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Californification [n]
Seems it never snows in southern California, but man, it pours
Seems it never snows in southern California, but man, it pours
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fernification
-noun
The process by which everything turns into ferns.
-noun
The process by which everything turns into ferns.
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fermifornication
-noun
the process by which the offspring of a famous physicist came into being.
-noun
the process by which the offspring of a famous physicist came into being.
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
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English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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Caliifornication
-noun
the process by which a new generation of surfers came into being
-noun
the process by which a new generation of surfers came into being
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névé
-noun
1. granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
2. a field of such snow.
-noun
1. granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
2. a field of such snow.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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naïve
-noun
both the name of a bottled water (spelled backwards) and the description of the people who buy it
-noun
both the name of a bottled water (spelled backwards) and the description of the people who buy it
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névér mind
-verb
thé bollocks, héré's the Séx Pistols.
-verb
thé bollocks, héré's the Séx Pistols.
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the Sex Pistoles
-noun
Catalonian punk band whose act was nicked by some Cockneys.
-noun
Catalonian punk band whose act was nicked by some Cockneys.
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Nicotine
vb.
To arrest a young person.
vb.
To arrest a young person.
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Nicoless adj
1. To Forget to don ones underwear
1. To Forget to don ones underwear
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Nicaragua
-noun
Spanish water in one's underwear.
-noun
Spanish water in one's underwear.
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trouper
-noun
1. an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
2. a veteran actor.
3. a loyal, dependable worker or participant in an undertaking: He's a real trouper, even when the going is rough.
-noun
1. an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
2. a veteran actor.
3. a loyal, dependable worker or participant in an undertaking: He's a real trouper, even when the going is rough.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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trouper
-noun
4. A hybrid fish, a cross between a trout and a grouper, q.v.
-noun
4. A hybrid fish, a cross between a trout and a grouper, q.v.
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super trooper
-noun
not, as ABBA would have you believe, some sort of military über-boyfriend who called you last night from Glasgow. In fact, it is a follow spotlight manufactured by Rank Strand between 1962 and about 1980.

-noun
not, as ABBA would have you believe, some sort of military über-boyfriend who called you last night from Glasgow. In fact, it is a follow spotlight manufactured by Rank Strand between 1962 and about 1980.
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Roy Hunter wrote:super trooper
-noun
FTFY
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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