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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 11, 2008 06:43PM

(quick depart from general rules)

Weatherman: somebody who gets paid lots of money by seaside resort owners to tell absurd stories to the public.

(back on general rules)

Define: calamity

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: July 12, 2008 06:39AM

Calamity: the need for calamine lotion.

Define: Bookkeeper



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2008 06:40AM by annie.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 12, 2008 02:19PM

Bookkeeper: a person engaged in the task of maintaining order in a library, the head keeper is often in charge of feeding time.

Define: Anchorman

<Updated to prevent further branching errors>



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2008 02:24PM by CannibalRabbit.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: July 12, 2008 04:08PM

Anchorman: A tattoo artist who specializes in tattooing sailors' shoulders.

Define: Feline

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 13, 2008 12:15PM

Feline: The female version of a criminal known for stealing carnivorous sheep.

Define: Foliage

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: July 13, 2008 01:03PM

Foliage: Little known Swedish form of origami.

Define: Tapestry

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: July 13, 2008 03:52PM

Tapestry: the art of dancing to avoid the issue at hand.

Define: Define

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: July 14, 2008 07:08AM

Define: De thing that is not decourse.

Define: financial

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: July 14, 2008 12:07PM

Financial: applauding Christchurch International Airport Ltd for being the first airport company in the Southern hemisphere to achieve carbon neutral certification

Define bespoke

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 14, 2008 01:08PM

bespoke: obviously a bee formation used defensively when the hive is in danger

Define: monitor

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 14, 2008 01:57PM

Monitor: A solitary hill.

Define: Explosion

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 15, 2008 11:44AM

explosion: very rapid form of erosion






define: nerd

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Jazz_Sue (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: July 15, 2008 11:46AM

weatherman: someone who predicts the weather on telly by tossing a coin for it.

Define: spherical

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.107.---)
Date: July 15, 2008 12:33PM

er...

Nerd- From French, pertaining to motorways and meaning 'no rd'.

Spherical: involuntary snorting, especially during laughter



Define: Obituary.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 15, 2008 12:41PM

Obituary - A safe 'aven for 'obbits.


Define: Turquoise

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 15, 2008 01:12PM

Turquoise: The National dish of a little known province entirely composed of choir conductors.


Define: Gala

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 15, 2008 02:06PM

Gala: French expression of choaking rage.

Define: Braeburn

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 15, 2008 02:17PM

Braeburn: Handy vessel used to convey ashes of torched ladies underwear.

Define: research

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 16, 2008 02:36AM

research: obscure area of philology pertaining to the development of the post modernist PhD.



Define: post modernist



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/16/2008 02:37AM by bunyip.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: July 16, 2008 08:50AM

post modernist: upright fence support installed recently

or

post modernist: method of despatching someone who thinks everything is better now than it was.


define penitence

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