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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: August 08, 2008 09:33AM

Retroactive: aerobics for geriatric people


Define: Frosty

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: August 08, 2008 12:09PM

Frosty: Adjective for formerly cheery but now annoying Christmas songs.

Define: Merchant.

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.253-198-220.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: August 08, 2008 12:40PM

Merchant: the sound of mer-people make while engaged in yoga

Define: Yoga

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: LeonardQuirm (---.dur.ac.uk)
Date: August 08, 2008 03:13PM

Yoga: a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk...but in an art-less way.

Define: Art.

(any of the longer serving members shuddering?)

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.129.---)
Date: August 09, 2008 12:29PM

Art: Wot the tin man woz afta.

define:

professor

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: August 10, 2008 05:23AM

it's 'rosseforp' backwards, and this sounds more like an item of interest.


professor: (trivial meaning) confessional for ladies(and gentlemen) of the night.



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define: nymphomaniac

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.62.61.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: August 11, 2008 10:27AM

nymphomaniac: a Speilberg cartoon character in a diaphanous nightie

define character

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: August 11, 2008 10:32AM

Character: a root vegetable of German origin


Define: Erstwhile

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.131.---)
Date: August 11, 2008 03:07PM

Erstwhile: A small German guard dog, known for it's ability to travel backward in time.

Define: Dedicate

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: August 12, 2008 04:32AM

dedicate: past tense for deceased Katherine




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Define: amphibious

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: August 12, 2008 05:13PM

amphibious: the realisation that you are a habitual liar.

Define: creative

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: August 13, 2008 12:20PM

Creative: Chemical added to food in order to make it taste like the smell of treated wooden fence panels.

Define: Paperclip

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.195.16.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: August 13, 2008 01:33PM

Removed due to clash with Lymond's entry



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/13/2008 02:33PM by SkidMarks.

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: August 13, 2008 01:33PM

Paperclip: still pictures of stickmen drawn on pages of a book to create a moving picture when flicked.

Define: Asteroid

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (92.21.233.---)
Date: August 13, 2008 01:56PM

<PING PING PING>

Adjudication please!

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.195.16.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: August 13, 2008 02:37PM

Adjudication no longer required

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.wbs.warwick.ac.uk)
Date: August 14, 2008 08:03AM

Asteroid: Drug to increase bulk.

Define Socket.

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Cordwangler (136.173.62.---)
Date: August 14, 2008 09:01AM

Socket: a rapidly improvised repair to a trouser pocket, using a sock where the torn pocket used to be.

Define: artichoke

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: August 14, 2008 09:07AM

Artichoke: A hold used in the widely regarded Tate Modern Wrestling Federation.

Define: Badminton.

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: August 14, 2008 09:14AM

Badminton: Antonym for Goodminton

Define: Squash

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