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Madbeachcomber, I've done my spring cleaning, does that make me sad? Posted Oct 20, 2003
Yes of course you can have a pay rise and three weeks paid leave , said my wonderfull boss...
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azahar Posted Oct 20, 2003
atchly Bob, I was just teasing you about vasty . . .
well done!
az
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spinning_vinyl Posted Oct 21, 2003
Tmesis - the seperation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words.
If I thought I could use Stephen Fry's explanation without getting flamed I would. But I don't think I can.
So:
'Abso - frickin' - lutely'
Spin
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azahar Posted Oct 21, 2003
flummery
- meaningless flattery, nonsense
az
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Crunchy Frog Posted Oct 21, 2003
nescient, sounds like a compliment, but means ignorant
and of course "moist"
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azahar Posted Oct 22, 2003
'Hey, you've lost weight!'
or
'Don't worry, I'll pay!'
other words I would like to hear more often. 
az
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Crunchy Frog Posted Oct 22, 2003
made payable to .... the sum of 
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azahar Posted Oct 22, 2003
frowsty.
meaning hot and airless, as in a stuffy room.
but doesn't frowsty sound much better than stuffy? Love that word.
az
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Rajeev - pondering. Posted Oct 23, 2003
gynonudomania
meaning the urge to rip off a woman's clothing
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The kawk 
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Oct 23, 2003
Philanthropist.
Feckless.
Ocelot.
Triumvirate.
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FunkyP. Posted Oct 23, 2003
My friend and I invented the word 'nert'. Example...
"Are you coming to the shop with me?"
"Nah, I'm feeling a bit nert."
...i.e. can't be bothered to move, feeling lazy. Comes from 'inert' but when you use it you're too nert to say the 'i'.
????!!!!
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azahar Posted Oct 23, 2003
flapdoodle
- foolish talk, nonsense
az
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dasilva Posted Oct 24, 2003
Malliable - as used to great effect in "The Meaning of Liff"
skegness (n.) - malliable nose excretia
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chickadee (wheee!) Posted Oct 24, 2003
eloquent--well said, elegant ... i'm not good at giving eloquent word definitions
fudge monkeys -- much funner to say! (than the alternative)
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azahar Posted Nov 6, 2003
gambol - to skip about in a playful manner, to frolic.
I don't know why, but that word always makes me smile.
az
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dasilva Posted Nov 7, 2003
arboreal - a cuddly word, pertaining to trees, that makes you just want to go and 
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- 82: Madbeachcomber, I've done my spring cleaning, does that make me sad? (Oct 20, 2003)
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- 84: spinning_vinyl (Oct 21, 2003)
- 85: azahar (Oct 21, 2003)
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- 88: azahar (Oct 22, 2003)
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- 90: azahar (Oct 22, 2003)
- 91: Rajeev - pondering. (Oct 23, 2003)
- 92: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Oct 23, 2003)
- 93: FunkyP. (Oct 23, 2003)
- 94: azahar (Oct 23, 2003)
- 95: dasilva (Oct 24, 2003)
- 96: chickadee (wheee!) (Oct 24, 2003)
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