Aardvark A strange kind of animal with a strange name. Also the title of a comic book.
Absinth Licorice flavored liquor
Acne A minor skin infection, usually experienced by teen-agers. Can become extreme.
Action Doing something. Comic Book Title.
Actors People, and occasionally animals or other things that are players in a story. Actors most usually represent the characters in a story. Most good actors have the ability to appear as something other than what they are, thus advancing the story line of whatever action or idea they are portraying.
Add Put things together, usually numbers
Aether Fancy old-timey way of saying the space around us.
Affinity Kinship of objects.
Agriculture The act of growing plants for a purpose.
Ahead Being in front of or leading something
Airhead A descriptor of little brain power.
Ajar Partially open. Not closed or open.
Alice Name of a young girl in a fantasy story by Lewis Carrol. Much has been made of this fantasy and what it may connotate.
Almonds A kind of nut. Very tasty. Can break weak teeth.
Almighty One end of a radio call sign in the movie Apocalypse Now. Moniker of a scanner on AMP newsgroup
Amazon.com One of the first ".com" companies selling merchandise through the internet exclusively. Sort of phenomenal in that it made no profit for a long time in internet terms, but kept right on going. Some proof that cash flow and good backers can be more important than money in the bank.
AMP alt.binaries.amp A rather amazing newsgroup, that hosts an incredible variety of graphic images. NOT primarily porn, though there is a large number of playboy, etc. scans. Many active and lurker devotees. (Several months later... Yep, an absolutely amazing site. This place has thousand of interesting pics a day.)
Amp Short version of the word ampere, an electrical measure.
Anchor A method of holding something in place, usually a heavy shaped piece of metal dropped in the water to hold a boat in place. Also the chief or lead news-caster.
Anderson, Gillian Actress. Probably most popular for playing Agent Scully in the TV Series X-Files. Oddly common subject of fake nude pictures.
Anime A type of cartoon, usually with an adult orientation, originally from Japan. Sample Sample
Artificial Intelligence A concept that describes the creation of a device or devices that will emulate the ability of the human brain to absorb, and more importantly, interpret data, in context. 'In context' is probably the most important part of that statement.
Astronomy The study of everything that is not on or of the earth. (Could include bits of rock that fall from the sky.) A very hopeful pseudo-science since the vast majority of the subject matter is so far away that no one now living will probably ever directly see it. These people make assumptions about stuff far away based on observations made in our close astronomical neighborhood. The nearest celestial body outside our local solar system sent it's LIGHT our way four years ago. Therefore ALL astronomical observations are historical in nature.
Athletics A method of organized competition probably developed so that people wouldn't have to kill each other to resolve differences. Once they got started, people probably found out it was fun so formalized the competitions and so we got baseball and soccer.
Autism A probably genetic condition in which a person is dis-associated from the reality around them.
