Tim Lodge
April 29th, 2008, 03:41 AM
Here are 19 totally depraved definitions of the word ULIPY, only one
of which came from my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a
public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline of
18:00 BST on Wednesday 30th April, which is
17:00 UTC
1:00 PM EDT
10:00 AM PDT, all on the same day
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
1: _obs._ to sadden.
2: to fizz; to bubble.
3: short cutting sword.
4: _Archaic_ sentimental.
5: [Chiefly Scot.] vexing.
6: an oilskin coat or jacket.
7: to talk profusely and idly.
8: having a U-shaped cross-section.
9: quality of being the final answer.
10: a morbid accumulation of fat about the face.
11: having a greasy or oily feeling to the touch.
12: the omission of words or lines in recopying text.
13: a creature of the deep Pacific Ocean, class unknown.
14: a computer programming language which diverged from SNOBOL4 in
1970.
15: tax avoidance scheme involving lending to relatives at non-market
rates.
16: an exposed, oxidized portion of a mineral vein, especially a rust-
colored outcrop of iron ore.
17: _Estonia._ political solidarity, conceived as distinct from (and
opposed to) Soviet collectivism [Est. ülipy 'brotherhood']
18: a West African percussion instrument consisting of three small
drums arranged in a triangular configuration and struck with the
hands.
19: distortion by stretching of the subcutaneous fatty [lipoid] layer;
caused usually by pregnancy but also can occur in either sex caused by
obesity ["stretch-marks" qv.]
of which came from my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a
public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline of
18:00 BST on Wednesday 30th April, which is
17:00 UTC
1:00 PM EDT
10:00 AM PDT, all on the same day
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
1: _obs._ to sadden.
2: to fizz; to bubble.
3: short cutting sword.
4: _Archaic_ sentimental.
5: [Chiefly Scot.] vexing.
6: an oilskin coat or jacket.
7: to talk profusely and idly.
8: having a U-shaped cross-section.
9: quality of being the final answer.
10: a morbid accumulation of fat about the face.
11: having a greasy or oily feeling to the touch.
12: the omission of words or lines in recopying text.
13: a creature of the deep Pacific Ocean, class unknown.
14: a computer programming language which diverged from SNOBOL4 in
1970.
15: tax avoidance scheme involving lending to relatives at non-market
rates.
16: an exposed, oxidized portion of a mineral vein, especially a rust-
colored outcrop of iron ore.
17: _Estonia._ political solidarity, conceived as distinct from (and
opposed to) Soviet collectivism [Est. ülipy 'brotherhood']
18: a West African percussion instrument consisting of three small
drums arranged in a triangular configuration and struck with the
hands.
19: distortion by stretching of the subcutaneous fatty [lipoid] layer;
caused usually by pregnancy but also can occur in either sex caused by
obesity ["stretch-marks" qv.]