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

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pieces o nine

Wifflespicks  family yard game, banned along with Jarts from sale in both the US and Canada. Still available in Europe.



Spannedecks
"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

spannedecks - boat/ship decks made not from self-supporting material (wood, metal) but from e.g. cloth, so it has to be spanned.

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

Griffin NoName


trampleolein :  face cream applied by the feet of Russian peasants

connievariance
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Sibling DavidH

connievariance - the difference between any two girls called Connie, expressed in µCv.

shambulistic

pieces o nine

shambulistic  any experience enhanced by proximity to a ShamWow.



cairnstartsch
"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

cairnstartch - the plasterwork used in neo-megalithic graves (now all the rage in Wales and parts of Scotland)


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

Sibling DavidH

megaphitic - having a very large phit, or nostril sphincter.

greel

Griffin NoName

greel  :   a fishing term ~ application of great force to reeling in whales and suchlike large sea creatures with an ordinary rod. Uasge = t'wer 'adn't 'e ni'ivver used the greel 'ed ne'er a landed it so 'e wuldn't with that there rod an' all.

pecunsive





Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

pecunsive - being a real money drain. Also used as euphemism for 'extremly overprized and of not much use'

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

Opsa

meduser- Obsolete beauty device which promised a fuller head of hair but instead caused beastly follicle growth.


Oonerspasm

Swatopluk

Oonerspasm
1. severe case of Spoonerism
2. vocal cord spasm due to overstrong arousal

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

Sibling DavidH

warcalech - a battle canoe of the Ocatatapetl Indians of the Amazon basin.  Made from Totlpetl wood sealed with old chewing gum.

numble

Swatopluk

numble - very fast sleepwalking

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

Sibling DavidH

horpsh - the violent push required to squeeze a camel through the eye of a weevil.

conpostulation

Swatopluk

conpostulation
1. something to use when the opposition does not accept your axioms
2. A crook's claim not to be one
3. ambushing mailmen

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