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This article contains a list of notable mnemonics used to remember various objects, lists, etc.

Astronomy

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obsolete (per the IAU definition of planet):
Most Vegetables EatMore Juice SoUsually NeverPee[1]
MyVery Educated Mother Just Served UsNine Potatoes[1]
Many Vicious Elephants MetJust Slightly Under NewPineapples[1]
MyVery Easy Method Just Speeds UpNaming Planets
Mark's Very Extravagant Mother Just Sent UsNinety Parakeets
Mother Very Eagerly Made A (Asteroids) Jelly Sandwich Under NoProtest

Since the IAU change the definition of a planet and relegated Pluto to the status of minor planet, the following has gained popularity

MyVery Excellent Mother Just Served UsNachos
OhBeA Fine Girl/Guy, Kiss MeRight Now, Sweetheart![2]
Old, Bald, AndFatGenerals Kiss More Ladies Than You[3]
(Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces)
  A Tense Grey Cat Lays  Very Low, Sneaking Slowly, Contemplating   A Pounce.
Jupiter: 5 AU,  Saturn: 10 AU,  Uranus: 20 AU,  Neptune: 30 AU,  Pluto: 40 AU

Biology

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Chemistry

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Harry, he likes beer by cupfuls, not over frothy, never nasty mugs allowed. Since past six closing, are kegs cancelled?
(H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, K, Ca.)

An Ox (Oxidation at Anode)

Red Cat (Reduction at Cathode)

Positive Anode Negative IsCathode
At the ANode, Oxidation Involves electron Loss.
Reduction Involves electron Gain at the CAThode.
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur

Engineering

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Bigbrown rabbits often yield great bigvocal groans when gingerly slapped[14]
Badboys runouryoung girls behind victory garden walls[15]
B .B Roy [of] Great Britain [has] Very Good Wife.

Geography

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  • Boring, Average Politics CanBecome Very Corrupt. People Everywhere GetUsed Sometimes
  • BigGorillas EatHotdogs, NotCold Pizza[16]
  • Including Mexico, MyGrandma's Bunny Eats Hamburgers, NotCanned Peas
  • Super Heroes Must EatOats
  • Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior: HOMES
Latitude, Altitude, Build, Distance from the sea, Ocean currents, Wind, Aspect

Geology

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  • Pregnant Camels Often SitDown Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak? Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Permanent Rheumatism[8]: 62–63 [17]
  • Paleozoic to Cenozoic: Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak[18]
  • Post-Cretaceous Epochs: Please EatOats MyPretty PetHorse (Holocene)
For Talc(=1), Gypsum(=2), Calcite(=3), Fluorite(=4), Apatite(=5), Orthoclase(=6), Quartz(=7), Topaz(=8), Corundum(=9), Diamond(=10)
  • Tall Girls CanFight AndOther Queer Things CanDevelop[8]: 64 
  • TAllGYroscopes CAnFLyAPart ORbiting QUickly TO COmplete DIsintegration[8]: 64 
  • Toronto Girls CanFlirt AndOnly Quit ToChase Dwarves
  • Terrible Giants CanFind Alligators OrQuaint Trolls Conveniently Digestible
  • TallGene CallsFlorence AtOurQuarters To Correct Dumbness[20]

History

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  • She Shamefully ChoseChinese HandJingles (and) SiNfully SweetTangoSongs: "You (and) Me, Chickadee!"[17]
  • NoPlan Like Yours ToStudy History Wisely.[22]
  • AllBoys Should Come Home Please[8]: 103 
  • DoMenEver Visit Boston?[17]
  • Losers Bearing Grudges Grieve Mainly Cowards Killing Orators

Languages

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Characteristic sequence of letters

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In most words like friend, field, piece, pierce, mischief, thief, tier, it is "i" which comes before "e". But on some words with c just before the pair of e and i, like receive, perceive, "e" comes before "i". This can be remembered by the following mnemonic,

I before E, except after C

But this is not always obeyed as in case of weird and weigh, weight, height, neighbor etc. and can be remembered by extending that mnemonic as given below

I before E, except after C
Or when sounded "A" as in neighbor, weigh and weight
Or when sounded like "eye" as in height
And "weird" is just weird

Another variant, which avoids confusion when the two letters represent different sounds instead of a single sound, as in atheist or being, runs

When it says ee
Put i before e
But not after c

Most frequently u follows q. e.g.: Que, queen, question, quack, quark, quartz, quarry, quit, Pique, torque, macaque, exchequer. Hence the mnemonic:

Where ever there is a Q there is a U too[24] (But this is violated by some words; see:List of English words containing Q not followed by U)

Letters of specific syllables in a word

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Do not believe a lie.[24]
Asecretary must keep a secret[24]
There is an ache in every teacher.[24]
Besure of your measurements before you start work.[24]
Fri the end of your friend[24]
The CIA have special agents[24]
BigElephants AreUgly[25]
Always smell a rat when you spell separate[24]
There was a farmer named Sep and one day his wife saw a rat. She yelled, “Sep! A ratE!!!”[26]
The principal is your pal.

Distinguishing between similar words

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Advice, Practice, Licence etc. (those with c) are nouns and Advise, Practise, License etc. are verbs.

One way of remembering this is that the word ‘noun’ comes before the word ‘verb’ in the dictionary; likewise ‘c’ comes before ‘s’, so the nouns are ‘practice, licence, advice’ and the verbs are ‘practise, license, advise’.[27]
We hear with our ear.
complement adds something to make it enough
complimentputs you in the limelight[24]
Your principal is your pal
A rule can be called a principle[26]
Remedial work is meant to remedy.
Menial work is boring but it's mean (-ial) to complain.
Theirs is not mine even though 'I' is in it.
There is where we'll be.
They're is a contraction of 'they are.'
Stationery contains er and so does paper; stationary (not moving) contains ar and so does car[24]
A for "at rest", e for envelope
Gray is preferred in America while grey is preferred in England

First letter mnemonics of spelling

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Dashing InA Rush, Running Harder (or) Else Accident!
Dining InA Rough Restaurant: Hurry, (otherwise) Expect Accidents!
Diarrhea IsA Really Runny Heap (of) Endless Amounts[25]
A RatInTheHouse MayEatTheIceCream[28]
NotEvery CatEats Sardines (Some AreReally Yummy)[28]
Never EatChocolate, EatSardine Sandwiches AndRemain Young
BigElephants CanAlways Understand Small Elephants
BigElephants Cause Accidents Under Small Elephants
BigElephants Can't Always UseSmall Exits
BigElephants Can’t Always UseSmall Entrances[28]
Mnemonics NowErase Man's Oldest Nemesis, Insufficient Cerebral Storage[26]
George's Elderly OldGrandfather Rode A PigHome Yesterday.[26]
Trails OfMyOldRedRose Over Window[25]
Rhythm Helps Your TwoHips Move[28]

Grammar

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devenir, revenir, monter, rester, sortir, venir, aller, naître, descendre, entrer, rentrer, tomber, retourner, arriver, mourir, partir[32]

Mathematics

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Pi

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The first 15 numbers of Pi can be remembered by counting the letters in the phrase, "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics."

Quadratic equation

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The articulation of the quadratic equation can be sung to the tune of various songs as a mnemonic device.[33]

Mathematical operations

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For helping students in remembering the rules in adding and multiplying two signed numbers, Balbuena and Buayan (2015) made the letter strategies LAUS (like signs, add; unlike signs, subtract) and LPUN (like signs, positive; unlike signs, negative), respectively.[34]
Order of Operations
PEMDAS
Please - Parenthesis
Excuse - Exponents
My - Multiplication
Dear - Division
Aunt - Addition
Sally - Subtraction
(In the UK, the phrase BIDMAS is used instead; Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.)[35]

Trigonometry

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The mnemonic "SOHCAHTOA" (occasionally spelt "SOH CAH TOA") is often used to remember the basic trigonometric functions:[36]

Other mnemonics that have been used for this include:

Some OldHippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping OnAcid.

Ships OfHolland Call AtHarwich ToObtain Apples.

Sighs OfHappiness Come After Having Tankards OfAle.

Some OldHenCaught Another HenTaking OffAlone.

Silly OldHitler Can't Advance HisTroops OnAfrica.

Topology

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Mnemonics for Euler's characteristic are "fav. me", for "F  add V, minus E", and "veryfun".[37]

Calculus

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The mnemonic "LIATE" is commonly used to determine which functions are to be chosen as u and DVinintegration by parts.

Medicine

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Anatomy

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'A OF A OF A'

Thenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface):

Abductor pollicis brevis
    Opponens pollicis
    Flexor pollicis brevis
    Adductor pollicis

Hypothenar (lateral to medial-palmar surface):

Opponens digiti minimi
    Flexor digiti minimi
    Abductor digiti minimi
My Tensors Dig Ants for Mom
2 big ones, 2 small ones, 2 tensors, 2 pterygoids
Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle
She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her
So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb
Simply Learn The Positions That The Carpus Has
Send Louis To Paris To Tame Carnal Hungers
Stop Letting Those People Touch The Cadaver's Hands
VINDICATE
List of mnemonics for the cranial nerves, their respective type and foramen
NERVE: Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Oculomotor nerve Pathic (Trochlear) nerve Trigeminal (dentist) nerve Abducens nerve Facial nerve Vestibulo-cochlear (Auditory) nerve Glosso-pharyngeal nerve Vagus nerve Spinal Accessory nerve Hypoglossal nerve
Ophthalmic Maxillary Mandibular
Mnemonic:
(for nerve)[40]
OLd OPen OCeans TROuble TRIbesmen ABout Fish VEnom Giving VArious ACute / SPlitting Headaches
On Old Olympus' Towering Top A Fat Vocal German Viewed A Hop
TYPE: Sensory Sensory Motor Motor Both (sensory + motor) Motor Both Sensory Both Both Motor Motor
Mnemonic:
(for type)[41]
Some Say Money Matters, But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More
FORAMINA: Cribriform plate Optic canal Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Superior Orbital Fissure Internal Acoustic Meatus Internal Acoustic Meatus Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Hypoglossal Canal
Mnemonics:
(for foramina)
Cleaners Only Spray Smelly Stuff Right On Smelly Idiots In Jumbled Junkyards Juggled High
Carl Only Swims South. Silly Roger Only Swims In Infiniti Jacuzzis. Jane Just Hitchhikes.

Music

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Bowed strings

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Guitar

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  • Every Average Dude Gets Better Eventually
  • Eggs AreDeliciously Good Breakfast Energy
  • Eddy AteDynamite Good ByeEddy
  • Every Adult DogGrowls Barks Eats.
  • Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually
  • Even After Dinner Giant Boys Eat
  • Elephants AllDine Generally Before Eight
  • Elephants AndDonkeys Grow BigEars
  • Every American DogGets Bones Easily
  • Every Angel Does Good Before Evil
  • EatAllDayGetBigEasy
  • Eine Alte Dame Geht Heute Einkaufen (German: an old lady goes shopping today)
  • EenAapDieGeen Bananen Eet (Dutch: A monkey that doesn't eat bananas)

Thus we get the names of the strings from 6th string to the 1st string in that order.

Conversely, a mnemonic listing the strings in the reverse order is:

  • Every Beginning Guitarist Does AllExercises!
  • Elvis' BigGreat Dane AteEverything
  • Every BigGirl Deserves AnElephant
  • Easter Bunny Gets Drunk AtEaster
  • Easter Bunnies GoDancing After Easter

Ukulele

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As for guitar tuning, there is also a mnemonic for ukuleles.

  • Good Cooks EatA-lot
  • In the other direction it is Aunt EvyCooks Grits

Reading music

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E, G, B, D, and F
  • Every Good BoyDoes Fine.[45]
  • Every Good BoyDeserves Fudge (or Friendship, Fun, Fruit, etc.)
  • Eggnog Gets Better During February
  • Empty Garbage Before DadFlips
 
F, A, C, and E
  • Good Boys DoFine Always
  • Good Birds Don't FlyAway
  • Grizzly Bears Don't FlyAirplanes
  • Great Basses DigFine Altos
  • Goblins Bring Death ForAll
  • George Bush Didn't Find Anything
  • Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart
  • AllCows EatGrass
  • AllCars EatGas
  • FatAlley CatEats Garbage
  • Green Birds DoFly
Key signatures of C♯ major or A♯ minor (left) and C♭ major or A♭ minor (right)
  • Father Charles Goes Down AndEnds Battle
  • Father Christmas Gave DadAnElectric Blanket.[46]
  • FatCats GoDown Alleys Eating Birds.
  • Fidel Castro Gets Drunk AndEats Babies.
  • FatCats Greedy Dogs AllEatBananas.
  • Battle Ends AndDown Goes Charles' Father
  • Blanket Exploded AndDadGotCold Feet.[46]
  • Before Eating A Doughnut GetCoffee First.

Philosophy

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Physics

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Theology

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Transportation

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  • "Red, Right, Return" reminds the skipper entering ("returning to") an IALA region B port to keep red markers to the starboard of the vessel. Conversely the opposite convention exists in IALA region A ports, where a similar (but significantly different) mnemonic of "Red on the Right Returning ToSea" can be used.
  • The phrase "there's always some red port (wine) left" is used to remember the basics in seafaring. "Red" refers to the color of navigation lights on the port (left) side of a vessel (as opposed to green on the starboard side).[47]
  • "Nuclear Restrictions Constrain Fishing and Sailing, People Say" is used to encode the "order of priority" for which vessels have right of way (earlier in the list has priority over later): Not under command; Restricted; Constrained by draft; Fishing vessel; Sailboat; Powerboat; Seaplane.[47]

  • CRAFT - Clearance limit, Route, Altitude, Frequency, Transponder.
  • pre-landing: GUMPS - Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Propeller, Speed.
  • pre-final: MARTHA - Missed (procedure), Altitude (limit), Radios (set), Time (limit), Heading (final), Airspeed (descent)
  • pre-high-altitude - FLOWER - Flow (enabled), Lights (test), Oxygen (charged), Water (humidity), Electricity (on), Radio (check)
  • pre-flight-paperwork - ARROW - Airworthiness (certificate), Registration, Required (charts), Operating (checklists), Weight and balance
  • night collision avoidance: Red, Right, Returning - Red nav light on Right implies target is Returning (closing)
  • radio loss Instrument course - CDEF - as Cleared, else Direct to last fix, else as directed to Expect, else as flight plan Filed
  • spin recovery - POKER - Power (off), Opposite (full rudder), Klean (flaps, ...), Elevator (briskly forward), Recover (from dive)

Units of measure

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  • kilo-, hecto-, deca-, deci-, centi-, milli-, in descending order of magnitude:
"Base" (Meters, liters, grams) come in between "deca" and "deci".
  • Kangaroos HopDown British Driveways Carrying M&Ms[50]
  • King Henry Drank Both Diet Cokes Monday[50][dead link]
  • King Henry Died ByDrinking Chocolate Milk[50][dead link]
  • deca-, hecto-, kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-, in ascending order of magnitude:
  • deci-, centi-, milli-, micro-, nano-, pico-, femto-, atto- in descending order of magnitude:
  • Darn Clever Mnemonic Makes NoPrefix Forgettable, Absolutely[50][dead link]

See also

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References

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  • ^ "SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION OF STARS". www.eudesign.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
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  • ^ "Quadratic formula song". Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  • ^ Mnemonics and Gaming
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