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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (123.200.198.---)
Date: December 01, 2009 04:23AM

pantomime: the charade one goes through when pretending to be interested in blue/grey/brown office slacks, when one actually wants the impractical dramatic, frilly black and red floor length gothic skirt that is so far out of one's price range... Sigh.

Define Consumerism




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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: switchbadger (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: December 02, 2009 09:26AM

Consumerism: A religious movement stemming from China that has grown to be the most popular religion in the world since mid 1980.

Define: Omphaloskepsis

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You can't spell "fundamental" without "fun", "damn" and "mental."

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: December 02, 2009 10:47AM

Omphaloskepsis: The art of Sorry, I've become distracted by a piece of blue lint

Define: lint

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: switchbadger (196.210.254.---)
Date: December 03, 2009 10:26AM

lint: The universal medium of information requiring great skill to access but no skill to accumulate. (It's everywhere so it must know something.)

Define: limit

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (194.203.72.---)
Date: December 09, 2009 12:24PM

Limit: A citrus flavoured glove.


Define: Tinsel

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: HouseInTheWoods (81.102.13.---)
Date: December 09, 2009 01:32PM

Tinsel: a numismatist hawking counterfeit coins

Define: Coppermouth

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: December 09, 2009 02:48PM

Coppermouth: a potty-mouthed policeman

Define camouflage

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: December 09, 2009 03:05PM

Camouflage: a bit like the Emperor's New Clothes, only the other way around: a lot of fabric in brutally clashing colours, and you are supposed to say that you can't see them at all.

Define: fairy tale

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (194.203.72.---)
Date: December 10, 2009 12:29PM

Fairy-tale: Beer for ferrets.


Define: Holly

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: HouseInTheWoods (81.102.13.---)
Date: December 10, 2009 01:16PM

Holly: my real name, and I'm not definite I can be defined definitively.

Define: definitive

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-147.btcentralplus.com)
Date: December 10, 2009 08:33PM

Definitive: The prefect shark attack.

Define: Mojito

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: December 11, 2009 11:28AM

Mojito: a drink which dramatically reduces a person's mojo

Define margarita

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: December 17, 2009 09:12PM

margarita: An inferior oleo spread. "I can't believe it's not better."

Define: oleo

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: HouseInTheWoods (81.102.13.---)
Date: December 18, 2009 10:02AM

Oleo: Youngo's dad

Define: parent

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-157.btcentralplus.com)
Date: December 18, 2009 09:05PM

Parent: What a father pays the landlord so his child doesn't live at home.

Define: Chestnut

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: HouseInTheWoods (81.102.13.---)
Date: December 23, 2009 03:33PM

Chestnut: not really a leg man.

Define: turkey

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: December 25, 2009 11:03AM

turkey: similar to a key, only it does not turn as fa as it could.

define: gammon.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-157.btcentralplus.com)
Date: December 30, 2009 12:23AM

Gammon: The call at the start of a darts game.

Define: epaulettes

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk)
Date: December 30, 2009 09:23PM

epaulettes: Epilepsy for babies


Define: measles

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: December 31, 2009 08:58AM

measles: a self-centred disease.

Define grey

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