passel
-noun
a group or lot of indeterminate number: a passel of dignitaries.
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:35 pm
"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 Sep 13, 2012 4:27 pm
passel o' rogues
-noun (Scots colloq.)
a shower of English bastards
-useage:
"Now Sark rins to the Solway sands
And Tweed rins to the Ocean.
To mark where Englands province stands
Sic a passel of rogues in a nation"
-noun (Scots colloq.)
a shower of English bastards
-useage:
"Now Sark rins to the Solway sands
And Tweed rins to the Ocean.
To mark where Englands province stands
Sic a passel of rogues in a nation"
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks.
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"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
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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 PKMKII on Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:49 pm
graptomancy
-noun
divination by handwriting
-noun
divination by handwriting
"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 Ravi Oli on Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:54 pm
gropetomancy
-noun
divination by fondling someones naughty bits
-noun
divination by fondling someones naughty bits
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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Re: Word of the Day
by black bart on Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:03 am
gropetanancy
-noun
similar to above but involving Rene Artois's brother and Lieutenant Gruber
-noun
similar to above but involving Rene Artois's brother and Lieutenant Gruber
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:29 am
monad
-noun
1. Biology.
a. any simple, single-celled organism.
b. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
2. Chemistry. an element, atom, or group having a valence of one.
3. Philosophy.
a. (in the metaphysics of Leibniz) an unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entity that is the basic or ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it.
b. (in the philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a basic and irreducible metaphysical unit that is spatially and psychically individuated.
c. any basic metaphysical entity, especially having an autonomous life.
4. a single unit or entity.
-noun
1. Biology.
a. any simple, single-celled organism.
b. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
2. Chemistry. an element, atom, or group having a valence of one.
3. Philosophy.
a. (in the metaphysics of Leibniz) an unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entity that is the basic or ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it.
b. (in the philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a basic and irreducible metaphysical unit that is spatially and psychically individuated.
c. any basic metaphysical entity, especially having an autonomous life.
4. a single unit or entity.
"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 daftbeaker on Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:01 pm
PKMKII wrote:monad
-noun
1. Biology.
a. any simple, single-celled organism.
b. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
2. Chemistry. an element, atom, or group having a valence of one.
3. Philosophy.
a. (in the metaphysics of Leibniz) an unextended, indivisible, and indestructible entity that is the basic or ultimate constituent of the universe and a microcosm of it.
b. (in the philosophy of Giordano Bruno) a basic and irreducible metaphysical unit that is spatially and psychically individuated.
c. any basic metaphysical entity, especially having an autonomous life.
4. a single unit or entity.
5. a dyslexic nomad.
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Ich versteh euch nicht - Till Lindemann
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Re: Word of the Day
by Mad Willyum Bonney on Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:21 pm
momad -v becoming even further enfuriated .
Remembering St. John
Remembering Auntie DeeDee
Remembering times of innocence
Remembering Auntie DeeDee
Remembering times of innocence
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:16 pm
monad
-noun
an extremely large gonad.
-noun
an extremely large gonad.
"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 Ravi Oli on Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:42 pm
^ Bwahahahahaha 
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Re: Word of the Day
by PKMKII on Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:14 am
maquette
-noun
a small model or study in three dimensions for either a sculptural or an architectural project.
-noun
a small model or study in three dimensions for either a sculptural or an architectural project.
"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 daftbeaker on Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:34 am
marqueette
-noun
a small tent
-noun
a small tent
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything - Friedrich Nietzsche
Ich versteh euch nicht - Till Lindemann
Ich versteh euch nicht - Till Lindemann
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Re: Word of the Day
by Roy Hunter on Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:06 pm
maquilt
-noun
sits in top of mabed and stops maerse getting cold at night.
-noun
sits in top of mabed and stops maerse getting cold at night.
"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 PKMKII on Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:38 am
quadrumvirate
-noun
a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
-noun
a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
"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 pieces o'nine on Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:56 pm
redrumvirate
-noun
a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of former managers at the Overlook Hotel.
-noun
a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of former managers at the Overlook Hotel.
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