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  • merewenmerewen Shipmate Posts: 29
    triplicate : the wives of Henry VIII not called Anne or Jane

    syndicate
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    triplicate: Calling all three of your daughters Catherine.

    quadrillateral
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    quadrilateral: the sort of thinking you do inside the box.

    I think we missed

    syndicate
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host, 8th Day Host
    edited April 2020
    syndicate a non-verbal warning that someone is about to do what they ought not to do, or to not do what they ought to do

    relinquish
  • relinquish: a desire for the jeweller to open so that a broken gold chain could be mended

    toiletries
  • MamacitaMamacita Shipmate
    toiletries: miniature commodes

    forsythia
  • Forsythia: A female Grim Reaper

    Narcissus
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    Narcissus: The answer to the question, "Did you cut that out using a knife?"

    tulip
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host, 8th Day Host
    tulip where to place your cup if you wish to drink

    cabinet
  • MamacitaMamacita Shipmate
    cabinet: ordering a taxi online

    isolation
  • isolation: euphoria induced by sampling a really, really cold lager.

    Baltic
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Baltic: A tick that looks like a coronavirus.

    Prelapsarian:
  • @balaam <notworthy>

    prelapsarian: someone who can predict the date when a diet will be broken

    charcoal
  • Charcoal: To attempt to light a barbecue using chocolate

    Horoscope
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    horoscope: an instrument for watching scary films

    pre-prandial
  • pre-prandial: getting ready to call someone on the phone.

    machinery
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Machinery: Name carried by members of an ancient Scottish clan descended from a legendary chieftain called Hinery.

    Lickspittle:
  • MamacitaMamacita Shipmate
    lickspittle: a cat washing under its arm

    precipitation
  • precipitation: when the waiter asks you to taste the wine before pouring it

    maximise
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    maximise: outsized rodents

    querulous
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    @Piglet - don't let @mousethief see that.

    querulous: From the Latin: Searching for parasitic insects.

    parasite:
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    parasite: where the Parachute Regiment lives

    somnolence
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host, 8th Day Host
    parasite: the location shown to you by your estate agent (aka realtor) which is actually worth the price you are being asked for the property that you are actually buying

    autonomy
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    autonomy: When your reaction is to disguise yourself by wearing a point hat and sitting on a lawn,

    somnolence
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    somnolence: those who abandoned keeping Lent when lockdown started

    thousand
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    thousand: correct way to address a beach

    flibbertigibbet
  • Flibbertigibbet: A gallows constructed from cardboard, glue, and elastic bands, such that it falls apart under the weight of the first intended hangee.

    Noose
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    noose: a longer than average protuberance in the middle of someone's face

    butterfingers
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    edited May 2020
    @Raptor Eye "somnolence: those who abandoned keeping Lent when lockdown started" This Lent I gave up far more than I ever imagined.

    butterfingers: An unexpected result, as in the phrase, "When eating baked beans with her hands everything remained clean butterfingers."

    gawky
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    gawky: a park in Moscow

    pumpernickel
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    balaam wrote: »
    @Raptor Eye "somnolence: those who abandoned keeping Lent when lockdown started" This Lent I gave up far more than I ever imagined.
    @balaam a universal truth, perhaps, but I would wager that few who had been giving up chocolate for Lent continued to do so once lockdown began.

    pumpernickel: to clean a coin

    wager
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    edited May 2020
    wager: The person who gives you your salary

    ¢
  • ¢ (symbolising an eye peering through a keyhole): espíonage

    πr²



  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    πr²: Pies should not be round.

    circle
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    circle: a knight of the Round Table

    triangulation
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Circus Host, 8th Day Host
    triangulation the act of playing the triangle

    peony
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    peony: when one can’t make it to the lavatory in time

    scrubber
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Scrubber: Someone who gets their kicks from chastising themselves with bushes.

    Populism:
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host, 8th Day Host
    populism: disease caused by excessive consumption of carbonated beverages

    boastful
  • AuthorDivaAuthorDiva Shipmate
    Boastful: A boat that sinks because it contains one more person than it was designed for

    Beautician
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    A tutor who specializes in helping his clients gain admission to Boston University.

    Jezebel
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    Jezebel: Corbyn becomes a campanologist.

    campanologist
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    campanologist: someone who puts hidden cameras in kitchenware to spy on the cooks

    domestic
  • MamacitaMamacita Shipmate
    domestic: dirtying the kitchen while making bread

    wardrobe
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    wardrobe: Protective garment worn in a hospital. Also known as PPE.

    interrobang
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    interrobang: being asked why you shot someone

    cantankerous
  • Ray SunshineRay Sunshine Shipmate
    edited May 2020
    cantankerous: the long walk back to your car carrying a tin with a pint or so of petrol in it.

    candelabra
  • Wet KipperWet Kipper Shipmate
    candelabra the early feminist act of burning a "repressive symbol of the patriarchy"

    excessive
  • MamacitaMamacita Shipmate
    excessive: when your strainer is far too large for the job

    mulch
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    mulch: a quiet time to think it over

    million
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