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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: November 15, 2009 07:48AM

Promotion: One who prefers movies to photographs.

Define: Childhood

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: November 15, 2009 05:21PM

Hi there MistyCat! help yourself to provender. Be careful though, none of the drinks appear to be marked with an "S" (and most of the soft drinks contain sugar or sweetener).

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: November 15, 2009 09:47PM

Thank you, SkidMarks.

I'm avoiding most "S" drinks, but over by the lemon slices I see a nice cup of "T."

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: November 16, 2009 08:51AM

Childhood: a sack used to hide the little darlings


Define cinema

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: November 16, 2009 11:06AM

Seeing an old maid.

Define Rhubarb.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: November 16, 2009 03:36PM

Rhubarb: A kangaroo with a pointy stick.

Define: Snappish.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: November 17, 2009 01:35AM

Snappish: Behaviour of new owners of digital cameras, typified by the taking of multiple terabytes of photo snaps of grandchildren. (See: Grandpaparazzi)

Define: fatoompsh

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: switchbadger (---.telkom-ipnet.co.za)
Date: November 17, 2009 09:13AM

Fatoompsh: The sound made when a morbidly obese person falls over.

Define: welk

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You can't spell "fundamental" without "fun", "damn" and "mental."

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: November 17, 2009 09:54AM

Welk: A funny walk after a parrot attack, parodied by Groucho Marx.

Define: Spire.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: November 17, 2009 12:25PM

Spire: Someone who spies.

Define: art

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: November 17, 2009 12:52PM

Spire: nickname for the Ar Men lighthouse, which is exactly halfway between San Sebastian and Cork City

Define: buoy

(ah, drat I didn't see Martin's post)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2009 12:53PM by PrinzHilde.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: November 17, 2009 01:07PM

buoy: not a guirl
art: an excuse for not making your bed OR a means of disposing of dead animals

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define formaldehyde

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: November 17, 2009 01:30PM

formaldehyde: a fur coat to be worn to the Opera

Define: soprano

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: November 20, 2009 12:33PM

soprano: liquid soap

define: juggling

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.lnse1.win.bigpond.net.au)
Date: November 21, 2009 01:48AM

Juggling: a small jug

Define Capsicum

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: switchbadger (---.telkom-ipnet.co.za)
Date: November 24, 2009 10:30AM

Capsicum: A hat used to train attack dogs.

Define: define

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You can't spell "fundamental" without "fun", "damn" and "mental."

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: November 24, 2009 10:43AM

Define: see: recursion.

Define: jersey

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: November 24, 2009 12:58PM

Jersey: One who becomes very anxious under examination conditions. See: Sweater.

Define: everything



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2009 01:00PM by MistyCat.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: November 25, 2009 07:51PM

Everything: a superset of something.

Define: tired

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: November 26, 2009 07:06AM

Tired: at work. Hence not work is retired.

Define pantomime

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