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

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Aphos

ophthalmolith  a Stone Age eye chart



beekwok


(a word that might be familiar to those of you who have read "The Witches of Karres", but is never defined)
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Opsa

beekwok- the sound that Astro-Boy's rubber space boots made when he walked down long hallways.

Fwangtide

pieces o nine

Fwangtide  [NOUN]: What causes landlubbing decorators to fung-schway.


fischyswazh
"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

Fwangtide  a holiday in Outer Wallgovia celebrating the arrival of the purple winged pigeon (known as fwang in the local dialect)

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fischyswazh  A German soup made in imitation of a French dish





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

Pachyderm

fuddite: a person whose principal objection was to the introduction of new wide-framed looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many textile workers. Looms were broken to chants of

"Kiww the tecwology, kiww the tecwology"

binturong
Oportet ministros manus lavare antequam latrinam relinquent.

Aphos

binturong  misshapen steel piping that has the wrong angle applied


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

Griffin NoName

yurbling  fancy Yugoslavian coins worn as fashion items

fosterface
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

fosterface - proposed English term for Kindchenschema (the shape of both human and animal babies that induces the fostering reflex, aka "this is so cute")

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

Griffin NoName

horse mirror  a depressed narcissist

luxiwurst

Psychic Hotline Host

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


anthrobabe

luxiwurst: really bad luxury item


logonophobe
Saucy Gert Pettigrew at your service, head ale wench, ships captain, mayorial candidate, anthropologist, flirtation specialist.

Swatopluk

logonophobe - a person that fears the silence when not talking

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

Griffin NoName

ointroph   cockney slang for "I've lost my loincloth"

baronimo
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

logonophobe - someone who exhibits excessive fear of loosing their online password(s).  Symptoms including stashing of passwords on sticky-notes along side the monitor, and underneath the keyboard.   The opposite of logonophile, who is someone who delights in forcing needless and frequent change of online passwords in the name of 'security', resulting in a new wave of logonophobes, and ultimately defeating any hint of actual, real-world security.

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

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

Swatopluk

baronimo
1. knighted palomino horse
2. honorary Indian chieftain

logocentrifugal - extreme case of circular reasoning

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

Aphos

cliptomarous  the state of just having had one's hair cut



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