checker: A single red or black playing piece in what seems to be a hugely popular although immensely boring board game 2) the person responsible for loosing your luggage at the airport 3) A chubby singer/dancer from yesteryear. 4) to examine closely a female
Languish:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Languish: Based on Edgar Rice Burrough's classic of the same name, The Languish Time Forgot is a 1975 film that tells the tale of survivors of a British passenger liner torpedoed by a German U-Boat, who end up on the island of Caprona, where dinosaurs and Neanderthals still reign.
Ostrich:
Obsessed with facial symmetry.
Ostrich: (a) a political party predominately popular in the HELPUSa (b) a large bird introduced to California in 1883 for use in the fashion industry; now used as a domesticated animal for consumption http://www.ostrichgrowers.com
Domesticated:
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Domesticated: Basically to have one's self emasculated, if only figuratively.
Gender:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Gender: Since Adam and Eve a matter for discrimination.
Ali Baba-
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Ali Baba: A guy admire not only because he had a slave girl, but his slave girl was so cool she defended him from a band of thieves. Now that's what I call living.
Concubine:
Obsessed with facial symmetry.
Concubine: Old fashioned term for the modern "friends with benefits"
Wrong side of the blanket:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Wrong side of the blanket: In my country we say hopping over the fence.
Sliding gender:
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Sliding Gender: Hm. Today this could mean anything from a complete Bruce-->Caitlyn Jenner transfiguration, to a person who slips between genders (and garments) as the mood strikes him/her, to something that only happens in Brazil. ;-)
Zippity Doo Dah:
Obsessed with facial symmetry.
To your ilustrous information T. C. (Brazil has enough slidings to be credited with this one too )
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...e-female-trans
Zippity Doo Dah: Inocent baby prattle, or not!
Zanzibar:
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Zanzibar: 1) Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometers off East African country of Tanzania 2) A name thrown into a pulp or adventure novel because it sounds exotic, like Timbuktu.
Kommunizma:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Kommunizma: The Russian wife of Mr. Communism
Monument:
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Monument: Why, thank you, Danik. I didn't know you'd noticed.Alright, alright. Monument: What them four faces on Mt. Rushmore am.
Homograph: (and don't get cute)
Obsessed with facial symmetry.
Homograph(Not getting cute ): 1-"A homograph is a group (usually a pair) of words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings."examples.yourdictionary.com
(Getting cute): Homo sapiens register of his greatness
Parafernalia:
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Parafernalia: 1) Two fernalia 2) misspelling of paraphernalia, which is equipment tailored to a particular use. For example a dictionary is considered vital paraphernalia for those who play word games... 3) What rugby players call American Football shoulder pads and other protective gear
Chiasmus:
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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