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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.40.63.3.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 21, 2008 11:29AM

<bows head in totally uncalled-for modesty>

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 21, 2008 01:53PM

indeed! very uncalled for:-) we've already had a definition for 'define', it's on page two.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 21, 2008 01:56PM

<Takes back compliment and lobs rotten tomato at SkidMarks>

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 21, 2008 02:25PM

Define: When the weather is lovely and sunny as opposed to depoor, when it is not

Define: Filament

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 21, 2008 02:28PM

Filament: A temporary filling used by dentists on people with compulsive menthol behaviour.

Define: Temporary.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.40.18.82.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 22, 2008 09:23AM

Lymond Wrote:
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> indeed! very uncalled for:-) we've already had a
> definition for 'define', it's on page two.


<bows head in totally uncalled-for shame>

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 22, 2008 12:28PM

Temporary: Southern Irish town, renowned for its sense of timing.

Define: Carriage

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 23, 2008 09:55AM

Carriage: a form of dancing to music using synchronised chariots - a distant cousin to dressage.

Define: Element




Edited because of mind issues



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2008 10:58AM by BibwitHart.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 23, 2008 09:56AM

<points out filament 3 or 4 posts above>

<realises that filament has now gone>
<ponders state of mind>
<goes to lie down>



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2008 12:35PM by EgonSpengler.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 23, 2008 12:25PM

<ignores pointy Egon>


Element: Handy breath freshener for pachyderms.

Define: Monorail.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 23, 2008 12:36PM

Monorail: A special transit system run on the power refined from raw complaints.

Define: Scandal.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 23, 2008 12:51PM

Scandal: footware involved in speeding things up

Define: Cryogenic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.105.---)
Date: July 23, 2008 03:22PM

cryogenic: What tragic heroines learn on day one- weeping prettily in ways that wont cause mascara to run.

define: incineration

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: July 23, 2008 05:30PM

incineration: a packet of peanuts purchased just before the Star Wars triple feature night starts

define: upgrade

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.36.169.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 24, 2008 11:17AM

upgrade:what happens to a U.K. SAT score if you complain

define hairspray

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 24, 2008 11:24AM

hairspray: A rabbit meditative chant, intended to improve stiffness of ear and inner harmony.

Define: Gawp.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 25, 2008 05:09AM

Gawp: the sound a blue whale makes just after ingesting a nuclear submarine.



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define: adolescence



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2008 05:09AM by bunyip.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 25, 2008 08:38AM

Adolescence: Hitler's personal fragrance.


Define: Turf

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 25, 2008 11:45AM

Turf: compound word, describing quality of breaking waves in an offshore effluent disposal area. Define: Cosmopolitan

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.38.153.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 25, 2008 11:58AM

Cosmopolitan: a russian astronaut now living in the city

Define crisps

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