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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.pool1.unallocated-106-64.orangehomedsl.co.uk)
Date: February 11, 2010 08:39PM

cacomistle: Half a cat, the air to air version is very fast for two legs, especially when fed chocolate.

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Define: Pangolin

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: February 11, 2010 10:50PM

Pangolin: a stringed musical instrument for which you yearn

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Define tamarin

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: gailfus (208.84.184.---)
Date: February 12, 2010 07:47PM

Tamarin: a Scottish hat designed to withstand the ocean spray


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Define blatant

Cheers,

gailfus

"In the absence of clearly defined goals we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia." - Unknown

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: February 16, 2010 01:20PM

Blatant: Descriptive term for Gallic infidelity.

Define: Starchy.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: February 17, 2010 09:21PM

Starchy: the natural energy of a Universe a very long way away from here and only visible at night.

Define: Cosmos

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: February 17, 2010 11:36PM

Cosmos: the plural of Cosmo, The fairly accurate knife-thrower and hence a number of dangers to life and limb

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Define target

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.pool1.unallocated-106-64.orangehomedsl.co.uk)
Date: February 20, 2010 12:50AM

Target: instruction to Aberdeen City Council, as yet unperformed.

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Define: Pothole

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: February 22, 2010 08:04AM

pothole: a hiatus whereby hot oil pours down your leg when you lift the chip pan off the heat to add the spuds. Also known as 'you b*stard' in generic one word exclamations.


A note: I have just read all the postings made from when I last provided comment and they seem to be staying very 'on topic' as they have followed almost logically down the pages. Has a virus struck in my absence?



define: micropachycephalosaurus

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.253-198-179.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: February 22, 2010 10:46AM

micropachycephalosaurus: the headache that comes from hitting your head after sitting upon a small elephant figurine left on you chair - hence saurus.

define: grylls

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: February 22, 2010 11:17AM

Grylls: That funny heating up thing in the uven.

Define: Dentures.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: February 25, 2010 02:01PM

Dentures: Music first played when hiding in your own room. Similarly divorce music is known as over-tures.

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Define: Mastication

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: February 25, 2010 05:08PM

Mastication: the reason that mastodons failed to breed in enough numbers for the species to survive

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Define abuse

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-129.btcentralplus.com)
Date: February 25, 2010 08:00PM

Abuse: What men do to get a six-pack.


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Define: marzipan.

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (194.203.72.---)
Date: February 26, 2010 12:31PM

marzipan: the after effect of a French chef burning his sauce.

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Define: Combustion

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: February 26, 2010 12:40PM

Combustion: the flamable effects of poor farm machinery maintenance.

Define: silage

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range86-129.btcentralplus.com)
Date: February 26, 2010 08:59PM

Silage: A method of dating archeological strata using dung.


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Define: Brewery

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: February 27, 2010 11:26PM

Brewery: The state of being more like that stuff in a witch's cauldron than that guy over there.

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Define: indecent

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: February 28, 2010 09:23AM

Indecent: the process of counting-down from 100

Define: Descant

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: February 28, 2010 10:56AM

descant: verb, transitive, to drink directly from a musician's de(s)canter.

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Define residue

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: February 28, 2010 04:32PM

residue: someone who still hasn't settled down long after he should have become respectable. (A word only used by former classmates who already have two children and by elderly relatives)

Define: modesty

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