A Punster Reworks Old Names - You May Smile
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| 100% | ADVICE | Avoid Dreadful Violence In Caring Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to this request on the Apronyms Forums: We are forming a new community group to end abuse, we are looking for a catchy acronym using the A for abuse. We don't want to limit ourselves to only family violence, or child abuse. Our purpose is to educate and raise awareness. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| 100% | BE CIVIL | Begin Exercising Caution, Ignore Vehement Intemperate Language |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 88% | BE NICE TO PEOPLE | Berating Enemies Never Initiates Companionship. Exceed The Other Person's Expectations by Openly Proclaiming Love as Equals. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | BREAK IT DOWN | Because Really Enormous Adversity Kills Inspiration, Try Decomposing Opponent & Winning Nonhastily. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | CAPS | Cease All Pathetic Shouting |
Steve Keate |
| 100% | CRIMINALS: GET WEALTH, POWER, FAME! | Criminals Repent: Invest Mind/Money In Nurturing Altruism/Achievements, Living Sacrificially. Get Eternal Treasure. Wealth Earned Assures Life's/Lasting/Luxe: True Happiness. Power: Omnipotent's Wonderful Encouragement Receive. Fame: Almighty's Measureless Empathy! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. The Organising Principles of Expansion: 1. Each Word of Apronym Expands to one sentence. 2. Each Word of Apronym is the Expansion of its Initial in the APRONYM. These contraints strengthen the APRONYM, because the expansion is more predictable. I like that. Religion People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | DEATH (5) | Don't Ever Assume Tomorrow'll Happen |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Death |
| 0% | DECENCY DEMANDS | Despite Escalating Crassness (I) Essentially Need (to) Caution You... Dire Expletives Militate Against Normal Discussion Standards |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | DO NOT YELL | Dearest One, No-One Thinks You Endearing, Less Loud! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | DON'T BE RUDE | Deeply Obnoxious Nasty Thoughts. Begin Eschewing Rather Undue Dirty Expressions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | DON'T PANIC | Depress One's Natural Thoughts, Please. Angela's Nearly In Control |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela posted on the FORUMS to say that parts of the ACRONYMS website weren't working, but not to PANIC because she would be fixing it soon. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 100% | EMPOWER | Enthusiasm & Motivation, Plan, Organize, Work, Evaluate, Refine. |
Rico Leffanta, as a 'modernisation' of POWER. |
| 75% | HAVE A LIFE | Hoping for A Veritable Experience of A Long Interface with Fellow Entities |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 95% | HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST | Having Evidently Wasted Hours On Havering, Eschew Seizing Initiative That Afforded Thin Escape Slot. It's Silly Lingering Or Shilly-shallying Twittishly |
TMcCO'G Assorted Phrases:Sayings |
| 100% | IT'S RUDE TO POINT | It's Totally So Repulsive, Using Digit Extended Towards One Person's Objectional! It's Not Tactful |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID! | Kindly Extract Essentials, Pass Intricacies To Specialists. It Makes People Lose Enthusiasm, Struggling To Understand Perplexing, Insignificant Details. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | LEND A HAND | Looks Easy, Needs Doing, Anyway - Have A Nice Day! |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | LIGHTEN UP! | Less Intensity! Getting Heated Too Easily Normally Upsets People. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | OUTDOOR LEARNING SKILLS | On Unfamiliar Terrain, Don't Overestimate Own Real-Life Experience... Adventure Roleplaying Night Is Not Good Solid Knowledge If Lost, Lonely, Shivering. |
Angela Brett Sports & Recreation |
| 100% | POWER | Plan, Organize, Work, Evaluate, Refine. |
Rico Leffanta |
| 100% | POWERS | Present Oportunity! Work Energetically Realising Successes! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| 100% | PRAISE | People React Appreciatively If Sometimes Eulogised |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 92% | PUT A SOCK IN IT | Politeness (is) Usually Thoughtful. A Soupcon Of Consideration & Kindness Is Needed, I'm Thinking |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | PUT A SOCK ON IT | Pen Up Thermal Activity So Outside Cold Keeps Out... Nice Insulated Toes. |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Clothing:Underwear |
| 100% | QUALITY LIFE | Quit Underachieving And Love It... Tomorrow You'll Lie In Fetid Earth |
Angela Brett, who wonders if there's a better word than Underachieving which means something like 'underenjoying' but sounds more like a real word. |
| 100% | QUIET | Quit Ululating - It's Ear Terrorism! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | QUIET (2) | Quit Uppercasing - It's Eye Terrorism! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 83% | QUIET (3) | Quiescent Uvular Is Easier to Tolerate. |
Angela Brett |
| 100% | SAFE (4) | Sanely Approach Future Empathetically! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | SHUT UP | Silence! Heated Uncivil Typing Upsets People |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | STATE YOUR GOALS (2) | Set Targets At The Earliest - You'll Obviously Use Reseach Guidelines & Outline Aims Logically, Succinctly |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | STOP THE ABUSING | Strive To Over-Power The Hurt - Every Avengement Brings Unnecessary Suffering. It's Not Good! |
Angela Brett, when someone searched for 'stop the abuse'. I couldn't find a good E word. People & Relationships:Abuse |
| 100% | TIP: SUCCESS | Trustworthy Individuals Possess Skills Unusual: Caring Communicating/Counting! Enjoy Sweet Success! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. |
| 100% | THIS TOO SHALL PASS | Things Happen. It's Silly To Overreact Openly. Some Hold A Little Leisurely Patience Actually Smooths Sensitivities. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 93% | THAT'S CHILDISH | Try Having Adult Thoughts, Such Completely Half-baked Ideas Lack Development, I Suggest Helpfully |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | TEMPER TEMPER | Try Empathising More Please, Exercise Restraint, To Enrage Means Producing Exasperate Reactions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady |
| 100% | TALK TO THE HAND | Trying Achieves Little, Kills Talking Obviously Totally Hampering Ends Hearing, Avoids Natural Decency |
Jan Morgan -- expression -- in other words, I don't want to hear it |
| 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 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 |
| 100% | YOU SMELL BAD | Your Odour's Unspeakable... Somebody Must Explain Life's Laws - Buy A Deodorant! |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Insults |
| 100% | YOU STINK | Your Odour's Unbelievably Strong! Take Immediate Notice, Kindly. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Insults |