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Old 12-14-2006, 12:34 PM   #3181
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1. Informally, an apiarist.
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3. Hamlet, in his manic phase. The rest of the time he was a nottobeer ( q.v. ).


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Old 12-14-2006, 01:51 PM   #3182
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A mimic or impressionist.

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Old 12-15-2006, 03:30 PM   #3184
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God and Mary.

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A pathological condition similar to the narcissisum of small differences, marked by a compulsion to post nitpicks.

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Old 12-17-2006, 01:28 PM   #3186
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Hybrid word for a persuasive technique filling an intermediate stage between wheedling and kneeing. Also an epeeist absent from this board...or perhaps he's still here and just not moving, so we're not aware of his presence...epeeists are so often like that.

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A product designed to rid one of those annoying full tones immediately above A above C....

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Originally in an Americanised way (from Latin: ab ovo)

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A rotary device to distribute temporary fastening devices to tailors/seamstresses. See McCallahan's Compendium of Useless Inventions.

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Something which is less stressful than it seems.


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A highly specialized subfield of photography, consisting of the candid capturing of Shrek looking surprised on film.

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One of the the things upon which I fly around. ( It is leathery and bat-shaped, if you must know. )

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