British: A colonial power resolved to bring civilization to the tailless monkeys of Gibraltar.
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British: A colonial power resolved to bring civilization to the tailless monkeys of Gibraltar.
Poet
Poet: 1) One who can rhyme but not much else "I cannot write a novel!" said he. "I must be content with poetry. 2) A student of the works of Edgar Allen Poe. They mutter "Nevermore!" a lot...
Raven:
I'm tired of living in a hovel,Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
By God, I think I'll write a novel!
Raven: A crow with a college education
Primitive
a word used to describe corvids lacking the advantages of ravens.
Manticore
Manticore: A sphinx who's trying to put the whole Egyptian thing behind him.
Pterodactyl
Oh wait, I've got that one, too. It's a poetic meter with leathery wings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Um, brontosaurus.
Lit: "wing finger" an abusive gesture made by someone in flight - i.e. running away.
quagmire
Sorry, Hawk. My bad as usual.
Quagmire: A tarry death trap for quags throughout the Pleistocene era.
Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus: An ancient, craggy, bellowing monster of a bygone age, found in such locations as archaeological digs, natural history museums, and the House of Lords.
Formidable:
Formidable: an accomplishment requiring effort and worthy of respect, such as earning a doctorate. Congratulations, "Doc Lok" (and happy belated birthday).
Nymph
Nymph Plural of Nym, but fo far few have been feen
Lens
Lens: A tool to tickle light.
Wall:
Wall: Solid structures meant to divide, as a field from the road, rich neighborhoods from the freeway, and your sex life from your kids and the neighbors
Halfwit:
Halfwit: Half of a “wit” being a measure of the clutter in one’s mind. Halfway done cleaning out the cobwebs.
Muse:
Any half-way decent-looking girl who inspires a smitten swain to write what he thinks is poetry.
Portal
Portal: A word used by someone who can’t spell “door”.
Whale:
Whale: A gentle beast that roams the oceans with no enemy but man; certainly not the millions upon millions of tiny lifeforms it destroys every minute it opens its big trap. No, no, they don't count do they?
Plankton
Plankton: Sea organisms that seemingly reproduce primarily to keep the buffet table stocked for larger critters.
Critter:
Critter: A denizen of the seement pond area of Beverly Hills, or its evolutionary descendants.
Litter box:
C Ritter Older brother of the famous actor John Ritter. The reason you probably haven't heard of him is because, just like his younger brother, he couldn't act either
Litter Box A place for untrained pets to drop their rubbish, but being untrained you have to expect they'll use it for something else entirely
Fleas
Fleas: What a dog does when you try to give it a bath.
Parrot
Parrot: An echo conscious enough to know better.
Consciousness:
Consciousness: Being wider awake than a lettuce.
Bee
Bee: Small creature whose ability to fly stuns science, and whose sting pretty much indicates it doesn't care to be studied...
Evidence.
Evidence: Data from blind men researching elephants.
Python
Python: A snake that likes to give BIG hugs
Peanut
Peanut(s): What Charles Schultz made Charlie Brown and Snoopy work for
Gladiator
Gladiator: A member of a class of entertainers who received the first “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” from a crowd. One of the first state employees officially worked to death.
Entertainer:
No, it's how the python felt about his blind date. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
Entertainer: What strippers and clergy put on their driver's license applications
You're right. That's an alternate definition. You forgot to add a new word, so I'll add one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Word:
Word: ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν. πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων· καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
Though some say: the bird. :)
Freedom
After putting it in Google Translate, it's still Greek to me, especially the part about Scotland:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
the Word , and the Word was with God , and God was the Word . Utu not in archῇ to God . everything through him was made , without it was done neither in . The gegonen aftῷ life in her, and the life was the light of the people ; and the light in tῇ skotiᾳ seen, and Scotland this th overtaken
Freedom: Not being required to applaud when the leader of the People’s Democracy says something.
Leader:
Leader: One pompous enough to imagine that he or she can make blanket decisions that will please everyone and settle all problems
Follower:
Forage: the pillage of Foldy Locks
Emancipation
The state of freedom conferred on slaves in which they are free to be persecuted, abused and murdered because they no longer have any value as property.
Democracy
Democracy: The freedom to elect one's own dictators
Romance
Follower: A kind of sheep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Romance: Whatever a woman says you aren't giving her.
Philistine:
Philistine: An Iron Age pioneer of spin art.
Viking
Viking: Sixth in the line of royalty
Saxon
Saxon: Along with violence, that which gets a movie a R rating.
Mercury