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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: April 24, 2012 06:01PM

GUT - Gently Undulating Tide: the reason for the doubts the salmon has about the direction it should swim in

Define refrigerator

<It has been a long time since we had a spate of fish puns...>

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.networking.otago.ac.nz)
Date: April 25, 2012 02:29AM

refrigerator - a foodwaste disposal unit. The main difference is that food is put in, forgotten about, and turned to a brown slime.

Define - appliance

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: April 25, 2012 01:17PM

Appliance: Household goods that you can plug an i-device into

Define plug

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-181.btcentralplus.com)
Date: April 25, 2012 01:48PM

An involuntary expulsion of air when one is frightened or emotional

The complete opposite to gulp

Define over-acting

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: April 25, 2012 03:33PM

over-acting: the area of the theatre where spotlights, sandbags and other lethal objects are stored.

Define melodrama

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.midd-bam-1.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: April 25, 2012 05:34PM

Please welcome to the stage the most successful Irish actress of all time, winner of three Oscars, it's Mel O'Drama.

Define begorrah

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: April 25, 2012 08:41PM

begorrah - the Irish sister town of the famous Biblical one.

define - urban

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: April 26, 2012 01:51PM

Urban: new dialect based on US pronunciation - eg: 'erbs, aluminum ...

Define pronunciation

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.xdsl.xnet.co.nz)
Date: April 26, 2012 08:38PM

pronunciation - The art of actively recruiting women into religious orders.

Define - evangelise

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.brhm.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: April 26, 2012 09:17PM

E vangelis e - what my neighbours in Yorkshire say when they hear the chariots of fire theme.

Define stereotype.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: April 27, 2012 07:58PM

stereotype: two-handed use of a keyboard

<too easy? what about this:>

steer-o-type: the most iconic bull on the pasture

Define: cow




(edited because I almost broke the thread)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2012 07:59PM by PrinzHilde.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: April 28, 2012 03:32PM

Cow: a bird of the Corvus family without tail feathers ie: Crow with the "r"s removed.

Define family

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: April 29, 2012 10:01PM

family - a favourite word of Edward Nigmas, vis - "What is it you can't live with, but can't be without?"

define - riddle

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.plain.net.au)
Date: May 02, 2012 04:45AM

riddle: past tense of ride

Thus: She did riddle the elephant (and looked very dainty while doing so)


Define: dimorphism

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.networking.otago.ac.nz)
Date: May 02, 2012 05:33AM

dimorphism - the princess didn't die in the car crash - she just turned into Charlize Theron, and carried sublimely on...

(no bad taste intended)

define - reshape

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: May 03, 2012 02:19PM

reshape: The new way to a happer badger!

Define: Straw poll

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-182.btcentralplus.com)
Date: May 03, 2012 05:01PM

Straw poll...A tiny parrot that tosses a coin with harvest mice for the best nest site.

Define ear



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2012 05:02PM by OB.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.brhm-bam-3.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: May 03, 2012 07:25PM

Ear - where you are when you ain't there

Define East Ender

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.networking.otago.ac.nz)
Date: May 04, 2012 02:47AM

ear - what Cockneys do when they listen to something.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2012 02:47AM by mycroftstwin.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: May 04, 2012 05:13AM

East Ender (from Wiggan): The right-hand entry on Orson Scott's Card.

<Orson Scott Card is another like Douglas Adams and Robert Rankin mentioned above. His "Alvin Maker" Trilogy now has six books>

Define: Prolific

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