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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.asa.utk.edu)
Date: May 12, 2011 06:48PM

Clarity: That state of being in which all answers come to you, two minutes after it's too late to say anything.

Define: honorable

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: May 13, 2011 03:08AM

Honourable: A title awarded many politicians to acknowledge that after much study and training they are at last able to understand the alien and unfamiliar concept of honour, without actually exhibiting any of its symptoms.

Define: Alien

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.plain.net.au)
Date: May 20, 2011 06:53AM

Alien- lass with one leg and a definte accent. (old joke, I haven't met my quota this month).


Define: micropachycephalosaurus (one of my daughter'sd favourite words when she was about 8)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: May 20, 2011 12:39PM

Micropachycephalosaurus: The action of making holes in the plastic film of a ready meal with a knife prior to microwaving it.

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Define: Cellophane

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: May 21, 2011 08:19AM

cellophane: noun, U.S. origin, clear plastic wrapper for a mobile phone

define state

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: May 23, 2011 12:56PM

State: fulfills ones needs for hot beverages

Define: Beverage

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: May 23, 2011 11:23PM

Beverage - When someone uses the promise of a refreshing drink to induce you to do something.

Define - standover

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: May 31, 2011 02:06AM

standover: small town up the hill from Andover, which is short for "Pass us all your valuables before we ventilate you"

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define: ventilate

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-136.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 03, 2011 10:59AM

ventilate... a white coffee you can see through



define starbucks

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: June 04, 2011 06:02AM

starbucks - buying a coffee, and having to pay money only someone famous could afford.

Define - overvalued



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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-136.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 06, 2011 07:08PM

When I had my "over" valued it cost more money than it was worth so I'd definately define it as a no-no.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-136.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 06, 2011 07:12PM

Sorry! define Letheness.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: June 07, 2011 10:57AM

Lethe Ness - I know it's a promontory next to a River in Hades, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to remember the name of the River.

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Define: Forgetfulness.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.12-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: June 07, 2011 06:38PM

Forgetfulness: A surplus of meringue.

Define: Scoot.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.asa.utk.edu)
Date: June 07, 2011 09:50PM

Scoot: What one can do to avoid paying for one's overpriced coffee. Side effect is that you can't ever go back to that Starbuck's again. (Oh Well)

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Define: Side Effect

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: June 07, 2011 10:27PM

Sideeffect: The things that go wrong with with Sydney when he has one too many E's.

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Define: Narcotics.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-136.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 08, 2011 09:10AM

Little black insect the bite of which gives you a high whilst quibbling

the price in coffeeshops. Ah well, some you win some you lose.

Define Lymes disease

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: June 08, 2011 09:31AM

Lyme disease: what you blame your persistent headaches on after too many caipirinhas

Define: hangover

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-136.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 09, 2011 08:06PM

Dr Han Gover famous naturalist who discovered the prairie oyster.


define Cheyenne



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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.196.126.17.threembb.co.uk)
Date: June 09, 2011 09:40PM

Cheyenne: letter of the alphabet which is hardly ever heard.

Define misheard

having trouble with a stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicky key hence edits



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