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Message started by bikerbraid on Feb 25th, 2008 at 12:11pm

Title: More vocabulary
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 25th, 2008 at 12:11pm
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its
yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings
for common words. And the winners are:

1. Coffee , n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted , adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has
gained.

3. Abdicate , v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade , v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly , adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only
a nightgown.

7. Lymph , v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence , n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been
run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash , n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude , n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon , n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster , n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with yiddishisms.

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by waiting4longlocks on Feb 25th, 2008 at 4:11pm
11. Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.  


As a college student I really appreciate this one!  ;D

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 25th, 2008 at 5:15pm
I thought that was a good one too!  

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by La Diosa on Feb 26th, 2008 at 3:41am
This list was even funnier than the last.  My favorite was Pokeman ;D  

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by Lisabelle on Feb 26th, 2008 at 9:31am
;D ;D ;D I love this one too!

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by Angel Spun on Feb 26th, 2008 at 2:56pm

Quote:
8. Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

:P

And do the Pokemons practice Rectitude?  ::)

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by bikerbraid on Feb 27th, 2008 at 7:15am

wrote on Feb 26th, 2008 at 2:56pm:

And do the Pokemons practice Rectitude?  ::)


eeek!  Wouldn't that be an oxymoron?

(or is an oxymoron an ox with a low IQ??  ::))

Title: Re: More vocabulary
Post by Angel Spun on Feb 27th, 2008 at 5:19pm

Quote:
(or is an oxymoron an ox with a low IQ??  ) ::)

Or maybe someone who uses acne treatment products improperly?

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