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WYATT EARPWestern Yahoo Attempted To Tame Entrepreneurial Adventurers Roaming Prairie Patricia Rix
Names:Famous people
WYNDWinding Yet Narrow Defile Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places
WYOMINGWhen You Obviously Moan In Nerdy Gallop. Jeff Anonymous (Wyoming is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as meaning, 'Moving in hurried desperation from one cubicle to another in a public lavatory trying to find one which has a lock on the door, a seat on the bowl, and no brown streaks on the seat.')
Words & Wordplay:Liffs
WYOMING (2)Where Your Open Miles Is Never Greater Jan Morgan
Places:States & Regions
XANXuberant Angel -- Not! Jeff Anonymous, referring to the morose elf in the "Baldur's Gate" computer-game series.
Computers:Games:Game Characters
XANTH-Xyris: Aptly Named! Tint's Here Tony McCoy O'Grady (Xyris is a yellow plant, and Xanth denotes yellowness.)
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
XENOPHOBEXenophobes Enjoy Noting Other People Holding Old Biases Everlasting. Sean Lamb (http://august1.com/pubs/dict/ is the only legal dictionary online that I've seen with entries under X, including this one. Since a xenophobe is biased against alien residents, one would need others with similar biases to rationalize such views.)
People & Relationships
XFREE (2)X From Redhat Expires Easily Jeff Anonymous
Computers:Linux
XIAOSAURUSXiaosaurus Is Another Ornithischian Species; All Uncovered Remains Unusually Small Sean Lamb (Xiaosaurus has only been found in fragments; it is estimated that this creature stood only 1.5 feet tall)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
XMASXrated Movie About Santa Rico Leffanta, who mentions that an annually published French cartoon shows an errant Father Christmas mistaking the chimney.
Entertainment:Movies
Time:Special Occasions:Christmas
XYLITOLXpect You'll Lose Inches Through Overpriced Lollies? Angela Brett
Food & Drink:Condiments
XYLOPHONEXpressive Yet Lively Once Person Hammers Orchestral Notes Enchantingly Tony McCoy O'Grady
Entertainment:Music:Instruments
XYLOPHONESXerox Your Lover's Organ! Play Havoc On Next Etude Session! Rico Leffanta
Entertainment:Music:Instruments
XYLOSE SORBITOLXylitol... You'll Love Our Substitute. Everyday Sugar Often Rots But Its Taste Obviates Lesions. Angela Brett (xylose sorbitol, a.k.a. XYLITOL is used as a sweetener in dental products and low-calorie foods... so even though sugar is bad for our teeth, making products taste like it can encourage people to look after their teeth.)
Food & Drink:Condiments
People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products
XZARXtreme Zhentarim Alongside Road Jeff Anonymous (this character from the Baldur's Gate computer game series claims to belong to a society known as the 'Black Network of Zhentarim'... yet he can be found alongside a road, as I recall)
Computers:Games:Game Characters
YABBERYou're Always Bloody Bellyaching, Expressing Resentments Tony McCoy O'Grady
Communication:Talking
YACHTYou're Among Classy Harbour Traffic Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport
YACHT (2)You Actually Can Have Travelled Jan Morgan
Transport
YAHOOYak At Hearts Opponents Online Angela Brett (Hearts is one of the games available at http://games.yahoo.com, you can converse or 'yak' with other players while playing.)
Computers:Games
Computers:Internet
YAHOO (2)You're A Horridly Odious Oaf! Patricia Rix
People & Relationships:Insults
YAHOO.COMYou Are Here: On Online Community Of Millions Angela Brett
Computers:Internet:URLs
YAKIMAYour Australian Kangaroos Ingest My Apples Rico Leffanta (Yakima is a town in Washington, noted for red delicious apple exports.)
Places:Towns & Cities:USA
YAMYet Another Meal Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
YAMAHAYou're A Motorcyclist? Aren't Hondas Awful? Tony McCoy O'VroomVroom
Transport:Car Makes & Models
YARDSTICKYe Auld Ruler... Do Stop Talking Imperial - Count Kilometres! Angela Brett
Science:Mathematics:Measurement
YAREYou Are Really Educable! Chin Shih Tang. I saw the word for the first time on the site. Once I looked up the definition, the apronymization came easily.
Assorted Adjectives
Education
YARNYou Are Really Nice! Rico Leffanta
Communication
YARP (2)You Automatically Reverse PRAY/Procedure/Protection/Process Tony McCoy O'Grady (see YARP)
Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY
YARP (3)You're Allowed Reverse PRAY/Procedure/Protection/Process Tony McCoy O'Grady (see YARP)
Computers:Windows:Applications:The opposite of PRAY
YARROWYet Another Redhat Release Of Wonder Sean Lamb (Yarrow was the codename for RedHat's Fedora Core Linux 1.0)
Computers:Linux
Names:Code Names:Linux
YASAYet Another Silly Acronym Original author unknown... however when Angela first used it in an email, Tony suggested 'You Are So Apposite', 'You're A Saintly Anthony', and 'Youth And Sex Abound.' Angela then replied with 'You Are Self-praising Also.'
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Re-expansions of existing acronyms:Conversational
YASTYou Are Susefied Today Sean Lamb (YaST really means Yet Another Setup Tool, which is used to install SuSE Linux)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Linux
YAVERLANDIAYet Another Very Extinct Reptile. Little Animal Never Dwelled In Asia Sean Lamb (Yaverlandia, at 2' 3" tall, was discovered in Yaverland Battery on the Isle of Wight)
Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs
YEAH!You Expressing Anger Happily Rulgnaj Yerdon
Communication:Yesses And Noes
YEARBOOKYou Easily Are Ruined Because Of Obnoxious Kids Peter & Christina - We're the co-editor and editor of the yearbook staff. Enough said.
Education
Communication:Periodicals
YEARBOOK (2)Year's Events, Activities Recorded Because Of Ordinary Kinetics Jan Morgan -- moving from grade to grade requires records of the year's events and the fun or not of it
Education
Communication:Periodicals
YELLING INTO A DEAF EARYou Evidently Listen Little. I'll Now Generate Increased Noise (Throat Open And Declaim Excessively) And Facilitate Effecting A Response Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Phrases
YELLOW (2)Yolk's Exceptionally Lovely, Lying On White Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
YELLOW (3)Yellow Encased Long Lush. Organic Wonderful! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Banana.
Food & Drink
Assorted Adjectives:Colours
YELLOW (4)Yell Enemy Lax Leaving Outlying Weapons Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Military
People & Relationships:Personality Traits
YESYour Expectation's Satisfied Angela Brett
Communication:Yesses And Noes
YES (2)Yet Ends Successfully Jan Morgan
Communication:Yesses And Noes
YIKESYour Intense Keening Evinces Surprise Tony McCoy O'Grady
Main
YIN/YANGYour Influential Nature - You Avoid Net Gains Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: Together they add up to a set 'total'. If you lose three 'points' of yin, then you gain three 'points' of yang, as far as I can interpret it.
Religion
YIPPIEYou Ignore Peer Pressure In Extremes Rico Leffanta
Main
YODAYou're One Dire Actor Tony McCoy O'Grady
Entertainment:Movies
Art & Literature:Fictional Characters
YOKELYou Only Kiss Engaging Lips Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships
YOKEL (2)Your Own Kin Evoke Lust Angela Brett
People & Relationships
YORICKYour Only Residue Inspires Comic Knockabout Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
YORKYorkshire's Own Rebellious Knight Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King Henry VI
Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King Henry VI
YOSEMITESYou Own Some Expensive Macintoshes - It Tortures Envious Souls! Angela Brett - Yosemite was the code name for the blue and white Power Mac G3s.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton:Hardware
Names:Code Names:Apple
YOU ARE HOT AS HELLYears Of Using A Radiation Emitter Has One's Temperature Absolutely Scorching, Having Endured Lamp's Lights Tony McCoy O'Grady, who mused on what would happen if bodies stored the heat from sunbeds for a long time.... some people would boil over!
Science:Biology
Science:Physics
YOU ARE LOOKING SEXY TONIGHTYes, Oh Undoubtedly Amorous Response Elicited. Look Out! O. K. I Need Gratifying Sexually Erotic Xperience. You're Too Obvious - Now I'm Getting Horny Too! Tony McCoy O'Grady (See YOU LOOK HORRIBLE DURING THE DAY)
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
YOU ARE SO HOTYou're Obviously Utterly Aroused, Really Excited, So Offer Him/Her Orgasmic Tumble Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
YOU ARE SO HOT (2)You Oughta Use Antibiotics... Reducing Every Symptom Obviously Helps One's Temperature. Angela Brett
Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments
YOU DON'T WANT TO DRINK THATYears 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
People & Relationships:Advice
Food & Drink:Drinks:Alcoholic
YOU DON'T WANT TO PANICYouthful 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
People & Relationships:Advice
YOU LAZY GITYou're Overdrawn? Unsecured Loans Arranged Zippily: You Get Interesting Terms. Tony McCoy O'Grady (see SHOVE OFF)
Words & Wordplay:Rudeness:Rude Advertising Slogans
YOUNGYouth's Ongoing, Until Nearly Geriatric Tony McCoy O'Grady
Time:Age
YOUNG ADULTSYoung One Uses Necessary Gifts And Deems Unconditional Learning Talent, Studies Jan Morgan
Time:Age
YOUNG OFFENDERYears Of Untold Neglect Generated One Fledgling Felon. Especially Needs Direct Effective Rehabilitation Sean Lamb
People & Relationships:Law & Order:Criminals
YOUR IDEAS ON PAPERYuck... Old, Useless Rubbish... It Doesn't Even Allow Searching. One Needn't Print A Perfect Electronic Record. Angela Brett, expressing her ideas on paper in response to an unsuccessful search term.
Communication
YOUR MOMYouth's Opinions Usually Reflect Much Of Mother TMcCO'G
People & Relationships:Family
YOU SMELL BADYour Odour's Unspeakable... Somebody Must Explain Life's Laws - Buy A Deodorant! Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Insults
People & Relationships:Advice
YOU STINKYour Odour's Unbelievably Strong! Take Immediate Notice, Kindly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships:Insults
People & Relationships:Advice
YOUTHYou're Obviously Unable To Hesitate Tony McCoy O'Grady, still picking holes in MacGirl.
MacGirl & KeyBoard
Time:Age
YOUTH GROUP (CHURCH)You're Only Used To Hearing God's Rage Or Unanswered Prayers? Come Here, Understand Real Christian Happiness. Angela Brett
Religion
YOU'VE LEFT OUT A Y - CALAMITY!You've Omitted Unique Vowel, Exceptional Letter - Eminently Flexible To Operate Usefully Twoways As Your Consonantal Assonantal Letter. Angela Might Indicate To You. Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Jeff left out a Y in an expansion of ZZZZZZZZZRA on the forums.
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
YTTERBIUMYou Try This Expansion. Reference Book Is Unhelpful, Mostly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
Science:Chemistry:Elements
YTTRIUMYour Television Tube Requires It's Use, Mainly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
YUCCAYogi Unearths California Cactus Acupuncture Rico Leffanta
Science:Biology:Plants
YUCK!Your Underarms Could Kill! Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Insults
YUGOSLAVIAYour Usual Genocide One Supposes, Lasting American Victory Is Attainable? Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
YUM!Your Ultimate Meal Angela Brett
Food & Drink
YUM BADGEYour Ultimate MacEvangelist Beautification - Advertise Delicious G3 Ensemble! Angela Brett, referring to her 'Yum' badges featuring the five flavours of iMac in a circle and the word 'Yum.'
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
YUM BADGE (2)You're Undressed! Maybe Because Apple's Decorative Garment's Excluded. Angela Brett, because she's sure that if Annie had had a Mac, she'd have sung that you're never fully dressed without a Yum badge.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
YUM BRIGADEYou Use Macintosh? Barge Round In Garb Advertising Delectable Electronics. Angela Brett, after an Apple Update where we all got free YUM BADGEs.
Computers:Macintosh & Newton
YUPYou're Unusually Perceptive! Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela correctly guessed why he didn't want his ME expansion in the stack. (Hopefully it's okay to just mention it!)
Communication:Yesses And Noes
YUPPIE (2)Young Unsocial Pretentious Pig Ignorant Executive John Richard Jones. I thought of this after an encounter with three yuppies on a train.
People & Relationships
YURTYour Uniquely Russian Tent Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Buildings
YVONNEYoung Virgins Often Need New Excitement Rico Leffanta
Names:First names:Female
ZABAGLIONEZesty And Beautiful - A Good Lunch Is Obviously Nearly Ended Tony McCoy O'Grady
Food & Drink
ZAIBATSUZen Associates Is Biased, Affluent Top Socialites United Jan Morgan
Commerce
ZAIREZebras Abound In Region's East. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
ZAMBIAZinc And Mining-Based Industries Abound. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
ZAPDOSZestily Annihilate Pretty Dumb Operating System? Angela Brett, speculatiing that Zapdos (Pokemon #145) wants to destroy MS-DOS.
Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon
ZAPDOS (2)Zooms Across Power Department's Official Safeline Dundee (Zapdos is Pokemon #145)
Computers:Games:Game Characters:Pokemon
ZECHARIAHZerubbabel Established, Crowned. Hope About Rightful Improvement At Hand. Sue Johnson
Religion:Bible books
ZEPHANIAHZealous Eschatological Prophet Has A New Imprecation Against Hubris. Sue Johnson
Religion:Bible books
ZERO TOLERANCEZap Experimental Rounds Of Thievery, Offender's Liberty Encourages Repeated And Nastier Criminal Exploits. Angela Brett
People & Relationships:Law & Order
ZIFFZero Insertion Fun, Frankly! Duncan Smith, in response to an unsuccessful search. According to acronymfinder.com ZIFF means Zero Insert Force Field - Duncan explains: ZIFF means Zero Insertion Force. I think that the extra F is a typo or a joke, becuase I have never seen it before. ZIF means Zero Insertion Force, which is a name for a type of CPU socket which, logically enough, allows you to insert the CPU into the socket with a lever instead of pushing and bending pins.
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Computers:Generic Hardware
ZILCHZero Interest Level Confirmed Here Rico Leffanta
Science:Mathematics:Numbers
ZIMBABWEZealous In Making Beginnings Against Black & White Extremists Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Countries
ZINCZenith In Non-Corrosion Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry:Elements
ZIONZone Is On Nation Jan Morgan
Places
Religion
ZIPZero! Innovation! Progress! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics:Numbers
ZIP (2)Zero Invisible Power! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics:Numbers
ZIP (3)Zero Incrementation Power Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics
ZIP (4)Zero Infinitely Powerful! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
Science:Mathematics:Numbers
ZIP (5)Zero Is Placeholder Angela Brett
Science:Mathematics:Numbers
ZIP (6)Zero & Infinitesimal -- Partners! Angela Brett
Science:Mathematics:Numbers
ZIP CODEZilch If Postal Code Omitted - Dead End! Patricia Rix
Communication
ZITIZesty Italian Tasty Ingredients Sean Lamb
Food & Drink
ZODIACZoo Of Dozen Idolized Astronomical Characters Rico Leffanta
Religion:Astrology
ZODIAC (2)Zoo Of Dynamics In Astrology Capers Jan Morgan
Religion:Astrology
ZOMBIE MANZoological Obsession Makes Badman Instigate Extremely Messy Animal Nuisance Tony McCoy O'Grady - trying to create what will be the last entry in the stack
MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains
ZOMBIES ATTACKZoological Organisms Mutated By Infectious Epidemic Strike At Towns; Total Annihilation, Civilans Killed Inev
Entertainment:Movies
ZONKEDZapped-Out Noggin Keeping Euphoria Dazzled Rico Leffanta
Assorted Adjectives
ZOOBIEZion Of Occupations, Books In Education Jan Morgan -- name given to students attending Brigham Yung University
Education
ZOPEZero Online Publishing Equivalents Sean Lamb (Zope is a web page programming environment)
Computers:Internet
ZORBAZesty Old Rogue Barters Adventure Rico Leffanta
Main
ZUCCHINIZucca Uses Cognomen 'Courgette' Here In Non-Italy Angela Brett
Food & Drink
ZURICHZwingli's Upstart Religion Is Considered Heretical. Tony McCoy O'Grady, beating his own attempt at getting the last acronym in the stack. We challenge you acronymisers out there to beat it! (Zwingli was a Swiss priest and reformation character in Zurich in the 1500s.)
Places:Towns & Cities
ZWINGLIZealous Worker In New Gospel Literary Interpretations Tony McCoy O'Grady
Religion
Names:Famous people
ZWITTERIONZany Wierd Ion That's 'Twice Electified' - Result Isn't Only Negative Tony McCoy O'Grady
Science:Chemistry
ZYMOTIC Zesty Yeasts Make One's Throat Infection Contagious Tony McCoy O'Grady, [temporarily] succeeding in creating the stack's last acronym. You try to beat ZYMOTIC!
Science:Biology
ZZ TOPSZippy Zithers Tangle Opus Players Singing Rico Leffanta
Entertainment:Music:Artists
ZZ TOPS' LAST ALBUMZachery Zzzzzzzzzra Thinks Old Pop Singers Latest Arranged Song Tracks Are Largely Brilliant, Utterly Marvellous! Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela told him that someone had changed his name to Zachary Zzzzzzzzzra to be the last in the phone book.
Entertainment:Music
ZZVZanesville's Zlichified Viewrange Jeff Anonymous (In reference to the Zanesville, OH, airport code and Zero-Zero Visibility)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Science:Meteorology

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