Obligators: sounds like ...

AuthorDiva

Invidious: Invited to a party or event. Opposite of exvidious.

Exonerated

balaam

Cross-post across the page break. A choice of Candidate or Econerated

stetson

Candidate: A romantic engagement where you bring the alternative to flowers.

(Someone else can do exonerated if they want.)

Wesley J

exonerated: the environmental disasters caused by a certain multinational oil company may only be discussed by people younger than 17, if they are with an adult

manifold

Piglet

manifold: a horse with lots of offspring

bassoon

Sipech

bassoon: A sheep that approaches quicker than you thought

Pontificate

Pendragon

Pontificate A certificate to confirm a bridge crossing

Magician

Raptor Eye

magician: to slam the door in a wise man's face

hullabaloo

Piglet

hullabaloo: a bear from Humberside

cicadian

BetteTheRed

Cicadian: Infested by cicadas.

Bluetooth:

AuthorDiva

Bluetooth: A disease caused by eating outside during the winter

Derogatory

Lyda

Derogatory: of or about a conservative flouting the party line

papyrus

Piglet

papyrus: pertaining to the Vatican

hieroglyphics

Sipech

Hieroglyphics: The confusing instructions that accompany a new Bosch appliance.

Configuration

Ray Sunshine

configuration: wondering why it is that you can no longer do up all the buttons on last year’s winter clothes.

squeamish

Wesley J

squeamish: utterly overwhelmed, in a negative sense, after visiting a North East England open-air museum

burlesque

Raptor Eye

squeamish: in the manner of the culture of some of the early settlers in the USA


broadhead

Pendragon

burlesque resembling a sticky seed case (of the cleavers type) in its ability to stick to everything, especially clothes, e.g. tiny polystyrene balls.

I will pass on
broadhead

@Sipech we call them 'destructions' chez Dragon.

Ray Sunshine

broadhead: a man who can think of nothing else except women

coruscating

AuthorDiva

Coruscating: Singing together and ice skating simultaneously

Telecommunication

Piglet

telecommunication: phoning Kojak.

polyphony

Sipech

Polyphony: A group a second hand car salesmen

Bijective

Raptor Eye

bijective: shopping with a purpose

astonishing

Ray Sunshine

astonishing: petrification

semicolon

Enoch

Semicolon: Missing half one's lower intestine.

Scintilla:

Piglet

scintilla: a wicked farmer

soupçon

Raptor Eye

soupcon: lunch is nearly ready

abbreviation

Piglet

abbreviation: making the notes really long

misapprehension

Wesley J

misapprehension: being awkward in the company of unmarried females

misspelling

Cathscats

Misspelling getting the potion wrong

Acceleration

balaam

misspelling: An unmarried female from a town in India.

misspelt:

Wet Kipper

misspelt: the fur skin of a young woman

Installation

Lyda

Installation: rejoicing at the birth of a foal

pointillism

Ray Sunshine

pointillism: The rule requiring a doctor to ask, "Can you show me exactly where it's hurting?"

lobster

Raptor Eye

pointillism: an unnatural reaction to having sharp objects facing towards one

Anyone for Acceleration?

Ray Sunshine

acceleration: the exhilaration that is the natural consequence of successfully replacing a broken axle.

lobster

Wesley J

lobster: [in certain ball games:] someone who strikes the ball in a high arc

cassock

Ray Sunshine

cassock: a hard hassock. Cf. hassock.

hassock

Piglet

hassock: what the washing machine does (and you don't) when you take out the laundry (cf. Murphy's Law (Clause 2487)(Sock Misappropriation))

pantechnicon

balaam

pantechnicon: Someone skilled in making tousers.

Leucipotomy*

(*It's the art of carving horses on hillsides, but don't let the truth put you off)

Sipech

Leucipotomy: The art of looking at the Twitter feed of the QI Elves to come up with ideas for games on other forums.

Axolotl

Pendragon

Axolotl When vehicles require many wheels to propel them (cf large coaches with double axles at the back, or some army personnel carriers).

monster

balaam

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Leucipotomy: The art of looking at the Twitter feed of the QI Elves to come up with ideas for games on other forums.

Caught

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Raptor Eye

monster: a French fry-up

barnacle

balaam

Barnacle: An agricultural building on the Norfolk Broads.

Oi:

Ray Sunshine

Oi: Either one of any two things of equal value, as an indicator of fair exchange: “An oi for an oi.”

Overture:

Wesley J

Oi: also: Oy; friend and partner-in-crime of Vey, who together founded the famous Yiddish comedy group, Oy Vey; other members were Iz and Mir

Ayurveda

jrw

Overture: A piece of music played really loud in order to drown out another piece.

Ayurveda: A cockney greeting for when someone meets a Star Wars villain

Pantomime:

Pearl B4 Swine

pantomime: A pair of lower undies that are MINE, not yours

astringent

Wesley J

astringent: similar to a stick man, but made from string

astute