Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something
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| SNOW | Santa's Not Overly Weatherproof |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Meteorology Time:Special Occasions:Christmas |
| SNOWFLAKE | Spectacular Natural Ornamental Wintertime Feature; Little Abbreviated Kaleidoscopic Experience. |
Roger Williams Science:Meteorology |
| _SNPRINTF | Safe? Not Particularly. Recently It Nearly Totally Failed! |
Angela Brett, who had advocated the use of the C function _snprintf in place of sprintf because it takes the size of the buffer as a parameter and so ought to be safer, but recently discovered it's not so safe after all. Computers:Programming |
| SO | Soon & Often |
Angela Brett, when Jeff said, after reading 'The Meaning of Liff', 'I am SO going to acronymize some of these.' Main |
| SOAP | Scrubbing Often Amends Pelt |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| SOAR | Somewhere, Over A Rainbow |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Verbs |
| SOB | Stupid Obsessed Blubbering |
Angela Brett, after pretending to sob over the death of her kMac. Assorted Verbs People & Relationships:Emotions |
| SOBER | Spirits Or Beer Essentially Rejected |
Angela Brett Drugs |
| SOCCER | Sport Of Clever Children Exercising Robustly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| SOCK | Sheath Of Coloured Knitting |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| SOCKS | Shoes Often Cannot Konceal Smells |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| SODIUM | Salt Of Davy's Independent Unique Manufacture. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| SOEIDENTAL | Someone's Obviously Excited - I Daresay Employer Now Thinks Angela's Learned! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, on finding out that Angela got a job at Software Of Excellence International (http://www.soeidental.com) Commerce:Companies |
| SOFIA | So One Friend Initiates Adventures |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| SOFTBALL | Sliding Overmuch For The Base Always Leaves Lumps |
Patricia Rix Sports & Recreation |
| SOFTWARE | Something Often Found To Worry A Rookie Enthusiast |
Angela Brett Computers |
| SOFTWASH | Some Oaf Found Their Water And Soap Hard? |
Angela Brett, on seeing some 'Softwash' soap, wondering just how hard other soaps are. People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| SOL | Source Of Light |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| SOLDIERS | Slaying's Our Loyal Duty... Insufferable Enemies Ruthlessly Slaughter |
Angela Brett Military |
| SOLE | Someone Owns Lone Effort |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| SOLICITING | Seeking Out Lustful Intercourse Can Induce Terrible Infections Near Genitals |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SOLICITOR | Seriously Overpaid Lawyer In Conveyancing Industry - Too Often Roguish |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| SOLID | Scientific Opinion: Light Isn't Dense. |
Angela Brett Science:Physics |
| SOLO | Single Only, Lonely One |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships |
| SOMALIA | Scene Of Military Actions - Lethal Internal Aggression. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| SOME | Subset Of Mentioned Entirety |
Angela Brett Main |
| SOMETHIN' | Some Object My Eloquent Typist Has Inadequately Named |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| SONAR | Sound Out Nasties And Repasts |
Angela Brett Science:Biology Science:Physics |
| SONIA | Someone Of Note, I Assume. |
Angela Brett Names:First names:Female |
| SONIC | Some Otic Nuisance Is Created |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns:Noises |
| SONYA | Safe Of Naughty Young Adult |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| SOON! | Shortly Or Otherwise Never! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Time |
| SOONEST | Speediest Option's Often Needed, Extremely Slow's Tortuous |
TMcCO'G Time |
| SOOTHSAYER | Speaks Of Octavius - To Help Sway Antony, Yet Encouragement Rebuffed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Antony and Cleopatra Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Julius Caesar |
| SOPHIA | So One Person Has Incredible Advice |
Jan Morgan (according to http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&Unique=2&TellMeAbout=sophia, Sophia and Sophie come from a Greek expression meaning Wisdom) Names:First names:Female |
| SOPHIE | So One Person Has Incredible Enlightenment |
Jan Morgan and Angela Brett (according to http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&Unique=2&TellMeAbout=sophia, Sophia and Sophie come from a Greek expression meaning Wisdom) Names:First names:Female |
| SOPHOS | Stops Others' Programs Harming Our System |
Angela Brett, after seeing a SOPHOS virus protection program pop up on her work computer. Computers:Windows:Applications |
| SORBITOL | Sugar's Obviously Really Bad, Instead This Overpressures Lobes |
Steve Keate Food & Drink:Condiments |
| SORE | Some Organ's Reddened & Excited |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SORRY | Such Offensive Rudeness Riles You. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| SOS | Side Open, Sinking |
Steve Keate People & Relationships:Disaster |
| SOSUMI | Sound. Overtly Shagging Up Music Industry |
Tony McCoy O'Grady. The makers of the early Mac computers stated that they would never be used to make music. The name of the sound called "sosumi' translates as "so sue me". (see http://www.newtontalk.net/archive/newtontalk.2002-04/1425.html for more information) Computers:Macintosh & Newton Entertainment:Music People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| SOUL | Seat Of Unending Life |
Tony McCoy O'Afterlife Religion |
| SOUND | Sleep Ongoing = Usual = Nice Deep! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| SOUTH | Standard Orientation's 'Under' Top Hemisphere |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions |
| SOUVEFAR | Strange Object Usually Via Envelope From Another Realm |
Angela Brett (A souvefar is like a souvenir, except it's from somewhere you've never been anywhere near. Some souvefars start out as souvenirs but become souvefars when given to friends or family back home; others are bought at local souvenir shops and delivered to friends overseas.) Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| SPA | Signal Passing Ambulance |
Angela Brett, celebrating TOWEL DAY by acronymising different types of towels to show some of their uses. ('...You can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal') Household Objects:Towels |
| SPACE | Scientists Puzzled About Curvature, Etc. |
Angela Brett Science:Astronomy |
| SPACES | Some Paradoxically Appeared, Code's Essentially Spoiled. |
Angela Brett, after finding some spaces where they shouldn't have been in a C program which she's sure she never typed. Computers:Programming |
| SPAE | Scottish: Predict An Event |
Angela Brett Assorted Verbs |
| SPAIN | Sunshine Particularly Attracts International Nudists |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| SPAM | Send People Annoying Mail |
Angela Brett Computers:Internet |
| SPAMMED | Some Putzhead Apparently Multiply Messaged Eventless Discussion. |
Jeff Anonymous, after someone posted a URL multiple times on the Apronyms Forums. Computers:Internet Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| SPANKING | Somatically Punishing A Naughty Kid Isn't Necessarily Good |
Angela Brett People & Relationships |
| SPARC | Sun's Particularly Amazing Research Creation |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Computers |
| SPARKLE | Super Precious/Perfect And Rare Kitten Loved Existence |
Jan Morgan -- name of cat Names:Pet Names |
| SPARSE | Some People Acronymise Rapidly, Some Exceptionally! |
Angela Brett, while Tony was producing over 40 new acronyms per day and her own contributions were becoming rather SPARSE. (But his are great too, I don't really mean that speed is reducing his quality) Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| SPARTACUS | Spite Provokes Ancient Romans To Actively Crush Uprising Slaves |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Movies |
| SPASMS | Sharp Pain As Some Muscle Seizes |
Tony Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SPASTIC | Slightly Palsied Athlete Specially To Intrigue Competitors |
Carl Brett Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| SPEAKERS | Some People Eat Audio Kit, Ending Really Sick |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| SPEAROW | Small Pokemon's Energetically Airborne, Rapidly Oscillating Wings |
Angela Brett (Spearow is Pokemon #21) Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon |
| SPECIAL | Sounds Pretty Extraordinary. Causes Immediate Attraction Literally |
Jan Morgan Assorted Adjectives |
| SPECTRE | Soul's Presence Ex-Corpus, Theoretically Residual Energy. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| SPECTRUM | See Practically Every Colour Through Rays' Unusual Motif |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours Science:Physics |
| SPEECH | Speaking Precisely Ensures Efficient Communication Happens |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication:Talking |
| SPEEDOMETER | System Pacing Each Engine's Distance Or Miles, Except Times Equipment Reverses |
Rico Leffanta Transport:Car Parts |
| SPENCER | Some Peer's Eponymously Named Coat - Early Regency |
TMcCO'G Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| SPENT | She Predicts Entry Next Time |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Adjectives |
| SPERM | Small Paternal Effort Riles Mother |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SPES | Should Probability Expire, Suppose! |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Roman Gods & Goddesses |
| SPHERE | Solid Paradigm Having Every Radius Equal |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| SPICE | Sugar's Partner In Creating "Eve"s |
Roger Williams People & Relationships:Genderalisations Food & Drink:Condiments |
| SPIDER | Spins Pretty, Intricate Designs Entrapping Rations |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Insects |
| SPIDERMAN | Swinging Perilously Into Downtown Environs, Radioactive Mutant Arrests Nasties |
TMcCO'G Art & Literature:Fictional Characters |
| SPIKE | Sharp Pointy In Kind, Excruciating |
Jan Morgan Assorted Nouns |
| SPIRIT | Somehow Perhaps I'll Remain, In Thought. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| SPIRITUAL | Sacred Perception In Righteous Intuitive Truth Usually Adds Light |
Jan Morgan Religion |
| SPITFIRE | Special Plane In The Forties. It Really Excelled. |
Eric Bridgstock Transport |
| SPLAT | Several Parachutists Landed Awkwardly There |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| SPLEEN | Strange, Perplexing Little Entity... Explanation Needed |
Steve Keate and Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| SPOCK | Strangely Pointy Orifice-Coverings, Kinky! |
Bones McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature:Fictional Characters:Star Trek |
| SPONGE | Smelly People Obviously Need Greater Exposure |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| SPOOF | Silly Prank On Optimistic Fools |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns |
| SPOOK | Spectacular Projection Of Our Kids |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Family |
| SPOOL | Spindle Product's Outputted Onto Loop |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects |
| SPOON | Slurping Person's Often Overly Noisy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Soupspoons seem to turn some people into slobs!) Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| SPOONERISM | Seople Pometimes Offer Odd Narrative, Easily Recited, Involving Sixed Mounds |
Roger Williams Words & Wordplay |
| SPORK | Sure Partner Of Runcible Knife? |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Eating Utensils |
| SPORT | Some 'Players' Only Require Television |
Angela Brett Entertainment:TV shows Sports & Recreation |
| SPORTS | Some People Organising Regular Training Sessions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation |
| SPOT | Stain Present On Threads |
Angela Brett Assorted Nouns |
| SPOUSE | Someone Pretending One Understands Someone Else |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| SPOYLT | Several Presents Offered - You Lucky Thing! |
Angela Brett, on sending Tony and his family some Christmas presents. Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| SPREAD | Slimline Products Reflect Everyone's Avoirdupois Desires |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| SPRING | See Plants Resplendant In New Greenery |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Time:Seasons |
| SPRINGER | Some People Revel In Nasty, Grossly Entangled, Relationships |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, as an entry to the Radio Times Def.i.n.i.t.i.a.l.s competition Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| SPRINKLERS | Spritzing Precipitation Rains In Navigational Kinetics. Liquid Enriches Rotating Sections |
Jan Morgan -- watering system Household Objects |
| SPRINT | Some People Run In No Time |
Rico Leffanta Sports & Recreation |
| SPROG | Small Person - Renewer Of Generation |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Family |
| SPUNK | Spouse Pursuing Usable New Kitchen |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships |
| SPY | Secrets Passed Yonder |
Sean Lamb (spies transmit secrets to faraway places, so...) People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| SQUABBLE | Some Quarrel Usually About Boys Being Loved Elsewhere |
Rico Leffanta Communication |
| SQUAD | Special Quorum Under Army Directions |
TMcCO'G Military |
| SQUARE | Shape Quadrilateral, Unvaryingly A Rightangled Equilateral |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| SQUARES | Some Quadrangles Use Angles Right; Even Sides. |
Roger Williams Science:Mathematics:Geometry |
| SQUARK | Supersymmetry's Quark -- Unconfirmed As Real Knowledge |
Angela Brett Science:Physics:Particles |
| SQUEAL | Some Questions Unquestionably Evoke Agreeable Lies |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Verbs |
| SQUIRREL | Small Quiet Unique Interesting Rodent Really Enjoys Land |
Jan Morgan Science:Biology:Animals |
| SRI | Showers Riches Individually |
Rico Leffanta Religion:Hindu Goddesses |
| SSH | Superb System Handler |
Jeff Anonymous (SSH usually stands for Secure Shell) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Internet |
| STAB | Similar To A Bunt |
Edwin Hermann Assorted Nouns |
| STABILITY | Sex Takes A Backseat If Love Is Tormenting You. |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| STACY | She's Truly A Cute Youth |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - who doesn't usually expand names, but in this case makes an exception as he knows a Stacy (or maybe Stacie) who is a very foxy young woman! Names:First names:Female |
| STAG | Someone Tied And Graffitied |
Angela Brett, after seeing a man tied to a lamp-post almost naked and written on, on his stag night. People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| STAGECOACH | Star Tries Acting, Goes Everywhere Corralling Outlaws And Catching Horses |
Rico Leffanta Entertainment:Movies |
| STAIR | Solution To Ascent Inside Residence |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| STAMINA | Strength Takes A Massively Important Natural Addition |
Tony Moore Science:Biology Sports & Recreation |
| STAMP | Send This Air-Mail Please. |
Angela Brett Communication |
| STANNARIES | Some Tin Accumulated. Now Not Accessed - Reason Is Economic Suitability. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
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