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Desirious of some fusili pasta for lunch.
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:07 am
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks.
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
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"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
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Re: Word of the Day
by KMill on Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:38 am
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."
Poor Satan. He'll come for my soul, but he'll leave empty handed.
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Re: Word of the Day
by pieces o'nine on Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:17 am
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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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:51 am
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.
"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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Re: Word of the Day
by DavidH on Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:27 pm
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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Re: Word of the Day
by pieces o'nine on Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:08 pm
^ 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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Re: Word of the Day
by DavidH on Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:27 am
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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Re: Word of the Day
by black bart on Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:51 am
Frabjous:
adjective,
1. Joyful...'Oh Frabjous Day!'
Having a Frabjous Time.
adjective,
1. Joyful...'Oh Frabjous Day!'
Having a Frabjous Time.The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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Re: Word of the Day
by Ubi Dubium on Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:27 am
Open your mind, but not so far your brain falls out
"Hurry up, before we all come to our senses!" - King Julien
"Hurry up, before we all come to our senses!" - King Julien
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Re: Word of the Day
by black bart on Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:40 am
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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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:59 am
[offtopic]Milo ABSOLUTELY LOVES Tiny Tim![/offtopic]
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks.
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
unkle vanya
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
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Re: Word of the Day
by TwistedSister on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:12 am
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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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:06 am
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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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:22 am
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 or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks.
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
unkle vanya
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.
unkle vanya
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Re: Word of the Day
by black bart on Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:50 am
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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