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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 15, 2013 04:42PM

Bard : a playwright covered in bacon, but not necessarily Bacon.

Define baste (without reference to marital status of anyone)

We need PH to continue the good work of cataloguing Lymond's progeny. If he hasn't the time, we need to press a volunteer!

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: July 16, 2013 03:46PM

Baste - To moisten (meat, for example) periodically with a liquid, such as melted butter or a sauce, especially while cooking and without any reference to marital status of anyone...


Define: Illiterate

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range217-42.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 16, 2013 06:06PM

describes someone who labours a point unmercifully that it causes heaving in his listeners


Define define

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 17, 2013 10:23AM

Define: to make coarser

Define comedian

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: July 17, 2013 10:50AM

Comedian - alternative way of defining the middle value of an even number of observations whereby the middle two numbers are selected as the median and co-median.

Define: standup

(ps, the 6th definition of define :-)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 17, 2013 10:56AM

I tried to ensure that it wasn't one of the existing definitions, but only found 3! I was sure that there were more.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range109-150.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 17, 2013 08:01PM

Well at least we're all more or less on the same wave length.

Stand up...what most members of the human race called Stan have done at some time or other.


Define sit-down

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: July 18, 2013 11:13AM

Sit-down - light feathers obtained from the sit for stuffing pillows.


Define: Hassock

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 18, 2013 12:47PM

Hassock: the owner of a cover for a foot. the cover is made from woven grass and frequently found in churches. It should not be confused with either a tuffet or a pouffe which are both types of poultry.

Define hammock

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range109-150.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 18, 2013 01:26PM

A garden pig derided by field pigs for sleeping above the grass.

Define brawn.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: July 19, 2013 05:54AM

<definition of ham(mock) (obviously spam) followed by definition of brawn, which I believe is something like jellied pig's head. Someone is denying a craving for bacon.>

Brawn: The colour of a Scottish pig.

Define: Crackling

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: July 19, 2013 11:30AM

Crackling - alternative spelling for a young Kraken.


Define: Calamari

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: July 19, 2013 08:19PM

Calamari: What Jasper does when he wants to talk to the missus.

Define misses

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range109-149.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 21, 2013 05:36PM

Virgin mice

Define lobster

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: July 22, 2013 10:09AM

Lobster - somebody who throws things professionally.

Define - Langoustine

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: July 22, 2013 02:21PM

Langoustine: A barbaric fool who dislikes long and leisurely walks in the country.

Define: Milkshake.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-183.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 22, 2013 10:02PM

Rocking a baby to sleep.


Define lullaby

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: July 23, 2013 02:11PM

lullaby - the ability to score runs in cricket by luring the fielding team into a false sense of security while never actually hitting the ball.


Define: Whitewash

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.plain.net.au)
Date: August 05, 2013 05:34AM

whitewash: the politically correct word for a Caucasian laving.


Define: irregardless


(I know it is not a valid word, it is just that it is used so often nowadays I thought someone out there could tell me what it means.)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: August 05, 2013 12:02PM

IRRegardless: an investment decision made without resorting to financial modelling in a spreadsheet.

Define spreadsheet

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