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    The English Language: Some Definitions

    Avoidable \uh-voy'-duh-buhl\: What a bullfighter tries to do.

    Baloney \buh-lo'-nee\: Where some hemlines fall

    Bernadette \burn'-a-det\: The act of torching a mortgage

    Burglarize \bur'-gler-ize\: What a crook sees with

    Control \kon-trol'\: A short, ugly inmate

    Counterfeiters \kown-ter-fit-ers \: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets

    Eclipse \i-klips'\: what an English barber does for a living

    Eyedropper \i'-drop-ur\: a clumsy ophthalmologist

    Heroes \hee'-rhos\: what a guy in a boat does

    Left Bank \left' bangk'\: what the robber did when his bag was full of loot

    Misty \mis'-tee\: How golfers create divots

    Paradox \par'-u-doks\: two physicians

    Parasites \par'-uh-sites\: what you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

    Pharmacist \farm'-uh-sist\: a helper on the farm

    Polarize \po'-lur-ize\: what penguins see with

    Primate \pri'-mat\: removing your spouse from in front of the TV

    Relief \ree-leef'\: what trees do in the spring

    Rubberneck \rub'-er-nek\: what you do to relax your wife

    Seamstress \seem'-stres\: describes 250 pounds in a size six

    Selfish \sel'-fish\: what the owner of a seafood store does

    Subdued \sub-dood'\: like, a guy, like, works on one of those, like, submarines, man

    Sudafed \sood'-a-fed\: bringing litigation against a government official

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    I love these sorts of things - Especially on 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue'

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    Uxbridge English Dictionary - Online Edition

    Spent too long on some IRC channels doing this.

    I'm just listening to ISAHC volumes 9-11 whilst doing some work too ... talk about coincidence.

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    Is it my imagination, or did we see a lot less of Samantha this series?

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    Quote Originally Posted by theriver View Post
    Is it my imagination, or did we see a lot less of Samantha this series?
    Yes ... I could not see as much of Samantha as normal as they have her wearing longer skirts.
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