Word definition game

[Opsa]

dondracherp- a songbird of extreme southern Sri Lanka

excephalo

[Swatopluk]

excephalo - part of the Egyption mummification process, specifically the removal of the brain through the nose

poudochan

[Opsa]

poudochan- a "bowl" haircut once thought to have originated in China, but later found to have been invented by Moe Howard in the earlier part of the twentieth century.

gungle

[Swatopluk]

gungle - a precursor of the cupcake. Originally Austrian (Gungele, diminuitive form of Gugel)) it got popular in Switzerland at the turn of the 20th century (as the Gungli). During arms talks in Geneva an American catering company (US delegates do not eat foreign food) got hold of the recipe and marketed it in the US under the more English sounding name 'Gungle'. Because it got also trademarked plagiarists changed the name and slightly also the outer appearance and sold it under the now common term cupcake.


liffeling

[Griffin NoName]

liffeling - Irish river fish, particularly in the Dublin area but also found elsewhere at certain times of the year

pitoforous

[Swatopluk]

pitoforous - a linguistic term that refers to those indogermanic languages that did no undergo the switch from i to a as in *pitar > father, pater, Vater

selemnic

[Opsa]

selemnic- a person who is addicted to plastic surgery.

higotrism

[Swatopluk]

higotrism - addiction to the alkaloids from higota serpentifolia, a shrublike plant native to Brazil

hudralgan

[Griffin NoName]

hudralgan - a character from a future Harry Potter novel that will never be written, published or even conceived.

barsing

[Swatopluk]

barsing - karaoke before the modern equipment got invented. Still practised in some rural pubs.

brengerist

[Griffin NoName]

brengerist - someone addicted to cleaning guns

loristivious

[Swatopluk]

loristivious - showing the peculiar behaviour of Loris. Rarely meant as a compliment

servalitude

[Griffin NoName]

servalitude - a hatred of servants, usually displayed by the upper claasses

serviscitude

[pieces o nine]

serviscitude  the slings and arrows of waiting on an outrageous public.


sleenges

[Swatopluk]

sleenges - the struts that connect the skids of a sled with the load carrying part

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