# 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:** 5
**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 6, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/81 "2006-10-06T21:31:41Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] **earbud** [/QUOTE] Small aural spots from which ear hairs grow. jurisdiction ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/82 "2006-10-06T21:37:23Z")
Jurisdiction: The quality of a judge’s or lawyer’s enunciation. ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/83 "2006-10-06T21:38:38Z")
And the next word–salinity ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/84 "2006-10-06T21:47:27Z")
These are all stolen from the Washington Post: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist. 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men. The Washington Post’s Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. 17. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 18. reploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 19. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 20. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 21. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it. 22. I noculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 23. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness. 24. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. 9… Karmageddon (n): It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer. 1. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 2. Glibido (v): All talk and no action. **12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.**😃 1. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web. 2. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 3. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating. 4. Ignoranus (n): A person who’s both stupid and an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/85 "2006-10-06T21:59:31Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] And the next word–salinity [/QUOTE] The property of a seafaring vessel to return to port propelled by wind. Next, on ripe for the abuse: synergy. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/86 "2006-10-06T22:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] The property of a seafaring vessel to return to port propelled by wind. Next, on ripe for the abuse: synergy. [/QUOTE] I meant, the _capacity_ of a seafaring vessel to return to port propelled by wind. :smack: Synergy, anyone? ---
**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 6, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/87 "2006-10-06T22:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Synergy, [/QUOTE] The priests at a synagogue (cf. clergy). (what else could it possibly mean? 😉 ) asunder ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/88 "2006-10-06T22:34:19Z")
asunder: a chair serendipity ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/89 "2006-10-06T22:36:45Z")
Serendipity–The serenity that comes from eating a single-dip ice cream cone. Nimbus ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/90 "2006-10-06T22:47:04Z")
Nimbus: Segregated transportation for stupid people. **Precipitate** ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/91 "2006-10-06T22:53:22Z")
Precipitate: Verb, trans. From pre+sip+itate. To drink that tiny bit at the top of a very full glass before carrying it to the table, to make sure it doesn’t slosh all over. Marquetry ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/92 "2006-10-06T23:06:20Z")
**Marquetry** : The study of markings on birds of prey. Pumpkin ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/93 "2006-10-06T23:10:34Z")
Pumpkin–a tiny pump for doll bicycle and car tires. kinetic ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/94 "2006-10-06T23:30:46Z")
**Kinetic** : The study of moving cows. Barbarous ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/95 "2006-10-06T23:36:26Z")
Barbarous: the crimes of one Ms. Streisand. Onomatopoeia ---
**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 7, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/96 "2006-10-07T00:08:05Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Onomatopoeia [/QUOTE] The sound made when someone masturbates. brass ---
**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 7, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/97 "2006-10-07T00:11:11Z")
Brass: A chair made of ice. **Sesquicentennial** ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/98 "2006-10-07T00:13:50Z")
Sesquicentennial: a really old Yeti. Corkscrew ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/99 "2006-10-07T00:14:38Z")
Brass–breast support for feminazis Commercial ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/100 "2006-10-07T00:15:58Z")
Damn…did it again. Corkscrew–the major selling point for honeymooning in Ireland Commercial– [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=6)