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Thread #142605 Message #3289017
Posted By: Genie
11-Jan-12 - 07:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Neo-definitions (WA Post) - add yours?
Subject: RE: BS: Neo-definitions (WA Post) - add yours?
Well, Happy, that Game of Uxbridge Dictionary does overlap with the "Neo-Definitions" thing, but it includes neologisms (many not used in common parlance) as well.
I do like these especially, though:
Contempt - Persuade an ex-prisoner to do one more job
Hypnotherapy = condition of inability to relieve pelvic joint pain via PT or OT
Mushroom - indoor arena for training dog sled teams
Finance - splendid insects
Yankee Clipper - Brooklyn rabbi
Indicate - adj. - smitten with Ms. Winslett
locomotive - basis for insanity defense at trial
And, from Mousethief:
destitute -- that is, in fact, the farting sound*
*That one took me a few seconds, but it cracked me up.