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these are all great - gosh, I'm havin' fun in this thread!
'k, I have come up with a name fo' the game:
Demented Dictionary
more definitions, these from The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms:
fiesta flingot: a ceremonial rifle used at special events
carcel causeuse: sofa used for edit: ahem....conjugal (not "communal" - oops!) visits
amigo animato: everyone's favourite party guest
pishu polenta: lynx kibble
sempre sfumato: perpetually horny person
Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.
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 Blinding. A couple from thhe Concise Oxford (5th ed, 1967  ) dreadnought dresser - battleaxe's wardrobe lug lunacy - madness brought on by a worm burrowing into the brain simpleton sinecure- politician's post / non-executive directorship
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Source: American Hertitage Fourth College Edition.
reclame recluse ---- Madonna
revengeful revenue - Sin Tax
retentive retardate- A Pedant
retro retina retiarius - the act of seeing the moon
as it is, rather than seeing the mirrored image as we see in water.
The recondite recount - The Florda Presidential Election.
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splint spouse- the sensible one in the relationship alderman allusion- to pretend to have sway with the council absolution academy- ill leave this one to you lot 
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I love these - but surely Alderman Allusion is to do with dropping local politicians' names into every conversation to show how locally influential you are? (Well- that's what I do!)
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oatmeal object trouve-- porriage as an art form
passion fruit pastoralist -- a term for a Gauguin wanna be
Savoy Say so -- an authority on English hotel practices.
(alternately, an authority on the continental region of Savoy)
all from M-W10th
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so if you are a Savoy Say so, then would it be fair to say that you were Savoy savvy?! Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.
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All from M-W 9th
Lavinia laying on of hands
What Turnus caught Lavinia doing to Æneas that was the real reason for the grim battle between Turnus and Æneas, resulting in the death of Turnus and the subsequent marriage of Lavinia and Æneas. I know, I know, that's not what Virgil said, but do you think he was going to compromise the lady's reputation at that late date?
mealworm mechanic
The shifty guy under the shade tree that performs a little twist here and a little hammer there to ensure that you come back and see him again real soon, ya hear.
histogen hoarder
an ovary obsessive flower collector
disgraceful disinterestedness
how too many feel about recycling
caprock caravan
pop-up camper
football forb
where soccer players roll in clover
follow through foot & mouth disease
foot up the arse disease
coromandel corrading
What beavers do to whittle away the time in East India
irrefragable isinglass
The bladder of a fish that has consumed waaaaaay too many minerals
limp wristed linear perspective
a drawing in which the depth and distance are sagging, Daliesque
live loach
Pez as opposed to pescado
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tutenag tweezers - small pincers made of an alloy of zinc and copper
transient transparent - able to be seen through for a short duration.
cantillate capacity - to chant ones power of mind
This is fun
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