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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: June 29, 2012 04:08AM

r u in : either a very disenheartening question in the midst of an amourous time,

or

what is left of an bear sfter extenisve loving has caused a fragmentation of its personality.



define: totally irrelevant

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.242.threembb.co.uk)
Date: June 29, 2012 07:03AM

(Best I could do with "r u in" was a text message from your door bell.)

To-tally Irrelevant: When things have gone way beyond the stage that a full complement of toes are going to make a big difference.

Define - Digitize.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: June 29, 2012 12:28PM

Digitize: Short-lived soft drink that tasted of fingers.


Define - Cola

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: June 30, 2012 07:06AM

Cola - Spanish coal.

define - burrito

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: July 03, 2012 02:52AM

burrito: small male only burrow for resting bunnies.


define: ephemeral



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/03/2012 02:52AM by bunyip.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.254.224.49.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz)
Date: July 10, 2012 02:00AM

Ephemeral - A civic leader with no substance.

Define - chairman (no sexism implied :-) )

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 10, 2012 12:13PM

C-Hair Man - a male person with an obvious comb-over. Sometime seen as one long spiral of hair.

Define Spiral

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: July 10, 2012 01:28PM

<Riddick's Rules of Procedure, among others, claim an etymology of chairman as derived from the Latin manus, or "hand", and use this to claim gender-neutrality for the word.>

Spiral: The long-drawn-out expiration of breath forming part of the long-drawn-out scream caused by slipping and falling down a helical staircase.

Define: helical

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: July 10, 2012 09:47PM

helical: reference to a holy book read back to front

define: Upanishads

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: July 10, 2012 10:27PM

I will neatly avoid any religous problems (or accidental insults) by defining it as

a received wisdom from a Portugese eco group.

Define wisdom

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: July 11, 2012 05:06AM

wisdom: home for wizards.


define: inappropriate

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (---.networking.otago.ac.nz)
Date: July 13, 2012 06:48AM

i nappro pri ate - intruding into someones personal matters whilst colouring your hair, and performing acts of gluttony. A spectacle to watch.

define - gluttony

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-182.btcentralplus.com)
Date: July 13, 2012 08:57AM

Gluttony... the act of shortening a person's name; a bit like a glottal stop but used by all classes of speakers.


Define grammar.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: July 13, 2012 10:39AM

Grammar: the spouse of my father's father.

Define convoluted.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 13, 2012 01:09PM

Convoluted: the opposite of voluted, columns constructed of plain grey concrete blocks, unornamented.

Define concrete

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.233.threembb.co.uk)
Date: July 13, 2012 02:47PM

Concrete: To swindle a large Greek Island.

Define - Hoodwink.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: July 13, 2012 03:40PM

Hoodwink: After a frontal car crash, the way you can see the remains of the motor when the bonnet did not pop up, but buckle in the middle.

Define: buzz

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.250.threembb.co.uk)
Date: July 13, 2012 05:03PM

Buzz: Bottom fuzz.

Define - Frazonism.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: July 14, 2012 03:21PM

Frazonism: the use of phrases with misplaced or misspelt elements - birded ladies

Define egress

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: July 14, 2012 11:27PM

egress - a relative of the egret family, never seen because they're always leaving....


define - exeunt

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