Plasticine: The fossil era which will come next in the earth's history, after we've gone and all that will be left of us will be our litter, fossilised or otherwise.
Lumberjack: a device for raising your car a few inches from the ground, that you can't find when you need it because you've put it away somewhere with the rest of the old junk.
Pebble: A Papal directive dealing with something really trivial, such as liturgical minutiae or distinguishing between the morality of various forms of contraception.
Househusband: A male person (fem. 'housewife') who identifies so closely with Christchurch College, Oxford, its corporate identity and what he perceives to be its institutional reputation, that they might as well be married to it - let the reader understand.
Comments
hamfisted
Dividend
speculation
Saskatchewan
manitoba
establishment
barometric
catering
somnambulism
Operatic
lunatic
Diffeomorphism
While we're at it,
Plasticine
Elevation:
elevation: the state of being you reach a year after your tenth birthday
domesticated
subtlety
amber
Lumberjack
@Piglet, @Enoch, seconded!
Lumberjack: a device for raising your car a few inches from the ground, that you can't find when you need it because you've put it away somewhere with the rest of the old junk.
Snooker
plimsole
(Or plimsoll, there seem to be two correct spellings.)
Stocking
Rocket
Pebble
Pratincole:
cruciverbalist
Incognito
Berate:
irate
Alphabetical essay grading system : Arate being supremely wonderful (first class), and Irate being sickeningly horrible (ninth class)
Monotony
cacophony
delightful
Harebrained
Knighthood
philander
quince
nimbus
cumulonimbus
sneeze
fussy
paraclete
Transfiguration
Honeycomb
matchhead
barnacle
piccalilli
certifiable
grandeur
househusband
Aubretia:
pandemic