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Word definition game

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

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Griffin NoName


somaterrapin -  an illness where one's back changes to a diamond structure due to childhood trauma


carsineptorous
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Sibling DavidH

carsineptorous - decribing a quality usually found in politicians: a blend of poisonous sliminess, reptilian manner and ineptitude.


grandle

Swatopluk

grandle - to try to imitate the attitude of aristocrats (old posh) without the natural talent or the means. So, don't think of the nouveau rich (they have the means) or gifted actors and confidence tricksters (they have the talent).

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

Sibling DavidH

fordjel - a substance for waterproofing horses' hooves when they have to wade across a river.  Now obsolete due to cheap plastic imports from Taiwan.

garibunt

Griffin NoName

garibunt - standard issue rocking cradle for soldiers' babies in barrack's nurseries

fargingale
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Aphos

fargingale:  distance equal to 24 bullfrog leaps; used in professional tortoise racing


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

pieces o nine

intwition  special "inner sense" the guides the political stylings of Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, et al.



ettawl
"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

ettawl - the transmitter part in the rapier loom

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

Griffin NoName

sulerwan - part of a wide area network that is inaccessible to academics

brotspur
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

Brotspur
in German the trail Hänsel and Gretel left in the forest to find back home (but the birds ate the bread)
in English the cow-catcher equivalent on riot trucks

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

Sibling DavidH

simapol - a proprietary cream for polishing monkeys

spundulous

Swatopluk

spundulous - extremely gullible as far as political spin is concerned

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

Sibling DavidH

quersiplan - shaped like a querse, or beado.

beado


Swatopluk

beado - a very 'cushioned' beat for those who don't like 'hard' rock
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doomspice
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Sibling DavidH

doomspice

The dried nettle which gives vindaloo its agonisingly lethal quality.

moulie