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Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 12:15 pm
by JIkj fjds j
Picayune
One of two alignment pins holding in place the reflexion disc of a light fuse.
Lamprophony
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 1:13 pm
by deer of the dawn
Lamprophony
One of those boutique catalog items from the 70s that combined a telephone (complete with dial) with a nightstand light.
Menhaden
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 7:03 pm
by JIkj fjds j
deer of the dawn wrote:Lamprophony
One of those boutique catalog items from the 70s that combined a telephone (complete with dial) with a nightstand light.
Wow! I have an aunt&uncle who had one of those.
It was quite a stylish sitting-room candlestick phone (complete with dial), that used the earpiece and cradle for the lamp's on/off switch.
Menhaden
Inventor of the Trident gaff.
(
Halibut Menhaden 1808 - 1909)
Deficiency
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 7:59 pm
by ussusimiel
Deficiency: the custom of treating members of the piscine species politely.
Politesse
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 8:10 pm
by Sorus
Politesse
A polite conversation about politics. (Not very popular.)
Soliloquy
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:11 am
by deer of the dawn
Soliloquy
Hitting on Han Solo.
Laburnum
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:28 pm
by ussusimiel
Laburnum: the number of people working on a job
Calamine
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 9:55 pm
by JIkj fjds j
Calamine
Title of the 3rd studio album by the Daisy Chain Gang.
Coleoptera
Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 11:01 pm
by ussusimiel
Coleoptera:a dung-eating species of dinosaur
Cyclops
Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 11:28 pm
by Sorus
Cyclops
Bicycle-riding special agents.
Hyperbole
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:03 pm
by ussusimiel
Hyperbole: a galaxy spanning football final for arboreal participants.
Dynasty
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 4:55 pm
by JIkj fjds j
Dynasty
A range of TV dinners produced by Esther Shapiro.
She also produced a series of cold foods, and prison ready meals.
None of which were successful.
Cantankerous
Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 9:51 pm
by Sorus
Cantankerous
An armor-plated dinosaur.
Vexillology
Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 10:56 am
by JIkj fjds j
Vexillology
The study of fruit flavour popsicle combinations to alleviate tension.
Zoetrope
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:49 pm
by ussusimiel
Zoetrope: particularly strong braided fullerene fibres from the planet Zoet.
Buckyballs
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:15 pm
by JIkj fjds j
Buckyballs
Spore pods which grow on the Buckybrush found in most desert areas on Zoet. Contact with them causes the pods to pop, the released spores having a mild psychotropic effect. Known to be not too unpleasant an experience.
Quaquaversal
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:19 pm
by Sorus
Quaquaversal
Dubious 'evidence' of cryptids - Bob's quaquaversal 'Bigfoot Album' featured out-of-focus pictures of his neighbor in a Wookiee costume.
Eidolon
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:24 pm
by ussusimiel
Eidolon: failed product from the 70's: a roll-on deodorant whose USP was that it included duck feathers that adhered to your armpit. (Hmmmm! I wonder why that failed!
)
Cryptonomicon
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:35 am
by Sorus
Cryptonomicon
The definitive travel guide for vampires and other members of the undead.
Tetraptych
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:08 am
by JIkj fjds j
Tetraptych
Secret organisation running books on high speed train surfers.
Icosahedron