# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/101 "2006-10-07T00:39:58Z")
A shop that supplies punctuation marks and verb tenses. Serendipitous. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/102 "2006-10-07T01:00:55Z")
> [@Chez Guevara](#): > > Serendipitous. Having a nice voice and a flare for singing to your significant other in public places. Hamster-eaten extra answer for **Corkscrew** : Traditional drunken team relay of sommelier students. First one must uncork a bottle of wine, drink it, then run to the next player on the team, who removes the cork from the nose of his/her teammate with one hand, and the cork from his/her own bottle with the other. Rinse and repeat. Suture ---
**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 7, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/103 "2006-10-07T01:53:39Z")
Suture–Noun–compounded from “sue” and “couture”–“Appropriate dress for your court date.” Cholinergic ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/104 "2006-10-07T04:26:19Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Suture–Noun–compounded from “sue” and “couture”–“Appropriate dress for your court date.” Cholinergic [/QUOTE] Cholinergic: someone who sneezes when they smell lecithin. Next word: undulate. ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/105 "2006-10-07T04:41:41Z")
Undulate: Excessively tardy as a result of an inability to synchronise upper body movement with lower. **Blanketed** ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/106 "2006-10-07T04:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Undulate: Excessively tardy as a result of an inability to synchronise upper body movement with lower. **Blanketed** [/QUOTE] Blanketed: the look on the face of the senator from Massachusetts when the cops ask how his car got in the water. Next: agriculture ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/107 "2006-10-07T12:47:54Z")
A lifestyle which espouses the concept of humility (_cf._ haughtyculture) Antimacassar. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/108 "2006-10-07T15:15:21Z")
**antimacassar** A slender folk singer (or opposite of mama Cass) **abuttal** ---
**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, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/109 "2006-10-07T15:56:59Z")
**abuttal** : A remarkably long derriere. **renege** ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/110 "2006-10-07T16:16:07Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] **abuttal** : A remarkably long derriere. **renege** [/QUOTE] \*\*renege: \*\* To call an African-American an offensive epithet. Twice. platonic ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/111 "2006-10-07T17:56:36Z")
Crockery which travels so fast it breaks the sound barrier (_cf._ chezonic). Ultramarine. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/112 "2006-10-07T18:24:08Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Ultramarine. [/QUOTE] A really gung-ho member of the service branch whose motto is _Semper fidelis_. Left over after a simulpost **crenelation** ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/113 "2006-10-07T18:53:09Z")
Crenelation: The process of going bald. **Sextuplet** ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/114 "2006-10-07T19:01:13Z")
**Sextuplet** : When the regular meter of a piece of music is replaced by fornication. **Bicep** ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/115 "2006-10-07T19:06:20Z")
An edible saprophytic basidiomycetous fungus unsure of its sexuality. Patella. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/116 "2006-10-07T19:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Patella. [/QUOTE] A simmered, seasoned dish with rice, mussels, shrimp, calamari, and pate. Gutter ---
**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 7, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/117 "2006-10-07T19:58:29Z")
Gutter–Noun: 1. One who removes internal organs from a person or animal. 2. One who removes the main substance from the interior of anything. Nasolabial ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/118 "2006-10-07T20:05:30Z")
Nasolabial: Of land mammals, the process used to determine if the female is ready for mating. **Crochet** ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/119 "2006-10-07T20:14:41Z")
A bird that feeds in my garden. 🆒 Cauterise. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/120 "2006-10-07T20:21:32Z")
**Cauterize** : To greet someone with a hearty, “Hey Mr. K, howya doon!” Sesquipedalian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=7)