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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: August 05, 2013 02:26PM

Spreadsheet: to cover a table when the tablecloth is unavailable

OR

Spreadsheet: a work of the devil, designed to allow non-programmers to program badly but without all that checking to upset them.

Define jaundiced.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: August 14, 2013 09:34AM

Jaundiced - prejudice against yellow things, often to the point of extreme censorship.

Define: Censorship

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: August 14, 2013 01:04PM

Censorship - a misspelling of the name for a boat full of burning incense.

Define incense

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: August 14, 2013 02:06PM

Incense: To become thurifly furious with an aroma.

Define: thurify

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: August 14, 2013 03:25PM

Thurify - to perform rituals of purification in honour of Thors Day.

Define: jötnar

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.skybroadband.com)
Date: August 14, 2013 05:29PM

Jötnar: a very, very large drawing of a nar with a posh ö


Define BBcode

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: August 15, 2013 09:15AM

BBcode - similar to Morse Code but written by shooting the intended recipient with a BB gun instead of sending dots and dashes. Both vocabulary and range of delivered messages were limited and frequently misinterpreted. The most common message received was "OWWW! who the figgy pudding did that?" when what the sender intended was "would you like a sweet or savoury pie?" As a consequence, BBcode never really caught on.

Define: verbose

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: August 15, 2013 12:32PM

Verbose: sound system designed for Volks Electric Railway

define tram

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: August 15, 2013 12:53PM

Tram: a measure of spirits served on a train

Define spirits

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: August 15, 2013 03:22PM

Spirits - the item conspicuously missing from a Mediums performance.

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Define - deception

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: August 16, 2013 01:38PM

Deception: The feeling of returning to reality after watching "Inception" in 3D.

Define: (for CannibalRabbit) Plasticine.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-183.btcentralplus.com)
Date: August 17, 2013 10:26AM

A colourful medical dressing which can be scraped off a carpet if dropped and trodden on, then re-used if needs be.


Define carpet

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: August 17, 2013 10:58AM

A convenient place to store Lego pieces, chip/crisp crumbs and other assorted detritus.

Define: Hovel

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: August 28, 2013 11:41AM

Hovel: a badly built book, now falling apart from lack of upkeep and readership.

Define: disrepair

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: August 28, 2013 12:15PM

Disrepair - to cast aspersions on the quality of a fix.

Define quality

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range109-150.btcentralplus.com)
Date: August 29, 2013 08:49PM

Quality... a residential area made of chocolate


Define toffee

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.skybroadband.com)
Date: August 29, 2013 10:58PM

Toffee - money paid to ensure that a gentleman attends a soiree

Define money

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (195.171.4.---)
Date: September 12, 2013 05:14PM

Money - how people sound when complaining about not being paid enough

Define: pittance

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.plain.net.au)
Date: September 16, 2013 05:47AM

pittance: like ant lions, only more dedicated to trapping elephants



define : dedicated

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: September 16, 2013 11:53AM

Dedicated: The state of a cartoon "crawler through the desert" following dessication.

Define: Deliquesce

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