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Re: Word of the Day

Postby Ravi Oli » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:56 pm

PKMKII wrote:trehala
-noun
1. an edible, sugary substance secreted by certain Asiatic beetles of the genus Larinus, forming their pupal covering.

2. a refrain often used in Monkey carols eg:
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Trehala-lala-la-trehala-la
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Postby pieces o'nine » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:08 pm

trehalarval
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A term describing the Larinus pupal stage.
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Postby ET, the Extra Terrestrial » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:15 pm

trehalo
-noun
a glowing circlet seen hovering above a particularly well-done monkey tree.
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby black bart » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:05 am

trehalollanitislliogogogoch n.

Another Welsh Town name which may or may not exist.
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby Roy Hunter » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:09 am

trehalitosis
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a beetle's bad breath
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby DavidH » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:40 pm

Hormones
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noises heard in a brothel
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby PKMKII » Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:06 pm

glace
-noun
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
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Postby ET, the Extra Terrestrial » Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:04 am

g-lace
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a woman's underwear for her wedding night.
"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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Re: Word of the Day

Postby Nef Yoo BlackBeard » Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:21 am

Terrible % nown

Um um um rrrrr

et tha naym uf tha boy cow rrr an tha gurl cow rrrr
cabin boy fir hyer. jyint hat no hextra charj.
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby DavidH » Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:12 am

^ That's brilliant, Nef Yoo! Clever lad!
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby PKMKII » Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:35 pm

ramet
-noun
an individual of a clone.
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby Roy Hunter » Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:41 pm

ram it
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an invitation to perform an unnatural act with your cloning process.
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby Ravi Oli » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:40 pm

Roy Hunter wrote:Ram It
-verb
an invitation to perform an unnatural act with your cloning process.

Weird Al Yankovic's first attempted parody video clip [of M Jackson's song] that failed to pass the censors.

"...Have a banana, have a whole bunch
It doesn't matter what you had for lunch
Just ram it, ram it, ram it, ram it
Ram it, ram it, ram it, ram it"
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby Nef Yoo BlackBeard » Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:51 pm

DavidH wrote:^ That's brilliant, Nef Yoo! Clever lad!


ho !rrrrr!
fankye ye welkum hunkul daybid !rrr rrrrr

um umm um syllable funny boy cow
cabin boy fir hyer. jyint hat no hextra charj.
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Re: Word of the Day

Postby PKMKII » Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:02 pm

wommit
-noun
a foolish person
"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

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