Meanings of words

[adilyoussef]

Hi all! This is a game in which you only have to deffine the word thet the PAM suggests. Don't give a dictionary meaning to the word but rather yours just in one sentence. Please suggest common words that we use in everyday life.

I'll start.

Life

[adilyoussef]

Life is hope.

freedom

[Taliesin]

Freedom is that that you do not know, what you are, for knowing sets limits.


Grave.

[Pensive]

Teenagers look grave whenever I ask them about their studies.

Action

[Taliesin]

For active is the opposite of passive, then action is the opposite of passion.

Demagogy

[papayahed]

what dems do when they see pretty girls walk by.


fiefdom

[Basil]

fiefdom: the kingdom of Fife; specifically, all lands, territories, colonies, archipelagos et al that have been brought under the benevolent rule of Emperor Fife, our mighty and glorious ruler whose awesome power is tempered only by his divine sense of mercy.

All hail Fife!!

http://www.georgeblowfish.com/bfife.gif

next word: intelligence

[Anon22]

"Intellegence is knowledge on facts(pride, suffering, intellect). Wisdom is knowledge on life(humility, strength). When one has both, one has knowledge. When one has both one has knowledge on facts without pride and suffering, and knowledge on life with intellect. When one has both one has mental balance."

Next word: Hope

[Pensive]

Hope is eternal in human's heart.

Next word: humanity

[Pendragon]

Humanity is the top of the food chain, the supreme mark of God's creation, or the end result of years of random evolution, depending on one's point of view. :confused: :p

humility

[Darlin]

Humility is grace under pressure and self sacrifice.

leer

[B-Mental]

Leer is the way the French say 'the ear', no?

parcel

[Darlin]

:D LOL! You're crazy B!

Parcel - a package.

gracious

[Miss Darcy]

What is something wrapped in brown paper and, more often than not, containing a mysterious surprise within? :D


[humans are]...the end result of years of random evolution

The end result? I wouldn't call it that. Who knows what life forms will come up long after we're extinct?...Which may be sooner than we expect.

Sorry, don't mean to be controversial or anything, it just sounded as if you meant humans were the highest point of evolution. We are really just more complicated animals.

*Clears throat* Anyway!...The game.

Next word: Love

[Pendragon]

That which makes the world go 'round! http://www.websmileys.com/sm/love/643.gif

positive

[adilyoussef]

To be positive is to be hopeful.

Pride

[Anon22]

To be positive is to be hopeful.

Pride


The feeling of being great. A cause of suffering. A cause of desire.

Friendship

[adilyoussef]

Friendship

Something difficult to have and easily lost.

Beauty

[Pendragon]

That which lies only in the eye of the beholder, who should never be questioned about any vision problems

common sense

[adilyoussef]

Common sense is what a group of people agreed upon unconsiously in a particular community to regularize their way of behavior and relationships.

nonsense

[subterranean]

nonsense is nothing


sacrifice..

[el01ks]

Sacrifice is what you have to do if you want to get anywhere in this life :rolleyes:

Malificarum

[Pendragon]

Malificarum
Being unable to find the above word in my dictionary, I am forced to conclude it is either a made-up word or in a language besides English. Could be a malfunction of the part of the mind one uses to create fiction with, I suppose.

domestic bliss

[el01ks]

Being unable to find the above word in my dictionary, I am forced to conclude it is either a made-up word or in a language besides English. Could be a malfunction of the part of the mind one uses to create fiction with, I suppose.


It's from the title "Malleus Maleficarum" of a book that was used to help with witch hunting - have never been sure what it meant so hoped someone could translate!

Domestic bliss - fiction at its most bizarre!

phloccynoccynihilpilification.

[Pendragon]

It's from the title "Malleus Maleficarum" of a book that was used to help with witch hunting - have never been sure what it meant so hoped someone could translate!

Domestic bliss - fiction at its most bizarre!

phloccynoccynihilpilification.

A misspelled word. The word is floccinaucinihilipilification, that difficult one they give out on those TV comercials. It means an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial. :nod: http://www.websmileys.com/sm/crazy/1196.gif

http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translations.htm This site may help with your translation, if you figure out what language it is. It's not Latin, I tried that! :eek2: :D http://www.websmileys.com/sm/crazy/083.gif

money http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/cool26.gif

[Anon22]

That which dominates our lives

gold :cool:

[Scheherazade]

gold I would say 'gold' is what my heart is made of but extremely humble nature prevents me from admitting that in public so I will simply say what my granny's teeth made of.

gripe

[AimusSage]

Gold: a natural resource that is attributed with high value due to it's shinyness and rarity.

Fear

[Pendragon]

Due to a double post, I have a choice. I'll take one, and pass the other.

Gripe What the Government choses to call any complaint by the common taxpayer, without whom there would be no money to run a Government! http://www.websmileys.com/sm/dressed/bek042.gif

The word I pass along is : Fear

[adilyoussef]

Fear is a feeling the consept of which varies according to the kind of people we are.

Happyness

[Logos]

adilyoussef I think this is a great topic :)

Right now my definition of happiness is: the fact that the weather here is `unseasonally' warm! no scraping ice and frost off the car windows yet! :lol:

next: :D what is your definition of coffee?:

[Pendragon]

COFFEE Wake up juice, without which nothing would ever get done! http://www.websmileys.com/sm/drink/trink01.gif

justice

[Miss Darcy]

Justice is that which helps the innocent and punishes the wicked.

Apple :D

[Pendragon]

Justice is that which helps the innocent and punishes the wicked.

Apple :DThe Apple is unjustly maligned as the cause of the fall of man, who needed no help from anyone or anything to get there on his own.... :brow:

desecration

[Nightshade]

(BTW lovly thread :nod: )
Ok desesration- The wanton destruction of somthing that is beyond physical value and is spiritually priceless.
Where did that come from?? :D )

Sugar

[Anon22]

One of the many things that makes the whole world go around. :nod:


Sugar Rush

[Nightshade]

weeeeeeeeeeeeee the lovley lovely thing that gives me gfiigles and makes me fall off chairs *spins around and around and around on the computerr chair singing spinning around and around on amusic box" *

salad

[kilted exile]

what food eats.

desire

[NNoah3]

A strong feeling without which a lot of things would not exist. (Like this forum I think)

Picture

[Nightshade]

a peace of life caught forever in a bell jar


nose

[Pensive]

nose: nose is necessary for breathing.


flower

[Nightshade]

Flower a decptivly delicate object (flower that shatters the stone)

egg

[Pendragon]

Egg the incredible edible :lol:

seeds....

[Nightshade]

seeds are a begining of all things

cheese

[Pendragon]

cheese has a number of definitions depending on who you are. If you are hungry, it is an edible that comes in slices, wedges, wheels, blocks, etc. and many flavors. If you are a photographer it is a word you grow weary of in a hurry, especially while trying to photograph children. If you are a crook, you might use it like this: "Cheese it, youse guys, it's da cops!" If you are a mouse it is bait used in a death trap!
And I could go on and on.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :angel: :wave:


bacon...

[Sandrine]

Bacon - the skinny, salty breakfast side that restaurants always seem stingy over.

next:
spatula

[adilyoussef]

A spatula is somthing my mother uses in her kitchen.

a kiss

[jakobin]

a kiss is when two lips come into contact (i was going to come up with something really 'deep' and amazingly philosophical but then i got tired thinking about it, sorry :p)

ambiguity.

[Pendragon]

ambiguity--1.)any answer to a direct question given by a politician to a reporter
2.) The general balderdash held forth by lawyers the world over
3.) The minutes of any meeting of any government subdivision consisting of more than one person
4.) The "simplified" tax code of any country
and so on....... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :p

lies

[adilyoussef]

Lies is deceiving oneself.

Truth

[Pendragon]

TRUTH is the eternal search. "What is truth?" Pilate asked Jesus. Diagones searched for an honest man. Philoshophers have written books to explain it. Religions have sprang up around various interpertations of the word. And still the search goes on.... :angel:


farewell

[Basil]

.....................

[Scheherazade]

farewell

There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"

Cuckoo, cuckoo

Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .

Cuckoo!

. . . to you

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night

I hate to go and leave this pretty sight

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu

Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu

So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen

I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye

I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!

I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie

I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly

The sun has gone to bed and so must I

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye!


Next Word: Mongoose.

[jakobin]

a type of bike :p

pomme

[Nightshade]

an apple
or ahh I think someone from australia/ newzealand ( jumps back behinnd a protetive wall of smlies it case jako finally loses control of Gollum)

Neighbours

[adilyoussef]

Neighbours live next door, live next border, are somtimes friends, are sometimes fows, are people, are nations, but for sure neaighbours are the ones that share with you a space restricted with borders. So better respect your neighbours.

Sugar

[clarity]

Sugar -

sweetness on the tip of your tongue


Trickle

[Pendragon]

TRICKLE Thin line of tears running down ones cheek....http://www.websmileys.com/sm/sad/239.gif

sorrow

[Psycheinaboat]

Sorrow- suffering or pain that clears a path for new beginnings


Priggish

[Pendragon]

Priggish Deeply enamoured with ones self-importance

crazy....

[Shea]

crazy... I was crazy once, they put me in a rubber room, I died in that rubber room, they buried me in the cold, hard ground with the rats, RATS! I hate rats, rats make me crazy, CRAZY! I was crazy once...

I can't believe I remembered that!

hand towel

[Shea]

sorry, I used to say the above to drive my sister crazy, that was my definition.

Again, Hand towel

[Pensive]

*edit* I was too lazy to post quicly. *embarrased*

[Pendragon]

:lol:
hand towel A hand-held weapon, the bane of the boys locker room in high schools world wide. A lurking bully, a flip of the wrist, a quick snap of the towel and a yelp as the end contacts bare flesh is a memory and a few marks on assorted anotamy I bear to this day! :) :goof:

music.....

[adilyoussef]

Music is human creation, music is human expretion, music is feelings and emotions, music is music and I love music.

TV

[Sandrine]

TV is an unfairly villanized phenomenon where minds can be opened to learn just about anything: news, history, culture, how to fix cars or houses, how to make money, how to feel better about yourself, how to help others. It's the most organized and reliable way of connecting cultures across the planet.

next:

street lamp

[Shea]

Street lamp- that annoying thing that always shines in the bedroom window all night. grr.

creamer

[Psycheinaboat]

Creamer- makes my coffee even more delicious


Fjord

[Pendragon]

Fjord A Fjoogy rocky inlet from the sea fjound in Scandinavian countries. :wave:

A freebie: Motherboard Mom's heard that pitiful excuse once too often!



hassle..... :cool:

[Nightshade]

trouble pain in the necks little sister s taxes paper work booking driving lessons spelling a certain someone who come to my library

Flying

[Pensive]

Sometimes when you are happy, you feel like you are flying.

shadows

[adilyoussef]

Shadows are the dark part of one's existance.

A watch

[NNoah3]

A thing which some people are slaves and without it the can't live.

Fences

[Pendragon]

Fences Things made of wood and wire, or stone, which frequently appear on property we have been used to hunting, fishing, hiking, etc. since we were children, often with onimous yellow, red, or white signs that read in huge letters:NO TRESSPASSING! :mad:

persuit of happiness....

[Nightshade]

A book I havent read

stone

:D

[subterranean]

Something stuck in my left shoe


Sniff

[Miss Darcy]

1. Something you do when you're not pleased with something
2. Something your dog does to everything it comes across

Voracious

[Pendragon]

Voracious an insatabile appetite for something such as I have for books and puzzles

high-born

[adilyoussef]

High-born is being lucky from the first beginning.

Mother

[Miss Darcy]

A mother is someone who is always there to help, someone to confide in, someone with an infinite spring of love in her heart.

Hatter

[Kaltrina]

1.someone who makes hats
2. mad

open minded

[adilyoussef]

Open minded is someone who listens more than speaks.

Joy

[Pensive]

Life is full of joy and happy moments as well as grief and sorrows.

Score

[smilingtearz]

score- A mark( or a number) according to one's accomplishment...ur score in a test or a game

next word: fluffy

[Adelheid]

fluffy: an adjective which describes a light weighted 3 dimensional something. usually used like fluffy cloud or fluffy kitten. :D That's the best I can put it...

Internet

[Pendragon]

I'm going to go all goofy on you people and remind you that even though I'm educated, at heart I'm just an old country boy, what is refered to here as a redneck or a hick.

Internet(Redneck definition) Finial destination of a fish. Used this way. "Dang it all, Bubba, will yew hurry up an' git thet fish internet fer ah loose 'em?" :lol: :lol: :lol: http://www.websmileys.com/sm/dressed/bek128.gif

spam

[smilingtearz]

I'm going to go all goofy on you people and remind you that even though I'm educated, at heart I'm just an old country boy, what is refered to here as a redneck or a hick.

Internet(Redneck definition) Finial destination of a fish. Used this way. "Dang it all, Bubba, will yew hurry up an' git thet fish internet fer ah loose 'em?" :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have no idea what made u say that!

spam- that junk thingy which BUMMS up my mail box time and again and which is of no use to me...might even contain virus attachments!

Next word: Surfeit

[Pendragon]

I have no idea what made u say that!Don't worry about me, princess, I'm a little offbeat at times! http://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_aussie.gif


Surfeit To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust, to make a real pig of one's self. Some might say the natural state of men (Particularly women might say it!) http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/tiere/animal-smiley-034.gif

colorful language

[adilyoussef]

Colorful language is a language with colour.

Pride

[Pensive]

Mr. Darcy's character from "Pride and Prejudice" is the perfect definition of Pride.

*smiles widely*

Weakness

[adilyoussef]

Weakness is fear of oneself and capasities.

Fear

[samercury]

Fear is the feeling that you get when you know that you're falling from the top of a building but can't do anything to stop it.

Lost

[Pensive]

Sometimes you gets lost in your thoughts.

Thoughts

[samercury]

Thoughts are located in a place where I spend a lot of my time.

Home

[Pensive]

Home Sweet Home - Where your heart is, that is your home.

Sweet

[Pendragon]

sweet descriptive of friends which I seem to have more than I deserve on this forum. Thanks friends! :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

foes

[adilyoussef]

Foes can't be found here in this forum.

Friends

[Pensive]

Friends in need are the friends indeed.

Need

[smilingtearz]

need-
1)a requirement
2)the word "needle" minus the "-le" in the end

minus

[adilyoussef]

A symbol in Maths.

Eyes

[starrwriter]

The eyes are the windows of the soul.

Sex.

[adilyoussef]

Sex is continuity of life.

Bed

[starrwriter]

Friends
"A true friend stabs you in the front." -- Oscar Wilde

Had to mention that quote because I think it's so hilarious (and cynical.)

[adilyoussef]

As you have not given another word I'll give one.

Thread

[samercury]

A thread is something that connects a needle to the cloth....

Pencil

[adilyoussef]

Pencil is used to correct ourselves.

Pen

[samercury]

1) Pen is the abbreviated form of the name Pendragon :lol:

2) An instrument absolutely necessary to take an exam ;).....

Next word:.......teacher

[Pensive]

Teacher can be as cool as sweets but he can also be as brutal as a french nobleman.

Cut

[Pendragon]

A cut is "cute" minus the "e",
A wound in our heart that hurts us deeply. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/liebe/mrstraetz.gif

tear

[smilingtearz]

1)a "tear" is...in my name "smilingtearz" minus "tear" + "z"
2)a tear is an "outpouring" of emotions...

outpouring

[adilyoussef]

Outpouring is too much emotion.

Smile

[Pensive]

Nightshade is the lady of smiles.

Secret

[smilingtearz]

smile is an expression of happiness or pleasure...and spreads like wildfire
unless ofcourse its a nasty one...!

thoughts

[smilingtearz]

oh sorry guess i was typing wen pensive was posting!! :D
secret...belongs to someone else, shared with you, lives in you...and is supposed to die there...in you!

thoughts

[Pensive]

Thoughts are eternal in human's mind.

Dance

[NNoah3]

Enjoying life!.
Pensive was faster than me....


Heart

[smilingtearz]

where lie the emotions, the desires and the "self" in all its trueness...

desires

[Pensive]

Try your best not to break people's hearts, it is sensitive.

Sentence

[Pensive]

This time smiling tearz was faster.

You can't get rid of desires.

Sentence.

[adilyoussef]

A set of syntactic, sementic and pragmatic rules that should be respected to make other people understand what you want to say.

Law

[smilingtearz]

That which should be followed for a peaceful co-existence in society.

society

[adilyoussef]

Society is where we all belong.

Poetry

[smilingtearz]

Poetry is a way to express feelings or thoughts in words that seem to flow and connect...to form something musical and rhythmic

connect

[adilyoussef]

Connect is to make things to gerther.

Dance

[smilingtearz]

Dance is to move the body according to a rhythm....accompanied if necessary by music...
Dance is the OUTBURST of joyfulness..

rhythm

[Mortis Anarchy]

your own self: how you move, act, live, laugh, your personality...if you can play Guitar...

conformity

[Basil]

Conformity: Getting on board with the winning team!


Bittersweet

[Miss Darcy]

What love often is.

Weirdness

[Kaltrina]

when something is unusual.....when something is unpredictable it is very often considered weird...

predictable

[smilingtearz]

(kaltrina were'nt u the there on the unpredictable men talkin abt unpredictablity)

~predictable- a person (or a being) is predictable when u know for sure what his (its) reaction will be to a particular action...

bless

[adilyoussef]

To bless and forgive
Is what a lover can give

Forgive

[Pensive]

We should forgive little kids for what they do - even if they spill the whole bottle of milk over us, after all they are kids.

Profession

[adilyoussef]

Profession is what one chooses to the after finishing his/her studies.

Study (v)

[NNoah3]

It is the art to learn about something specific.

Courage

[smilingtearz]

courage=the guts to do something which not everyone can do...and which is really difficult for you urself!

patince

[NNoah3]

Patience: the ability to pursue (or to do) everything that one desires in spite of the adveristies that we can face.

(It is something that I need (a lot of) when my boss is angry and wants to argue by everything.):lol:


Dreams

[Pensive]

Dreams are wonderful sometimes.

City

[Pendragon]

Dreams The foundation upon which many a reality has been built. For example, we would not now be able to fly to almost anywhere we choose had two bicycle shop owners named Orville and Wilber Wright not chased a dream that everyone else said was lunacy.

imagination

[smilingtearz]

creations/thoughts inside ur head... of unusual things. or things which might fantasize u...

fantasy

[Pensive]

Some fantasies like Harry Potter series are very entertaining.

Weed

[Scheherazade]

That would be me... The ugly weed!!!

bop

[Basil]

bop: (bäp) n. [slang] a blow or strike administered to the naughty and the wicked, designed to keep them in line.



deadline

[Scheherazade]

Deadline is what I have just found out that 10 days later than I originally thought! Yay!

Carrot.

[Basil]

It's an old wives' tale that sarcasm will turn a person's tongue into a carrot.

Sigh

[Nightshade]

somthing I do alot but not because Im sad just the way I breathe.

After eights

[Pendragon]

If I don't have me British mucked up again, and recall I'm a Yank, After Eights are a sort of mint which Douglas Adams claims in his book The Deeper Meaning of Liff to consist of mostly empty packets and very few actual mints. http://www.smileyville.net/director/robot.gif

Plus-fours

[adilyoussef]

Plus four is more than zero.

Happy

[Pensive]

When I get good grades, I am happy.

Exams

[adilyoussef]

Exams is a period of stress and frustration
Exams is the time of harvest of your preparation

Job

[Kaltrina]

job is a work which is assigned to one and for which one gets paid...

Christmas

[Riesa]

That which drains your wallet and makes you fatter.

sand

[commasplice]

Sand - That thing that covers the entire beach that you love playing with but hate getting in your undies.

Alibi

[Virgil]

Alibi - The words that cover you backside (a@@, for those who were raised in Brooklyn like me) when you get into trouble.

sashay

[commasplice]

Sashay - a movement that no one really manages to do when they want to look graceful

Automatic

[Virgil]

automatic - a motion so skilled that it requires no thought.

gargantuan

[Kaltrina]

something extremely large

fed up

[Riesa]

that feeling that makes you run your hands through your hair until it stands on end and to scream a most guttural agggghhhhhh!


minion

[Kaltrina]

an unimportant person that does everything, someone wants something and the person has to do it...

head over heels

[Riesa]

a delicious feeling that is found at the beginning of new love


frumpy

[Nightshade]

clothes thatr are comfortable but cause the fashion victims to run for the hills screaming

penguins

[Pendragon]

Penguinshttp://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/tiere/animal-smiley-074.gif The birds who think every day is a formal occasion. (If you ever get a chance, read the hilarious adventures of a penguin named "Tacky". They are children's books which we read to our kids. Tacky refuses to be like other penguins. For one thing he wears a Hawaiian shirt everywhere!)

normal

[AimusSage]

Too late :(

Normal: Something that not quite out of the ordinary, but isn't anything special either.

Dummy

[Riesa]

A word we sometimes call our pugdog after he tries to chase down a car.

Napoleon Complex

[smilingtearz]

when you're studying napoleonic stuff in history and it seems really, really complex!

history

[Pensive]

History helps us to learn from our past mistakes.

Geography

[Riesa]

That which separates us physically, defines our diet and influences our decision to stay or leave.

double standard

[Virgil]

double standard - giving people rules that don't apply to oneself

byzantine



Back to Napoleonic Complex

when you're studying napoleonic stuff in history and it seems really, really complex!

history

??????

[Riesa]

byzantine:
a long time ago, in a civilization that has expired, yet is still influencing man today;a lot of guys got around and built some impressive buildings.

feverish

[Pendragon]

feverish sick or hot and bothered, most likely about something that has no consecquence.


argument

[Virgil]

argument - a debate that focuses on a critical issue

hobnob

[Riesa]

hobnob
to socialize with fun and interesting people...I mean Posters.


middle ground

[Virgil]

middle ground
the area where arguers can find commonality

schlemiel

[Riesa]

hummmmm???

that which belongs to a New York World of Words that include the likes of chachka, mensch, schlep, schmaltz, schmo, and others that either do or do not have rude connotations.

fussbudget

[Pendragon]

fussbudget One whom is overtly picky about everything

know-it-all

[samercury]

A know-it-all is what others call you when they don't want to admit that you're right ;)

Rock

[Anon22]

That which has an IQ of 0

Air

[Virgil]

hummmmm???

that which belongs to a New York World of Words that include the likes of chachka, mensch, schlep, schmaltz, schmo, and others that either do or do not have rude connotations.

fussbudget

Very elegantly said

air - invisible gas required for breathing.

zoomorphic

[Riesa]

zoomorphic
beautiful, wild gods of the ancient past, half animal, half man, o'sphinx, tell us your secret...........is that close?

dawdle

[Miss Darcy]

Waste time.

Next word: melomania.

[Riesa]

music as a grand passion


potboiler

[Pendragon]

potboiler A argument that has gotten out of hand: thus almost any discussion involving religion, politics, or philosophy http://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_argue.gif


possitive

[Virgil]

positive - an affirmative reaction

moxie

[Riesa]

Moxie: up to the challenge, guts. Rocky had moxie.

Ruminate

[Virgil]

Ruminate - to let something bounce around in the corners of the brain.

unctuous

[Kaltrina]

unctous - giving praise in a non sincere way....

blind date

:D

[Riesa]

A blind date: the way my parents met.

gumshoe

[Kaltrina]

A blind date: the way my parents met.

that's cute.. :D

gumshoe= is someone who finds evidence and solves a case... a detective...

astonishing

[Riesa]

:)

astonishing: people that meet on a blind date, get married and stay that way!

or

something that makes your jaw hit the floor with surprise.


regalia

[Pendragon]

regalia dressed to the nines, festooned with frumpery, gilded with glorious and unnecessary finery.


positive - an affirmative reaction I always liked Ambrose Bierce's definition: Positive Mistaken at the top of one's lungs! :lol: :lol:


perjury

[Virgil]

perjury - lying after placing your hand on the Bible

sleuth

[Scheherazade]

Sleuth = Yours truly... aka Scherlock


Next word: midget

[Virgil]

midget - a person vertically challenged

crony

[Riesa]

buddy, friend, ol' pal, favorite sidekick.

perfidous

[Kaltrina]

perfidious is someone you cannot trust for example it can be someone who you think is your friend but in fact he/she isn't...

polyglot

[Pendragon]

polygot 1.) A person of intelligence who speaks and writes several languages 2.) A person who is confused in several languages, such as myself http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/fragend/confused-smiley-010.gif

insanity

[Kaltrina]

1) when someone does not have a normal healthy mind, we say... crossed on the other side of sanity...
2) the fact that someone does courageous but dangerous things...

support

[smilingtearz]

when you can't stand straight (or you are too lazy like i am!) ...you lean on to something(or someone) for support...

straight

[Kaltrina]

when you don't want to make things harder than they are you just go tell the person straight about what you think or what has happened...

a person

[smilingtearz]

per+son=person :D
per = every,
son =...ummm ...the product of "a mother" and "a father" ...getting "together"


product

[Kaltrina]

:lol: :lol: good explanation Eva. :D

product is a result of someone work...

result

[Riesa]

result

conclusion of productive energy

sempiternal

[Virgil]

insanity - (1) loss of mental control or (2) in a trash can (in-sanitation), sorry.

tutelage

[adilyoussef]

Tutlage is being looked after.

To be

[Riesa]

to exist in form and spirit.


windbag

[Virgil]

Windbag - an overly verbose person who never gets to the point

gritty

[Riesa]

The feeling your mouth gets after eating sandwiches on a wind-blown beach.

condone

[Virgil]

condone - to excuse questionable behavior

persnickety

[Miss Darcy]

A word that sounds as though it had come out of a Danny Kaye movie.

Serendipity

[Virgil]

serendipity - found luck; rhymes with persnickety

persnickety (not adequately defined above)

[Loki]

Holding one's head in the air like a peacock, stuck-up and pretending to be more important than one is.

Regal

[Pensive]

Things which are magnificent are called Regal.

Insensitive

[Miss Darcy]

Someone with a rhinoceros' skin can be described as "insensitive".

Wit

[Pensive]

Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.

Treasure

[Pendragon]

Treasure That which one values. Remember, one man's trash is another man's treasure....


uncertainty

[Virgil]

uncertainty - that which what follows is unknown or unpredictable

circumvent

[Riesa]

Circumvent:

to avoid trouble with flair.

scapegrace

[Virgil]

scapegrace - Wow, I had to look that one up: A rascal, like our very own Robin Hood.

cannibalize

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Cannibalize - One man's meat is... well, another man's meat!

Claustrophobic

[Virgil]

Verry funny!

Claustrophobic - Fear that the walls will squeeze the life out of you.

gruntle

[samercury]

Claustrophobic- Describing the feeling of being crowded in, feeling umcomfortable in small, closed-in places. Me.

Wise

[Riesa]

Wise

Full of knowledge, without being priggish.


dunce

[Weeping Willow]

Always using your power instead of your brains.. it all about the right combination between both.of them.

Reflex

[Riesa]

reflex:

The involuntary range of emotions that cross ones face when confronted with something ghastly.


direct

[adilyoussef]

To be direct is to be franc.

Death

[samercury]

Death is the peaceful end to life...

Beginning

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Beginning - That which all too often precedes preperation.


Scamper

[Riesa]

Scamper

the movement small wild animals make when you get too close.

Scamp

[Miss Darcy]

A mischievous young rogue.

Mischief

[Virgil]

Mischief - What a child seems to always find

panacea

[Weeping Willow]

A thing that can exist only in our dreams.

Purr

[Anon22]

A sound a cat makes

Lucidity

[Virgil]

Lucidity - clearness of thought or vision

homonym

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Homonym - What I hear here!

Collapse

[Pensive]

Sometimes I feel that I will be collapsed when I study. hehe

Brick

[samercury]

A brick is
1) the foundation of a wall
2) a useful tool used to get people away from you

Wall

[Pensive]

Something for my baby cousin to draw pictures on. hehe

Drawing

[RobinHood3000]

Something I never win.

Warrior

[samercury]

Warrior- a lunatic with a weapon

art

[Pensive]

Some people knows the art of diplomacy.

Diplomatic

[samercury]

The ability of making people do things they don't want to

Will

[Pensive]

People keep on saying that they WILL do this or that, but they do nothing so I will advise everyone never to like the word "Will"

Change

[Weeping Willow]

The way time effects life.

Life

[Pensive]

Life is a great experiment.

Greatness

[Weeping Willow]

Greatness is found inside each and every one of us but only some use it.

Side

[RobinHood3000]

What goes next to the entree.

Honor

[Weeping Willow]

A quality that lots of young people tend to decry this days.

Quality

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Quality has 2 meanings - An attribute which an object or person possesses and also the ideal of that attribute, against which that attribute is compared.


Hegemony

[Pendragon]

Hegemony The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others, such as the Yankees over Virginia North of Roanoak.

ne'er-do-well

[Virgil]

Ne'er-do-well - Someone who is always getting into trouble

zenith

[Miss Darcy]

The summit or peak of something.

Victor