Word of the Day
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- black bart
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tittles n pl
1. What Dolly Parton had when she was small and Jolene was her best friend.
1. What Dolly Parton had when she was small and Jolene was her best friend.
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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Tourettes
-n.
Very short coach holidays.
-n.
Very short coach holidays.
- PKMKII
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mottramite
-noun
a copper and lead vanadate.
-noun
a copper and lead vanadate.
"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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mottramite
-noun
1. a copper and lead vanadate.
2. a follower of Mottram
-noun
1. a copper and lead vanadate.
2. a follower of Mottram
- pieces o'nine
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mottramite
-noun
3. a fan of Mott the Hoople
-noun
3. a fan of Mott the Hoople
I will honor Monkey in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
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Mytosis
What you shout when your sister steps on your foot.
What you shout when your sister steps on your foot.
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cruive
-noun
a kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.
-noun
a kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.
"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
Re: Word of the Day
Dam
-exclamation
What the salmon say when they swim into the cruive.
-exclamation
What the salmon say when they swim into the cruive.
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cruive
-noun
By Cheshu, the aple-podied sailors apoard the Welsh ships, look you.
-noun
By Cheshu, the aple-podied sailors apoard the Welsh ships, look you.
I will honor Monkey in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
Re: Word of the Day
gruive [n]
a kind of repetitive routine one can get trapped in
a kind of repetitive routine one can get trapped in
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gruvey
-adjective
minionaliscious
-adjective
minionaliscious
I will honor Monkey in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
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palaver
-noun
1. a conference or discussion.
2. a long parley, especially one between primitive natives and European traders, explorers, colonial officials, etc.
3. profuse and idle talk; chatter.
4. persuasive talk; flattery; cajolery.
-verb
5. to talk profusely and idly.
6. to parley or confer.
-noun
1. a conference or discussion.
2. a long parley, especially one between primitive natives and European traders, explorers, colonial officials, etc.
3. profuse and idle talk; chatter.
4. persuasive talk; flattery; cajolery.
-verb
5. to talk profusely and idly.
6. to parley or confer.
"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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palaver
-noun
the body of a deceased friend
-noun
the body of a deceased friend
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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Re: Word of the Day
palaver
-n.
head of the Laver family.
-n.
head of the Laver family.
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