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Originally posted by Drifting Star:

fringe mint

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That one somehow sounds to me like it could be well placed in the Euphemisms thread in heaven... or is that just my mind?!

The girl decided on a punk image and so dyed her fringe mint green!

claustrophic swans
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The claustrophobic swans hated being penned in.

Sunny shoes
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The astronomically challenged art student was kicked out of the academy for foregoing the usual halos and instead portraying his saints as wearing sunny shoes.

unethical foxtrots

fair-trade foxtrots
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
(go with fair-trade)
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Fair-trade foxtrots off with organic, locally sourced free-range chicken.

Trappist war-monger
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
St.George's Abbey in the Himalayas became such a sanctuary for political refugees that the adjacent authorities would refer to the abbott as 'that Trappist war-monger'.

exploding tranquility
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Exploding distant galaxies in the night sky makes for tranquility in viewing here on Earth.

Cruciform churches
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Sir Kevin, I think the idea is to use the phrase as given - ie the two words remain adjacent, rather than just occuring in the same sentence.

'Cruciform churches are fairly common'.

Bespangled hermits
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
OK. sorry I made it so easy then!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Oh hey, do those bespangled hermits in caves
Get time off purgat'ry, for their ascetic ways?

delightfully craven

[ 18. August 2011, 22:47: Message edited by: joan knox ]
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
I've always found Captain Hook delightfully craven.


Chortling Jacobites
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Except for a few chortling Jacobites, a great dismay ran through the crowd at the parade when the drunk playing King Billy fell off his horse.

scandalous juxtapositions

[ 19. August 2011, 00:28: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'La, Sir' cried Lady Twitter 'why nothing else is spoken of in all Bath but Sir Jasper and Miss Flight and their scandalous juxtapositions'.

shiny questions
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
Shiny questions give ample opportunity for reflective answers.

Ubiquitous hermit
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
"Will no-one rid me of this ubiquitous hermit?" complained King Josiah about Jeremiah.

offal tube
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
Reading 'hell' can sometimes be compared to swimming in the regurgitated outpourings of an offal tube!

nostalgic teapots
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Ah, nostalgic teapots - they ain't wot they used to be.

dessicated virgins
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Archaeologists classified the mummified remains found in the temple of Vesta as dessicated virgins.

escalating cabbage
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
The escalating cabbage smell from the rectory was just one of many signs that ordaining rabbits was a very bad idea.

resurgent disappointment
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Resurgent disappointment was the dominant mood at the warren when the inhabitants heard that the church council had reversed its previous ruling on lupine ordinations.

Belgian mythology
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
While analysing the Lucan narrative against other primitive sources regarding miraculous births, the seminarian concluded that Belgian mythology pointed towards the Blessed Mother showing hospitality to the visiting shepherds by offering a selection of fine beers.

flaming maniple
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
The evangelicals started fighting back in Ecclesiantics - there was a flaming maniple and a burning biretta and someone even got out a guitar!

community hats

[ 20. August 2011, 03:04: Message edited by: Chelley ]
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The government's anti-lice campaign has been severely hobbled by the resurgent popularity of community hats.

Malthusian rainbows

[ 20. August 2011, 16:28: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The Malthusian rainbows stretched across the sky.

Hopeful songs
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'Somewhere over the rainbow' and 'Tomorrow' are such hopeful songs, are they not?

glowing perambulator
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
We moved the glowing perambulator away from the fire was done.


Scarlet Kitty
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
We had a scarlet kitty, whose frequent indiscretion was rolling around in her scarlet litter.

diffident festival
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
We planned and advertised it for weeks, but when the day came, our diffident festival was nowhere to be found. Turns out it was hiding on the next street over.

frequent gutter
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Notes for life of dissipation: hang out in low bars; haunt brothels; frequent gutter.

myopic penguin
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The myopic penguin swam to the ophthalmologist.

heartbroken waif
 

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Posted by earrings (# 13306) on :
 
The heartbroken waif, Oliver, had his request for more food turned down.

discombobulated tiger
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
The removal of meat from his enclosure and its replacement with vegetables made for a very discombobulated tiger.

deterrent bench
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
The Amish teen was excited to begin bed courtship with his date, but he had not expected her father to include a deterrent bench in the middle of the bed.


insulting elm
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
The pinoak threw acorns at the insulting elm.

soft corkscrew
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Soft corkscrew works on metal corks with screw-shaped holes.

flash mobile
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
It was the size of a brick and had a battery life in minutes, but in the 80s, that was a flash mobile.

indeterminate meringue
 

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Posted by earrings (# 13306) on :
 
After a beef wellington in which the pastry truly resembled a boot, the disappointing meal finished with an indeterminate meringue, sloppy and filled with runny cream.


phosphorescent waitress
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The Lord God was considerate enough to provide Jonah with the services of a kitchen staff and a phosphorescent waitress during his stay in the darkness of the whale.

(I was listening to this while concocting a response.)

bargain-basement agape

("Agape" there being the Greek word for a particular typr of love)
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
I have experienced bargain-basement eros, but never bargain-basement agape.

friendly misanthropes
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
We are relatively friendly misanthropes; just because we don't like people in general, doesn't mean we have to dislike you in particular.

hippopotamus degradation
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Many critics have levelled the charge of hippopotamus degradation against T.S. Eliot.

sclerotic cornucopia

[ 22. August 2011, 14:48: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
How did we discover how little the new maid could see humor? She dropped by the slaughterhouse, cooked her purchases to the hard ball stage, and after dinner dazzled us with a immaculately iridescent vitreous spectacle: a sclerotic cornucopia.

It was mouth-watering, but my sister never requested "eye candy" again.

apricot masquerade
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
I wore the apricot maskerade costome since the banana costume was taken.


Waltzing Monarchists
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The waltzing monarchists had nothing better to do.

Fidgety fanmail
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Fidgety fanmail never could just keep still.

looky noncontrariety
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I am playing looky noncontrariety with my ocelot.

plastic fantastic
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
Her boob job could be labelled as nothing short of plastic fantastic.

Squelchy cutlery
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
It having been soaking in soapy and rather slimy water for several days, the squelchy cutlery was overdue to be rinsed and put away.

Vast banner
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Vast banner unfurled by protesting giant.
In unrelated news, local boy falls from overgrown beanstalk.

parenthetical delusion

[argh, can't spell for toffee today]

[ 23. August 2011, 10:23: Message edited by: joan knox ]
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
The supporters of (South) Sydney persisted with their parenthetical delusion that they could win (the comp).

limp rigidity
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
Ah, so you've met my husband, then.

Crass civility
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
Hyacinth Bucket's etiquette club was a boorish exercise in crass civility; its monotony only occasionally relieved by the affable vulgarity and hilarious embarrassment of her brother-in-law Onslow's unannounced visits.

mix ditto
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Add the flour to the mix, ditto the salt and baking powder.

infuriating sassafras
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
My trip to 'Holland and Barrett' was most infuriating, sassafras was completely sold out.


concentrating diapason

[ 23. August 2011, 20:09: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
"Sorry, could you repeat what you said; I wasn't concentrating."

"'Diapason' was what I said. Come on, wake up, otherwise you'll fail your music exam tomorrow."

"Ah yes, now I remember. What did you say it meant?"


bingo illegibility
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
Having contended with that bingo illegilibity for longer than we should've, we went for shuffleboard instead--only to find the numbers scrawled in the same bad hand.

sentimental lacuna
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The pages inexplicably torn out of my Reader's Digest were certainly a sentimental lacuna, making me misty-eyed for those character-building days of the Great Depression when we heated our house by burning books in the living room.

Montessori vocational-school
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I received my early pre-teaching education at the local Montessori vocational school.

port guessing
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
I finished off the last of the port guessing that my host would suggest cognac next.

subtle obtuseness
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Fred wasn't blatantly stupid and obstructive, it was more of a subtle obtuseness.

iron mastication
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
When I carried in the steaks from the barbeque Janine put down the iron, mastication was her priority now.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Herrick:

New words?
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Looky Contrariety is a vert odd stage name.


monacles popping
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
...and using an ocelot as a musical instrument would be sure to get monocles popping.

saintly poltergeist
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Peter the saintly poltergeist had the unusual habit of laying rugs straight, opening doors for people and tidying up.

shiny trinity

Jengie
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
The parish church had become known as "Shiny Trinity" ever since they had received the bequest enabling them to gold-plate the spire and install high-intensity floodlighting.

Eirenic Dissimulation
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Mr Slope's persistent lying in Parochial Church Council meetings had been infuriating colleagues for years, but it was his lofty dismissal of his habit as eirenic dissimulation which finally got him the thump on the nose.

chilled balls of fire
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Since everyone had enjoyed his new cocktail at the last Christmas party, Peter decided that considering the summer heat it was time to introduce a new more seasonal version: chilled balls of fire.

Pleasing disaster
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
On Election Day, I hope you-know-who suffers a pleasing disaster.


gourmet gazebo
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
Great grub to be got in the gourmet gazebo

contradictory horse
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The contradictory horse dissed his jockey when asked to run.

Pusillanimous perquisite
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
The new chief executive was a fanatic about cutting costs. His first decision on taking up his new role was a direct and courageous challenge to those employees prone to be self-indulgent, weak-willed and pusillanimous: "perquisite policy no. 1" - no more flying first class.


stainless accordion
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Miraculously, Uncle Metro emerged from the perogy-and-sausage food fight at his niece's wedding reception unsplattered and grinding away on a still-stainless accordion.

(A rough idea of what I'm envisioning.)

scathing vespers

[ 25. August 2011, 22:36: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Speaking to the novices, the Abbot was scathing: "Vespers", he said, "is not intended to be the final refuge of the insomniac".

Chaotic rigidity

[ 25. August 2011, 23:35: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
It had been a long while since he had been to church, so, true to his upbringing, he erred on the side of respect and turned up in a suit and tie. Little did he know that the acceptable dress code for this 'community church' was garish bermuda shorts, t-shirts and not much else. Such inverted formality and chaotic rigidity made him feel like he was the real non-conformist!


mush prognosticating
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Not so long ago I visited a web forum which had a game where you had to get odd phrases like "mush prognosticating" into the middle of a sentence.

parallel chimpanzees
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
While I liked the Noah's ark you made, I would have liked it better if it were more realistic and not so geometrical as to have things like parallel rats each to the right of a set of parallel chimpanzees.

voyeuristic stuffing
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Upon catching the male undergrad peering through a high window into the womens' showers, the dean said "If I see you doing that again, I'll beat the voyeuristic stuffing out of you!"


locomotive sausage
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
In the dining car of the locomotive, sausage and beans was served, bizarrely, on a silver salver.

tumultuously lackadaisical
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Objection! Locomotives don't have dining cars (although they may trail them behind them) -trains do. Well, they used to until National Express took them off.

Can you kindly have another go, please? I know it's not an easy one.
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan
Objection! Locomotives don't have dining cars (although they may trail them behind them) -trains do. Well, they used to until National Express took them off.

Can you kindly have another go, please? I know it's not an easy one.

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Allow me to have a go...

The train spotter's perfect start to the day: breakfast at Al's cafe next to the station; a window seat with a clear view of the old restored steam locomotive; sausage, bacon, mushrooms and beans piled up on his plate and a shiny new issue of The Railway Magazine before him, ready to be devoured from cover to cover.


Now let's go back to...

tumultuously lackadaisical
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
It was obvious that everything was becoming tumultuously lackadaisical to me.

French natter
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
After attending a party at the embassy and listening to the French natter on with their self-aggrandizing recollections of May 68, Rupert was quite happy that the history of his own plucky little nation had gone differently.

flirtatious Albion
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
"Flirtatious Albion" proved to be a challenging theme for the flower-arrangers of the local British Legion. But red, white and blue were successfully mixed with pink lace and frills in the end.

Obsequious authoritarianism.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
During the generalissimo's campaign of obsequious authoritarianism, political prisoners were herded into police wagons while policemen yelled "You're Number One!!" and "You guys rock!!" through bullhorns.

paranthetical moonlight
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Looking up through the trees last night, I could see parenthetical moonlight shining back at me.

Absurdity shining
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
At the Ionesco festival one could see absurdity shining forth from every stage and venue.


Negative tongue
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
He certainly deserved his rather less than flattering nickname. His English literature pupils - well immersed in Tolkien - had seen their teacher in the pages of The Lord of the Rings, and only someone with his cynical attitude, and with such a slanderous and negative tongue wagging in his gloomy head, could justly be called 'Wormtongue'.


cruelly reboil
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
The boiled lobster was still twitching, so the chef felt he had no choice but to cruelly reboil it.

Farewell processor
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
As I dumped my ex PC I said, "Farewell processor."

murine equine
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
"Murine ... equine" is to the animal kingdom what "Trabant ... Mercedes" is to German car manufacturing.


meaninglessly unjam
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Even though I knew the printer was out of ink, I couldn't stand to see the reproachful blinking light saying that it was jammed, so I felt the meaninglessly unjam it.

wiggly laptop
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
When I hadn't slept for days, I saw my wiggly laptop wiggling in front of me.

Fiery horns
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
"It's not too OTT?" said Lucifer. "I mean the boots, the cape and the fiery horns?"


eloquent lettuce
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
The eloquent lettuce lectured the other vegetables on their responsibility to provide top-notch nutrition.

Orienting outside
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
When it's summer in Australia, maybe it's better not to be orienting outside.

gutless VC winner
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
"So," the gutless VC winner said, "I probably am the only person to be recommended for the Victoria Cross under false pretenses because of who I slept with."

hungry terriyaki
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
When one is especially hungry, teriyaki and other Asian dishes can be attractive.

(Not one of my better efforts)

Refined square

[ 29. August 2011, 18:03: Message edited by: Zeke ]
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The refined square was where everyone wanted to be.

Sugar redundancy
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
When she accidentally added a packet of C&H to her sweet tea, she found herself with a bad case of sugar redundancy.

banana trilogy
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Jack as he slowly worked his way through writing the covering letter to the next publisher, pondered the important issue on whether he should call his novel set in the Carribean Plantation the first instalment of a "rum trilogy" or a "banana trilogy", the fact that he had no clue how to take it any further did not seem to both him.

spoiled academic
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Having been used to RAE, the spoiled academic threw her toys out of the research pram hoping it would make suitable enough 'impact' for the REF.

accidental halibut

[ 29. August 2011, 21:20: Message edited by: joan knox ]
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
The part-ichthyologist part-artist meant to draw a lemon sole, but her drawing was a little off, so she created an accidental halibut.

porcine headache
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The prize hog developed a porcine headache and Alistair knew nothing about it.

coarse dive
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Having to listen to this over and over again would give one a porcine headache.

Beat to the punch by Sir Kev. I'll leave my sentence up, but go with his phrase for the next sentence.

[ 29. August 2011, 22:49: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Art's Bar and Grill is a coarse dive that serves the best Philly cheese-steak sandwiches and Irish nachos.

narcissistic weather balloon
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
We found that the narcissistic weather balloon was rather inflated with its own self importance.

healthy cigarette
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
In order to stay healthy, cigarette smoking is out!

funicular courgette
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
The distinctive green colour of the carriages had earned the cable car in the Italian alpine resort of Zucchini the nickname of the "funicular courgette".

substance evaluation
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Despite saying he hadn't taken any such substance, first he had to breathe into the thingie then he had to walk a line, and do a few other things before he could be said to have passed his substance evaluation.

clever brick
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Although the Dean of Physics was extremely clever, brick-laying was clearly not one of his strengths.


Nominative erudition
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
The Pope was invited to display some nominative erudition, but he declined.

fallow parenthesis
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
As the fields remained fallow, parenthesis was no longer needed.

Chicken dynamite
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
Our highly intelligent but sadly unoriginal rooster is best known for chicken dynamite and the Pulletzer Prize.

baroque mousetrap
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The baroque mousetrap is an ineffective device,

Dame Judi Dench
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Dame Judi Dench has shown remarkable breadth in playing queens: from the sizzle of a body-painted Titania, Queen of the Fairies to the forged steel of Elizabeth I.

oxblood trifle
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
In fact the favourite dessert of Elizabeth I was oxblood trifle.

sympathetic disarray
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
When Sharon went to see the latest Tracey Emin exhibition she ended up scattering her clothes around the gallery in sympathetic disarray.

competent authority
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
Where I live, competent authority is an oxymoron.

everyday vernacular
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
In order to be more relevant, the Parish Priest decided to ditch the use of everyday vernacular English in Church and hold the services in Church Slavonic instead.

ocular misogyny
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
Fred was a strange sort. He had plenty of female friends, but they were all online - "e-pen pals", in other words. But he just couldn't bear the sight of them in real life. Did he have some visual aversion to the female form? Such ocular misogyny is really almost unthinkable!


luxuriously debouch
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Despite the comforts of her amazing house, the celebrity knew it was time to luxuriously debouch via the front door.

healthy sneeze
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Sometimes my allergies cause a healthy sneeze.

Riotous late
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
As the old saw has it:

'Go early in peace
And your life will increase.
Be riotous late
And your life will abate.'

intellectual sausage
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
His philosophical inspirations were varied: Hegel, The Simpsons, Alfred the Great and the Dalai Lama among others. When these ingredients were forced together into one homogeneous and indissoluble mass, they turned into a kind of unpalatable intellectual sausage.

Inherent Cantabrigian

[ 31. August 2011, 17:51: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'I think it's fair to say' remarked the historian 'that since then there has been an inherent Cantabrigian distaste for murdering archbishops.'

colliding dandelions
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
During the earthquake, plants were colliding, dandelions swaying back and forth.


scarlet Prussians
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
When it was later discovered how close they were to Napoleon's HQ, there were some very scarlet Prussians.

accidental clerestory
 

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Posted by Persephone Hazard (# 4648) on :
 
We hadn't meant to do it. Our intentions had been sound, of course, but...well, we all know what architects are like. Three bottles of Chablis later and the accidental clerestory was there, literally set in stone, for all to see.

unexcogitable screen
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
For many years, the unexcogitable screen was the major stumbling block in keeping flies and other insects out of homes.

Caligulaesque Methodists

[ 01. September 2011, 01:00: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
I've heard that in Montana there is a sect of Caligulaesque Methodists who vote for their horses in Senate elections.

Crepuscular noon
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
The dust and smoke from the eruption had so blotted out the sun that there was a strangely crepuscular noon that day.

Exegetical aviary
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
The birdwatching-mad professor gave all his students nicknames which reflected their character: 'hawk' was a particularly penetrating exegete, 'dove' was more easy-going on the text, while 'vulture'... errm, say no more! Not surprisingly the theology faculty came to be known as "the exegetical aviary".


vacantly exfoliate
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Bertrand was so tied up in his philosophical musings that he would stand in front of the mirror in the morning and vacantly exfoliate for hours.

hirsute imagery
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
PETA protested outside the gallery displaying the artist's new oeuvre: hirsute imagery in relief cut from muskoxen hides.

mutated baby's breath
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Jim took such good care of his garden, but even he couldn't stop the nuclear radiation, and although he evacuated with everyone else, they say his garden is still full of mutated baby's breath.

arrhythmic paradiddle
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Members of the choir, not used to the freeform Pentecostal style of "singing in the Spirit" being promoted by the new Vicar, joined in hesitantly with various styles of arrhythmic paradiddle.

Antiochean elephant
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
What's that?
It is an Antiochean elephant.

Rumbling Monday
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Jack's pantry and frig having been emptied over the weekend by his voracious mates, his stomach was rumbling Monday morning.

gloriously breaking cars
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
The director of The Blues Brothers revelled in gloriously breaking cars - a whole fleet of them - wrecked with such joyous good humour that you just knew he'd played at this as a kid with his brother's Matchbox collection.

Steely humility
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I see a sort of steely humility in the famous admiral.

semiliterate peanutbutter
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Even to the semiliterate, peanut butter on a Jacob's Cream Cracker™ can be regarded as a Jolly Good Thing.

Do we have to use the phrase that comes up when you click the phrase generator thingy? If so, then:

Integral developing
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
In speaking to the bemused members of the PCC, the Diocesan Management Advisor made it very clear to them that the "integral developing" method of church administration was far preferable to the "disintegrated shambolic" pattern which they had hitherto operated.
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Can we have a new phrase please?
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Sorry, forgot.

What about amnesiac solubility?
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Fred liked to discuss his finances but kept forgetting which words he should use so as an amnesiac solubility was what he tended to say rather than solvency.

infinite mumps
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
"I'll try to remember to be good," the boy said, "but what if I forget and won't let the doctor give me my shots; will you still tell the doctor to give me infinite mumps?"

undulating chitin
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Sometimes I feel like such an undulating chitin.

Spaghetti jest
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
(you feel like a wiggly bit of bug exoskeleton?)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Most people are not aware that an integral part of the Flying Monster penitential liturgy is the Litany of the Spaghetti Jest.

Picasso pickax
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Always happy to accept assistance from his fellow Spanish Communists, Ramon Mercader took out Leon Trotky with a cubist-style Picasso pickax.

Christocentric ballerinas

[ 02. September 2011, 21:26: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
What I know about interpretative dance could go on the back of an anorexic postage stamp, but I suspect it's best left to Christocentric ballerinas.

Neolithic estate agents
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
At the neolithic estate, agents pointed out the property's millennial soundness, total greeness, and how recent trends had definitely turned to the "distressed" look.

bowling for weasels
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
Apparently Shane Warne has written an autobiographical book on his craft, it is called Bowling for Weasels.

disobedient house-elf
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Harry Potter was annoyed with the disobedient house-elf.

Forever motivation
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Those "inspirational" speeches seemed to go on forever; motivation like that just doesn't work on me.

Pixillated squirrels
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
Ah, the joys of being a grandparent - if only their favourite movie did NOT involve pixilated squirrels and chipmunks that have inhaled too much helium.

cuddly sharpshooters
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Come and play Teddy Wars! Where cuddly sharpshooters vie with each other to take over the woods today, and turn them into one enormous, chequered cloth-covered picnic site!

supercilious barnacles

[ 04. September 2011, 15:39: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
He looked over the courtiers and shook his head; "What a bunch of supercilious barnacles who couldn't do a useful thing to save their lives!"

incorruptible grittiness
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
After his years working the docks in Livepool and delivering coal to Newcastle he had developed an incorruptible grittiness that no amount of time in southern climes seemed to reduce.

trumpet grind
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Trumpet grind is not a good setting for making coffee.

funicular ferrets
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
While ascending the Bergen Fløybanen funicular, ferrets were the last thing I expected to see.

fundamental Rotarian
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
My father was not a fundamental Rotarian, he was a smells and bells Rotarian.

glutinous gas
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
He had a distressing party trick of shoving bubble gum up his backside and then farting in the hope of inflating a glutinous gas balloon.

freefall finality
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
It was only after he had jumped out of the aircraft that forgetful John recognised the freefall finality of his situation, as he thought of the parachute he had left in the hangar.

meretricious hedgehog
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
What was Pete thinking of, when he donned a gaudy outfit full of spikes for the fancy dress ball? Because he looked rather silly when all the spikes fell out on the dancefloor. Someone called him "the meretricious hedgehog", an epithet for which he only had himself to blame!


theatrically plasticizing

[ 05. September 2011, 18:28: Message edited by: EtymologicalEvangelical ]
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
In the scenery shop, Burt was theatrically plasticizing the figurines that were used in the distance shots of the Snow White live-action re-make.

underwater basketweaving
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Running out of ideas to try, somebody suggested underwater basket weaving.

Suddenly waterlillies
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
The drought broke, and suddenly waterlillies filled every waterhole across the Top End.

[you need to live here to appreciate how true that can be]

partial pregnancy
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
partial pregnancy does not exitst - it's malarkey

Dopey dumbwaiters

[ 05. September 2011, 23:42: Message edited by: Sir Kevin ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
In the Edifice of Machina nobody respected the dopey dumbwaiters: not the sonorous sound system, the express elevators, nor the shimmering chandeliers.

vegetable pickpockets
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Using genetically-modified asparagus as vegetable pickpockets was Fagin's latest devilish scheme; he would then steam and eat the perpetrators so they could never grass.

photographic applications
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
I can think of many exciting videographic and photographic applications for a light robot that moves to follow voice commands.

burning igloo

(unmixed code)

[ 08. September 2011, 11:07: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
It seemed strange to George that there should bea burning igloo on the lawn in front of the Shopping Centre, until he realised that in fact it was part of an advertising display for ice-cream, constructed out of highly-flammable polystyrene blocks. He called the Fire Brigade before things got any worse.

Allegorical exfoliation
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
I said 'go for allegorical exfoliation, not literal exfoliation'.

Sunset critters
 

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Posted by Pre-cambrian (# 2055) on :
 
Every sunset critters along the length of the western seaboard would gather on the shore and bow as the flaming Great Sun Bear completed its descent into the waters.

bijou skyscraper
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
1 Bligh St is truly a bijou skyscraper!

fractured perfection
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
It was incomplete, a sort of fractured perfection.

Lazy spikes
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
At the beginning of the day, his mohawk stabbed at the sky with angry needles that were full of defiant challenge, but after a long humid sweaty day, his head was covered with rather lazy spikes that seemed more eager to flop their way to bed on his shoulders than anything else.

defiant homonyms

[ 08. September 2011, 19:42: Message edited by: Gwai ]
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Defiant homonyms only annoy me with their churlishness.

Frumpy fantasies
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Because she was so frumpy, fantasies were about as close as she got.

electromagnetic dustbin
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I knew that I had reached the depths of insomnia, when I realized I had watched the entire length of an info-mercial on a new electromagnetic dustbin.

blindsided by a billabong
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
The Australian Rugby Team's adaptation of the national song to include 'blindsided by a billabong' was felt to be going a bit far.

hermetic frisbee
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
When Saint Alopecia the Eremite* found the solitary life a bit dull, he entertained himself with a hermetic frisbee.

* who doesn't really exist - I made him up ...

pre-Raphaelite freemasonry
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The exact history is difficult to trace due to the ancient society's noted reserve, but there emerged in the late nineteenth century a Pre-Raphaelite freemasony off-shoot, distinctive for the peacock feather motif on their aprons and a preference for new members married to anorectic women with luxuriant ginger hair.

elegiac gaspers
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
The Acute Pulmonary Ward was a place of elegaic gaspers, wheezing against the dying of the light.

buttered antimacassars
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Now honey, I know you warned me your brother's children aren't as well behaved as we'd like, but this is more than I can take: it appears that your delightful nephew has gone so far as that in our living room alone we have buttered antimacassars, a buttered golden retriever, and a buttered side table!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
What's next, Gwai?
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Sorry!

apologetic antelopes
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
While the harried guide in the broken-down jeep waxed apologetic, antelopes and zebras grazed the savanna nearby unconcerned.

illiterate chemistry
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Although he was illiterate, chemistry between Lady Fenella and Joe Bloggs ensured that their marriage was highly successful.

sublime garbage
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
More and more artists are turning their attention and skill upon what we throw away; which is why the exhibition "Sublime Garbage" has been such a tipping success.

cold-hearted pyroclast
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
To the cold-hearted, pyroclast might be just the thing they're looking for: a spot of heat.

unfettered stoicism
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
After the accident, the bystanders showed unfettered stoicism.

Mushroom warfare
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The Great Fungi Attack started the mushroom warfare.


annoyed rutabaga
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The annoyed rutabaga attacked the sordid celery.

bulimious blancmange
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
To the bulimious, "blancmange" is probably a very rude word.

sociable camelopards
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The sociable camelopards are looking for the unicrns to talk to.


spats forever
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'What Ho, Jeeves. Spats for ever eh?'

Underground blancmange
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Coming off the London Underground, blancmange was the random childhood memory that entered my mind.

Western hippocrits
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
When you watch a Western, hippocrits are to be seen carrying cowboys.

Scratched breeding.
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Noting the priapic tomcat's injuries on the record card, the vet wrote: Scratched, breeding.

otherworldly suet
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A favorite cheap effect, beloved of sci-fy, B movies everywhere is that of otherworldly suet dribbling off rubbery, monster skin.

pack canary
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The pack canary did not like to spend time alone.

Hustle weather
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The aging former disco dancer looked up at the clear blue sky and felt a slight warm breeze blowing, thinking this was good Hustle weather.

bombastic peach
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'I would have to say' murmured Sir Humphrey 'that as ministerial speeches goes, that was one bombastic peach.'

simultaneous grapefruit
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
When my wife and I were 'fruiting' the other day we achieved simultaneous grapefruit.

shining invisibility
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
I began shining, invisibility was wearing off.

Super redness
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
"'Crimson' is a bit Victorio-retro, don't you think?" said the Creative Director.

'Scarlet? Or is that too yesterday for you as well?' remarked the Designer, acidly.

'Super redness?' suggested the intern, meekly.

Challenging broccoli

[ 18. September 2011, 20:18: Message edited by: Firenze ]
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Although she found becoming a vegetarian rather challenging, broccoli made it easier as it was her favourite thing.

misogynistic cat
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
As the one-eared tom hissed at the kindly cat lady, the gent cackled that he had one misogynistic cat.

sacred molars
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
Did Jesus have sacred molars?

scared molars
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Are you sure this is one of Buddha's teeth?

Yes, it's a sacred molar.

urbane pince-nez
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
"So how do you know that he thinks he's a classy gent," I asked.
"See that pince-nez and the top hat?" She asked. "The way he keeps touching his hat and adjusting his pince-nez? That silly wanna-be dandy thinks that is an urbane pinze-nez-top hat combo."

dandy ogre
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'Of the memorable monsters of my childhood, I think I preferred the Beano Giant to the Dandy Ogre'.

indecisive custard
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
I was feeling indecisive - 'custard or cream?' was the question I could not answer.

Happy hats
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
That film made us feel happy. Hats off to the director!


bibliographically overexert
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The book list is much too long. There was no need for you to bibliography overexert as you have done.

toad tango
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Once I saw a man as ugly as a toad tango, but his girlfriend was even uglier!

persnickety Porsche
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'm very persnickety. Porsche or Aston Martin only, please.

inexplicable admiration
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
The inexplicable admiration some people have for Jedward totally confounds me.

gelid flatulence
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Here at Unusual Perfumes, we have discovered the beauty in many smells you might have not admired; for instance, while we consider normal flatulence atrocious, we have discovered the beauty of gelid flatulence, and think you would too, if you smelt it. Come by and try it today!


orangutan confluence
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Think Tank established a human and orangutan confluence, where orangs and people can interact, both having fun and learning things.

pastie freedom
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Topless dancers solicited the audience for pastie freedom,

Erudite eggheads
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Humpty Dumpty was probably not one of the erudite eggheads.

fluorescent ptarmigan
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
During the hunting season, if you can see fluorescent ptarmigan, you've probably had too much sloe GIN.

belligerent Quaker
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
There was a belligerent Quaker in the book Chesapeake.

feline canine
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
Archibald, the new employee, took a bit of getting used to in the meteorological office. His rather pompous humour got a bit wearing after a while, and three months of hearing about "feline canine precipitation" (haw haw haw!) whenever there was a downpour, was a bit too much for some of his colleagues' nerves.


tearfully electrocute
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
His mum always insisted that he was a good boy, but then she was blissfully unaware of the fact that he used to tearfully electrocute feeder mice and give them dignified funerals in the back garden.

bacon egrets
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
I have to admit that I am always more interested in the taste of my food than the look, so I have to admit that I was not as impressed by the overcooked but gorgeous bacon egrets that came with my eggs.

pompous infant
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The pompous infant clearly had ideas above his station.

Lexicon liturgy
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Played with a missal, a calendar and the OED, 'Lexicon Liturgy' was the game for theological students.

indelible banana
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
After Lucy left the tattoo parlour she wondered if the indelible banana was a good idea after all.

evil saint
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
"Back away from evil," Saint Lucy always said.

Electric walnuts
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Bender scarfed electric walnuts just to annoy a peckish Nibbler.

Venetian cowpat
 

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Posted by Ophicleide16 (# 16344) on :
 
A Sicilian cow will never produce a venetian cowpat.

Musical Pudding

[ 26. September 2011, 23:10: Message edited by: Ophicleide16 ]
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Musical Pudding is much the same as Musical Chairs, but messier.

balmy ferrets
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
Now that the temperature has dropped by a few degrees, I can describe our pets as balmy ferrets rather than barmy ferrets.

placid maniacs
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
If you need to take care of a few toddlers for a few hours, I advise that you strongly limit their sugar intake and arrange times for quiet play so that you will at least occasionally have plaid maniacs.

darkness shone
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
The night after the nuclear holocaust, the darkness shone with radiation over the frightened survivors.

Avid hamburger
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
When it comes to a quick lunch, I am avid: hamburger from my favourite hamburger chef rules!


Electrical banana
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
"Electrical banana is bound to be a sudden craze."

baroque walk-about
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
He put on Vivaldi's Four Seasons on his trip to Australia, hoping to have a baroque walkabout.


Magnanimous oyster
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
He was such a generous and magnanimous oyster that he produced a pearl of great price.

Illogical evensong
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
This is illogical: evensong should not be sung in Mandarin!

Perfunctory chipmunk
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
At the Nut Festival, the perfunctory chipmunk didn't care; he had a nibble of every nut available.

principled barrister
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
As a principled barrister, he soon found himself the odd-one-out, being ostracised by all the much more common unprincipled ones.

wasteful recycler

[ 29. September 2011, 15:21: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 
She had no qualms about being wasteful as she pedaled down the road, throwing trash everywhere and ignoring the recycled looks of rage and annoyance from those upon whom the trash landed.


Basil eyes
 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 
Ooops, I posted without reading the game rules! Sorry! I better sit this out until I can get the gist of it.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
The wasteful recycler poured out bottle after bottle of milk, so that she could recycle the bottles.

basil eyes
 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 
The basil eyes the tarragon and wonders if a romance could be initiated.


Spastic chocolate
 

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Posted by EtymologicalEvangelical (# 15091) on :
 
On his first day in the editorial department of the local newspaper, Dennis was given a list of taboo words to avoid, such as "spastic, chocolate and fat" to describe "disability, skin colour and body shape" respectively. "Fat!" thought Dennis. "How ridiculous! My missus calls me that all the time!"


misanthropically overexciting

[ 01. October 2011, 20:29: Message edited by: EtymologicalEvangelical ]
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
The thought of the final extinction of the human race can be misanthropically overexciting.

bijou narcolepsy
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Bijou narcolepsy also known as 'rapture of the deep' is only available at the finest scuba diving resorts.

Funicular parasites
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
It was very strange how everyone who rode the aerial tram last week developed funicular parasites: some were tapeworms.


Disappointing motto
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
'Slower, Lower, Weaker' struck Socrates as a disappointing motto for the Olympics Games.

invisible meringue
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
As soon as I saw, Mrs. Huddleston, I knew she was indeed horrified that Beth hadn't had time to make a meringue for the pie, but instead of looking shamefaced or running away as I would have done, Beth just laughed lightly to whatever Mrs. H said gloweringly, replying, "Oh it's not that I forgot the meringue, but that it's an invisible meringue!"

tanqueray tango
 

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Posted by Bos Loquax (# 16602) on :
 
We followed our performance of the Tanqueray tango with a Vir-gin-ia reel.

incontrovertible couscous
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
As is it all incontravertible. Couscous is not my favourite food though I can stomach it in small quantities.

Pernicious periwinkles.
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
The entire EU was on alert for food poisoning due to some pernicious periwinkles threatening the shellfish industry.

Tiny surname
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Mr Og was the only one with a tiny surname.

Fruit babble
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
We began to doubt his sanity when he insisted that he could hear the fruit babble all night long.

unpopular mud
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
The mud outside the spa felt jealous, "I'm just as good as the mud they play with in there, but maybe it's something I said, because now I'm the unpopular mud!"

polished caveman
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Fred Flintstone was very much the polished caveman, good at his job though sometimes awkward socially.

fundamental skyscape
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The fundamental skyscape of SoCal is softly beige.

polyester pea soup
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
The suit that Josquin was wearing seemed to have be made of polyester pea soup such was the colour and texture of it.

dim deranged television

Jengie
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Our elderly Packard Bell was still functioning, just, but had become a dim deranged television.

frangible monkeyshines
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
At her age, with her degree of arthritis, any physical shenanigans she got up to soon became frangible monkeyshines.

Optical era

[ 09. October 2011, 22:58: Message edited by: Zeke ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
After the radial keratotomy, Edgar entered a new optical era.

porcine recitative
 

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Posted by BalddudeCrompond (# 12152) on :
 
It's not over until the Fat Lady's song....or the porcine recitative.

Maudlin Jocularity
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Cry while he told jokes, produced mauldlin jocularity, but little humor.


Colman's Ketchup
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Coleman's Ketchup is produced by a company far better known for their mustard.

Scrumptious tomatoes
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
When the producer made the comment about wanting to see more scrumptious tomatoes his assistant brought him a salad, not realizing he was referring to the young ladies in the chorus line.

Primary lemon
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The voter registrar brought to the primary lemon poppyseed muffins as treats for the poll workers' mid-morning nosh.

velveteen grenades
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Of course, the Velveteen Rabbit uses velveteen grenades when he goes to war in an as-yet unpublished sequel to the famous story.

nuclear petunias
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
When flowers grow in the mines of the Northern Territory they tend to be nuclear petunias.

content man
 

---

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
A content man is a happy fellow.

Joyful board-surfer
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The joyful board-surfer clearly had nothing better to do that day.

Humble apricot
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The humble apricot rolled bashfully out of sight under a raspberry bush.

marshmallow prosthetic
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
When somebody bit the leg off the Gingerbread Man he was offered a marshmallow prosthetic.


Unhealthy geometry
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
It has got to be unhealthy, geometry makes me want to puke.

Morning witness
 

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Posted by Darkwing (# 16207) on :
 
When cross-examined by the defense, the morning witness admitted he had never seen the white van, but the witness from later in the day remained adamant that it had been parked outside the scene of the crime.

Resplendent fury
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The resplendent Fury, with its flaking coat of green paint, flat tires and crumbling interior and convertible top, stands on my back patio and is resplendent no more.

flabbergasted underling
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
"I believe I'll spend my lunch hour having my nails done," said the Archbishop to his flabbergasted underling.


Fairy stupidity
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
As soon as he injected the washing up liquid into his brain he could barely think two consecutive thoughts - Fairy stupidity had struck again.

Putrescent stapler
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
"What we need to re-assemble these rotten body parts is super glue, a putrescent stapler and two rolls of sticky tape." said Doctor Zed, leader of the Militant Zombies.

punctual doctor
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The punctual doctor is a myth, at least in my GP's practise.

discretionary puppy
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
You have to be really blind to get a guide dog, if you are short-sighted you can't even get a discretionary puppy.

neon politician
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
The 'Neon Politician' scandal was the funniest thing I had heard about for a long time.

Wire toilet
 

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Posted by Darkwing (# 16207) on :
 
Their outhouse was the crudest I've ever seen: dilapidated metal siding arranged into a crude shack, and a wire toilet that cut uncomfortably into the buttocks. Definitely would not stay at this hotel again.

Creeping monopoly
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Banking is no longer a creeping monopoly, it's a galloping one.

rusty ice cube

[ 13. October 2011, 23:04: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
After seeing more than one rusty ice cube, the restaurant manager decided to switch to plastic trays.

Inane hole
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
Jethro were'nt too school-learned and didn't know much about nothin, sometimes the words came out of his clever hole and other times they came out of his inane hole.

uxorovalent hyrax
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
To be uxorovalent is rather a tragedy for a non-monogamous species like the shrew, so the poor uxorovalent hyrax desperately tried to find either a shrew doctor to cure him or another shrew to marry him.

picky pudding

[ 14. October 2011, 15:22: Message edited by: Gwai ]
 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gwai:
To be uxorovalent is rather a tragedy for a non-monogamous species like the shrew, so the poor uxorovalent hyrax desperately tried to find either a shrew doctor to cure him or another shrew to marry him.

picky pudding

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quote:

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Originally posted by Zeke:
The philosophy students in the ice cream shop discussed nihilism with sprinkles and malted determinism.

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
The dichotomy between belief and belonging runs through the tradition in both theology, spirituality and ethics it could be said therefore to be a threefold dichotomy.

long spill poet

Jengie
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
When T.S.Eliot knocked over an entire gallon of pineapple juice, people began calling him a long spill poet.

Nuts minimum
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Receive free packet of nuts - minimum spend required £5.99.

Anal worries
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
Ralph was always concerned about whether the pictures were hanging straight, or whether his paperwork was perfect, and other anal worries.


verbal fire
 

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