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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-193-42.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: September 22, 2008 01:25PM

Simple: An item of clothing that resembles a snood

Define: Thixotropic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.104.---)
Date: September 22, 2008 01:53PM

Dammit! I was gonna use that word for my next one!

Sorry, Carry on.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: September 22, 2008 01:58PM

Thixotropic: The property of being likely to tend towards micromanaging behaviour.

Define: <Crikey, what hasn't already been done?> Calciferous.

Have you ladies been cross-pollinating your creative processes again?

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-193-42.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: September 22, 2008 02:11PM

(Sorry Missy! I love that word and its physical reaction, will think of a replacement for you)
(Um, maybe? I tend to just not shut up... though I think friends sometimes have some similar thought patterns!).

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.105.---)
Date: September 23, 2008 11:27AM

(especially when those friends have the same weird vocabulary - thanks to Michael, at least!)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-193-42.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: September 23, 2008 11:31AM

What was his name for himself again? Prince of Nonsense or something... Glaze classes were a riot. Mad as a hatter!

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: September 24, 2008 04:55AM

Calciferous: rusty Californians



Define: spasmodic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-193-42.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: September 24, 2008 07:35AM

Spasmodic: The new Emo

Define: Nacreous

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: splat21 (195.33.121.---)
Date: September 25, 2008 09:49AM

Nacreous? The condition of extreme tiredness resulting from the unwearied attention of nail technicians (i.e. a manic manicure).


Define zeugma.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.173.132.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: September 25, 2008 10:01AM

Zeugma: an elderly relative of a greek god, a mother figure, a leda of women.

Define syllepsis

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: September 29, 2008 07:03AM

syllepsis: 'syll' from syllable and 'epsis' a poisoning of a wound, so 'syllepsis means 'covered in chocolate with a honeycomb and mixed nut core with a tang of caramel to bind the lot together. P8 of the WWI(TM regd) book '100 foods to eat before you die of malnutrition and dyspesia from eating wholesome foods and exercising'.




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Define: MASTURBATION (in uppercase letters, not lowercase as this means something else)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/2008 07:04AM by bunyip.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: September 29, 2008 02:19PM

<Attempts to distract with 'Wind in the Willows'>

<poop poop!>

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.104.---)
Date: September 30, 2008 12:47PM

Masturbation: What happens when baton relay competitors have bad grip.

define: subside

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.157.215.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: September 30, 2008 01:08PM

subside: the flank of an underwater vessel

define handle

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: September 30, 2008 01:10PM

Handle: What Mr Solo uses to take the shine off his nose.

Define: Brickbat

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 01, 2008 05:35AM

Brickbat: Terracotta flying mammal found in low density environments. Is anathematic to BBC film crews and others seeking to portray the wonders of life and the wholeness of nature.

Can only be assumed to be pre-Adamic attempt by pre-Iron age god to produce a miracle.



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define: exothermic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 01, 2008 07:11AM

Exothermic: The process by which the sun burns skin. <sighs at thought of horrible hot summer approaching>


Define: Blemish

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 01, 2008 12:53PM

Blemish: Flemish speaking Belgian

Define: Whovian

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.28.76.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: October 01, 2008 01:01PM

Whovian: a twin-hearted creature living in Whoville.

Define trance

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: chris.ph (---.40.159.34.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: October 01, 2008 06:23PM

define trance_ wot the younger generation dance themselves into


define_ scrummaging

measuring intelligence by exam results is like measuring digestion by turd length

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