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Post by Gabbin on Apr 1, 2006 0:10:21 GMT -6
Alright. Now if I can figure and occasion.
Trix-Nice to have your spritely self around again. Brightens up the place.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 1, 2006 7:58:35 GMT -6
verisimilitude: (L. a very milli-vanilli attitude.) The attitude that some recording artists portray, making the audience believe they actually have the abilitiy to sing, when in reality it's all a simulation.
scuppernong
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Post by Siren on Apr 1, 2006 23:25:21 GMT -6
You ask, "What's that, Auntie?", as you peer into her cup. Auntie peers into it, too, and slurs the answer, "Scuppernong," after hitting the eggnog a few times too often.
next word: serendipity
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Post by Phalon on Apr 1, 2006 23:32:55 GMT -6
Oh wow! Serendipity - I love that word, and was going to post its origins in the 'getting wordy' thread the other day.
Don't have a definition to post...just got all excited about the unexpected find.
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Post by LMV's Old Account on Apr 1, 2006 23:35:05 GMT -6
waaaah? i really have trouble getting the concept of this thread im a little slow at catching on whats going on
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Post by Phalon on Apr 2, 2006 10:27:55 GMT -6
Chere - the concept here is to take the word in question and make up your own definition for it.
Serendipity: the serene expression on one's face after dipitying in the keg a bit too much.
Essentialism
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Apr 7, 2006 19:59:48 GMT -6
oooh...love that word....hmm...ok ok...lemme think on it...lol
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Post by Siren on Apr 7, 2006 21:07:57 GMT -6
I have one, Scrap, if you don't mind.
essentialism: the common characteristic of all those cds and books I just can't part with
next word: potpourri
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Post by Phalon on Apr 12, 2006 0:20:14 GMT -6
Hhmmm...potpourri...a bit out of my realm of expertise; it's a cooking term
Potpourri: a word oft seen in handwritten Italian recipes passed down from generation to generation, originating in the Old Country. "Now itsa time for de potpourri. You taka de pot and you pourri it in de strainer to drain de pasta."
vinaigrette
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Post by Siren on Apr 14, 2006 21:40:25 GMT -6
vinaigrette: the sadness/regret you feel that there are only a few wild grapes to savor
vin+regret=vinagrette
Weak, but it was the best I could do.
next word: parsimonious
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Post by Phalon on Apr 18, 2006 23:20:23 GMT -6
parsimonious: 1.) a round of golf played following the rules of 'Simon Says'. 2.) listening and following direction of ridiculous suggestions with expected results; "it's parsimonious for the course".
mendicancy
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Post by Siren on May 2, 2006 21:03:55 GMT -6
mendicancy - the inability of men to see that continuing to drive in the wrong direction will not magically put one on the right path
next word: licentious
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Post by Phalon on May 2, 2006 21:57:30 GMT -6
licentious - lice in lust, and lacking any kind of restraint in persuing their pheromonal desire.
simpatico
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Post by Siren on May 10, 2006 15:43:11 GMT -6
simpatico - when a simpleton is your commanding officer
propensity
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Post by Phalon on May 10, 2006 23:16:58 GMT -6
Meander: when you can't remember exactly who it is you are with. "Me and...er....what's your name again?"
derringer
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Post by Siren on May 12, 2006 21:57:47 GMT -6
You guys make me giggle. Y'all are clever!
conjugal is actually a question, from a guard with an accent, asking a convict if the lady with him is the one coming for a "visit": "Con, ju gal?"
mortify
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Post by Phalon on May 21, 2006 7:59:25 GMT -6
I'm having a hard time with this one, but come halcyon or high water, I'll think of something eventually.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jun 4, 2006 0:10:45 GMT -6
halcyon: The question you ask when your friend buys the most god awful shirt in the store and thinks it's the best thing ever.
"What the halcyon?" (hell-she-on)
*shakes head* You know it's bad when you gotta expalin it too.....
Next word: cathartic
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Post by Phalon on Jun 4, 2006 20:02:04 GMT -6
Cathartic: n. the barren land inhabited by a group of religious outcasts banished by the Church and exiled to the wasteland where Hell froze over.
ambulate
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Post by Siren on Jun 7, 2006 15:42:28 GMT -6
hurricane - a walking stick that helps a person travel more quickly with it, than without it. If they want to hurry, they use their cane.
fortitude
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Post by Phalon on Jun 9, 2006 0:00:47 GMT -6
Haggle: a bobble headed Hag doll stuck to the car's dashboard.
unstandardize
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Post by Siren on Jun 9, 2006 19:08:30 GMT -6
unstandardize: to switch to a car with an automatic transmission
postulate
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Post by Phalon on Jun 9, 2006 23:20:27 GMT -6
reprimand: to straighten one's laces, a bit too tight, usually after a complete loss of dignity - usually seen in combination with the word "proper". "The morning after getting wild at the party, she was reprimand proper; back to her boring self."
diversion
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Post by Siren on Jun 12, 2006 9:16:26 GMT -6
diversion: the opposite opinions a police officer gets at the scene of an accident when he asks, "What happened?"
protracted
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Post by Phalon on Jun 18, 2006 21:27:15 GMT -6
Site: an urban local, (not out in the countre), the site is bigger than a towne. Overcrowding in site schools is a problem, and some site-dwellers never learn to spell.
Compound
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Post by Phalon on Jun 20, 2006 6:01:13 GMT -6
Meringue: a reply from the recipient of a return phone call, after leaving a message on an answering machine. Caller: "Uringue?" Recipient: "Yes, meringue; thanks for calling back."
concessionaire
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Post by Siren on Jun 22, 2006 17:31:58 GMT -6
concessionaire - one who has made one's millions from snack bar food, ie Orville Redenbacher (sp?), and those who invented Twizzlers, Junior Mints, and Hot Tamales
duplicitous
BTW, was it Gaggie, or was it Lola, who talked about sneaking beers into movie theatres, and trying to hide the tell-tale "pssht" sound? BOLL!!!
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Post by Phalon on Aug 10, 2006 22:23:32 GMT -6
lyric: 1. the sound of cicadas on hot summer days, their eerie, almost electric sound starting quiet, perhaps only one, then rising as more join in to a frenzied crescendo that seems to come from everywhere at once before it recedes to almost nothing, only to start over again; never-ending. 2. the nearly identical sound Phalon has discovered she can duplicate by alternately pressing the accelerator and brake pedals in her car, (see Pet Peeves thread).
navigable
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Post by Phalon on Aug 14, 2006 5:43:52 GMT -6
venerate: verb, past tense. To over-indulge, followed by a feeling of disbelief and a swig of PeptoBismal. I can't believe I venerate the whole thing.
hiatus
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Post by lolapunk on Aug 14, 2006 11:02:25 GMT -6
hiatus: 1. a popular singer-songwriter whose songbook includes "Memphis in the Meantime" and "Lipstick Sunset" 2. a single hotel in the big chain conglomeration
secund
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