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bilby commented on the word depontipontificate
To throw the Pope off a bridge.
November 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word depontipontificate
Been there. Said that. See deponticate and depontificate. :-)
November 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word depontipontificate
Arrglumph!!! You guys said that?!!! *spins ears like maniacal weed wacker*
Wordie can be soooo annoying sometimes!
Blgarrh!!! Just when you're feeling clever it turns up that your underpants are inside out!
Although trivet only removed the Pope, and you threw someone off a bridge, whereas I chucked His Sceptreness off a bridge ...
*ponders*
Nahhh...
November 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word depontipontificate
Well, it's not a bad idea, really, though I'd opt to spell it depontepontificate. :)
Not to be confused with throwing a chemical company off a bridge, dupontepontificate.
November 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word depontipontificate
Ha! We could do lots of these ... coca-colapygian, 'to have buttocks like soft-drink bottles', monsanctify, 'to elevate a genetically-modified crop to sainthood', etc.
November 20, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word depontipontificate
Cool! We should make a list! I nominate you, bilby.
November 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word depontipontificate
michelinzer torte: a fruit tart with a strange, rubbery consistency.
chrysleriana: Schumann's recently discovered "Detroit suite" for piano
heinekenning: a characteristic feature of 19th century German romantic poetry
firestonewalling: to block an opponent's passage by erecting a barrier of old tires; the burning of tires as a form of civil disobedience during a gay rights demonstration
exxonerate: to display excessive leniency towards companies charged with environmental pollution
November 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word depontipontificate
go for a halliburton: to absquatulate, to pull a disappearing act after embezzling huge sums of money.
cingulairity: a communications black hole.
benettoner: multi-hued, all-purpose toner for color copiers
November 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word depontipontificate
aviscerate: to total one's rental car; alternatively, to steal the engine out of a parked rental car
November 20, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word depontipontificate
These are great.
November 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word depontipontificate
microsoftening - to prepare your customers for an average product by using your market dominance to ply them with inadequate ones for 15 years.
November 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word depontipontificate
fannie maedae - a distress signal from a mortgage lender.
November 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word depontipontificate
heinzswoggle - to dupe someone into buying counterfeit tinned spaghetti.
November 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the word depontipontificate
Good grief! Leave the page for a few days and all hell breaks loose!
Heehee.
So where's this list?
November 21, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word depontipontificate
See corrupted-corporates.
September 10, 2014