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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (141.132.103.---)
Date: June 24, 2009 07:13AM

Aspersion: the amount and concentration of snakes in a given area.

define: concentration

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: June 25, 2009 05:33AM

concentration: a very focussed Greek.



Define: focussed

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: June 30, 2009 11:54AM

Focussed: From the phrase 'faux cursed', a curse thrown with little enthusiasm or belief behind it.

Define: Swanky.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.watf.cable.ntl.com)
Date: June 30, 2009 01:50PM

Swanky: Cornish expression meaning to weigh anchor off the South West coast of Britain. Largely unused.

Define: Conglomerate

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 02, 2009 02:02PM

Conglomerate: Greek multi-national company

Define: Heroes

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Cubist (---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: July 03, 2009 01:29AM

Heroes: An ecclesiatical term for the "spiritual" love/affection felt by clergymen for the One they worship.

Define: Zymurgy

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Maira (141.209.23.---)
Date: July 07, 2009 07:04PM

Zymurgy: Like Syzygy, only wine-y-er.

Define: Toilet paper.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: July 15, 2009 08:02AM

Toilet paper : The Herald Sun

Define : Age

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: July 15, 2009 08:15AM

age: something that does not wither them*

*those who gave their lives to protect our priveledge to enjoy things like the fforum.



define : respect

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.41.4.43.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 15, 2009 08:28AM

respect: what the young-uns on the Fforum owe to the old-uns

define unlikely

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.128.---)
Date: July 18, 2009 03:01PM

Unlikely: Any respect shown to oldies on the fforum (with luck!).

define: Luck

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: July 19, 2009 06:12PM

luck: being introduced to the world of Thursday Next

define sycophantic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: HouseInTheWoods (81.102.13.---)
Date: July 20, 2009 12:52PM

Sycophantic: outright dislike of Z-list celebrities' blatant attempts to keep their names in the gossip rags

Define Gossip

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.zone6.bethere.co.uk)
Date: July 24, 2009 02:57PM

Gossip: The result of running gloss paint through a 'l' removing machine.

Define: Slurpy.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: July 25, 2009 12:54AM

Slurpy: The eighth dwarf of whom little is known


Define: Happy

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: robert (153.107.33.---)
Date: August 05, 2009 05:00AM

Happy: more hap than one would be if only 'happish', but not quite fully hap.


Define: gulch

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: August 06, 2009 12:48PM

Gulch: A native of Nevada with no resemblance to George Clooney.

Define: Smirk.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.watf.cable.ntl.com)
Date: August 06, 2009 09:48PM

Smirk - small blue smile from Holland

Define: Snark.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: August 07, 2009 08:56AM

Snark : Sm'one who tells tha coppas where to find ya deala (with a rising inflection)

Define : stark

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Cubist (---.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net)
Date: August 09, 2009 03:12AM

Stark: An obsolete serving utensil of the Regency period.

Define: Corroborate

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