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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: July 20, 2012 05:01AM

exeunt: poorly enunciated description of headhunting a chief executive officer


define: enunciated

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (124.168.203.---)
Date: July 20, 2012 11:21AM

e-nunciate - an internet based papal diplomat or envoy

define internet

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: July 22, 2012 08:34AM

internet - the hair covering worn by a trainee at a silicon chip factory.

define - studious

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.249.threembb.co.uk)
Date: July 24, 2012 10:13PM

StudIOUs: What you use to tip male strippers when you run out of cash.

Define - Chippendale.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.216.224.49.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz)
Date: July 25, 2012 02:47AM

Chippendale - buff, adventurous chipmunk strippers.

Define - adventure.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 25, 2012 08:55AM

adventure: an attempt to launch a new marketing initiative

define pushy

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-159.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 25, 2012 02:45PM

A beer connoisseur's name for his cat

define inebriated

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.216.224.49.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz)
Date: July 25, 2012 05:03PM

Inebriated - drunk cheese.

Define - culture

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.201.threembb.co.uk)
Date: July 26, 2012 01:43AM

Culture (the): A small wet religious sect based in Wensleydale N. Yorkshire whos whole belief system revolves around the local river system.

Define - Denomination.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: July 26, 2012 07:25AM

Denomination: a method used by the U.N. to censure a country by only ever referring to it as "that lot" rather than use its name.

Define ineffective

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: July 26, 2012 09:21PM

effinective

Define - garbled

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: July 27, 2012 04:53AM

garbled: the state you are in after intruding on a blonde female silent cinema actress of the alternate sexual orientation who has a preference for solitude.


define: orientation

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.40.255.82.threembb.co.uk)
Date: July 28, 2012 10:18AM

Orientation: Final stop for the Orient Expre*.

Define - Terminus.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 28, 2012 03:27PM

Ter minus - the opposite end of the line to the ter plus, cf the wrong side of the tracks

Define Station

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.networking.otago.ac.nz)
Date: July 30, 2012 12:14AM

Station - emasculated ballpoint pens.

define - withering

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-181.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 30, 2012 06:13PM

None U wuthering as practised in the North Countree. Too much withering leads to

shorter bits.


Define bits



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/30/2012 06:19PM by OB.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.98.224.49.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz)
Date: August 06, 2012 01:57AM

Bits - the 00000110 lots of horse mouthpiece required to drive a stagecoach team.

Define - desperado

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tafe.sa.edu.au)
Date: August 08, 2012 04:35AM

... desperado: a foreign linguistic attempt to convey the meaning of 'prod a seed' which is quite well understood in the english speaking world.


Define: arrogance

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: August 08, 2012 05:54AM

Arrogance: The quality of a well-dressed pirate at Christmas. (Noël, of course.)

Define: Just a second, I think I'll check this first
site:[www.jasperfforde.com] define definition
Well, I'm surprised. I seem to be about to do a bit of silent sea bursting.

Define: Definition

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.195.224.49.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz)
Date: August 10, 2012 01:16AM

Isn't defining definition some kind of recursive loop?

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