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Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: May 23, 2012 07:31AM

jaywalking:


for those who know the politics of South australia: the erratic pedestrian movements of our premier.


otherwise to the world in general its the little blue (I think) birds who decide that as it's such a nice day that they will forego flying and enjoy the journey.


define: selfsatisfied

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: May 30, 2012 12:20PM

<...this is a doozy, but here's my attempt>

selfsatisfied - A word that manages to please itself using a few letters multiple times. No orgies of infrequent letters, unnecessary vowels or silent letters here!

<not the greatest, but Veni, Vidi, Booya - I came, I saw, and I gave it my best shot!>

Define - dipthong

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: May 30, 2012 12:58PM

dipthong: the two sounds emitted when wearing beach footwear cf flipflop

define flipflop

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.midd.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: May 30, 2012 03:39PM

Flipflop - the most common phrase used when dubbing Gordon Ramsey's Tv show for children's channel.

Define expletive

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: May 31, 2012 12:48AM

Expletive: Follower of a rigorous crash diet, after the first week. cf Replete.

Define: gastronomic

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.tpips.telstra.com)
Date: May 31, 2012 02:36AM

gastronomic: pie in the sky


define: homologous.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: May 31, 2012 09:43AM

Homologous: Same old, same old.

Define: repetitiousness

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: May 31, 2012 11:47AM

repetitiousness: when a person persistently makes an drama of small issues.

Define petty

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (---.midd.adsl.virginmedia.com)
Date: May 31, 2012 06:10PM

Petty - Darjeeling going for walkies.

Define Oolong

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: June 01, 2012 04:21AM

Oolong - the kind for thing a six-year old would say when he sees a coal train.

define - rolling

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.237.threembb.co.uk)
Date: June 03, 2012 06:39PM

Rolling - Rollmop substitute during the great herring shortage of 2005.

Define - Spaewife.

Ps. Hello everyone.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: June 04, 2012 03:52PM

Hi Ian. Welcome to the Magic roundabout. Sorry We have left Swindon and arrived home in that order, so welcome to the fforum.

Spaewife: an extreme form of contraception

Define - prophetess

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Ian (---.41.251.203.threembb.co.uk)
Date: June 04, 2012 04:59PM

Thank you for the welcome, I'm sure I'll get the hang of you're collective strangeness, but be easy on me for a while.

Prophetess: The real d'Urberville (in north London with a lisp).

Define - Salubrious.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: June 05, 2012 08:00AM

Hi Ian. Nobody here collects strangeness; we distribute it. Copiously.


Salubrious: A type of "Welcome to the Neighbourhood" greeting involving a small platter of cheese.

Define: Esurient

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-183.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 05, 2012 10:11AM

A state of being that can only be assuaged by nutrients( an unanagramatical word)

Define hogmaster



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/05/2012 10:21AM by OB.

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: June 05, 2012 12:44PM

hogmaster - the person responsible for keeping the faithful believing established nonsense cf teamster

define nonsense

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: Eoink (213.205.196.---)
Date: June 05, 2012 02:59PM

Nonsense - The awful moment when the hippies realise they have run out of scented sticks to burn.

Define patchouli

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: OB (---.range86-183.btcentralplus.com)
Date: June 05, 2012 04:46PM

Patchouli...a northern Indian vegetable reputed to cure nose infections if

dabbed behind ones ear



Define semi-circular

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: mycroftstwin (101.98.138.---)
Date: June 05, 2012 10:07PM

semi-circular - half a cloud.

define - lenticular

Re: Define that word! immediately!
Posted by: bunyip (---.plain.net.au)
Date: June 06, 2012 03:30AM

lenticular: a word with unfortunate anagrammatical possiblities,

or

small bitey swamp craetures particularly attracted to people named Len.


Define: aureous

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