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    1. [NTH-ENG] Daffynitions
    2. Glenda R. Wilson
    3. >DAFFYNITIONS, >~ Allege: A rocky platform on a mountain >~ Arbitrator: A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's >~ Arson: Our daughter's brother >~ Autobiography: A history of cars >~ Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do >~ Backward: Patient rooms at the rear of a hospital >~ Baloney: Where some hemlines fall >~ Bassinet: What every fisherman wants >~ Belong: To take your time >~ Bernadette: The act of torching a mortgage >~ Brain: The apparatus with which we think that we think >~ Budget: A method for going broke methodically >~ Burglarize: What a crook sees with >~ Carpet: A dog that enjoys riding in an automobile >~ Circular Definition: see Definition, Circular >~ Coffee: Break fluid >~ Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage >~ Condescend: A prisoner escaping down the wall using a rope >~ Consciousness: that annoying time between naps >~ Control: A short, ugly inmate >~ Counterfeiters: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets >~ Democracy: Four wolves and a lamb voting on lunch >~ Diplomacy: The art of letting other people have your own way >~ Document: Repeating what your doctor told you in your own words >~ Dogma: A mother dog >~ Eclipse: What a gardener does to your hedge >~ Eyedropper: A clumsy ophthalmologist >~ Fairy Tale: A horror story to prepare children for the newspapers >~ Falsehood: Someone who pretends to be a gangster >~ Fission: What Huck Finn did when he played hookey >~ Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries >~ Flattery: Phony express >~ Grateful: What it takes to build a good fire >~ Ground beef: A cow with no legs >~ Handicap: A ready-to-use hat >~ Hanging: A suspended sentence >~ Hari-Kari: Transporting a wig >~ Heroes: What a guy in a boat does >~ Hunger: What the posse did to the lady rustler >~ Hypothesis: What a boy says to his father on the telephone >~ Intense: Where campers sleep >~ Jury: People who determine which client has the best lawyer >~ Laughing stock: Cattle with a sense of humor. >~ Laundress: A gown worn while sitting on the grass >~ Left Bank: What the robber did when his bag was full of loot >~ Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. >~ Midget: Center engine of a three-engine fast plane >~ Minimum: A very small mother >~ Misty: How golfers create divots >~ Multitasking: Screwing up several things at once >~ Nitrate: Cheapest price for calling long distance >~ Observatory: What George Washington asked his spies to do >~ Pandemonium: A housing development for pandas >~ Paradise: Ivory cubes used in craps and backgammon >~ Paradox: Two physicians >~ Paraffins: Found on the sides of fish >~ Paralyze: Two untruths >~ Parasites: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower >~ Pharmacist: A helper on the farm >~ Polynesia: memory loss in parrots >~ Primate: Removing your spouse from in front of the TV >~ Rampage: Section of a book about male sheep >~ Relief: What trees do in the spring >~ Selfish: What the owner of a seafood store does >~ Sesame: A seed useful for opening caves >~ Sherbet: A tip on a horse race or sporting event >~ Shin: A device for finding furniture in the dark >~ Skier: A person who jumps to contusions >~ Sleet: A slipcover >~ Stirrup: What you do with cake batter >~ Subsidy: A town underneath another town >~ Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them >~ Sudafed: Brought litigation against a government official >~ Sweater: A garment worn by a child when the mother feels chilly >~ Teenager: An adolescent whose hang-ups do not include his clothes >~ Teenagers: People who express their desire to be different by dressing >alike >~ Tenure: A year after nineure >~ Thesaurus: Ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary >~ Thursday: How you feel crossing the desert on a hot day >~ Trapeziod: A device for catching zoids >~ Unabated: A fishhook without a worm >~ Valorous: A big animal vit tusks vot lives in vater >~ Vanguard: A person who protects trucks >~ Violinist: A high-strung musician >~ Warehouse: What you ask when you are lost >~ Wholesale: Where a gopher goes to buy a home >

    02/19/2001 09:57:04
    1. Re: [NTH-ENG] Daffynitions
    2. Mikey
    3. Cheers Glenda, Some beauties amongst those. They gave me great chuckles and laughs, thanks. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo. ----- Original Message ----- From: Glenda R. Wilson <wrwgrw@earthlink.net> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] Daffynitions > >DAFFYNITIONS, > > >~ Allege: A rocky platform on a mountain > >~ Arbitrator: A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's > >~ Arson: Our daughter's brother > >~ Autobiography: A history of cars > >~ Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do > >~ Backward: Patient rooms at the rear of a hospital > >~ Baloney: Where some hemlines fall > >~ Bassinet: What every fisherman wants > >~ Belong: To take your time > >~ Bernadette: The act of torching a mortgage > >~ Brain: The apparatus with which we think that we think > >~ Budget: A method for going broke methodically > >~ Burglarize: What a crook sees with > >~ Carpet: A dog that enjoys riding in an automobile > >~ Circular Definition: see Definition, Circular > >~ Coffee: Break fluid > >~ Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage > >~ Condescend: A prisoner escaping down the wall using a rope > >~ Consciousness: that annoying time between naps > >~ Control: A short, ugly inmate > >~ Counterfeiters: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets > >~ Democracy: Four wolves and a lamb voting on lunch > >~ Diplomacy: The art of letting other people have your own way > >~ Document: Repeating what your doctor told you in your own words > >~ Dogma: A mother dog > >~ Eclipse: What a gardener does to your hedge > >~ Eyedropper: A clumsy ophthalmologist > >~ Fairy Tale: A horror story to prepare children for the newspapers > >~ Falsehood: Someone who pretends to be a gangster > >~ Fission: What Huck Finn did when he played hookey > >~ Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries > >~ Flattery: Phony express > >~ Grateful: What it takes to build a good fire > >~ Ground beef: A cow with no legs > >~ Handicap: A ready-to-use hat > >~ Hanging: A suspended sentence > >~ Hari-Kari: Transporting a wig > >~ Heroes: What a guy in a boat does > >~ Hunger: What the posse did to the lady rustler > >~ Hypothesis: What a boy says to his father on the telephone > >~ Intense: Where campers sleep > >~ Jury: People who determine which client has the best lawyer > >~ Laughing stock: Cattle with a sense of humor. > >~ Laundress: A gown worn while sitting on the grass > >~ Left Bank: What the robber did when his bag was full of loot > >~ Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. > >~ Midget: Center engine of a three-engine fast plane > >~ Minimum: A very small mother > >~ Misty: How golfers create divots > >~ Multitasking: Screwing up several things at once > >~ Nitrate: Cheapest price for calling long distance > >~ Observatory: What George Washington asked his spies to do > >~ Pandemonium: A housing development for pandas > >~ Paradise: Ivory cubes used in craps and backgammon > >~ Paradox: Two physicians > >~ Paraffins: Found on the sides of fish > >~ Paralyze: Two untruths > >~ Parasites: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower > >~ Pharmacist: A helper on the farm > >~ Polynesia: memory loss in parrots > >~ Primate: Removing your spouse from in front of the TV > >~ Rampage: Section of a book about male sheep > >~ Relief: What trees do in the spring > >~ Selfish: What the owner of a seafood store does > >~ Sesame: A seed useful for opening caves > >~ Sherbet: A tip on a horse race or sporting event > >~ Shin: A device for finding furniture in the dark > >~ Skier: A person who jumps to contusions > >~ Sleet: A slipcover > >~ Stirrup: What you do with cake batter > >~ Subsidy: A town underneath another town > >~ Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after > them > >~ Sudafed: Brought litigation against a government official > >~ Sweater: A garment worn by a child when the mother feels chilly > >~ Teenager: An adolescent whose hang-ups do not include his clothes > >~ Teenagers: People who express their desire to be different by dressing > >alike > >~ Tenure: A year after nineure > >~ Thesaurus: Ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary > >~ Thursday: How you feel crossing the desert on a hot day > >~ Trapeziod: A device for catching zoids > >~ Unabated: A fishhook without a worm > >~ Valorous: A big animal vit tusks vot lives in vater > >~ Vanguard: A person who protects trucks > >~ Violinist: A high-strung musician > >~ Warehouse: What you ask when you are lost > >~ Wholesale: Where a gopher goes to buy a home > > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Add a link to your website here, > http://pub23.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=1926973379&cpv=1 >

    02/19/2001 03:15:04