun |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy:Planets |
| PLASMA | Pyrolysis Looms As Spacecraft Meets Atmosphere |
Angela Brett, who hopes that the term 'pyrolysis' can apply to the separation of atoms into ions and electrons in plasma. Science:Astronomy Science:Physics |
| PLATINUM | Pricey Ladies' Adornment. Typically Inert, Not Usually Magnetic. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| PLATO | Perhaps Letters Are Totally Opinion |
Angela Brett, since the letters from which most of our knowledge of Plato come might not actually have been written by Plato, as is claimed. Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| PLAY | Pointing Love At Yourself |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| PLEASED | Pretty Limpid Eyes And Smiles Express Delight |
LaughingBoy McCoy People & Relationships:Emotions |
| PLEELEY | Pickled Lush's Elaborately Endeavours Looking Endearing - Yuk! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Pleeley is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'Descriptive of a drunk person's attempt to be endearing.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| PLETHORA | Pretty Ladies Eating Their Hearts Out Reconnoitring Abbeys |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| PLIERS | Perhaps Lying In Elecrician's Rumpled Satchel. |
TMcCO'G who has noticed that Plumbers usually carry a sturdy toolbox, but Electricians often use an old leather carryall. Household Objects |
| PLONK | Purchaser's Likely Of No Knowledge |
Angela Brett Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic |
| PLOW | Patrolboat Lurches Over Waves |
TMcCO'G Transport |
| PLUG | Push Lightly Until Grounded |
Matthew Oram Household Objects |
| PLUME | Peahen Looks Upon Mate's Exhibit |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| 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 Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| PLUS | Positively Lonely Unary's Superfluous |
Angela Brett, as it is not usually necessary to indicate that a number is positive with a plus sign. Science:Mathematics |
| PLUTO | Planetary Location Universally Thought Outermost |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy:Planets |
| PLYMOUTH | Pilgrims Left Your Moorings - Opposed Unto The Heirarchy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady History Places:Towns & Cities:USA |
| POEM | Piece Of Enlightening Material |
Angela Brett Art & Literature |
| POET | Pretentious, Or Extremely Talented? |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers |
| POETS | Pinnacles Of Eloquence, They Say |
Angela Brett Art & Literature:Writers |
| POISON | Potion Once Ingested Surely Occasions Necrosis |
Roger Williams Drugs Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| POKEMONS | Perhaps Our Kids Expend Money On Needless Sh*t |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Games |
| POKENYMS | Pokemon Original Kreations. Even Nicer, You Might Say. |
Jeff Anonymous, because some Pokemon acronyms might be more interesting than actual Pokemon. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words Computers:Games |
| POLAND | Place Of Lech's Arising - Now Democratic |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| POLAR | Position's Obvious... Length, Angle Required. |
Angela Brett, referring to polar coordinates. Science:Mathematics |
| POLICE | Patrolling Our Lives In Circus Environment |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| POLITICIAN | Prejudiced Orotund Layabout Intending To Improve Career, In A Nutshell |
Leo Boyes Politics People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| POLITICS | Parties Only Lack Incentive: Taxes Instigate Countless Squabbles |
Patricia Rix Politics |
| POLIWAG | Prefers Oceans... Legs Infantile & Weak, Aren't Groundworthy. |
Angela Brett (Poliwag is Pokemon #60) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| POLL | Public Opinion's Leanings Logged |
Angela Brett Science:Statistics |
| POLO | Pony Owners Labour Outdoors |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| POLYFILLA | Perhaps One's Lunchbox, You'll Find, Is Lately Lacking Appeal |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see GLOSS) Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement |
| POLYGAMY | Plural Offensive Love, Yesterdays Gatherer At Multiple Yokes |
Jan Morgan - too many wives, old biblical practice of a man wanting to have multiple bonds (yokes) of marriage at the same time. No longer practiced. People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| POM | Prince Of Moaning |
Angela Brett (I have no opinions on the issue myself, but I've often heard people refer to 'whining poms') People & Relationships:Nationalities & Races |
| POND | Paddling Of New Ducklings |
Angela Brett Places:Waterways |
| PONGS | Putrid Odour - Nappy-Gas Stinks. |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| PONTIAC | People Of Note Travel In A Car |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| PONTYPRIDD | Provision Of New Trials You Practice Regularly If Done Daily |
John Richard Jones Places:Towns & Cities:UK |
| POON | Piece Of Orient's Nature |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Plants |
| POOPED | Passed Out, One's Partially Expired, Dearest |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| POOPHOLE | P*ss Off, Offensive People... Hardly One Lecherous Expansion |
Steve Keate, when someone searched acronyms.co.nz for 'poophole' and some ruder words. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| POP | Porn's Offered Plentifully |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, of Post Office Protocol. (I get more junk mail than stuff I want to read) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| POPCASTLE | Piece Of Precocious Child's Artwork - Say "That Looks Excellent!" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Popcastle is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Something drawn or modelled by a small child which you are supposed to know wait it is.') Words & Wordplay:Liffs |
| POPCORN | Pieces Of Puffed Cereal, Often Repeatedly Nibbled |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| POPE | Prelate Other Prelates Elected |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion:Religious Occupations |
| POPSICLE | Pretty Often, People Suck Ice-Cold Lollies Eagerly. |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Food & Drink:Confectionery |
| PORCUPINE | Prickly Old Rascal Climbs Up Pines, Is Noisy Eater |
Patricia Rix Science:Biology:Animals |
| PORNOTGRAPHIC | Pictures Of Really Normal Objects That Get Responses As People Hear Interesting Captions |
Angela Brett -- 'Pornotgraphy' hints at being pornography, but is not. See http://macintosh.geek.nz/pron.html (I was tempted to invent 'Innuendic' for the I-word but I don't want to get too many demerit points on my creative license.) See also INNUENDON'T Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| PORRIDGE | Pathetic Old Reprobate Robs Indigent Dear Grannies & Elders |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, pouring milk on yet another cereal killer. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| PORSCHE | Phallic (Often Red) Symbol Creates Huge Envy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| PORTEND | Previous Omens Readily Tell Events Not Developed. |
Roger Williams Assorted Verbs |
| PORTFOLIO | Plenty Of Red Tape Folding One's Lifetime Investment Opportunities |
Tony McCoy O'DowJones Commerce |
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