# 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:** 7
**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 7, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/121 "2006-10-07T20:23:25Z")
**Sesquipedalian** : The seventh time one makes an offhand joke about a dinosaur. Asymmetric ---
**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, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/122 "2006-10-07T20:49:58Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Asymmetric [/QUOTE] System of weights and measures on the planet Asym. Marionette ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/123 "2006-10-07T21:20:00Z")
Term of endearment used by King Louis XVI of France to his queen. Guillotine. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/124 "2006-10-07T21:43:03Z")
Guillotine: an alkaloid found in tobacco that induces feelings of remorse in relapsed quitters. Comfortable. ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/125 "2006-10-07T21:58:57Z")
Comfortable–Able to be in or on a fort, compatible with being in or on a fort. Mendacious ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/126 "2006-10-07T22:12:36Z")
Mendacious - A a geneticaly modified variety of apple named for Gregor Mendel. Bibliophage ---
**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, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/127 "2006-10-07T22:17:44Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Bibliophage [/QUOTE] A “right of passage” celebration marking when a child receives his/her first library card. Conventional ---
**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 7, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/128 "2006-10-07T22:51:28Z")
**Conventional** : A former sidekick of Tim “the Tool Man” Taylor, who now hangs around conventions and signs autographs. devotional ---
**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, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/129 "2006-10-07T23:11:19Z")
Devotional: A Christian-sponsored golf tournament. **Anemic** ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/130 "2006-10-07T23:43:13Z")
Anemic - A new form of japanese animated art. Perspicacity ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/131 "2006-10-08T00:15:59Z")
Perspicacity - the amount of sweat an item of clothing can soak up before becoming saturated. Suppository ---
**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 8, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/132 "2006-10-08T00:37:08Z")
Suppository–a place where you dump all the things you’re supposed to do. Decoupage ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/133 "2006-10-08T00:42:23Z")
**Decoupage** - The undoing of a forceful government reform. Next: Cacophony ---
**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 8, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/134 "2006-10-08T00:58:15Z")
Cacophony–Sounds made by pooping. Ebony ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/135 "2006-10-08T02:02:59Z")
Ebony - Slang for an errotic e-mail. Heliotropic ---
**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 8, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/136 "2006-10-08T02:18:16Z")
Heliotropic–Adj. Pertaining to regions of the tropics inflated with a low-density inert gas. Diamond ---
**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 8, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/137 "2006-10-08T03:26:52Z")
Diamond: A set of conjoined almonds. (Also: Siamese Almonds) **Reticulate** ---
**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 8, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/138 "2006-10-08T03:36:55Z")
**Reticulate** – To speak the phrase “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” agnostic ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/139 "2006-10-08T03:39:42Z")
Agnostic - A large, chocolate-loving insect with the tendency to harmonise with itself. Gavel ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/140 "2006-10-08T11:28:51Z")
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