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Post by selene on Apr 10, 2014 10:22:22 GMT
Dwile Flonking: game, officially played by two teams with twelve players. Athough there's great flexibility in numbers (Terminology and Rules vary from different places).
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Post by art on Apr 18, 2014 10:40:27 GMT
Fidimplicitary: adjective which describes individuals who put their faith in someone else's views.
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Post by lola ferrari on Apr 20, 2014 18:25:10 GMT
Handsel Monday: first Monday in New Year with old Scottish festival.
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Post by raven on Apr 20, 2014 18:33:47 GMT
Heiligenschein: German word, meaning literally holy light, ureole or circled light around some object. Applying people with this halo.
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Post by blondie on Jul 14, 2014 16:11:13 GMT
Jiggery-Pokery: this delightful word for either describing underhand practices or dishonest manipulation; where individuals make personal profit.
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Post by madmax on Jul 26, 2014 9:47:37 GMT
Lipogrammatist: systematically leaves one letter from thee alphabet out, producing this whimsical composition called: 'Lipogram'.
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Post by dieseldyke on Jul 29, 2014 13:57:03 GMT
Paraprosdokian: term for which has become moderately well known in recent decades. Particularly widely used online, probably because mentioning, good excuse for repeating choice quotes from witty writers.
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Post by northernstar on Sept 20, 2014 17:37:35 GMT
Quocker-Wodger: wooden toy figure, which jerks limbs about; when you pull one string.
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Post by sassy on Sept 24, 2014 17:14:46 GMT
Rumbledethumps: often been described for Scottish Bubble and Squeak (whose name incidentally, comes from this bubble/squeaky noise heard when cooking).
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Post by tinkerbell on Sept 27, 2014 13:24:27 GMT
Sabermetrician apparently means some person who studies baseball statistics.
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Post by barbie on Oct 8, 2014 20:14:03 GMT
Scobberlotcher: describes undergraduates like idling and wandering aimlessly.
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Post by aphrodite on Oct 9, 2014 8:58:50 GMT
Sesquipedalian: was borrowed into English within Seventeenth century. For either refering one long word or somebody whose known for using them.
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Post by romany on Oct 18, 2014 13:31:56 GMT
Sponging House: from first time, mean't some temporary confinement place for debtors.
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Post by ushas on Oct 25, 2014 17:32:02 GMT
Supererogation: has more than required from one, going beyond anybody's call for duty.
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Post by pharlapjones on Nov 5, 2014 12:37:45 GMT
Anfractuosity: term used in modern times and refers about some opaque and circuitous legal prose. Entwined with twists and turns, seemingly designed more about confusing than clarification. Sometimes called: 'Syntactic Anfractuosity', from some suitably ponderous term, which describes own subject.
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