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foreigner forgather - A tourist information office
basenji barramundi - a dog-fish
mastic materia medica - When chewing-gum will do just as well as sutures.
tucker tumult - An Australian roadside café
yelp-yoicks - The unmistakable sound that lets you know you've stumbled upon the ultimate pastime of the in-bred classes.
Demisemiquaver demy - Paper used for taking quick notes.
fission fixative - Irresistible force meets immovable object.
escort erratum - When that bubbly blonde you were expecting turns out to be an out-of-work actor called Randy.
damper darbies - Those fur-lined handcuffs used for stag and hen nights.
Gorgonise goodbye - The stare that your host gives you when you realise that you've outstayed your welcome.
Tartar tarantism - The dance of the whirling dervish
uneconomic undertaking - A completely viable business plan until Andersen consulting get their hands on it.
Vexatious vicereine - a right madam
rancid rans-des-vaches - A yodeller's breath.
foolhardy folio - That novel you promised yourself you'd always write and which turned out to be a complete waste of time.
immedicable image - Your passport photo
Panamanian palm - the term given to the covert handshake between a central American country and a superpower which inevitably leads to their mutual betrayal.
Posterity poteen - That wicked distillation method which is augmented with each passing generation by the addition of a teaspoon of sugar.
nuncupate nyctitropic - A man's way of telling his wife that he knows his way to a night-time party and does not need to stop to ask directions.
moderate mnemonic - memory aids for the lazy.
embassy emeritus - an unofficial title for a foreign diplomat who manages to complete his tenure without making a complete balls-up.
purgative punishment - A very messy end.
scrupulous scribble - To draw like Picasso
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Panamanian palm - the term given to the covert handshake between a central American country and a superpower which inevitably leads to their mutual betrayal.That's a cool one, Rubrick!  And I think you may have just coined a phrase that works on an even more pervasive level, meaning an insincere handshake. Yeah..."just give 'em the ol' Panamanian palm!"  'Course, the PC Brigade from Panama, and those of Panamanian descent, will prolly start screaming protest banners about it. 
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Damn! Life ain't fair. I was gonna find some great new zingers in my Oxford but now I think that Rubrick has used 'em all up. 
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Oscar - otter Someone who doesn't really deserve to win
dictator - diffuse One who's people run from him
extra - eye Cyclops! :)
festivity - fight No where that I would want to be!
gang - gas Again...no place I would want to be! :O
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Damn! Life ain't fair. I was gonna find some great new zingers in my Oxford but now I think that Rubrick has used 'em all up.Hey, that's life!
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found these while tooling around in my Cdn Oxford, checking spellings in a friend's philosophical paper:
bangbelly bannock ball: a pudding gone horribly wrong
Burgess Shale burn: occupational hazard of poking around for fossils on a hot sunny day in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. (hahahahahaha! hot sunny day in BC! I crack myself up!)
Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.
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heart heave a true love that also makes you vomit.
fret frippery Fiddling
epistler equanimity-- evenhandness in letter writing
sheep's eye shellwork scallop adorned glasses, for making discrete glances at the object of your affection.
the last one is just for you MG!
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Observatory oblate - Somebody who doesn't get out on a Saturday night
fib fief - the group of people who will always believe your lies
introit interview - The hymn sung by the congregation to which the priest makes the replies
Edam éclair - a cheesecake
ancestral angel - belief that there was once someone in your family who was completely good
shinny shoal - The multitude of schoolboys who can be seen clambering up trees in Autumn to scrump apples or collect conkers
indolent indogene - Your couch potato flat-mate/husband
bon vivant bombardon - Cordon bleu flatulence
bastinado batter - The soft fleshy layer on the soles of the feet; a by-product of marathon running
criminal creosote - Tar but don't feather
{All 7th Ed OED}
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shinny shoal - The multitude of schoolboys who can be seen clambering up trees in Autumn to scrump apples or collect conkersDo like this one. Perhaps because there's something a bit fishy about these particular schoolboys.
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write-down wynn
What a good writer of erotica can accomplish
jet engine jingle
Your first indication that you probably shouldn't be on that flight
Jefferson Davis's birthday jeté
Official dance move on the first Monday in June
fleawort flicker
What you get when you apply your Bic to that banana
convertible cool
Hairstyles of the rich and famous
burlesque busboy
Not only does he clear the table but then he dances on it
carburetion careen
What NASCAR drivers do to clean their tires under a yellow flag
carnivora carrel
brain devouring study cubicle
circumvallate city
City where the walls haven't come tumbling down yet
coping coral snake
The one that bit you
curry cuss
%#*&@ That curry is hot!
half pint halvah
What you order for dessert in an Arabic take-out joint
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