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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: July 07, 2011 10:24PM

Orgy - Porgy, after trying desperately to find Bess again, gives up and decides to take the P out of her.

Define - summertime

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-158.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 08, 2011 07:40PM

A word from the deep south for paying for the jambalaya ingiedients

define paul robeson

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: July 19, 2011 10:01PM

Paul Robeson - What Paul Robesoff is when he puts something on in the morning.

Define - undress

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: July 19, 2011 10:32PM

My first thought was Arsula...

On second thought...

Undress - German fight yell (Und... Ress!) of uncertain ethymology. Caused havoc in anglosaxon-speaking ranks during both World War I and World War II. Got into disuse after the latter and the establishment of NATO.

Define: Jelly.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/20/2011 07:28PM by delacuesta.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-158.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 20, 2011 07:33PM

Jelly...far eastern word for a german soldier

Define samurai

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: July 20, 2011 08:05PM

Sam O'Rye: Irish baker

define bread

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 21, 2011 11:58AM

Bread: a half-baked Rock

Define: half-baked

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.12-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: July 21, 2011 01:43PM

Half-baked: A softly panicked student.

Define: Winkle.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: old boiler (---.range86-158.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 22, 2011 12:07PM

Winkle a disease of the eyelid caused by a microscopic bi-valve


Define twenty- twenty

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: annie (164.53.222.---)
Date: July 24, 2011 10:37PM

Twenty-Twenty: Two words, each containing two "t"s, the second of which does not need to be pronounced in the Americas and the Antipodes.

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Define 100 proof



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2011 10:38PM by annie.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.pete.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: July 25, 2011 10:08PM

100proof- The endings to two episodes of Hawaii 50.

Define - surfers

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: July 25, 2011 11:48PM

surfers: people not brought out in a rash by washing powder.

(Eoink, are you a returnee? i see that you have a history of posting, but I don't recognize the name. If so let me, in my entirely unofficial capacity welcome you back with an offer of pies.
If I have got this entirely wromg. never mind, but help yourself to pie anyway. The special savoury is springbok & chilli, the sweet is rhubarb and ginger. all in the usual places and marked as expected.)


Define powder

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.range86-156.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 26, 2011 10:19AM

Pow Der - The sound effects when a villain attacks Batman with a bag of talc

Define - Crusader



[Skidmarks, I am a returnee from a long time ago. I posted here about 7 or 8 years ago, moved on from the ffoorum, but decided to pop back and see how the old place is looking (and very different it looks too).]

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 26, 2011 12:39PM

Crusader: Champagne flavoured energy drink, marketed at Patsy and Eddie wannabees.

Define - Wannabee

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.asa.utk.edu)
Date: July 28, 2011 12:35PM

(OK, now I have to ask who Patsy and Eddie are. Please, do tell?)

Wannabee: One of those flies that looks like a honeybee but isn't.

Define: Honeybee

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 28, 2011 01:35PM

Violetmoon Wrote:
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> (OK, now I have to ask who Patsy and Eddie are.
> Please, do tell?)
>
See Absolutely Fabulous for details



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/28/2011 01:43PM by SkidMarks.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Lymond (2.25.14.---)
Date: July 28, 2011 08:38PM

Honeybee: positive identification of sweet sticky substance.

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Define: Glucose

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: July 29, 2011 12:12PM

Glucose: Revised brand name of a knitted cover for an Eskimo's Home (after Apple threatened to sue).

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Define: Lawsuit

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 29, 2011 12:26PM

Lawsuit: something that you put on over your briefs.

Define Briefs.

(Sorry I thought that everyone knew AbFab - just goes to prove what people say about assumptions)

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 29, 2011 01:12PM

(I have to ask what do people say about assumptions?)

Briefs - speeches not given by Fidel Castro

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Define cube

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