Friday, March 1, 2019

Almost Definitions I


From The Almost the Truth Dictionary of What Words Ought to Actually Mean:

Abandoned (v)  -  Allowed a formerly forbidden activity
Abominable (n)  -  An explosive device that can't explode
Adapts (n)  -  Smartphone software that creates merchandising messages
Baccalaureate (n)  -  A sack of leftovers from Laurie's meal
Balladeer (v)  -  Form a sphere with a buck or doe
Cablevision (n)  -  Electronically-charged particle in a taxi driver's blue jeans
Dangly (adv)  -  In a not-quite-damning manner
Declassifiable (clause)  -  A possible answer when asking a student with a sprained ankle where they are going
Earthly (v)  -  Lithening to thomething thecretly
Eavesdropped (clause)  -  What happened when the edge of the roof collapsed
Eclipse (v)  -  What a male barber does when a customer sits in is chair.






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