Meanings of words

[Pendragon]

Vaudeville A vague form of entertainment were people made fools of themselves. Replaced by Karaoke, eventually.

Ambidexterous

[barbara0207]

ambidexterous Said of a politician voicing contradictory opinions at the same time.

hapless

[rabid reader]

It is a colloquial term that surfaced when the early nineties be-boxers did not know what to respond to the phrase, "What's da' haps!" They would then reply, "I am hapless."

dogma

[barbara0207]

dogma That's an easy one. The puppy's mum, of course - be she canine or human.

incantation

[CrazyDiamond]

Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus?

[rabid reader]

When crossing the desert so me times the men would run out of water in their canteens. They would then stop and dissect a cactus placing pieces of it and its juices into the canteens this processes was known as incantations.

Bilingulism

[rabid reader]

Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus?

the definitions are suppose to be wrong

[barbara0207]

bilingualism From English 'bile' and Latin 'lingua' (tongue). Hence a very nasty taste in your mouth.

overbearing

[rabid reader]

when one is facing the onslaught of many bears during their mass migratory period, the landscape begins to erode more rapidly, in a system that is titled Overbearing

Medicine

[barbara0207]

Medicine Word coined for any French, Spanish or Italian films (from: 'Mediterranean' and 'cinema')

hokey pokey

[Bakiryu]

two very smart words describing the process of poking a hockey player!

Alien

[Captain Pike]

Alien -- That is when you have to pay an extraterrestrial before you can sell your house.

Leaded glass

Man, you have got to be fast!

[Shalot]

Leaded glass

Leaded Glass: A new ecofuel made from glass manufactured in response to Global Warming.
New word: clockwatcher

[Pendragon]

clockwatcher Member of an obscure cult that worships the cuckoo

bewildered

[rabid reader]

Bewildered wildered derived from the English word wilderness. Bewildered is the act of being like a tree.

syntax

[barbara0207]

syntax Very old word from times when 'sin' was found spelled with a 'y', now obsolete. Means a special tax brothels had to pay to the city on account of sinful behaviour.

hamstring

[Shalot]

hamstring: a piece of clothing that exotic pig dancers wear

glute

[RobinHood3000]

Glute - A wind instrument that sticks to your lips.

Port

[barbara0207]

port A sweet red wine which you cannot drink with a glute sticking to your lips.

unabridged

[rabid reader]

unabridged- What you call a river that has no means of crossing it (no bridges or fords)

princely

[kiz_paws]

Prince Lee was such a fine example of nobility, that it was concluded by BOB that a word pay homage to such a fine lad, ergo, princely was coined.

Conniving:

[Pendragon]

Conniving The name of the famous Con man that actually sold someone the Brooklyn Bridge, Iving the Con

Hither

[kiz_paws]

Hither: Is actually a sound that is made when one has their tongue stuck to an ice cold metal pole. Run and get hot water when you hear this utterance...

Complacent:

[Pendragon]

Complacent: What drives the people who spy on others crazy, "Where do we put the hidden microphones?" or "Coms". As any good snoop knows, the info you get is determined by the correct placement of this devices.


meander

[kiz_paws]

meander: It is all in the pronunciation. "Me an' 'er" was goin' to the dance, we was" ... see? ;)

obliterate:

[rabid reader]

Obliterate: Fat readers (obsess and literate)

Honk

[Bakiryu]

A fat trucker with a big nose!

School

[kiz_paws]

School: The discipline by which fish migrate

detrimental:

[Pendragon]

detrimental exceedingly erudite, intellectual abilities in the norm +10 range

Phantasmagoria

[Bakiryu]

Phantasmagoria: a gory act performed by Phantasms (ghosts)

Eruditus

[Pendragon]

Eruditus Shortened form running words together, "How rude it is!"

Backbiter

[kiz_paws]

Backbiter: Another name for all animals because they can turn their own heads such as to bite their back in a scratch gesture. Harmless and quite effective, unlike the human meaning of the word... :alien:

Incongruent:

[Pendragon]

Incongruent An indication that the weed dealer got his dope from a guy in prison, an "in con grew it."

flabbergasted

[kiz_paws]

Flabbergasted: Well, a 'flabber' is the name for the flap found at the bottom-end of body-sized long johns (or red woolies, as they have been called in books). And when one passes gas, the flabber has been said to be 'gasted'. So there you have it ... and it does leave those around rather shocked .... :alien:

:blush: OK, that was embarassing ... :blush:

New word: technicality

[Pendragon]

technicality the loophole in the law through which justice is leaking


Freedom

[rabid reader]

Freedom- A half-spherical shaped building most likely used for a sport of some sort, that has the ability to make its own decision. Often this is found to be quite amusing, though, as seen with the collapse of Montreal's exhibition place, a Freedom must be maintained and made happy or it might just collapse itself.

Simple

[Pendragon]

Simple Descriptive of any person who believes this word in any given set of instructions

Regulation

[barbara0207]

Regulation
Anything a bored government official comes up with, proud they have taken down something new, allegedly for the general public's own good, but making everyone grind their teeth in helpless rage.

tearful

[Pendragon]

tearful Unit of measure. The amount of true compassion in the average funeral director's spiel.

Flashy

[Shalot]

Flashy - this is the word dingbats use when referring to their flashlights. the silent "gh" is a little too much for these native speakers to comprehend

socialite

[Pendragon]

socialite one of the several degrees determining how friendly one is: One is social, i.e., very friendly, anti-social, i.e, unfriendly, socialpathic, i.e., you don't want to be around them, and socialite, i.e., nice person to hang out with but you don't invite him to, say, your wedding, as he might embarass you by making a remark like "Hey, which bar did you pick this hottie up in?"

Flapper

[barbara0207]

flapper

Young bird trying to fly but sadly failing. Has to wait for the next storm to help it out of the nest.

request

[RobinHood3000]

Request - Word to describe how annoying it is in RPGs when you finally collect those 300 turtle shells for that idiotic NPC, who then proceeds to ask for 500 octopus bellies.

Serenity

[Pendragon]

Serenity Not much is known about this obscure knight, Sir Renity, possibly a ancestor of the mad Renfield

galeforce

[barbara0207]

galeforce (old spelling, now 'gal force'), synonym: women power

(Were you waiting for that one, Pen, me ole dragon?)

dragster

[Pendragon]

dragster Race between crossdressers in full costume...:rolleyes:

Fillmore

[AdoreroDio]

Fillmore- what an unintelligent person does when they have a bottomless cup- fillMORE and more and more......

abbreviations

[barbara0207]

abbreviations

What some native speakers on litnet drive me crazy with. I've figured out OMG and IMHO so far, but there's still a lot to decipher. :D

devour

[AdoreroDio]

Devour- what the vampire says when it's time to eat- "et ez devour to eat" (It is the hour to eat.) (^:

Mountains

[Riesa]

mountains: silent magnanimous presence that awakens the adventurous heart: "to the top of the world!", glistening peaks beckon. "Climb up, climb up" ...dooming many a courageous tread, as mountains are treacherous and tricky, they tend to let go on the slightest whim, like an older brother whirly-birding a younger sibling...


next word: long-winded

[Pendragon]

long-winded Illness that affects most public speakers; (see also droning

Glamorous

[Pendragon]

Glamorous What the fat man said when the other guests left the table: "I'm gla'mor'o'us!"

fireant

[Captain Pike]

Fireant -- a small, simulated fire hydrant, designed for dogs droppings, actually drippings, since it is relegated to number one.

Memorabilia

[barbara0207]

memorabilia

An illness of the bile duct, so bitter and painful it will always stick in your memory.

calculator

[Pendragon]

calculator An insturment that measures your tolerence to calcium, abbreviated cal.

Abhorrence

[barbara0207]

Abhorrence

Short for absolutely horrid encounter with Cedrick (the Yeti that has never taken a bath in his life)

bedraggled

[Bakiryu]

bedraggled: when you're draggled and be muddled by muggles!

pineapple

[Shalot]

a pineapple is an apple shaped paperweight carved out of pinewood that you give to your teacher for Christmas. How original.

Nacho

[Shalot]

Nacho:

Something that does not belong to you i.e. that's nacho cheese (read not yo cheese :D )

Next word:Lemon

[Pendragon]

Lemon A terrible last name if you happen to sell used cars...


Comfort-fit

[barbara0207]

comfort-fit

showing strong feelings of rage in a public toilet because of course you chose the one with the paper missing.

indisposition

[Pendragon]

indisposition how the hick Sheriff tells you to stand, and you don't dare crack a grin at his accent— because one of his Deputies appears to confirm sightings of Bigfoot—and the other is spinning his pistol like a wild west cowboy and has a wild look in his eye...


Copycat

[barbara0207]

Copycat

Furry animal conceived and born in the lab of a genetic engineer seeing the original pet was growing old.

master plan

[Pendragon]

master plan A plan that you'd need a Master's Degree to figure out

taxcut

[mosimo]

the act of shortening the length of a tax icab

Office

[Pendragon]

Office see: Insane Assylum

Boss

[amalia1985]

A dragon with two heads, breathing fire.

[early 1960s]

I define happiness as "being in a good state and doing what you want" but I came to that definition after looking the word up in a number of dictionaries (I collect English dictionaries). I would define "coffee" as "something I like to put on the barbecue!" I was wondering if you or anyone out there can tell me where to get reputable study guides / glossaries for E.A. Poe's "The man of the Crowd" and Charles Boudelaire's Essay "The Painter of Modern Life" I've gone through cliffnotes, york notes, you name it, and cannot find guides/glossaries for either of these central works (whch I'm studying in a university course on modernism). The Poe work for example has words which I've had a challenge to define precisely. It's easy to find study guides with good glossaries for more well known stories, like "The fall of the House of Usher" or "The Dubliners" but where do you go for the something like "The Man of the Crowd"????

[barbara0207]

Early, you're in the wrong thread, I'm afraid. Go to 'General literature'. ;)

As Amalia forgot to give a new word, I'll do it to keep the thread going:

witch-hunt

[Shalot]

Office see: Insane Assylum



you can say that again

[Pendragon]

witch-hunt What "The Blair Witch Project" was supposed to be about, although according to Dave Barry, it appears to be about how many times you can insert a certain four letter word into a film. By using the word "darn" we will recreate some dialog:

"What the darn was that darning thing?"
"Darned if I know!"
"Well, darn me! Shut up, darn it!"
"Will you darners shut the darn up?"
"Darn you!"

Mainline

[Pendragon]

Mainline invisible boders of the State of Maine

Rotgut

[barbara0207]

Sorry I neglected this thread, Pen! :)

rotgut abbreviation of rotating gutter press. Used when there is scandal in the air and gutter journalists act accordingly (cf. what happened on the occasion of Lady Di's accident).

guy rope

[packersfan]

guy rope The rope that a (guy) sagger uses to pull his pants up.

Parents

[Pendragon]

Parents People who have children. They pass through several stages. When the kids are small, the parents are Godlike. When the kids become teens, the parents are basically a tick embedded in their skin. When the kids have kids, parents become "baby sitters". When parents become old, they become either a nuisance or something kids cannot bear to think of losing, depending on the kid. One day the kid realizes that they have became parents

Foreclosure

[barbara0207]

foreclosure - toilets at the bow (fore) of your big cruise ship are closed. You have to run all the way to the toilets at the stern. Good luck.

bookend

[Pendragon]

bookend Clue to start a new book.... (Doh!) http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Duh.gif


desperado

[barbara0207]

desperado - young man desperately trying to win his lady's heart. Acts of desperation include climbing a derelict fire escape, breaking his left leg in the process, jumping out of a flying aircraft, breaking his right leg, too. At the moment everybody is wondering whatever happened to his arms.

flare gun

[Pendragon]

flare gun One of those ridiculously shaped blunderbusses Puritans used to carry, with a bell or "flared" barrell end. No wonder the Native Americans usually won the battles back then. You couldn't possibly aim the thing!


Papal Bull

[barbara0207]

Hm, have to come up with the obvious, can't think of anything else. :(

Papal Bull

Legend has it that there were two animals near the manger of the little Jesus child, a donkey and an ox. Every year the Pope chooses a bull that has to be turned into an ox for service at the manger ... (uh-oh)

carnivore

[AdoreroDio]

The carnivore is the center of any carnival in which they keep the best attraction (usually carnivorous lions and bears).
Originally known as the ore of the carnival but later changed to carnivore to shorten it. (^:

namby-pamby (yes that is a word)

[Pendragon]

namby-pamby The Power Girls super-powered stuffed panda

paraffin

[barbara0207]

paraffin

medical expression; short for parasite affinity used for stray dogs, cats, children etc

consecutive

[blackbird_9]

following one another in uninterrupted succession or order

platypus

[schadenfreude]

Platypus: Plato with a nasty tumour.

alphabet

[Petrarch's Love]

alphabet

The bet put down by the alpha dog at the poker game.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/Dogs20Poker.jpg

rhetoric

[Pendragon]

rhetoric to brush someone off in the manner of Rett Butler: "Frankly, my dear..."


Gismo

[Petrarch's Love]

Gismo--A colloquialism of certain regional dialects of the United States meaning "Give us some more." A variant of the colloquialism gimme s'more.

copious

[Pendragon]

copious The vast reason why Johnny cannot read, nor write very well either. Johnny sat near some person who told him, "Ain't nuthin' t'schoolin'. Yew can copious, an' yew'l' dew fine!"

prismatic, yes, a bona fide word!

[barbara0207]

prismatic, yes, a bona fide word!

Obviously. ;) How do you like this entry:

gun-lover's word for pristine automatic, i.e. a weapon that is new (or cleaned so as to gleam as new). Hence:
prismatic square, a square cleaned by the gun-lover just by showing people his prismatic (people fled in panic).


erroneous

[Shalot]

erroneous - a noun describing the state of a tire that is filled with air (used mainly in the southern US) - "There's erroneous" - read, "there's air in this."

Next word: lugubrious

[andave_ya]

lugubrious: lubricated jelly.

capricious.

[barbara0207]

capricious
adj. referring to the inhabitants of the island of Capri in the Mediterranean Sea. See also
capricorn, noun. A cereal the people of said island feed on.

blackmail

[AuntShecky]

This is, alas, a break in the action,but I hope no one minds a quick comment.

You who have started this game are in quite illustrious company! The Algonquin Wits (of the 1920s) used to play a similar word game in which they would ask each other to
use the (usually uncommon) word in a sentence.

George S. Kaufman gave Dorothy Parker the word
"meretricious" and she replied,

"Meretricious and a Happy New Year!"

[blackbird_9]

blackmail - anthrax's evil... eviler? twin

pioneer

[Pendragon]

pioneer The left ear of the living sawhorse of Oz


dibbie

[Pendragon]

dibbie The gal wot got hicthed t'Hank Prachet, Satduhy, her name were Dibbie...

Foreskin

[AARONDISNEY]

Foreskin

The name given to the wound of the person that refused to heed the warning of the golfer's shot. As in "Stupid me! I've been foreskinned "


CHILDHOOD

[Pendragon]

Childhood That miraculous time kids can't wait to get out of and adults wish they could get back to...

Ready

[barbara0207]

ready (pronunciation: REEdy) word formation analogous to tasty; said of a book that you like very much.

pink slip

[Pendragon]

Pink Slip The one of Granny's dancing in the wind on the clothesline... :rolleyes:

Red Herring

[Pendragon]

Red Herring Why Red needs a nice new hearing aide.

Freeform

[Pendragon]

Freeform The one all American Citizens get at the first of every year to remind you to pay your taxes. Each year, the form is more simplified, by which I mean you need to hire two shamans, a computer expert, three astrophysicists, and a good witchdoctor before you start. Actually, throwing yourself on the mercy of the court might be easier. They serve FOOD in prison!


Jacket

[aeroport]

Jacket - small, cracker-like, Jack-flavored snack food, similar to 'Cheez-It'

Epiphanic

[alakungfu]

epiphanic - having been relieved of the scourge of epilepsy

platonic

[Pendragon]

platonic
A medicine to help children with their imagination


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