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

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pieces o nine

Pimseotic  Hearing voices in the head, but all are speaking different languages. Possible result of too many Pimsleur courses.


cravenous
"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

Sibling Chatty

cravenous--a false feeling of hunger brought on by extreme weasel-like behaviour

Incremeasure
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Griffin NoName

Incremeasure   a specialised tape measure that does not register increase in size; antonym Decremeasure a specialised tape measure that does not register reduction in size.

boiltrip
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

boiltrip - visiting your favorite hot springs

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

Aphos

tibolt  a metal fastener used to connect tie racks to walls


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

Swatopluk

rinocastic - making your nose run

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

Aphos

tompter  one who collects male cats


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

pieces o nine

relicious
ADJECTIVE rĭ-lĭsh´əs
1. Any relic, icon or related religious object.
2. Covetous admiration.

The Pope's red shoes are relicious, dude.


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escarfment
"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

Swatopluk

escarfment
1. Christo covering the castle moat with cloth
2. ripping down someone's veil
3. taking over of a textile factory by the military

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

Griffin NoName

in the Uk prostitutes are known as Toms

as you were
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

That was unknown to me. I though they were called <beep><Beep><BEEP> :mrgreen:

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

Griffin NoName

and a tomboy refers to a girl who behaves like a boy

antistitue   the opposite of an institute - therefore used to refer to outdoors as in the world is my antistitute, let us go antitistute into the sunshine, etc.

borisravia
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 18, 2008, 07:26:17 PM
and a tomboy refers to a girl who behaves like a boy
That was known to me, so I asked for a definition of the tomgirl (if there was an equivalent girl name*, I would have used that)

borisravia - excessice fandom directed towards a person by the name of Boris (Becker, Jeltsin, Pasternak...)
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seppological


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*like Andrea-Andreas, Julia-Julio, John-Jean, Christian-Christina...
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Opsa

seppological- that which would only make sense to obnoxious Americans.


fair-do-well

Swatopluk

fair-do-well
1. A shampoo for extremly blond females of both sexes
2. A professional organizer of country fairs

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