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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 16, 2008 09:26AM

penitence: temporary accomodation for imperial coins value of 1/240th of a quid.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 16, 2008 09:30AM

Kangaroo: Australian arrow made out of an old beer can.

Define: Crystalline

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 16, 2008 12:45PM

Crystalline: Telephone support for Country & Western singers.

Define: Abacus

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: July 16, 2008 12:57PM

Abacus: I device threaded with wooden paddles. In an attempt to educate man.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 16, 2008 01:19PM

cranium: Greek bird, notable for its highly developed intellect

define: pullover

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 16, 2008 01:37PM

Pullover: A lover or fanatical enthusiast of the little known birds called puls.

Define: Sublime

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: July 16, 2008 04:25PM

Sublime: Not quite as good as a green relative of the lemon.

Define: Forthright

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: July 16, 2008 05:21PM

Forthright: the bits left after the first child inherits all the property, the second all the money and the third all the furniture and fittings.

Define tarragon

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: July 16, 2008 05:24PM

Well I was so pleased with that one that I posted it twice.

Oops.

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: July 17, 2008 04:09AM

Tarragon: The feeling of having one's beautiful southern plantation burned to the ground.

Define: Chocolate

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 17, 2008 08:50AM

Chocolate: the process by which various types of chalk are collected together in an orderly fashion.

Define: proclaim

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 17, 2008 11:44AM

Proclaim: A variety of clam.

Define: Dubious

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: July 17, 2008 08:42PM

Dubious: coming from Dubai (also used in the sense of "oily")

Define: Architecture

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: July 17, 2008 08:59PM

Architecture: the art of building large boats.


Define: Colander

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 18, 2008 12:56PM

Colander: A dirigible specially designed for use over wet marshy landscapes.

Define: Clandestine.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 18, 2008 01:08PM

Clandestine: The pre-determined fate of a large family.

Define: Continental

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 20, 2008 04:52AM

continental: greek with good bladder control



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define: amorphous

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.sns.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 20, 2008 02:02PM

Amorphous: Similar in shape to a tiny clay animated figure.

Define: Twinkle.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.40.63.3.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 21, 2008 11:19AM

twinkle: the smaller of a pair of twins

Define: define

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 21, 2008 11:21AM

<Curses! I was going to try 'define: define'! Well done, sir!>

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