# 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:** 8
**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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/141 "2006-10-08T17:32:36Z")
Galvanic–Adj. From Gal + van + ic. Pertaining to or similar to a large automotive vehicle that seems to be decorated or constructed in a way that’s often construed as feminine. Anodized ---
**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 9, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/142 "2006-10-09T16:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Anodized [/QUOTE] The assassination of someone who disagrees with you during a debate. Pinball ---
**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 9, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/143 "2006-10-09T16:26:58Z")
Pinball - A device like a magic eight ball used to generate random pin numbers for accounts. Ephemeral ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/144 "2006-10-09T16:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Pinball - A device like a magic eight ball used to generate random pin numbers for accounts. Ephemeral [/QUOTE] Ephemeral - An effete number. Conestoga. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/145 "2006-10-09T16:52:39Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Conestoga. [/QUOTE] Fan-wear commonly seen at cons, combining appreciation for _Animal House_ and _Coneheads_. Burrito ---
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[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Fan-wear commonly seen at cons, combining appreciation for _Animal House_ and _Coneheads_. Burrito [/QUOTE] **Burrito:** What they say when it gets cold, but only a little bit, in Bolivia. (sorry) 😛 aquifer ---
**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 9, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/147 "2006-10-09T18:43:11Z")
**aquifer** : The hair on an otter or seal. Banal ---
**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 9, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/148 "2006-10-09T19:52:24Z")
Aquifer – pronounced ah-Quawfer - A Cajun term for a lady’s fancy hairdo. Banal – The phrase uttered by most Texas school boards when the library gets some new books. Mephistophelean ---
**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 9, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/149 "2006-10-09T22:36:08Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Mephistophelean [/QUOTE] : pronounced meth-is-top-helean, the street call of meth vendors in old New Jersey. Polywog ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/150 "2006-10-09T22:49:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless] Polywog [/QUOTE] **Polywog:** A group of cavemen. (If you’d spelled it “pollywog,” it would have been a caveman’s talking bird ;)) Eulogy. ---
**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 9, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/151 "2006-10-09T22:58:28Z")
Polywog - A female blow up doll in Australia. Jackaroo ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/152 "2006-10-09T23:06:52Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Polywog - A female blow up doll in Australia. Jackaroo [/QUOTE] 1. I beat you to “polywog.” 😉 2. **Jackaroo:** Since we’re in Australia…mechanical device for extracting kangaroo semen for use in artificial insemination. 3. Next word: Champagne. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/153 "2006-10-09T23:10:34Z")
Champagne–the lessor discomfort suffered by the victor of an athletic contest. Impersonate– ---
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Impersonate: Verb, trans. To turn a non-human into a human. For example, Pinocchio was impersonated. (Originally spelled “empersonated,” changed to “impersonated” by popular usage.) Eulogy’s still out there. So, I’ll do that one, too. Eulogy: Noun: The art or science of keeping a good, complete, well-written and informative diary or log. Cerulean ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/155 "2006-10-10T02:52:15Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Cerulean [/QUOTE] **cerulean:** A logical device whereby one ascertains facts about wax using operators such as AND, OR and IF. credenza ---
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Credenza–a small gift or downpayment given at the closing of a contract as a sign of good faith; earnest money. (“Credenza” shares the same root as the words “credence” and “credible.”) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/157 "2006-10-10T02:59:08Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Credenza–a small gift or downpayment given at the closing of a contract as a sign of good faith; earnest money. (“Credenza” shares the same root as the words “credence” and “credible.”) [/QUOTE] Dude…new word? It’s as if we were in the middle of a great ping-pong rally and you suddenly just caught the ball in your hand. 😕 ---
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Oh, right. And a new word: Dappled ---
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Sorry about that. I realized that I’d left out a new word as soon as I’d posted my definition. It took me a few minutes to think of a good one. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366/160 "2006-10-10T03:08:34Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Oh, right. And a new word: Dappled [/QUOTE] dappled: A specimen of _pyrus malus_. In evening wear. subsistence [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefinitions-a-game/375366.md?page=9)