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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 02, 2008 04:48AM

sc rummaging: two meanings

1] (trivial] Rugby union term for an exercise of extreme friendship as exemplified by slogan " Only rucking beats f.... (sorry! Sudden memory lapse there. I'll come back to it later perhaps}

2} (serious) the process by which the wisdom of the ancients is passed down through the female line that allows them to go post Christmas sale shopping under conditions that resemble trench warfare such as at Potiers (sic) and other trench warfare sites and to return home without the emotional scars. Shows that time is intrinsically variable - what took 5 years in the trenches is equallred by 6 - 8 hours of shopping.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 03, 2008 02:30PM

<Forlornly sulks over lack of sumptuous words to imbibe with new meaning>

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.watf.cable.ntl.com)
Date: October 03, 2008 06:30PM

Forlorn: Grassy area in front of house

Define: imbibe

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 04, 2008 01:52AM

Imbibe: African bird of paradise

define: fragrant

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 04, 2008 04:11AM

fragrant: pheromone from obscene version of ant as it can dance.


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define: amnesiac

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.range86-136.btcentralplus.com)
Date: October 04, 2008 10:21AM

Amnesiac: Someone allergic to friendly French people.

Define: Turquoise.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 05, 2008 11:16AM

Turquoise: The mood the descends upon someone who is at the very end of a holiday.

Define: Crumble








(I'm baking a cheesecake type thing, so it is on my mind)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 06, 2008 10:29AM

Crumble: the fight (rumble) that erupts over the last tiny bits of chocolate (crumbs) of the last bar in the house.

Define: Crescent

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.watf.cable.ntl.com)
Date: October 06, 2008 07:50PM

Crescent: The way the moon smells.

Define: Quantum

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 07, 2008 04:32AM

quantum: minimum amount of style required to be a 1960s fashion creator.


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Define: Hadron

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: October 08, 2008 11:14AM

Hadron: Common anagram of norhad, now used to describe anagrams used more commonly than the proper word.

Define: Squelch.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 08, 2008 11:53AM

Squelch: A Welsh relative of the zuchini family


Define: Inglenook

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (194.203.72.---)
Date: October 08, 2008 01:04PM

Inglenook - An Orangutan christmas carol.

Define: Shipwreck

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mr puniverse (---.meb2.vic.optusnet.com.au)
Date: October 11, 2008 02:42PM

Shipwreck a vessel designed for transporting wrecks

Define Hyperbole

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 12, 2008 12:10PM

hyperbole: mathematical function like square root in a tree diagram


You have a square root, then a hyperbole, then mobius leaves.



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define: ineradicablely

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: October 12, 2008 07:20PM

ineradicablely: a radish with trimmings



define: cucumber

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 13, 2008 07:11AM

Cucumber: The a shorter truncheon used by Latvian police (also the name of an accessory worn by one of the Spinal Tap band members).





Define: Coy

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: October 13, 2008 08:39AM

Coy: A Mephistophelian mode of behaviour intended to avoid the payment of dinner date bills.

Define: Splack.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.watf.cable.ntl.com)
Date: October 13, 2008 09:01AM

Splack: The response you get if you accuse somebody of being coy to avoid the payment of dinner date bills.

Define: Terracotta

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.27.201.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: October 13, 2008 10:22AM

Terracotta: a cream dessert which has been cooked for too long and has gone as hard as a fresh biscuit.

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