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Started by Hasina , Jan 10 2013 01:14 PM

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#31    ealdwita

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 03:53 PM

View PostTaun, on 10 January 2013 - 01:22 PM, said:

Aardvark - a South African anteater...


Ealdwita (made up) snippet.....
The name originates from the Boer farmers who used to hunt them. This giant anteater was so agile that they said it was "bloody aar vark ter catch der devil!" (Just repeat it to yourselves a few times - It'll come.

My contribution? Flibberdegibbit - An offbeat,skittish person (usually female). Originally - an imp or a fiend.
"Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel, ac gecnáwan þín gefá!": "Fate goes ever as she shall, but know thine enemy!".

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 05:30 PM

Magma: a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock.
Fiduciary: financial term relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
Funicular: cable car
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#33    ealdwita

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 05:38 PM

A selection of 18th.Century slang......(mostly from the criminal underclass).......

Scragged..........Hanged
Pettifogger........Lawyer
Danglestuff.......Hangman's rope
Pennyweighter..One who substitutes worthless goods in place of valuables
Hoodwinker.......Con man

(There's much more)
"Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel, ac gecnáwan þín gefá!": "Fate goes ever as she shall, but know thine enemy!".

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 05:46 PM

discombobulate - To throw into a state of confusion
"Opinions are like a**holes, everyone seems to have one" - Dirty Harry

"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand... "

"I have a black belt in Feng Shui, the subtle martial art. I go home to you and move a lamp and a chair... twelve years later you lay there on the floor with broken kneecaps and destitute."

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 05:55 PM

FRAZZLED! The state of being completely exhausted.

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 05:59 PM

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 09:55 PM

Symposium - sounds like a lot more fun than it is :hmm:

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 11:20 PM

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In your lifetime, try to be the person your pet thinks you are.
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#39    Hasina

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 01:34 PM

SHUTTLECOCK: (called bird or birdie in the USA) a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton.

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 05:59 PM

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 06:11 PM

It's a place name, and no offense intended toward the inhabitants.

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#42    ealdwita

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 09:59 PM

Mollisher - A villain's girl-friend or mistress. (Victorian)
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 10:14 PM

Posse

Clump

Envelope

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Posted 28 February 2013 - 01:37 PM

frou-frou

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Posted 18 May 2013 - 07:07 PM

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