Word definition game

[Griffin NoName]

exorant :  a syrup to assist in the coughing up of insects lodged in the oesophegus.

unglewuzzle

[roystonoboogie]

unglewuzzle a relative from the south-west of England who cannot be prevented from plying you with cider

scrumperer

[Swatopluk]

scrumperer - a cider moonshiner (actually that is a scumbler)

histolero

New Rule: No definition may rest on another undefined word. Also tautological explanations are right out and will get deleted without mercy in the future

[roystonoboogie]

histolero someone who is quick on the draw with a new rule.

jamp

[Swatopluk]

jamp - a person working in the traditional job of fruit pressing (like the traditional wine press with people doing it by stamping around in the big trough containing the grapes). It is unclear whether the term predates 'jam' (fruit jelly) and gave rise to it or the other way around.

leskitho

[Sibling DavidH]

New Rule: No definition may rest on another undefined word. Also tautological explanations are right out and will get deleted without mercy in the future

Boring!

[Swatopluk]

Per aspera ad astra, I'd say

[roystonoboogie]

Adding a new rule halfway through a game is completely discomfibulatory, IMHO.

leskitho -noun (phonetics) a multi-phoneme word containing no diphthongs.

rendup

[Swatopluk]

The rule is not actually new but its former incarnation did not get enforced.

[Sibling DavidH]

Per aspera ad astra, I'd say

More like per anum ad cerebellum.

[Swatopluk]

a peranial* problem obviously even absent brainfarts.

*do not confuse with perianal

[Griffin NoName]

The rule is not actually new but its former incarnation did not get enforced.

I endorse this. The mistake was announcing it as "New".

[Opsa]

_{Personally, I feel that the rule announcement was somewhat vague and  possibly uncalled for, especially in large red letters. Should we discuss such changes or clarifications in another thread?}

[Swatopluk]

Small black letters did not work in the past
Occasional tautology I can swallow but when it gets serial...
No ill will towards the perpetrators (normally I'd be among them) since I assume it was friendly leg-pulling.
I noticed the new rules thread but I do not think that I have more to say on this topic here than what's above.

[Griffin NoName]

rendup  :  the tearing of one's hat at a Jewish burial

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