# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/21 "2006-10-06T02:05:41Z")
Since this one got skipped, I’ll rectify (heh!) the situation: Bronco – a company started by a certain [Cleveland Cavalier](http://www.nba.com/playerfile/lebron_james/index.html) **terpsichorean** ---
**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 6, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/22 "2006-10-06T02:07:24Z")
Stalwart: To treat a skin leison caused by the papillomavirus. Baroque ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/23 "2006-10-06T02:13:22Z")
Baroque: of a public house, to have no alcoholic beverages in stock. “Eagle & Crown’s baroque, Tim! Gotta go to the Firkin!” Clerestory ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/24 "2006-10-06T02:15:28Z")
Terpsichorean: resembling an eighteenth-century school of opera, whose stars sang under tarpaulins. Clerestory ---
**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 6, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/25 "2006-10-06T02:26:37Z")
Clerestory: The surgical removal of a pastor from his pulpit. **Gastronomy** ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/26 "2006-10-06T02:31:56Z")
Gastronomy: the art of identifying and stydying food from a distance. Mildew ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/27 "2006-10-06T03:17:21Z")
Mildew–rather bland mutton. Stairway– ---
**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 6, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/28 "2006-10-06T03:32:25Z")
Stairway – the dogma of a cult that asserts that enlightenment can be found through the act of gazing intently Piano ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/29 "2006-10-06T03:41:22Z")
Piano – the preferred study method of students who read their textbooks in the bathroom. Information ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/30 "2006-10-06T03:41:35Z")
Stairway - Old Scottish term for the appointed path of the heavenly bodies Cupola - ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/31 "2006-10-06T03:42:23Z")
Preview is your friend, **Civil Guy**. ---
**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, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/32 "2006-10-06T03:42:59Z")
Piano: A pasta sauce with a subtle flavor, involving cream, garlic, anchovies, and olives. Quorum ---
**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, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/33 "2006-10-06T03:46:34Z")
Oh, crud. I say we go with “information,” since **fetus** posted first. Noun, from the Latin _in formatio_. The state of being in somewhat regimented, highly-disciplined form. Bastion ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/34 "2006-10-06T04:24:44Z")
Bastion–load bearing statue of the Egyptian goddess. Stadium– ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/35 "2006-10-06T04:35:51Z")
Stadium–The most boring, staid element in the periodic table. Trapezoid ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/36 "2006-10-06T05:18:07Z")
Trapezoid – Having the nature of a snare Note to self: skip that ‘quick reply’ thing The coast is clear… Cupola ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/37 "2006-10-06T05:23:33Z")
An oily paste made from a cherub. **photosynthesis** ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/38 "2006-10-06T05:54:17Z")
Photosynthesis–the process of organizing pictures. Automatic– ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/39 "2006-10-06T05:57:23Z")
automatic–of or pertaining to food-vending emporia. platitude ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/40 "2006-10-06T06:10:13Z")
Feeling grateful for plates. **Euphemism.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=3)