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Post by aphrodite on Nov 20, 2014 17:25:15 GMT
Callithumpian: refering about this band with discordant instruments, or noisy parade.
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Post by art on Nov 21, 2014 9:49:27 GMT
Catoptromancy: art form for divination from mirrors.
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Post by pharlapjones on Nov 26, 2014 16:38:29 GMT
Cello Scrotum; this unpleasant-sounding ailment once given in several reference works being one in many occupational diseases for musicians, where they played their instrument in this most unusual way.
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Post by vixen on Mar 1, 2015 11:00:11 GMT
Cucking-Stool: where this medieval/post-medieval English punishment device used on women (men faced own pillory), subject for her embarrassment and ignominy.
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Post by raven on Mar 1, 2015 15:10:51 GMT
Cucumber Time: denotes Summer season within this year, when cucumber plants ripen. This term originated from working tailors in England, since they couldn't be expected for earning much money in cucumber season. Tailors are are vegetarians, who live on cucumber; while playing on cabbage when working.
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Post by dieseldyke on Mar 3, 2015 15:13:41 GMT
Cymbocephalic: refers about someone having some abnormally long and narrow skull, misshapen due from their congenital condition. What happens; where one or more sutures in their head, fibrous joints between bones within skull, close before their brain has finished growing.
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Post by pharlapjones on Mar 4, 2015 14:32:01 GMT
Egyptian days: goes far back on historical record where they can be traced.
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Post by barbie on Mar 4, 2015 18:22:34 GMT
Etaoin shrdlu: (pronounced ˈɛtəɔɪn ˈʃɜːdluː) where this idea for speeding up settings in each type.
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Post by purple on Mar 5, 2015 22:00:08 GMT
Flabbergasted: could have been some existing dialect word. One early Nineteenth-century writer, claimed have found this in Suffolk dialect. Another, in this form 'Flabrigast', within Perthshire. Further than this, nobody can go with any certainty.
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Post by art on Mar 6, 2015 9:27:09 GMT
Galanthophile: comes from thy formal botanical name for Genus: Galanthus, which derives from Greek Gala, milk and Anthos for flower. Words from Gala include: Galactose (milk sugar) and Galaxy (original meaning; Milky Way).
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Post by babydoll on Mar 7, 2015 23:09:49 GMT
Hugger-Mugger: means clandestine, confused, disorderly or secretive. Referring about any woman thief in New York, who waits for men exiting downtown bars. She then cuddles them and pinches their wallets.
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Post by selene on Mar 12, 2015 11:06:57 GMT
Hypnobioscope: for this transmitted word directly affecting anyone's sleeping brain.
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Post by purple on Jul 30, 2015 18:30:59 GMT
Lackadaisical: sounds delightfully evocative, bringing in mind, some languid person lolling on their couch; while all around them turns into ruin. Thus, accurately evoking this modern idea for somebody, who lacks enthusiasm and determination; or just carelessly lazy.
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Post by art on Jul 31, 2015 7:59:17 GMT
Machicolation: came from old French Machicolor; compound in provençal Macar (crush) and col (neck). Graphical description shown in result, for being bombarded with stones from above, while you tried digging.
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Post by spirit on Jul 31, 2015 17:56:05 GMT
Mallemaroking: was this carousing for seamen on board Greenland whaling ships.
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