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Fusilamorous n. (colloq. Pastafarian)
Desirious of some fusili pasta for lunch.
Desirious of some fusili pasta for lunch.
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un·furl (n-fûrl)
tr. & intr.v. un·furled, un·furl·ing, un·furls
To spread or open (something) out or become spread or opened out.
Use:
"The worst unfurling ever."
tr. & intr.v. un·furled, un·furl·ing, un·furls
To spread or open (something) out or become spread or opened out.
Use:
"The worst unfurling ever."
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swink [swɪŋk] vb
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1. provide a plausible definition.
2. No fair looking it up!
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1. provide a plausible definition.
2. No fair looking it up!
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berceuse
–noun, plural -ceuses
1. a cradlesong; lullaby.
2. a composition for instrument or voice, having a soothing, reflective character.
–noun, plural -ceuses
1. a cradlesong; lullaby.
2. a composition for instrument or voice, having a soothing, reflective character.
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"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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pieces o'nine wrote:swink [swɪŋk] vb
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1. provide a plausible definition.
2. No fair looking it up!
swinken - to work, toil. Middle English, probably not used much after C15.
No, I didn't look it up. Nyer, nyer.
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^ Verra goode, fellow worde-smythe.
Swinken, Blynken & Nodde would be a foine nayme fer a Motion of Loy-yers.
Swinken, Blynken & Nodde would be a foine nayme fer a Motion of Loy-yers.
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Thank you!
Icham eldre than ich waes, a-wintre and ech a-lore.
Icham eldre than ich waes, a-wintre and ech a-lore.
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Frabjous:
adjective,
1. Joyful...'Oh Frabjous Day!'
Having a Frabjous Time.
adjective,
1. Joyful...'Oh Frabjous Day!'

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Open your mind, but not so far your brain falls out
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That's going back a bit. While I was watching that I wondered if Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure, was at all influenced by Tiny Tim in his singing style. The random facial expressions are very similar. This isn't a very good example of that but it's brilliant anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORc5Td_T6og
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[offtopic]Milo ABSOLUTELY LOVES Tiny Tim![/offtopic]
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
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"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
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My question is Do YOU love Tiny Tim????
* If evolution is just a theory, religion is just an opinion.
* You never know when I'll be watching.
* You never know when I'll be watching.
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sibilant
–adjective
1. hissing.
2. Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this, rose, pressure, pleasure, and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.
–noun
3. Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
His singing must be hitting some really high frequency only dogs can hear.
–adjective
1. hissing.
2. Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this, rose, pressure, pleasure, and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.
–noun
3. Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
Roy Hunter wrote:[offtopic]Milo ABSOLUTELY LOVES Tiny Tim![/offtopic]
His singing must be hitting some really high frequency only dogs can hear.
"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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Sybillant adj.
1. To be in a state of such agitation and anxiety such that only one's wife could be responsible for causing it.
2. To be in an enraged state with inanimate objects as a result of one's inability to deal with one's wife.
Use:
"Basil was absolutely Sybillant with the car, and beat it with a branch whilst shouting curses at it."
1. To be in a state of such agitation and anxiety such that only one's wife could be responsible for causing it.
2. To be in an enraged state with inanimate objects as a result of one's inability to deal with one's wife.
Use:
"Basil was absolutely Sybillant with the car, and beat it with a branch whilst shouting curses at it."
Seriously, I'm going to have to record him watching the video, and then pay a teenager to show me how to post it onto YouTube. It's very funny.PKMKII wrote:Roy Hunter wrote:[offtopic]Milo ABSOLUTELY LOVES Tiny Tim![/offtopic]
His singing must be hitting some really high frequency only dogs can hear.
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
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Fraserist Noun
1. To be Highly pessimistic in one's outlook - 'We're doomed, I say. Doomed'
2. To be a dour Scotsman
Not to be confused with:
FrasieristNoun
1. To be pompous and more British than the British
1. To be Highly pessimistic in one's outlook - 'We're doomed, I say. Doomed'
2. To be a dour Scotsman
Not to be confused with:
FrasieristNoun
1. To be pompous and more British than the British
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