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| BOOST | Burning Oxygen Offers Super Thrust |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| CMS | Complicated Magnetic System |
Angela Brett, referring to the COMPACT MUON SOLENOID. See http://cmsinfo.cern.ch for more information. Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| COLLIDER | Complaining Of Lover Locked Into Discovering/Dissecting Energetic Reactions |
Angela Brett, on the song by Les Horribles Cernettes (you can download it or read the lyrics at http://musiclub.web.cern.ch/MusiClub/bands/cernettes/songs/collider.html) Entertainment:Music:Songs |
| FIRE | Flaming Inferno Radiating Energy |
Angela Brett, demonstrating what a true acroholic would say if someone yelled 'FIRE!' in the middle of the night. |
| FLAME | From Lighting A Match, Etc. |
Angela Brett, trying a different kind of singer after Tony came up with expansions for several of the musical kind. |
| FREEZE | Freshly Reaped Edibles Emit Zero Energy` |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| FROZEN | Fully Rigid, Obviously Zero Energy Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GRAVITY | Ground's Rushing And Velocity Is Terminal, Yikes! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Sports & Recreation:Parachuting |
| GYROSCOPE | Generates Year-Round Output. Spins Constantly Once Properly Established |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| GYROSCOPIC | Get Yours! Rotates Omnidirectionally So Centre Of Positition Is Constant. |
Angela Brett |
| GYROSTABILIZER | God! You're Rolling Over! Stop That! Aircraft Begins Inclining, Luckily Implement Zeroes Endangering Rotation. |
Angela Brett |
| HOLOGRAPHY | Harnessing One's Laser, One Generates Really Artistic, Pleasing Holograms, Yes? |
Sean Lamb Art & Literature |
| HOT | Heightening Of Thermoactivity |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| IMPACT | I Might Perform A Crash Test |
Angela Brett Transport |
| INERT | It's Not Especially Readily Transported |
Angela Brett |
| KYMOGRAPH | Kilohertz You May Observe Graphically, Record Actual Phonemes, Hopefully. |
Angela Brett, hoping to get the last K entry. |
| LENS | Light Experiences New Shaping |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| LIGHT | Lamp Is Generating Heat Too! |
Angela Brett Household Objects |
| MAGNET | Metal's Attracted, Getting Near Electromagnetic Thingies! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| PHYSICS | Profession Has Young Scientists Investigating Complex Spaces |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 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 |
| POTATO | Properties Of Thermochemistry Are Too Obscure! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - Angela had said that she likes refrigerated cooked potatoes because they have a similar texture, or at least temperature, to cold hardboiled eggs. Tony pointed out that the texture would vary according to the type of potato, so Angela replied that the temperature would still be similar no matter what kind of potato was used. Tony then said "I don't intend to get into a discussion about the heat-retention properties of various varieties of potato," and presented this acronym to back up his position. Food & Drink |
| ROCKET | Roaring Off, Carrying Keen Extra Terrestrials |
Patricia Rix Science:Astronomy |
| SHIMMER | Sunny Haze Implies Motion - Mirage Effect Really |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| SOLID | Scientific Opinion: Light Isn't Dense. |
Angela Brett |
| SONAR | Sound Out Nasties And Repasts |
Angela Brett Science:Biology |
| SPECTRUM | See Practically Every Colour Through Rays' Unusual Motif |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives:Colours |
| SUPERSONIC | Souped-Up Plane's Engines Reverberate, Sudden Objectionable Noise Is Created |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport |
| TEMPERATURE | Thermometer Emulating Masculine Peg Exercise Recoils After The Unit Reaches Ebullition |
Rico Leffanta Science:Meteorology |
| TRAJECTORY | The Rounded Arc Javelins Exhibit / Career Track Of Redundant Yuppie |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships Sports & Recreation |