flagon
-noun
1. a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
2. a container for holding liquids, as for use at table, especially one with a handle, a spout, and usually a cover.
3. descriptive of the state of a flagpole. cf flagoff
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daftbeaker
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Too old to give up but too young to rest - Pete Townshend
I would rather be a rising ape than a falling angel - Sir Terry Pratchett
I liked his explanation about what brought him to chemistry as much as the video itself - pieces o'nine
I would rather be a rising ape than a falling angel - Sir Terry Pratchett
I liked his explanation about what brought him to chemistry as much as the video itself - pieces o'nine
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flagon
noun
An elementary particle specific to a particular nation.
flagon
noun
An elementary particle specific to a particular nation.
"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?
-- 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."
("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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eyrir
-noun, plural aurar
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
-noun, plural aurar
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
"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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eyerear
v.t.
Activity immediately preceding the utterance of the phrase "dat ass".
v.t.
Activity immediately preceding the utterance of the phrase "dat ass".
"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?
-- 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."
("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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irie
-noun (colloq. Jamaica)
a state of harmony, happiness and equilibrium usually achieved by smoking the equivalent of half your bodyweight in "the 'erb".
-noun (colloq. Jamaica)
a state of harmony, happiness and equilibrium usually achieved by smoking the equivalent of half your bodyweight in "the 'erb".
"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.)
Beware the Ides of June!
"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.)
Beware the Ides of June!
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adz
-noun
1. an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
-verb
2. to dress or shape (wood) with an adz.
-noun
1. an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
-verb
2. to dress or shape (wood) with an adz.
"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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adz
verb
mathematics: the opposite of subtractz.
verb
mathematics: the opposite of subtractz.
"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?
-- 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."
("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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condom : rrrrr um um et be sum buddy wuz inna a jayull . an he not berwy smarrt !
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cabin boy fir hyer. jyint hat no hextra charj.
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DavidH wrote:eerie
-adj.
A quick act of aural sex.
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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sporangium
-noun
the case or sac in which spores are produced.
-noun
the case or sac in which spores are produced.
"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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sporrangum
-noun
sticky natural secretion produced by Scottish men, prevents the wallet being removed from the sporran in order to spend money.
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sticky natural secretion produced by Scottish men, prevents the wallet being removed from the sporran in order to spend money.
"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.)
Beware the Ides of June!
"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.)
Beware the Ides of June!
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sphagnum
noun
Another one of the wonders of Scotland.
noun
Another one of the wonders of Scotland.
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sphincter [n]
another of those fun words that just roll off the tongue. Scots are legendary for possessing particularly tight ones.
another of those fun words that just roll off the tongue. Scots are legendary for possessing particularly tight ones.
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Ravi Oli wrote:sphincter [n]
another of those fun words that just roll off the tongue. Scots are legendary for possessing particularly tight ones.
Yer arse...
"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.)
Beware the Ides of June!
"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.)
Beware the Ides of June!
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