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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (202.146.15.---)
Date: April 18, 2009 11:41AM

mojave: the ring around the lips left by my last mocha.

define: rennaisance

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.watf.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 18, 2009 07:32PM

Renaissance: giving birth,to twins

Define:devine

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.129.41.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: April 20, 2009 10:49AM

Devine: fecal matter disposal system

Define camp

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: April 22, 2009 05:25AM

camp: queer MP (Arn't they all?)



define: circumlocution

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: robert (153.107.33.---)
Date: April 30, 2009 02:32AM

Circumlocution: a religious observance whereby the tip of the tongue is cut off.

Define: neuralgia

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (194.203.72.---)
Date: April 30, 2009 12:22PM

Neuralgia: The recollection of painful memories.

Define: ticketing

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: May 01, 2009 12:31PM

Ticketing: The procedure by which people are allocated into their true demographic groups at musical events.

Define: Flamboyant

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (194.203.72.---)
Date: May 01, 2009 12:55PM

Flamboyant: What small children do in the garden, with a magnifying glass, on a sunny day.

Define: Persiflage

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: May 01, 2009 01:59PM

Persiflage: the best flag cleaning detergent

Define: Aromatic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: May 02, 2009 08:26AM

Aromatic: a machine for dispensing smells at defined intervals (c.f. Curry, sprouts)

Define sprouts

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: May 04, 2009 02:03AM

sprouts: mystic vegetable of the Universe - well RRs anyway. Often considered included in Geneva convention against cruelty to prisoners.

obs: sprout: past tense of Spring - used in UK a lot if you blink too long at the end of the cold rainy season and before the warm rainy season.


Define: dyslexia

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: May 04, 2009 03:38PM

How do we know if it is really spelt like that?

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: May 05, 2009 01:24AM

dyslexia --> laid sexy --> xy ladies

'that' is T - H - A - T and is pronounced 'DIFFERENTLY' which just goes to show that there is no logic to English pronunciation.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: robert (153.107.97.---)
Date: May 05, 2009 05:33AM

I thought skids was implying that dyslexia was a variey of wheat.


To get back on track,

Define: split-ends

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: May 05, 2009 08:17AM

Split-ends: A form of neurotic anxiety


Define: Prance

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.63.170.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: May 05, 2009 09:48AM

Prance: a large European country where nobody walks

Define spelt
or is that too corny?

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: May 07, 2009 05:46PM

Spelt: the inedible, dry, scaly protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain

Define: Threshing

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: robert (153.107.33.---)
Date: May 08, 2009 01:06AM

Threshing: trying with some difficulty to get through a doorway or similar threshold.


Define: Cookies

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: June 04, 2009 04:08AM

cookies: bikkies with a US accent.
or
bombs that will give you a blast


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define: proletariat

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Sirens_Cry (---.bmly.cable.ntl.com)
Date: June 05, 2009 11:03PM

Proletariat: French word for being in favour of the location of Terrence.


Define:Igneous

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