# Redefinitions (a game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366 "2006-10-05T08:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/1 "2006-10-05T08:00:39Z")
This game is based on a simple premise: Take any word in the English language, and assign an alternative, but logical definition to it. I’ll go first. **Dentist** : (n) An automobile mechanic who specializes in collision repair. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/2 "2006-10-05T15:57:51Z")
Maybe worth adding a new word for the follow up poster to redefine (make sure it has several possibilities though) **polygraph** any picture of a parrot. **expert** ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/3 "2006-10-05T18:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless] **expert** [/QUOTE] Expert: One who formerly used the shampoo, “Pert”. **Rapport** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/4 "2006-10-05T19:01:19Z")
[QUOTE=Dragwyr] **Rapport** [/QUOTE] A harbor city in which hip-hop is the dominant musical genre. **trampoline** ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/5 "2006-10-05T19:04:48Z")
Lubricant for women of loose morals procrastinate ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/6 "2006-10-05T20:56:40Z")
[QUOTE=YaWanna] procrastinate [/QUOTE] Computer command to add dreadlocks to any current running process. contemplate ---
**Author:** ![naotalbah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@naotalbah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naotalbah)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/7 "2006-10-05T21:27:51Z")
any additional items included with the template. subordinate ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/8 "2006-10-05T21:41:42Z")
Any mass of explosive too small to be used as a bomb. Rectify ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/9 "2006-10-05T21:50:08Z")
Rectify: To put someone in charge of a church parish. Bronco ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/10 "2006-10-05T21:51:11Z")
Adding an orifice to a container to drain its contents. Bugaboo ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/11 "2006-10-05T21:53:11Z")
A definite thumbs down to any software feature. Delineate ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/12 "2006-10-05T21:57:13Z")
**exegesis** : former messiah ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/13 "2006-10-05T22:37:52Z")
Delineate: Remove the white stripes from the streets and highways. decry ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/14 "2006-10-05T23:41:56Z")
Decry: To dry one’s tears. Balustrade ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/15 "2006-10-05T23:46:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Decry: To dry one’s tears. Balustrade [/QUOTE] To drop off old ballast and take on new ballast. This was a frequent practice among merchant fleets in the 18th century. Prismatic ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/16 "2006-10-05T23:51:35Z")
Prismatic: A completely automated facility for the restraint of felons. Effulgent PS: Exegesis! Hee-hee! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/17 "2006-10-06T00:50:16Z")
Effulgent: habitually using the “F” word. brigade ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/18 "2006-10-06T00:53:50Z")
**brigade** : beverage popular with imprisoned sailors. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/19 "2006-10-06T01:12:42Z")
Hey, **pinkfreud** –where’s our next word? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/20 "2006-10-06T01:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Hey, **pinkfreud** –where’s our next word? [/QUOTE] Sorry, didn’t want to leave one because I might not remember to check back in, and I don’t like being accused of abandoning threads. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=2)