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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 13, 2008 11:16AM

Venue: the material used to replace serious vericous veins.

Define Bogan

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 19, 2008 05:03AM

Bogan: indefinable, but definitely not us.


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Define: us

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 19, 2008 07:49AM

Us: used to describe the emotion of feeling like you have behaved inappropriately in front of peers or employers. "To feel like an us"


Define: indistinct




Edited for slightly better grammar.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/2008 08:06AM by BibwitHart.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: October 21, 2008 08:44AM

Indistinct: Abbreviated version of indie stinked; an adjective relating to people who becomes smelly regardless of what they have or have not been doing.

Define: Mediocre.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.115.130.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: October 21, 2008 09:40AM

mediocre: that shade of brown somewhere between dark earth and caramel

Define library

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 22, 2008 04:45AM

library: a place for believers that good writing is more important than other mundane matters which serves as an anteroom to the great library in the sky wherein good series of books are endless and the works of the mediocre scribes is not present.



define: anteroom

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-137.btcentralplus.com)
Date: October 23, 2008 06:09PM

Anteroom: The place all the flying ants group before flying off.

Define: Dissertation

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 27, 2008 04:51AM

dissertation: talking about dessert.


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Define: oblivious

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: October 27, 2008 11:52AM

Oblivious: A young person is made of of water and the recently discovered compound called oblivion. Further research has begun into the effects this substance has been having on our youths.



Define: Abundant

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: October 27, 2008 11:56AM

Abundant: A giant fondant made to look like a big Chelsea bun.

Define: Presentation.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.31.93.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: October 27, 2008 12:28PM

Presentation: The act of hiding a piece of junk under shiny paper and then sticking bows onto it so that it is transformed into a gift

Define modem

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-129.btcentralplus.com)
Date: October 27, 2008 06:19PM

The method of transferring information immediately after model.


Define: Cunning

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: October 29, 2008 05:52AM

cunning: verb present tense: to cun, so 'cunning' is to cun.


'cun' is a corrupt version of the old highland gaelic word 'ken' which is 'to know' (regardless of epistemological certainty) which means that whatever ken knows barbie will object to it, so 'cunning' becomes making a statement that your female associate will contradict.


It is a sort of marital double talk.


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DEfine 'marital', or even 'martial' if you refer.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: October 30, 2008 08:47AM

Marital: The slang name for the criterion on which parents choose spouses for their children.

Define: Deliberate.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.169.166.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: October 30, 2008 09:21AM

Deliberate: the description of an accident for which one wishes to take credit

Define credit (bankers and politicians are disqualified from making definitions)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: November 01, 2008 02:28PM

Credit: A Japanese crouton made from seaweed and rice crumbs.


Define: Debonair

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: November 01, 2008 03:56PM

Debonair (from: de-Bonaire): 20th/21st Century process of getting rid of one's last colonies. "The Dutch Caribic debonair will take several decades to complete". Can also be used as a verb. "Let's debonair more quickly".

Define: Colon.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-153.btcentralplus.com)
Date: November 01, 2008 09:48PM

Colon: The name given to high-quality sausage skin discovered simultaneous in Copenhagen and London.


Define: Susceptible

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: November 21, 2008 05:22AM

susceptible: capable of knowing when the chocolate is about to run out but not yet wise enough to scarper before the dishes have to be done.



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Define: disputant

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: robert (153.107.103.---)
Date: November 24, 2008 01:04AM

Disputant: from the Italian 'Putana', thus "a person who has ceased belonging to the world's oldest profession".

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Define: ignition

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