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#211233 - 05/30/13 01:47 PM Re: This may be a tough one... [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi hyperbolic
PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-BOL-ik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to hyperbole.
2. Of or pertaining to hyperbola.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyperbole (excess), from hyperballein (to exceed), from hyper- + ballein (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1646, 1676.
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h -> t
TYPERBOLIC
1. expected excessive language
2. same old hyperbola dress
#211235 - 05/30/13 03:46 PM Re: This may be a tough one... [Re: jenny jenny]
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Land of the Flat Water hypercholic - one really sick baby
----please, draw me a sheep----
#211241 - 05/31/13 02:07 AM Re: This may be a tough one... [Re: jenny jenny]
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HYPERBILIC -- the gall bladder is working overtime
HYPERBONIC - the ultimate in bacteriologic warfare; one step more virulent than Bubonic
HYPEROBOLIC - too expensive for the agora
HYPERGOLIC - no, wait, that's already a word, blast it !
#211248 - 05/31/13 04:46 PM it's worse than debite [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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debark
PRONUNCIATION:
(dee-BARK)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To remove the bark from a dog.
2. To remove the bark from a log.
verb tr., intr.:
3. To disembark.
DEBORK - to reject an undesired Supreme Court nominee
REBARK - to bake casual comments when you have a stuffed nose
#211250 - 05/31/13 04:53 PM Re: it's worse than debite [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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Land of the Flat Water DEPORK- to cut out the "other white meat" from the diet
----please, draw me a sheep----
#211258 - 06/01/13 11:59 AM On Shaky ground [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Alaska debard: to remove all reference to the alleged author of Hamlet, Macbeth, etc.
#211263 - 06/01/13 02:27 PM What floats is boat. [Re: Tromboniator]
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Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi d -> r
rebark - a remark in dog talk
#211266 - 06/01/13 03:58 PM daily word [Re: jenny jenny]
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Land of the Flat Water DEBEARD a man's daily chore
----please, draw me a sheep----
#211282 - 06/03/13 12:54 PM Word for Monday plural. [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi calyculus or caliculus
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-LIK-yuh-luhs)
MEANING:
noun: A cup-shaped structure.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek kalyx (cup, covering).
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CalicuRus - a big box store for cups
#211287 - 06/03/13 08:58 PM Re: Word for Monday plural. [Re: jenny jenny]
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CALOCULUS - The 200-inch telescope at Mount Palomar
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