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Started by Swatopluk, September 23, 2007, 11:11:30 AM

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Swatopluk

#540
March 09, 2008, 11:04:00 AM
hysterestomy - lit: cutting of delays, aka red-tape-cutting, The practice not to bother with the delays inevitable when using official channels but going right to the person in charge. Not to be confused with stovepiping

mankelplitze
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#541
March 10, 2008, 01:30:23 AM
mankelplitze  the practice of U-boat captains of wearing their hat on backwards while looking through the periscope


haretage
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

pieces o nine

#542
March 10, 2008, 08:23:36 AM
Haretage A Lepus movement led by Hrairoo, under the guidance and protection of Frith. See also Richard Adams' documentary: Watership Down.


escortège
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Aphos

#543
March 10, 2008, 10:00:52 AM
escortège  a well endowed woman from an escort service


gurtide
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Pachyderm

#544
March 10, 2008, 12:40:10 PM
gurtide: the portion of the mariner's working day set aside for teaching the ship's powder boys the art of naval knot-tying.


swoopstake
Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum....

Griffin NoName

#545
March 10, 2008, 04:27:17 PM
swoopstake  feeding frenzy; usually applied to vampires at the time when sinners were staked to the ground and left there to die.

bunswick
Psychic Hotline Host

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe. George Sand

Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith

#546
March 10, 2008, 09:46:47 PM
bunswick  A small specialized spatula used to remove hot cross buns from the sheet pan.


catlery
Sometimes, the real journey can only be taken by making a mistake.

my webpage-- alas, Cox deleted it--dead link... oh well ::)

Aphos

#547
March 10, 2008, 10:04:44 PM
catlery  the art of cat herding


mealthy
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Sibling Chatty

#548
March 11, 2008, 12:35:08 AM
Mealthy--advertising buzzword for the latest in the 'no real food included' packaged, preprocessed dietary  amenuments that are being foisted on the public as a high fiber, low calorie alternative to...real, actual food.

See also Good Omens by Pratchett/Gamian for further expansion of this concept, or just buy some rice cakes.


lutenacity
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Griffin NoName

#549
March 11, 2008, 12:58:50 AM
lutenacity   a quality required by women in public venues (see also queueing)

fatherbake
Psychic Hotline Host

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe. George Sand

Aphos

#550
March 11, 2008, 01:01:55 AM
fatherbake  a bake sale featuring boysenberry pies


scadslic
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith

#551
March 11, 2008, 01:37:37 AM
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on March 11, 2008, 12:35:08 AM
.... or just buy some rice cakes.

My favorite saying about rice cakes:

1st man:  "oh, well.  My wife has me on this low-cal diet, and all I get for lunch is rice cakes"
2nd man: "Really? What do they taste like?"
1st man:  "they taste like Styrofoam cups, only not as good."
2nd man: "that's awful!"
1st man: "no, they would have to improve to rise to the level of 'awful'"
Sometimes, the real journey can only be taken by making a mistake.

my webpage-- alas, Cox deleted it--dead link... oh well ::)

Swatopluk

#552
March 11, 2008, 10:40:31 AM
scadslik - the spawing ground of the common scad (a fish)

wraink
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#553
March 11, 2008, 09:53:29 PM
wraink  sound made by a transmission as it falls apart


preselode
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Swatopluk

#554
March 12, 2008, 11:01:19 AM
preselode - a type of steel magnolia (strongly ferromagnetic)

mackfesh
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.
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