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    Quote Originally Posted by magic_moose View Post
    Spectrum
    Spectrum - Commonly mistaken for a surgical tool.



    Stethoscope.
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    I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Palisadeur View Post
    Stethoscope.
    Word invented to frustrate Sylvester the Cat.

    Ingenue
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inquartata View Post
    Ingenue
    Amateur salop

    Salop
    Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabreur View Post
    Salop
    A dish consisting of equal parts leafy green vegatables and marine bivalves, normally served to alleviate the need for serving two seperate dinner courses



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dread Pirate View Post
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    To have taken an OTC pain-killer. ( Too easy! )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inquartata View Post

    Pagoda
    Italian patriarchal deity

    Patriarch
    Reality is the original Rorschach.

    - Principia Discordia



    ¯\(°_o)/¯

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    Quote Originally Posted by magic_moose View Post
    Patriarch
    The great grand-daddy of arches. Used to differentiate between constructions such as the Arc de Triomphe and lesser curved structures like a McDonalds sign.


    Curve.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Palisadeur View Post
    Curve.
    Numbah five dog.

    Five
    Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.

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    Resting for 5 minutes? Like taking 5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kalika View Post

    twist
    From the Hatfield-McCoy Redneck Dictionary:

    More than on'st, less than thrahst.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inquartata View Post
    Yonder
    The interpretation of Yodel Dreams.



    Gargle.
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    I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Palisadeur View Post
    Gargle.
    Elongated female fish

    Elongate
    Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabreur View Post
    Elongate
    To veto a change to a chess-type points rating system for fencing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inquartata View Post
    To veto a change to a chess-type points rating system for fencing.

    Fez
    Foreign exhange ztudent

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    Quote Originally Posted by thereom4 View Post
    Demutualization

    Chase's (the bank not the user) re-branding.


    Re-branding
    Do not meddle with dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by remistress View Post
    Re-branding
    What the rustler is doing to the cows he stole.

    Stole
    Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabreur View Post

    Stole
    Purloined vodka.

    Vodka
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inquartata View Post
    Vodka
    Video on Demand as distributed illegally through the Ka microwave band. Commonly used to stream porn to military aircraft via the Kepler mission telescope.


    Kepler.
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    I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.
    ~ Abraham Maslow

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    Quote Originally Posted by Palisadeur View Post
    Kepler.
    A proper noun, sure to earn a remonstrance from Inq.

    remonstrate
    Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabreur View Post

    remonstrate
    Frankenstein, 2.0

    coral
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