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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: March 01, 2011 06:00AM

Dwelling - Elmer Fudd using a tool to bore a hole in wood.

Define - impediment

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: March 01, 2011 10:14AM

Impediment: Verb. To disguise a cactus using a large sombrero and pipe.

Define: Nuclear.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: March 01, 2011 02:03PM

NuClear - the original name for Freederm Spot Cream. The Marketing Team were certain they were on to a sure fire winner, but the name absolutely bombed in the Market Research Trials. Nobody was ever sure why, but the financial fall out was terrible - the redesign of the packaging alone, cost the company two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.

Define: Packaging.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: March 02, 2011 05:19AM

Packaging - A very old and worn rucksack, that's getting worse every day.

Define - tattered

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: The Oldffields (---.cust-83.exponential-e.net)
Date: March 02, 2011 12:03PM

Tattered: Severely injured by having potatoes hurled at you.
Define: Misanthrope

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: March 02, 2011 12:04PM

Tattered: covered with narrow strips of a textile material

Define: rucksack

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: steeljam (---.range109-155.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 02, 2011 03:42PM

Rucksack: Padded garment worn by rugby hookers to prevent painful incidents.

Define: Hooker

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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: March 04, 2011 10:18AM

Hooker - a bundle of curves that men eagerly grab to get satisfaction.

Define - pipe

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.wa.westnet.com.au)
Date: March 04, 2011 10:27AM

Pipe: a pie with extra vegetables - typically peas.

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Define: Typical

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: March 04, 2011 01:21PM

Typical: hot, humid and covered in a lush growth of letters. (see: calligraphy)

Define: simian

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: March 04, 2011 01:45PM

Simian: a bipedal mammal, quite like Ian

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Define mammal

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: The Oldffields (---.cust-83.exponential-e.net)
Date: March 04, 2011 03:02PM

Mammal: Quite like a mamm
Define: Bacchanalian

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: March 05, 2011 08:34AM

Bacchanalian: rarely performed, sci-fi themed baroque music

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Define music

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: March 06, 2011 07:25AM

Music - A very good muse, I see.

Define - abbreviate

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: March 07, 2011 03:26AM

abbreviate: addicted to, and continuing to, breaving


define: appalachian


Ps: I feel flattered by having been defined so eruditlt on the last page!

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: March 07, 2011 10:32AM

Appalachian: A person who posts dreadful comments, see appalling.

Define: Conviction

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: March 08, 2011 06:58AM

Conviction - A convention of ex-jailbirds.

Define - slammer

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.pa.vic.optusnet.com.au)
Date: March 09, 2011 02:59AM

slammer: an extremely failed slimmer


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define: archipelago

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: March 09, 2011 10:30AM

archipelago: floating clumps of in a milky baked dessert, usually sago (tapioca) and rice.

Define: Clumps

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: March 10, 2011 07:58PM

<laughs a bit too loudly at definition of slammer>

Clumps - A group of chumps with large, heavy feet.

Define - bipedal

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