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

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Sibling DavidH

spasmoholic - addicted to creating spasms by the ingestion of certain substances.  In 19th-century Grondovia a group of spasmoholics banded together to found the Church of the Spasmodic Brethren.  The central tenet of this faith is that death must be heaven because it means no more spasms.

Grubnostic

pieces o nine

Grubnostic (n)
Inner certainty in the value of organic gardening.



Grayshuss
"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

Grayshuss - The boat of Rán

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

Sibling DavidH

seadonkey - what pirates used to ride on if they couldn't afford sea-horses.  Now they are extinct, having been eaten by sea-lions.

gruntiloquence

Swatopluk

The talent of common soldiers to endlessly vex about their superior officers

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

Griffin NoName

morisam - one of the hobbits ommitted from the novels

cardinational
Psychic Hotline Host

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


Swatopluk

cardinational - the infarct of government

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

Griffin NoName

logobeselfing  - tattoo applied to the body to be used to promote one's business

fingleswanking
Psychic Hotline Host

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


pieces o nine

fingleswanking  an activity, which, if linked to a product on another website, will get you a "Mod Warning", Griffin!!!1one1!


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Yarndredging
"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

Yarndredging

1. using lines to find and retrieve items on the sea floor
2. trying to recover a net that got stuck on the sea bottom
3. (related to 1) an early way of minesweeping

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

Sibling DavidH

mongofishing - catching mongooses by an ancient artifice:  the katsya stands in a jungle clearing and shouts "Any mongeese here today?"  These creatures being extremely pedantic, at least one will usually come forth to correct the wrong plural and can then be entrapped in a net.


flapgrouter


Swatopluk

flapgrouter

1. orig. flapgrouser; a person (automatically banned for life from the UK) that hunts grouse by use of guided micromissiles
2. slang term for a very lowly paid job in the construction industry (cf. mortart, scaffy, plarisser)

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

Aphos

mnogotart:  A small pie-like pastry made with the fruit of the mnogo tree.


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

Swatopluk

piterpepper - An ersatz condiment developed in Holland during the English blockade

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

Griffin NoName

gnupfing ; to drink earl grey tea with the teeth clenche together.

artleschoke
Psychic Hotline Host

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