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The aim of the game is to define that word. The word can be anything, english or not so long as its definable. Once you’ve defined the word give a new one for the next person to define.
example
Helicopter: A state of being experienced when in the custody of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch that usually results in life lasting trauma
Define: Pelican
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Is this kinda like Balderdash, or are we picking “normal” words to define with an unusual, Discworld slanted definition?
Pelican: The only safe place to store food or coffee in the offices of the Guild of Plumbers and Dunnikindivers.
Next word: Subterfuge
You can’t kill me because I’ve got magic aarrghh!
Molokov as long as the word can be defined somehow. Doesn’t need to be Discworld slanted but it would be fitting for the forum if it was :)
Subterfuge: a sub-terrestrial creature that survives on a diet of plant roots and can occasionally be found in the river Ankh eating the molasses like water.
Define: Cannibal
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Cannible: tinned fava beans best enjoyed with a nice chianti.
define:
harmonica
If we can hit this bullseye, all the dominos will fall like a house of cards…checkmate!
~Zapp Brannigan
Harmonica: weapon of mass destruction deployed by Americans in the battle against the English. Rumored to be a gift from the French.
Define: Raxicoricofallapatorius
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Raxicoricofallapatorius: Psychological syndrome only exhibited by certain British actors. Symptoms include a mild hatred for Doctor Who script writers.
Define: Goople
You can’t kill me because I’ve got magic aarrghh!
Goople: The kind of scruples felt by politicians and police officers – generally a warm fuzzy feeling that they are about to do something that the average person can’t and although they know it may be wrong on some level they still do it.
Define: Confetti
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Edited by Littleowl 7:13pm, 29 Jul 2008
Confetti: the always colourful and plentiful miscellaneous stories told by the average punter to front before a magistrate who “wasn’t there, didn’t do it, and has an evil twin he’s never met who is a career criminal”
Define: exculpatory
Exculpatory: People who go into poses regularly after a visit to an art museum featuring sculpture’s
Define: Zestifulificonics
‘in an infinite universe everything that can be imagined must exist somewhere’
Zestifulificonics: The exact time specification for earthworms digging between Europe and Australia by avoiding unnecessary stopovers.
Define: Gameboy
Gameboy: A young child usually male that has mastered the art of hunting from an Estate Game Warden.
Define: Freeloaders
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People who kindly and selflessly pack your shopping into your car for you without stealing things.
Word: Wardrobe
We’re on a mission from Glod.
Wardrobe: A specialized ward used by witches at sky-clad meetings that prevented anyone entering the circle if they were wearing a robe.
Define: Cardigan
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Cardigan: Enthusiastic bravado that masks a complete lack of tactical knowledge.
[Do your Crimean war history and you’ll probably make sense of that ;p Or just read Flashman at the Charge]
Define: definity
You can’t kill me because I’ve got magic aarrghh!
Definity: The exact time one needs to assume a form or shape in order to watch the ultimate point of infinity from the best possible position without allowance to wear rimless spectacles.
Define: glarp