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Feb-21-2007 00:09

seersucker

it always makes me think of a well-dressed vampire trying to keep his cool on a beach in the Hamptons, and I have really no idea what it means.

Feb-21-2007 17:03

Kabobadoodles. I made it up, lol...

Pronounced: kuh - bob - uh - dude - uhls.

Feb-21-2007 20:27

sphygmomanometer

It's not the cuff that wraps around your arm but is the actual measuring device of a blood pressure cuff...I've just always liked to say it but it makes no sense to me at all.

Pronounced: sfig-moh-muh-nom-i-ter

Feb-25-2007 17:33

Hi SS

Baccarat was actually one of the favourite games of James Bond. It is like "pontoon" or "Vingt et Un" except that the maximum score is nine ("neuf a la Banque")

All cards 1 to 9 are worth face value. 10 and royalty are worth zero. Closest to 9 wins.

My own word is " Gruntfuttock ", but there again it would be, wouldn't it?

Fiddler

Mar-1-2007 11:32

My favorite stupid word: barfly.

Makes perfect sense when spoken, but ALWAYS looks like an adverb describing vomit in print.

Mar-1-2007 13:49

fwat????


it was in a book

Mar-1-2007 13:50

hmm something else comes to mind now...

Mar-1-2007 14:07

...Gruntfuttock?

Mar-1-2007 14:09

that sounds dirty FG ;)

Mar-2-2007 05:46

infidel

Mar-2-2007 05:56

I believe that's when you have a hoedown inside...