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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:51 pm
by Sorus
Filibuster
1. A pest control agency founded by one of the characters from LoTR.
2. Part of a car engine.
Vertigo
A dizzying shade of green.
Exterminate
Divorce with extreme prejudice.
Circumspection
Audit at a bris.
One of the many things I learned from reading Terry Pratchett:
Peer
Someone who suffers from incontinence.
Terabyte
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:28 pm
by ussusimiel
Terabyte: a bite from a pteradactyl (which of course is pterrable
)
Petabyte
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:25 am
by Sorus
Petabyte
What occurs when you anger PETA.
Catastrophe
Disaster caused by a feline posterior.
Sorus's Guildmaster wrote:
I sometimes forget that some things aren't appropriate.
Worsification
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:20 pm
by JIkj fjds j
Worsification
A word usually ascribed to bad poetry but can also be used to define a spate of bad luck.
from the Alley Catalmanac (1956)
Due to a worsification of sales this year the following publishing catteries have gone out of business [...]
Flax
An Amish rudimentary communications machine.
Cation
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:51 pm
by ussusimiel
Cation: the title under a picture of a man with no hat on (or, alternatively, of a man wearing a cat on his head instead of a hat).
Ructions
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:02 am
by Sorus
Ructions
Equipment used by highrise window washers.
Susurrus
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:35 pm
by ussusimiel
Susurrus: a large store where you can buy lots of different types of suss
Serendipity
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:52 pm
by Wosbald
+JMJ+
Serendipity: an exceedingly calm fondue restaurant
Circumambulatory
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:54 pm
by ussusimiel
Circumambulatory: a bow-legged walk necessary after a certain specifically male operation
Bilirubin
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:45 pm
by Sorus
Bilirubin
1. A country singer.
2. A type of brittle quartz, usually reddish in color.
Extraneous
Pertaining to a defunct railroad.
Defunct
Removal of a strong odor.
Eclaircise
Calisthenics after consuming too many pastries.
Onomatopoeia
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:49 pm
by JIkj fjds j
Onomatopoeia
In the SRDU
1. the highlight of a Nomfest; a convergence of twisters.
2. a Haruchai wrestling manoeuvre.
Pursuit
A suit made entirely from cat's purr.
Snollygoster
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:08 pm
by wayfriend
Snollygoster n. an unusually loud and explosive sneeze. You cracked my credenza with that snollygoster - Gesundheit.
teliferous
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:18 pm
by Sorus
Teliferous
Pleasant-sounding.
The teliferous melody of songbirds.
Ratified
Gnawed by rodents.
Egalitarian
Some kind of fad diet.
That site that Wayfriend linked continues to fascinate me. There are words in there that cannot be improved on.
Tiromancy =
divination using cheese
But what kind of cheese? I would guess a veined cheese would work best - perhaps somewhat akin to reading a palm. Under that theory, wouldn't one be telling the cheese's fortune? Is... is there a market for that?
Tormentum
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 9:22 pm
by ussusimiel
Tormentum: the impetus gained from rolling down a rocky peak
Rickety
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:36 am
by sgt.null
antipathy - a place ants go
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 11:43 pm
by Sorus
Rickety
Moonshine brewed in a MacGyver-esque contraption.
Ubiquitous
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 1:29 am
by sgt.null
Ubiquitous - a termination order from your employer
rebus
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 1:36 am
by Sorus
Rebus
Mass transit déjà vu.
Adversaria
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 4:04 am
by sgt.null
Adversaria
your female nemesis
ganja
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 7:09 pm
by ussusimiel
Ganja: a slacker wizard who smokes waaay too much Longbottom Leaf
Sequester