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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

I think we've had this one before. First poster gives a word, and the next has to provide a definition, and then post another word.

I shall begin withe the example Ardent

Describes my car after I backed out of the driveway and into a tree.

New word: Discombobulate

[Title edit, DT, Circus Host]

[ 17. August 2015, 18:53: Message edited by: Doublethink. ]

Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on :

An injury usually sustained by someone boogying on down too violently. More frequently found in the 1970's, especially at Studio 54.

Supralapsarian

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
Supralapsarian

Adj. descriptive of where a cat prefers to sit (on the lap).

epigone

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

epigone - the disappearing of a small girl

Infundibular

Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :

Infundibular
(n) Holding money in your mouth (mandible)

sasquatch

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

Sasquatch is a not particularly well-known plant of the gourd family which produces large fruit covered in matted fibre that looks like hair.

Cursive

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Cursive - an elaborate and rather beautiful form of swearing

perissology

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

quote:
Sipech: perissology

The war strategy of taking out enemy submarines by urinating down their periscopes.

Ballistics

Posted by Adam. (# 4991) on :

Ballistics - the art of making linearly ordered catalogs of ovine argot.

fulminate

Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :

An extremely ample surfacing for kitchen counters.

Supernal.

Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :

fulminate

An expression used to beg something from someone else's lunch. "Full mine ate (can I have some of your's).

tectonic

[ 18. August 2015, 13:47: Message edited by: no prophet's flag is set so... ]

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

I think we've had a cross-post, so I'll go with BC's

supernal adj. describing premium quality anise-flavoured liqueur.

Now for No Prophet's tectonic

Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :

Pick-me -up for computer geeks.

taradiddle

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

quote:
Originally posted by kingsfold:
taradiddle

A Gone With The Wind themed walking tour.

apoplexy

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :

Father's dictionary.

cockchafer

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

Rough nether garments

bombazine

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

bombazine - lifestyle hints and tips for the more discerning jihadi.

Miargyrite

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

The belief that Britian should cease to govern the islands known as the Malvinas.

incarnadine

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

Incarnadine prop. n. the lady in the sat-nav machine. Who knew she was called Nadine?

perspicacity

Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on :

A school of architecture, which aims to create entire communities from acrylic resins.

Entomology

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

entomology, n. the study of the innards of cats

prevaricate

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

Prevaricate - the state of a person's legs just before varicose veins start.

Prestidigitation

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Prestidigitation - the Calvinist method for counting on your fingers

Tessellate

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Miss D'Urberville's habit of tardiness.

Embrocation

[ 20. August 2015, 10:58: Message edited by: jacobsen ]

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

Embrocation - when someone from Edinburgh stays at home for their holidays

Metabolism

Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :

Metabolism - New album from Ozzy Osbourne (now descended into cannibalism).

Imbroglio

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Imbroglio - the peculiarly specific problem of falling in love with Neighbours stars of the early 90s.

Subjunctive

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Subjunctive - decluttered stuff that can't be given to a charity shop.

Flotsam

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

subjunctive adj. the word used to describe the stuff at the very bottom of the rubbish-heap

intercalary

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Whoops - we have a cross post.

Flotsam- a fucking lot of the same bloody stuff.

Intercalary - Those wonderful foods, like chocolate, which fall into the cracks between calories, and therefore have none whatsoever.

Polyandry

Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :

Polyandry (rhetorical device): The use of multiple and repeated conjunctions, as in the following example:

"I went to the fair, and I took my wife, and my daughter, and my sons, and my daughters-in-law, and my grandchildren, and my grandchildren's friends, and my grandchildren's friends' dog, and my grandchildren's friends' dog's ball, and it rained."

Twerk

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

twerk n a very silly person; the result of crossing a twit with a berk.

incandescent

PS Sorry for the cross-post - I posted without noticing. [Hot and Hormonal]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Incandescent To go downwards while in a metal cylinder.

Mercurial

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Mercurial - camper than a sequined unicorn doing a Christopher Biggins impression.

Apocalyptic

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Apocalyptic the 'bleed' marks of lipstick into the puckers around the mouth of an elderly smoker

polyethylene

Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :

Polyethylene: Diet supplement for overweight female parrots

CREPUSCULAR

Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :

Crepuscular: body builders with so much muscle development so as to be creepy.

Refulgent

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

refulgent n. the waiter at posh wedding receptions who re-fills your glass.

Palaeolithic

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Palaeolithic

adj. describing the viewpoints of Sarah Palin.

rubescent

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

rubescent: A developmental stage in the life of redheads.

fey

[ 22. August 2015, 16:39: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]

Posted by Adam. (# 4991) on :

fey: an attempt at a sea journey without adequate means of propulsion, or a foray minus the oar.

pietistic

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

Pietistic - talented in making meals out of stodgy pastry and preserved fruit.

quantum

[ 23. August 2015, 18:23: Message edited by: Dafyd ]

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

quantum n. the number of stomachs in any creature

boomerang

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

You were telephoned by someone born between 1945 and 1965.

Lubricate

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

<interuption>

quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:

PS Sorry for the cross-post - I posted without noticing.

does that make you a twerk ?

</interruption>

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

Very likely. [Big Grin]

Lubricate n. a small clay brick used in the construction of outdoor lavatories

syncopation

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

Syncopation - sinning a little to help you cope

Discombobulation

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

Discombobulation The act of yelling 'Robin Gibb' for no apparent reason.

Corbel

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

Corbel The burbling produced by a prospective Labour leader when asked to condemn the acts of terrorists [Devil]

Metathesis

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Metathesis - verb. The past tense of meetathesis; that feeling of pride, relief and nervousness when your dissertation is printed and bound.

Cataphatic

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

cataphatic descriptive of overweight domestic moggie.

pizzicato

Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :

The mark left on a pizza when a cat sits on it.

Damascene.

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

damascene interj. a mild expletive used by actors when one of the stage-flats falls on them.

gerrymander

PS Leorning Cniht - [Killing me]

[ 25. August 2015, 15:18: Message edited by: Piglet ]

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

gerrymander - a type of duck that looks uncannily like a Thunderbirds puppet.

perspicacity

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

perspicacity n. one's ability to sweat.

dipsomaniac

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

One whose OCT manifests as continually dipping one toe elegantly in the water without actually taking the plunge. Sufferers are notable for a single clean if wrinkled toe.

Alimentary

Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :

What Sherlock Holmes replies, when Watson asks him what he wants the bicarbonate of soda for.

Supernaular.

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Think this thread may have gone into limbo as Supernaular doesn't seem to be a real word. Let's see if we can make it one by defining it as:

An adjective describing actions done when one is overly tired.

Next one: ungulate

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

ungulate v to rid a place, usually a small town, of predatory seabirds of the family Laurus

exculpate

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

exculpate A high-class meat paste made from brains.

Psephologist

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Psephologist: a doctor who specializes in helping people with issues regarding Greek penmanship.

Phlegmatic

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

My mum has a twitchy leg.

umbrageous

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

umbrageous - an adjective to describe an unnecessary over reaction to a scare article in the Daily Mail.

pizzicato

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

pizzicato Italian nouvelle cuisine.

pelagian

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

pelagian a scattering of OAPs knocked off their feet, usually by cyclists

lubricious

Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :

"Lubriscious", thought Fido, as he sat and watched his master prepare his juicy dogmeat in gravy. His master couldn't help thinking the same thing.

Japonica

Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :

Sorry, that should have been lubricious.

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

japonica, n. an oriental burglar.

plutonium

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Disney's hound dog drops one.

Exculpate

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Exculpate: to burp while eating foie gras.

Prattle

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

Prattle Anything that your baby has got hold of and which will provoke upset if taken away, and which really ought not to go in their mouth.

Legerdemain

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

French for hand protector.

Gumswizzled

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Gumswizzled colloquial expression to describe one foaming at the mouth, "he/she was fair gumswizzled"

Bladderwrack

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

bladderwrack n. an ancient and particularly unpleasant instrument of torture

proclivity

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

A leaning to favouritism towards people called Clive.

Inveterate

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

quote:
Originally posted by jacobsen:
A leaning to favouritism towards people called Clive.

Inveterate

To fill a room with animal doctors.

Deduplicate

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Deduplicate - the killing of one half of Jedward.

Stridulation

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Stridulate - To walk with a rolling gait.

bifurcate

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

birfurcate n: a stole or scarf made from the pelts of two cats.

masticate

[ 01. October 2015, 09:40: Message edited by: L'organist ]

Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on :

masticate - edible glue

contrariwise

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

contrariwise: the opposite of wise; injudicious; imprudent.

ravioli

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Ravioli

The viola section of the orchestra whooping it up in the pub.

Incandescent

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Incandescent n a person of native South American lineage

mouldwarp

Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on :

mouldwarp: tunnelling faster than the speed of light.

Philatelist

[ 03. October 2015, 12:54: Message edited by: Signaller ]

Posted by earrings (# 13306) on :

philatelist : a list of lovers

doscombobulate

Posted by earrings (# 13306) on :

sorry sorry

should have been Discombobulate

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Discombobulate v - The act of debobbling the woolly pills from a sweater long after it should have been done.

Inveterate

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Inveterate - the state of being that a dog is in, as it wets itself upon seeing the radar-dish collar of doom.

Fungible

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Fungible The entrails of a frivolous chicken

Excoriate

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

excoriate vthe removing of the central core from apples or pears prior to baking; may also be used in relation to other foods, such as kidneys.

mulch

[ 09. October 2015, 12:10: Message edited by: L'organist ]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Mulch: The unfortunate combination of belching when much too full.

distraint

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

distraint - a slang term meaning "This is not the scheduled form of public transport that we intended to use. We may need to wait for a later one."

blatherskite

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Blat-her-skite - Sod the woman, she's off on the gossip trail again.

Hockett

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

{Not part of the game ... but would you believe that I actually used the word 'blatherskite' in church the Sunday before last, with explanation of course. I'd never used it before in my life!)

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

Hockett: A means of getting quick cash in exchange for an item, while still retaining the ability to redeem that item later.

internuncio

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

internuncio - A person who keeps adding unnecessary syllables into the mid-de-didle of their words.

Nefarious

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

Nefarious - the mendacious act of a Scotsman giving directions to an English person. Derived from the expression "It's nae far".

Phylactery

[ 29. October 2015, 17:30: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

A substance which, when swallowed, results in imperatively speedy action.

Effervescence

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

effervescence n an outbreak of foul language when someone releases noxious bodily gas in a crowded lift.

protuberance

Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :

A dog washer so expert that she can make the dog wag and enjoy his bath.

Fontanelle.

Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :

Fontanelle: a non-functioning chocolate fountain which insists on leaving the melted chocolate as a stagnant pool at the bottom.

protrusion

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

The government's intention to making snooping legal.

Prurient

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Prurient - adjective describing the kind of refreshed, free stride one walks with after clearing a bit of constipation.

Pogonophobia

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Pogonophobia: fear of metal springs.

chlamydia

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

chlamydia: An alternative spelling of "Cholmondeley" and is still pronounced CHUM-lee, and really isn't it amazing that anybody can speak this stupid language?

palanquin

Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :

Palanquin An egg shaped clown with a head at both ends and a torso in the middle, who moves around by rolling.

Grimalkin

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Grimalkin: the belief that one's relatives are insufferable bores.

Aposeopesis

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Aposeosis- that sisterly characteristic which makes her invariably oppose whatever you have suggested.

Semiotics

Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :

Semiotics - the irritating symptom of nerve damage which means you tend to twitch only on one half of your body.

impecuniosity

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Impecuniosity - having to look up a word in the dictionary for the purposes of this game in order to check that you don't accidentally make up a definition that is actually quite similar to the real meaning.

Ameliorate

[ 03. November 2015, 12:10: Message edited by: Sipech ]

Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on :

Ameliorate The performance score of a singer.

Sarcasm

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

Sarcasm: A large hole in the ground near the Saar River.

dermatogen

Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :

dermatogen A theologian whose theology causes people to come out in a rash.

Massasauga

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Massasauga

A drill used in an unusually violent form of physiotherapy.

Ostentatious

[ 04. November 2015, 11:41: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]

Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on :

Ostentatious Daring camping down under.

Sporadic

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

sporadic an inadequate sporran which becomes horizontal due to a normal physical reaction on the part of the wearer...

strangulated

[ 04. November 2015, 12:20: Message edited by: L'organist ]

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Strangulated - Strange otherworld entities which manifest themselves in angular bodies.

Benificent

Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :

Benificent - the annual sum a small parish receives from its diocese.

Infrastructure

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Infrastructure- Felled by the sudden impact of infra-red rays

Acrotomophilia

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Acrotomophilia
Having a fondness for the stray cats often to be found around ancient ruins, particularly in warmer climates such as Greece, Egypt, etc

Gynecomania

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Gynecomania n.- an addiction to swigging gin (old spelling) with equally alchoholic companions.

Leprechaun

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Leprechaun n a wide yawn in which a person's false teeth inadvertently fall out of the mouth

histographia

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Histographia - the sound disgruntled geography students make when confronted with a map.

Ebullient

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