Appeal: Please Resist, Or Naive Young Minds Subverted!
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| AGES | Aeons, Generations, Epochs & Such? |
Angela Brett, after Edwin mentioned on the forums that he hadn't submitted an acronym for AGES and should be punished. I figured I'd better submit an acronym for AGES before anyone punished me! |
| BEN | Boings Evoke Newstime |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (Big Ben's chimes are used for the introduction to a UK TV news bulletin) Communication Places:Landmarks |
| BIT | Brief, Insignificant Time |
Roger Williams |
| CALENDAR | Complete Annual List, Entaililing Numerous Divisions And Rectangles |
Matthew Oram |
| CLOCK | Circular Locomotion Offers Calendrical Key |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CRETACEOUS | Colossal Reptiles Endured 'Til A Catastrophic Event Ousted Umpteen Species. |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| CURFEW | Can't Understand Reason For Evening Wrecker |
Angela Brett |
| DAY | Dawn Arrives, Yes! |
Roger Williams |
| DAYS | Daze At Year Start! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Hope these Rough DAYS do not lead to a Rough Year! Glad: not a drink over half my 58 year sojourn. No New Year Party for this Organic Vegan. |
| DUSK | Dawn's Undoing, Symmetry Kin. |
Angela Brett |
| ERAS | Events Rise And Shine |
Rico Leffanta |
| ETERNAL | Everlasting Truth, Eternally Right, Nuptials Always Lasting |
Jan Morgan People & Relationships:Love & Lust:Marriage & Divorce |
| FORECAST | Focus On Real Events - Can't Accurately See Tomorrow |
Angela Brett |
| GANT | Guess About Nebulous Timescales |
Jonathan Staniford (see GANTT) |
| GANTT | Graph Allocating Necessary Tasks & Timescales |
Angela Brett, after a workmate mistakenly referred to a Gantt chart as a 'GANT'. The Gantt chart is named after Charles Gantt, and is not an acronym. |
| GOODNIGHT | Goodness Oh Oh Dear Now Its Going Home Time |
Messy Eater, During a conversation Assorted Phrases |
| GREGORIAN | Genius Reorganised Everything, Greatly Organising Rearrangements In Annual Notation |
TMcCO'G |
| LATER | Last Alligator To Exit, Repeats |
Patricia Rix (I was thinking of "see you later, alligator", though why the last alligator would say this to an empty room escapes me) Communication:Hello & Goodbye |
| MEDIEVAL | Many Existed Dreadfully In European Villages - Abject & Low |
TMcCO'G History |
| MIDNIGHT | My, It's Dark! Now I'm Getting Horribly Tired. |
Angela Brett |
| MILLENNIUM | Mixup Is Looking Likely - Each Notational Nitwit Is Ultimately Mistaken! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, insisting that the new millennium - a period of 1000 years - will not begin on New Year's Day 2000, rather will it be on New Year's Day 2001! |
| NITES | Nites Involving Tossing/Turning Eliminated / Surely! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| NOW | No Obvious Waiting |
Angela Brett |
| PAUSE | Plainly A Uniquely Short Easement |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PAYDAY | Perfect, As Your Debts Arrived Yesterday! |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| PHASE | Periodic Happenings Around Some Event |
TMcCO'G |
| SCHEDULE | Some Classes Hard, Each Day Undertaking Lessons Earnestly |
Robert Anonymous Education |
| SEC | Serial Event Constant |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| SOON! | Shortly Or Otherwise Never! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| SOONEST | Speediest Option's Often Needed, Extremely Slow's Tortuous |
TMcCO'G |
| SUNRISE | Sun's Up Now, Resulting In Sleep Ending. |
Roger Williams Science:Astronomy Sports & Recreation:Relaxation |
| SUNSET | Sun Unseen Now Signifying Evening Time. |
Roger Williams Science:Astronomy |
| SWATCH | Swiss Watches Aren't Too Costly Here |
Angela Brett (while most brands of Swiss watch are ridiculously expensive, Swatch makes watches that are more generally affordable, and sometimes even digital! Call me primitive but I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.) Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| SYNODIC | Shouldn't You Now Omit Day In Calendar? |
Rico Leffanta |
| T'DAY | The Day After Yesterday |
Angela Brett |
| TIDE | Then It Does Ebb. |
Roger Williams Science:Astronomy Places:Waterways |
| TIME | This Is My Expertise |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who can do ALMOST ANYTHING, given TIME and ENCOURAGEMENT. |
| TIMER | Timer Increments Minute Entities Repeatedly |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Science:Electronics |
| TODAYS | "That's" Out-Dated After Yesterday's Sunset |
TMcCO'G |
| TWOS | To/Time (Wonderful October) Standard! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. TWOS! set: {Standard Time, Daylight Time} Science:Mathematics:Numbers |
| WATCH | Wrist-Attached Timer Counting Hours |
Angela Brett and Peter Coxhead Science:Electronics Household Objects:Clothing:Jewellery & Accessories |
| WEEK? | Weak? Enervated Energy! Kindness! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Rough WEEK? |