# New Word-Definition Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989 "2003-09-16T19:40:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/41 "2003-09-25T20:37:52Z")

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**nurchant** - Telling someone they’ll be fine, even if they’re at death’s door.

**leel**

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/42 "2003-09-25T20:58:18Z")

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**Leel** - the act of being so intoxicated that when leaning, you keel over - _Dude! I’m so drunk I could leel!_  
**Borsmidling**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/43 "2003-09-25T21:44:31Z")

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**Borsmidling** - Falling asleep half-way through a boring movie, lecture, etc.

**cyrbstelli**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/44 "2003-09-25T21:46:33Z")

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**Borsmidling** - Falling asleep halfway during a brain-deadening lecture, movie, etc.

**Cyrbstelo**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/45 "2003-09-25T21:48:42Z")

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OOOPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Must’ve entered that parallel universe, so take your choice.

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/46 "2003-09-25T22:36:08Z")

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**cyrbstelo** (pl) **crybstelli** – indentations made by high heels on a polished wooden floor.  
**farlimury**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/47 "2003-09-25T23:06:42Z")

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**farlimury** - jumping into the sea, from a great height

**tilren**

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/48 "2003-09-25T23:30:13Z")

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**tilren** - Small bits of debris such as bones, pottery shards, broken glass, pieces of brick, etc. turned up when rototilling an urban garden plot.  
**prephastillation**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/49 "2003-09-25T23:45:44Z")

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**prephastillation** - the uncanny sense that one is undergoing a physical or mental change.

**randoy**

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**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/50 "2003-09-26T03:02:52Z")

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**randoy** - becoming sexually aroused by unplaceable accents.

**undruffed**

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/51 "2003-09-26T03:09:52Z")

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undruffed - having not been druffed  
druffed - not being able to comprehend what others around you are saying.

**shittenheimer**

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/52 "2003-09-26T03:13:18Z")

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**shittenheimer** – a vagrant who sets up residence in an abandoned outhouse

**klent**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/53 "2003-09-26T09:30:15Z")

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**undruffed** - lacking smooth skin

**pidrix**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/54 "2003-09-27T20:54:45Z")

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and again, OOOPPPSSS!

**klent** - was sanitary at one time, but not anymore.

**muson**

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/55 "2003-09-28T00:15:14Z")

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Since you introduced two words, I’ll define the first and leave the second for the next poster.

**pidrix** – a flowering, thorny bush trimmed and shaped into a hedge

Still in play: **muson**

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/56 "2003-09-28T01:40:05Z")

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**muson** thinking about subatomic particles.

**oifcon**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/57 "2003-09-28T10:16:11Z")

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**oifcon** - a person who loves to argue

**rilibury**

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/58 "2003-09-28T10:27:50Z")

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rilibury - the act of skipping paragraphs whilst reading a book and returning later to read them, thinking someone might be watching.

**fwahjington**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/59 "2003-09-28T10:47:07Z")

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**fwahjington** - the act ofducking one’s head down repeatedly

**aporvous**

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/60 "2003-09-28T12:08:17Z")

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**aporvous** having no pores

**salintious**

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