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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: August 14, 2008 10:50AM

{do you play badminton EgonSpengler?}

Squash: from two words squall and ash:- muddy rain cause by volcanic ash.

Define: Sandwich

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: August 14, 2008 11:10AM

Sandwich: Occultists at a nudist beach



Define: Bud

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.76.243.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: August 14, 2008 12:59PM

Bud: a small village on the River Danube, which merged with the village on the opposite side of the river to become Vienna

define misleading

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: August 14, 2008 01:23PM

misleading: The incorrect version of 'swinging the lead'.

define: Phantasm.

(Yes, I do play badminton but I only scored one point in eighteen months of university club and so quit in misery, Lymond.)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/14/2008 07:25PM by EgonSpengler.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.wbs.warwick.ac.uk)
Date: August 14, 2008 03:02PM

Phantasm: The culmination of elephant sex.

Define - Robust.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.63.40.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: August 14, 2008 03:08PM

robust what distinguishes a pleasure droid from a mechanical person


define goggles

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: August 14, 2008 04:31PM

The Goggles: TV series Gog and Magog played in together before their row with Alexander ultimately led to them persuing separate careers.

define: Persia

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: August 15, 2008 12:41PM

Persia: German sports car fitted with intricately patterned carpet.

define: Teddybear

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: August 15, 2008 03:49PM

Teddybear: Nickname for Eddie O'Bare, a completely made-up person with a bad haircut and not much else.

Define: Squiffy.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PirateXxEsque (---.nsw.bigpond.net.au)
Date: August 16, 2008 12:36PM

Squiffy: To be thrown out of a very highly place window; usually with fatal consequences.

Define "Extreme". NOW!!!!

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: August 16, 2008 02:05PM

Extreme: a river during drought

define: eclipse

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.130.---)
Date: August 16, 2008 05:53PM

eclipse: When you put make-up on in the car and makes your co-workers run screaming.

Define: Cassowary.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: August 17, 2008 03:54PM

Cassowary: a french bean stew which has been left in the kitchen, unrefrigeted for 10 days.

Define: egret

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: splat21 (195.33.121.---)
Date: August 18, 2008 11:00AM

The affectionate greeting of the Barnsley Garbo fan club.

Define tumultuous

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: August 18, 2008 12:49PM

Tumultuous: The virtuous use of tummy-rubbing to curry favour.

Define: Parsimony.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: August 19, 2008 12:49PM

Parsimony: A golfer who complains about his round, even though he's just shot his handicap.

Define: Radish.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: August 19, 2008 01:17PM

Radish: A hat designed to dual-function as a satellite communication device.

Define: Looking glass

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: August 19, 2008 01:39PM

Looking glass: Speciality glassware that doubles as both quaffing equipment and emergency spectacles.

Define: Sailboat.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Anonymous User (78.52.113.---)
Date: August 19, 2008 07:31PM

Sailboat: A water based vehicle sold by a dyslexic sailsman.

Define: Meerkat

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: LeonardQuirm (---.glfd.adsl.virgin.net)
Date: August 19, 2008 10:46PM

Meerkat: Something that isn't proud enough to qualify as a lion.

(Thank you, ISIHAC..."Pride comes before a...?" " 'Of lions' ")

Define: Exemplary

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