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RT
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The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for various words. The following were some of this year's winning entries......
----------------------------------------1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in you nightie. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question ! on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you. 13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions. 14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), the belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Pokemon (n), a Jamaican proctologist Perhaps I should not have posted this but I really enjoyed it.  |
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I find number 15 particularly funny... can imagine a soul with a head stuffed through the roof waving arms and legs trying to get free... and even better, a while roof stuck full of pour chaps... Graham, we need a joke thread for things like this. I have plenty of list-type "true funnies" from all over the internet I could post  Some alternate meanings I came up with: missile - something that always misses microsoft - something that is soft to a very small extent season - a male child born at sea stylize - to rear pigs in outstand[ing] - to stand outside outdated - to have dated more than someone else netscape - to use the internet as a scapegoat and: politics - many(poli) bloodsucking creatures (tics) {I read this from somewhere} [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 29, 2005 3:24:32 AM] |
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Sorry #16 was the Butt Buster! LMAOTIP!
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Former Member
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Number #11 made me think this one up:
----------------------------------------Cubicle -- Water, frozen into humorous shapes for mixed drinks. And, of course for #1, one must include: Coffers -- those who would cough upon a coffee Then, there is #14 which reminds me of: Circumspect -- An examination by a Urologist [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 29, 2005 7:40:59 AM] |
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Former Member
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Graham, we need a joke thread for things like this. I have plenty of list-type "true funnies" from all over the internet I could post Hi Orca Due to a lot of determining factors, namely variety of ages, political, religious and ethnic beliefs, I would have no way to censer some of the  possibly distasteful contributions Therefore with much regret I decline to put myself in the line of fire by being responsible for starting a thread that I would have no future control over You are welcome to post a  Joke thread yourself but dont say I did not warn you of the catastrophic results that could possibly ensue Any takers guys [ Ha Billy Bob, Ripcat, and Hairy4Paws, you guys like a challenge ]Regards [Edit 7 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 29, 2005 1:51:20 PM] |
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Former Member
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Hello RT I woke everyone up LOL --Sould have stayed in bed
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Graham
----------------------------------------I do like a challenge but as you said I see an impossible when it starts nawing on my leg. This one started in my stomach. - ROF LOL I do love #10 and 16. I have a number of Jamaican friends that will like it too!! They are a good bunch of people they easily laugh with or at themselves good secure sense of self. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 29, 2005 8:41:07 PM] |
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Former Member
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Number #11 made me think this one up: Cubicle -- Water, frozen into humorous shapes for mixed drinks. And, of course for #1, one must include: Coffers -- those who would cough upon a coffee Then, there is #14 which reminds me of: Circumspect -- An examination by a Urologist Does this make a Coffin - a container that holds Coffers or is that Coffee And does that make Roto-rotor - a hog going in circles? or a Bicycle - some one who goes in circles both ways  Hummingbird - a British Tart - sorry David/Graham I just could not help myself. Ticks - the American version of the English blood saugage. Except ours still wiggle. Double double intended. 10 points |
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Former Member
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Alternate meanings are everywhere. These ones are from the reply page:
----------------------------------------smilies (n.) (plural) lies made while grinning message (n.) the phenomena in which the older you grow, the messier the world seems to be. email (n.) ailment caused by contact with an emu alternate (v.) to lie about what you ate [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 30, 2005 3:25:59 AM] |
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