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Word of the Day contest
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isa2
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Word of the Day contest
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Thank you again, Valentina, for choosing my definition.
Here is the new WOD that you can speculate on:
alectryomachy
Please send your wittiest/ funniest/ craziest explanations. But do not send the real daffynition.
I will choose a winner on Wednesday.
Good luck and have fun!
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10 May 2014
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JuliaKaraban
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Alectryomachy - is a word for an adoptation of a boy (whose name is Alec) in a new class: Alec try(-s is missed for better reading) to match (t is missed, it isn �t pronounced) |
11 May 2014
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sarguero
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"An electric machine" in Jamaica.
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11 May 2014
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douglas
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Alec try Oma chi (Oma is what you call your German grandmother and Chi is a kind of tea)
So it means: Alec tries Granny �s tea |
12 May 2014
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oumsalsabil
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It is the process of making a hand-rolled cigarette while you are very very angry ,because after paying through the nose to purchase this machine (the Easy Roller Cigarette Rolling machine) to do the job for you, you have discovered that it is nothing but a faulty product.
Alectryomachy is a blend of :alecto= from Greek meaning "the implacable or unceasing anger"+RYO= internet slang,meaning:Roll Your Own cigarette +mach (short for machine) +y: suffix to form nouns, meaning the action or process of.... |
12 May 2014
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