| Uxbridge English Dictionary; The first post-Apocalypse edition - humanity's depending on you to kickstart the language again. | |
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| tafkaj | Sep 18 2012, 02:14 PM Post #1 |
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Rooflight: a marvellous feat of marsupial aviation. |
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| waiting4atickle | Mar 20 2013, 11:28 PM Post #101 |
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Hebrew: a man who makes his own beer. |
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 21 2013, 02:29 PM Post #102 |
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stalemate..a friend with a personal problem |
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| tafkaj | Mar 22 2013, 12:43 PM Post #103 |
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Checkmate: a friend from Brno. |
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| waiting4atickle | Mar 23 2013, 07:24 PM Post #104 |
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Allowed: completely and utterly in debt. |
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 24 2013, 03:56 PM Post #105 |
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jojoba...A laughing sheep |
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| tafkaj | Mar 26 2013, 02:37 PM Post #106 |
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Omelette: a rental agreement taken out by transcendental meditators. |
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| waiting4atickle | Mar 27 2013, 01:57 AM Post #107 |
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Just going to lie down in a darkened room. Edited by waiting4atickle, Mar 27 2013, 11:34 AM.
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 27 2013, 10:52 AM Post #108 |
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Oooooops Tick ! ! |
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 28 2013, 11:44 AM Post #109 |
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Transcendental meditators....Thoughtful denture couriers |
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| dai Cottomy | Mar 28 2013, 08:29 PM Post #110 |
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bifurcate ~ purchase a gift for the Duchess |
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| tafkaj | Apr 2 2013, 02:07 PM Post #111 |
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Binomial: to starve. |
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| tafkaj | Apr 5 2013, 11:28 AM Post #112 |
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Check it out: a Prague-based marketeer. |
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| dai Cottomy | Apr 5 2013, 12:59 PM Post #113 |
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deliberate: recapture |
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| tafkaj | Apr 9 2013, 01:50 PM Post #114 |
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Recapture: an administrative area in which everyone says everything twice. |
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| tafkaj | Apr 12 2013, 11:44 AM Post #115 |
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Filofax: a pastry recipe. |
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| Norm Deplume | Apr 12 2013, 01:12 PM Post #116 |
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asteroids...floral haemorrhoids |
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| dai Cottomy | Apr 12 2013, 03:24 PM Post #117 |
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polyphony: a fake parrot |
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| tafkaj | Apr 13 2013, 10:58 AM Post #118 |
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Polyphony: a psittacine comedian. |
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| waiting4atickle | May 9 2013, 01:27 PM Post #119 |
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Standoffish: fishmonger's display. |
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| tafkaj | May 10 2013, 11:44 AM Post #120 |
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Valiant: an insect between two mountains. |
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| dai Cottomy | May 10 2013, 12:05 PM Post #121 |
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algorithm - dance popularised by an American enviromentalist. |
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| tafkaj | Jun 22 2013, 12:53 PM Post #122 |
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Ageism: just the one ejaculate. |
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| tafkaj | Jul 16 2013, 02:23 PM Post #123 |
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Ad nauseam: condition in which TV viewers vomit when the commercials come on.
Edited by tafkaj, Jul 16 2013, 02:23 PM.
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| waiting4atickle | Jul 23 2013, 10:04 AM Post #124 |
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Tarnish: resembling a small mountain lake. |
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| waiting4atickle | Jul 25 2013, 04:12 PM Post #125 |
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Foreshortens: a quartet of midgets. Well, it made me laugh. |
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| tafkaj | Aug 24 2013, 11:57 AM Post #126 |
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Popcorn: a problem my father had on his toe. |
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| Norm Deplume | Aug 24 2013, 02:57 PM Post #127 |
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Partaken ~ Dad has been abducted |
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| tafkaj | Aug 27 2013, 12:47 PM Post #128 |
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Parboiled: Dad' s been out in the sun too long. |
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| Norm Deplume | Aug 27 2013, 03:33 PM Post #129 |
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Parson...~... He's my Dad. |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 1 2013, 07:17 PM Post #130 |
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monogram - a non-stereo record player |
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| tafkaj | Sep 3 2013, 01:57 PM Post #131 |
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Monogram: 1g. |
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| Norm Deplume | Sep 3 2013, 04:46 PM Post #132 |
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Phonograph ~ ...Not the real thing |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 4 2013, 10:18 AM Post #133 |
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clarinets - Mrs Grundy's curtains |
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| tafkaj | Sep 7 2013, 11:58 AM Post #134 |
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Oboe: the reason Alfie Boe's parents didn't name him Oliver. |
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| tafkaj | Sep 13 2013, 11:37 AM Post #135 |
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Synergy: the force due to gravity as experienced by evil people. |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 13 2013, 12:11 PM Post #136 |
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stratagems: precious stones found in rock formations |
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| tafkaj | Sep 14 2013, 12:49 PM Post #137 |
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Strategy: the force due to gravity as experienced Jimi Hendrix. |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 17 2013, 04:03 PM Post #138 |
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peerless: status of the House of Commons |
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| tafkaj | Sep 21 2013, 11:25 AM Post #139 |
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Movie: a pop festival for cows. |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 21 2013, 02:00 PM Post #140 |
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apology - the study of tablet software |
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| waiting4atickle | Sep 21 2013, 09:26 PM Post #141 |
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Simian: native of an east Aegean island. |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 22 2013, 11:08 AM Post #142 |
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approximate: a substitute friend |
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| tafkaj | Sep 28 2013, 12:16 PM Post #143 |
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Simian: like a mobile phone. |
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| dai Cottomy | Sep 28 2013, 03:14 PM Post #144 |
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ramification ~ sheep tupping |
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| tafkaj | Oct 5 2013, 11:42 AM Post #145 |
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Tupping: what they do to swans on Yorkshire rivers. |
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| dai Cottomy | Oct 6 2013, 04:24 PM Post #146 |
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interact: bury an X Factor contestant |
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| tafkaj | Oct 8 2013, 02:21 PM Post #147 |
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Intercede: to sow a crop. |
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| dai Cottomy | Oct 9 2013, 02:16 PM Post #148 |
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interpret ~ ready for burial |
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| tafkaj | Oct 15 2013, 01:34 PM Post #149 |
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![]() Destroy: a Brummie cowboy who roids again. |
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| Norm Deplume | Oct 18 2013, 02:04 PM Post #150 |
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Gaelic...a homosexual ice cream |
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| tafkaj | Oct 19 2013, 12:26 PM Post #151 |
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Boil: what Brummies produce in their livers. |
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| tafkaj | Nov 5 2013, 02:56 PM Post #152 |
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Harvest: a base layer worn in fog. |
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| dai Cottomy | Nov 5 2013, 03:07 PM Post #153 |
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postulate: miss the last mail collection |
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| tafkaj | Nov 15 2013, 12:32 PM Post #154 |
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Reverse: vehicle used to take deceased vicars to their final resting places. Mammogram: in the days before email and mobile phones, an electronic Mother's Day message. Incomparable: an allegorical tale about salaries. |
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| dai Cottomy | Dec 18 2013, 01:09 PM Post #155 |
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emergency: coming out |
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| tafkaj | Dec 21 2013, 01:09 PM Post #156 |
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[Actually, dai, that's it's fundamental meaning!] Terrapin: part of an al-Qaida grenade. |
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| dai Cottomy | Dec 21 2013, 02:16 PM Post #157 |
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I am assuming that the man on the Clapham omnibus would take the usual meaning Impeccable: birdproof |
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| tafkaj | Dec 30 2013, 12:38 PM Post #158 |
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Betray: a deadly beam of photons emitted by, for example, beetroot. |
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| dai Cottomy | Dec 30 2013, 01:13 PM Post #159 |
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palliasse ~ a friendly donkey |
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| tafkaj | Jan 4 2014, 12:52 PM Post #160 |
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Pallisade: The Queen's fizzy drink. |
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| Norm Deplume | Jan 4 2014, 04:43 PM Post #161 |
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Palladium...A smelly dance hall |
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| tafkaj | Jan 7 2014, 04:47 PM Post #162 |
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Apiarist: one of Ms Zadora's hand-arm joints. Troubador: genuine awful bauxite (for example). |
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| tafkaj | Jan 14 2014, 03:05 PM Post #163 |
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Measles: wooden frames used to support your canvas when doing self-portraits. Taliban: a moratorium on adding up. |
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| dai Cottomy | Jan 14 2014, 03:54 PM Post #164 |
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palindrome ~ where Michael parks his Tiger Moth palisade ~ soft drink served at Royal garden parties Edited by dai Cottomy, Jan 15 2014, 06:34 PM.
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| tafkaj | Jan 17 2014, 12:23 PM Post #165 |
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Pomegranate: English igneous rock. |
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| tafkaj | Jan 24 2014, 12:44 PM Post #166 |
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Template: the agency worker is not on time.
Edited by tafkaj, Jan 25 2014, 12:57 PM.
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| tafkaj | Jan 25 2014, 12:56 PM Post #167 |
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Ebola: a digital cricketer. |
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| dai Cottomy | Jan 29 2014, 04:31 PM Post #168 |
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inhabit: a fashionable addiction |
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| tafkaj | Feb 3 2014, 11:57 AM Post #169 |
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Berlitz: The period in 1940 when the Luftwaffe dropped tons of travel guides on London. |
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| Norm Deplume | Feb 3 2014, 05:00 PM Post #170 |
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Rampage...The time before steps were invented |
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| dai Cottomy | Feb 4 2014, 12:48 AM Post #171 |
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perforate: what a cat does with its nine lives |
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| tafkaj | Feb 4 2014, 02:46 PM Post #172 |
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Perform: the paperwork a cat has to submit before it's allowed to express contentment. |
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| dai Cottomy | Feb 22 2014, 10:45 AM Post #173 |
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bassinette - Good, that's tonight's fish supper sorted |
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| Norm Deplume | Feb 22 2014, 11:32 AM Post #174 |
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pseudonym...not quite a real nym |
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| tafkaj | Feb 24 2014, 12:20 PM Post #175 |
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Chastise: The Prince of Wales's neckwear collection. Rambling: ovine jewellery. |
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| waiting4atickle | Feb 26 2014, 10:33 AM Post #176 |
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Busier: having more buses. |
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| tafkaj | Mar 1 2014, 12:42 PM Post #177 |
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Bustier: The top deck. |
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 10 2014, 06:08 PM Post #178 |
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Decline...On the left hand side of Ant |
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 10 2014, 06:13 PM Post #179 |
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Anteroom...Where Dec's partner plays with his PC. |
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| tafkaj | Mar 11 2014, 02:35 PM Post #180 |
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Antipasta: a substance that is annihilated when brought into contact with spaghetti. |
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| Norm Deplume | Mar 11 2014, 07:20 PM Post #181 |
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Declare ~ Where Ant cannot find him |
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| waiting4atickle | Mar 11 2014, 07:34 PM Post #182 |
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Thinking: malnourished male monarch. |
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| tafkaj | Mar 14 2014, 12:23 PM Post #183 |
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Broadband: no women allowed. |
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| dai Cottomy | Mar 14 2014, 03:00 PM Post #184 |
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furbelow ~ hirsute nether region |
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| tafkaj | Mar 15 2014, 12:38 PM Post #185 |
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Furbelow: the deep mooing sound made by an electronic owl-like toy.
Edited by tafkaj, Mar 15 2014, 12:39 PM.
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| dai Cottomy | Mar 15 2014, 04:18 PM Post #186 |
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Firkin ~ shaggy relatives |
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| tafkaj | Mar 18 2014, 03:27 PM Post #187 |
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1984: Just fewer than 20 people consumed a Channel Four subsidiary television channel. |
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| dai Cottomy | Mar 31 2014, 05:59 PM Post #188 |
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Delicate ~ Queen of the charcuterie counter |
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| tafkaj | Apr 1 2014, 02:11 PM Post #189 |
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Delicate ~ a pet not seen since the charcuterie's unscrupulous owners experienced a fall off in trade. |
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| dai Cottomy | Apr 5 2014, 12:42 AM Post #190 |
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apology: the study of software for mobile devices
Edited by dai Cottomy, Apr 5 2014, 12:42 AM.
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| tafkaj | Apr 5 2014, 11:42 AM Post #191 |
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Apogee: an app for Windows. |
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| dai Cottomy | Apr 5 2014, 06:12 PM Post #192 |
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apex: simian chest muscles |
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| tafkaj | Apr 15 2014, 01:58 PM Post #193 |
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Distant: an insect that has been called rude names. |
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| dai Cottomy | Apr 15 2014, 06:36 PM Post #194 |
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barracks: belonging to Mr.Obama |
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| tafkaj | May 13 2014, 01:57 PM Post #195 |
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Echo: a headless lizard. |
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| dai Cottomy | May 13 2014, 03:16 PM Post #196 |
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pylon ~ method of boarding a Tube train |
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| tafkaj | May 17 2014, 12:26 PM Post #197 |
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Busty: a refreshing drink served on public road transport. |
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| dai Cottomy | May 17 2014, 02:47 PM Post #198 |
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modify ~ The anticipated effect on India of its new Prime Minister
Edited by dai Cottomy, May 17 2014, 02:47 PM.
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| waiting4atickle | May 30 2014, 11:18 PM Post #199 |
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Anapestic: in the manner of a BBC moderator (obs.) |
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| tafkaj | May 31 2014, 12:07 PM Post #200 |
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... But you might be thinking of her invention designed to help ladies caught short while driving - it never achieved quite the same success as the SheWee ... Primark: the splodge around the eye caused when someone's daubed shoe polish around the keyhole. Migrant: money I was given to study at university. Edited by tafkaj, May 31 2014, 12:07 PM.
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