Regularity: A pattern detected in repetitive events that happen over and over and over again to the point that one expects them to continue happening over and over and over again.
Parallel Universe:
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Regularity: A pattern detected in repetitive events that happen over and over and over again to the point that one expects them to continue happening over and over and over again.
Parallel Universe:
Parallel Universe: Donald Trump's residence
Trump:
Trump: A card or suit of cards that has a special role to play in a game. It could also refer to a politician and if you are reading this in 2116 rather than 2016 you hopefully have never heard of him.
Suit of cards:
Suit of cards: Sort of like "The Emperor's New Clothes" 2) heart, club, diamond, spade or if it's a deck of Tarot Cards swords, staves, cups, and pentacles. I have also heard that the card suit known as "clubs" was once "acorns"
Tarot Cards:
Tarot Cards: In every city, town, village, burgh, hamlet or hillock in America, there's a hole in the wall store front with a tacky neon sign advertising the fortune telling prowess of Madam Zora, who, for reasons far beyond me, continues in this day and age to be able separate the witless from their money, as they shuffle in like lemmings to have their futures revealed via the tarot cards. Did someone say a fool and his money are soon parted? I think someone did.
I Ching:
I Ching: An ancient Chinese divination text providing interpretations for seemingly random patterns made with yarrow sticks.
Ancient:
Ancient: Anyone over 65 until about 9am. Anyone over 75 until about 11. Anyone over 85.
Biology
Biology: That thing which leads us inexorably to being ancient.
Proctology:
Proctology: A field of medicine that’s useful to know about should you ever get into that yoga position where you stick your head up your butt.
Witless:
Witless: A condition that can only be described as having one's head up one's butt.
Condition:
Condition: What one has if one’s head gets stuck in places it doesn’t belong. If that should happen, don’t forget the photo.
Stuck:
Stuck: 1) Unable to move, i.e., I got stuck in traffic. 2) Hampered by i.e., I am stuck in this job. 3) The opposite of humble, usually used with the word "up", i.e., Trump is a stuck up embarrassment of a politician.
Embarrassment
Embarrassment: The word that best describes the field of candidates currently running for president. Indeed, that Americans tolerate this farcical election and, indeed, intend to still vote on Election Day--instead of, oh, let's say, completing the work that Guy Fawkes, in being apprehended, was prevented from carrying out--is a major embarrassment.
Fireworks:
Fireworks: A Chinese invention that has come to mark Fourth of July celebrations even though a) The US did not fight for independence against China or with China's help, and B) Fireworks are illegal in many states including my home state of Virginia, despite the fact that four out of the first five Presidents was from Virginia...
Invention:
Invention: A way of doing something or a new product that represents something new introduced by someone with the intention to make or do something new.
Farcical:
Farcical: Ludicrous, absurd. Anything whose veracity can be compared to my Aunt Fanny.
Pendragon, the fireworks on the Fourth are meant to emulate and hearken back to the "rocket's red glare," the cannon fire and explosions of the battles of our Revolution. Although, Chinese food is an option during said celebrations.
Suppository:
Cheddar: I am well aware of that...
Suppository: Medicine that coined the phrase "Stick it up your @$&!"
Coined:
Coined: A phrase or word that gets said and then re-said because we are such herding and imitative creatures who like to say and re-say stuff and in that manner turn thoughts into something as solid as we hope a coin might be.
In flagrante delicto:
In flagrante delicto? We did this one, mate, and in fact I wrote the definition, a reply so witty on my part, so immeasurably jocular, that The Sun dedicated placed an extra busty girl on Page 3 the next day in tribute. And I accepted with both hands.
Virago:
Virago: A woman who in Shakespeare's time would be termed a shrew, today we use a word that rhymes with "rich"
Oafish:
Oafish: We all seem to have the presidential election on our minds, as my virago was in fact Hillary in a cunning (not) disguise, and for oafish we can swap in any of the male candidates. Stupid, mentally deficient, you get the idea. Either way, XX or XY, one of these gems will soon be leader of the flea world.
Cattle Prod:
Cattle Prod: A contact taser on steroids
Steroids:
Steroids: A terribly uncomfortable, often painful health condition which, depending on severity, requires treatment ranging from a topical medicated ointment to surgery. Wait. Sorry, that's hemorrhoids. Steroids...something to do with Lance Armstrong.
Testosterone:
Testosterone: Liquid machismo
Estrogen:
Estrogen: The basis of a type of rock/pop music that became hugely popular in the early to mid 90s, with artists like Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morrissette and others becoming huge stars and culminating in the Lilith Fair series of outdoor concert events. Featured a lot of whiny love songs and angry, b*tchy anthems in which some ragged out wench whose daddy never loved her condemned men and described the forms of castration she intended to visit on them. Was a refreshing change from the cheerfulness of grunge.
Creme donut:
Creme donut: Ambrosia!
Simple:
Simple: Simon.
Apostasy:
Apostasy: A game where a lucky player can pick a card reading, “Go to hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.”
Monopoly:
Monopoly: A type of radio antenna consisting of a straight, rod-shaped conductor, often mounted over some type of conductive surface, called a ground plane. Monopoles should not be confused with tadpoles, which are not known to conduct radio signals.
Brined pickles:
Brined pickles: Making dill pickles with salt which results in a taste that must be an acquired one...
Salt Pork:
Salt pork: Long used as a shipboard ration, salt pork is made from the same cuts as bacon, and resembles uncut bacon. It now finds use in traditional American cuisine, particularly Boston baked beans, pork and beans, and to add its flavor to vegetables cooked in water, or with greens as in soul food. It's also central to the flavoring of clam chowder. Note that I got through this whole explanation without making one sexual joke, which with a name like salt pork I feel I should be given pretty notable kudos for.
Pulled Pork, and I can't promise I won't make the aforementioned type of joke with this one.
Pulled Pork: Gave a pig a ride in a wagon
Aperitif:
Aperitif: something you drink before pulling your pork. (I did warn you.)
Choked Chicken:
Choked Chicken: A chicken's status just prior to wringing its neck
Long Drop:
Long drop: Aussie slang for a toiler consisting of a board of wood with a hole cut in it, propped over a deep hole in an outhouse. And you've taught me something new, Pendragon, thanks. Mind you, my original answer, especially given the tangent we've been on, pertained to John Holmes' sausage which, famously, made a long drop every time he took it out of his pants.
Kielbasa:
Kielbasa: Being keelhauled with a wreath of sausages around your neck.
Keelhaul:
keelhaul: to visit a shoppe called Keel, where are sold various items of an undisclosed and probably scandalous nature, and walk away with a bagful of said items, known in today's parlance as a haul. And thank you for teaching me the word keelhaul, tailor.
vexation
vexation: related to vacation and staycation; differing only in being with family who'd rather be somewhere else.
vacation:
tailor stately, that definition of vexation was rather brilliant. ;-)
Vacation, what I wish I could be on while someone I have to be nice to is talking to me.
tolerate
Tolerate: Put up with something that you would rather not. This simple hypocritical method stops a lot of people from going off the deep end every time their values are questioned. In the words of the Snow Queen Elsa "Let It Go!"
Hypocrite: