leotard
-noun (slang)
a lion with a learning disability.
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Roy Hunter
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"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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PKMKII
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divestiture
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1. the act of divesting.
2. the state of being divested.
3. something, as property or investments, that has been divested: to reexamine the company's acquisitions and divestitures.
4. Also, divesture. the sale of business holdings or part of a company, especially under legal compulsion.
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1. the act of divesting.
2. the state of being divested.
3. something, as property or investments, that has been divested: to reexamine the company's acquisitions and divestitures.
4. Also, divesture. the sale of business holdings or part of a company, especially under legal compulsion.
"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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DavidH
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divestiture
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5. The act of compelling a Welshman to wear a vest.
6. The act of compelling anybody, including Welshmen, to wear a vest.
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5. The act of compelling a Welshman to wear a vest.
6. The act of compelling anybody, including Welshmen, to wear a vest.
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black bart
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DavidH wrote:divestiture
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5. The act of compelling a Welshman to wear a vest.
6. The act of compelling anybody, including Welshmen, to wear a vest.
My mum used to do that!
I hated wearing a vest.The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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Roy Hunter
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invested
-adjective
descriptive of a Welshman who has been stuffed into a vest after he has refused to put it on voluntarily.
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descriptive of a Welshman who has been stuffed into a vest after he has refused to put it on voluntarily.
"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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pieces o'nine
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DavidH wrote:divestiture
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5. The act of compelling a Welshman to wear a vest.
6. The act of compelling anybody, including Welshmen, to wear a vest.
7. The act of removing vestments.
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~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
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Investiture [n]
Formal "putting a Welshman into his vest" ceremony
Formal "putting a Welshman into his vest" ceremony
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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Roy Hunter
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vestal virgin
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a Welshman who is never going to get a shag wearing that vest.
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a Welshman who is never going to get a shag wearing that vest.
"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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PKMKII
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moxibustion
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a method of treatment, originally in Chinese medicine, in which a moxa is burned on the skin.
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a method of treatment, originally in Chinese medicine, in which a moxa is burned on the skin.
"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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Roy Hunter
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moxa
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a brand on the skin, usually saying "Property of The Hells Angels MC".
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a brand on the skin, usually saying "Property of The Hells Angels MC".
"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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motza [n] [Strine]
Large amount of money, possibly what it would take to remove said ^ skin branding.
Large amount of money, possibly what it would take to remove said ^ skin branding.
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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apostil
-noun
a marginal annotation or note.
-noun
a marginal annotation or note.
"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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apostle spoon noun
1. Spoon with figure of Apostle on the handle.
Why not collect the whole set:
1. Spoon with figure of Apostle on the handle.
Why not collect the whole set:
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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viscular
-adjective (neologism)
portmanteau of muscular and visceral, descriptive of a powerful emotional experience.
Copyright 2012 Tommy Whitelaw. Well done Tommy! My favourite new word.
-adjective (neologism)
portmanteau of muscular and visceral, descriptive of a powerful emotional experience.
Copyright 2012 Tommy Whitelaw. Well done Tommy! My favourite new word.
"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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Aposteme
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An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
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An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
"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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