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PhilipR
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Word of the Day
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After the dust of the skirmishes of yesterday had settled, I was declared winner of this dubious word game. Anyway, here goes.
New word of the day: WINKLEPICKER
Please post your definitions here. Just to remind you, DON�T use a dictionary (or the Internet). The most humourous or creative definition wins.
PREVIOUS WORD OF THE DAY: Bombilation
Definition: It �s what Taliban commanders or other terrorist leaders say when one of their number has successfully blown up something - if they �re around to hear it of course.
Bombilations, dear (name of the culprit), right on target!
After that, they might sing a slightly adapted version of the song:
For he�s a jolly good fellow (3x) Which nobody can survive!
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30 Sep 2010
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SueThom
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Winklepicker!?! Where do y �all find these words?
OK, well, I �m not posting my 1st thought, since I �m sure it would (and should!) be censored.
After that, I thought about periwinkle--it �s a color, but it �s also a flower, so maybe it �s someone who picks bouquets of periwinkles.
On the other hand, I think a winkle is some sort of seafood, so maybe it �s one of those cute little forks--you know, when they put whole sets of cutlery at each place setting--the little fork that you pick up or eat winkles with.
Or a winkle could be your favorite uncle who always winks at you behind your mother �s back. But then, what would a winklepicker be?
Sue
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30 Sep 2010
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PhilipR
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Let me remind all of you that we are NOT looking for the real definition, so don �t spoil the game by giving the right explanation or copying from a dictionary.
The wackier, the better. Like the ones above for example. |
30 Sep 2010
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douglas
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Winklepicker.
As we all know Rip van Winkle slept in the forest for twenty years and awoke to find his entire world had changed.
What we don �t know is that some people knew he was there but chose not to wake him. They didn �t wake him because early in the mornings a very unique form of mushroom would grow from his mossy, overgrown coat. These mushrooms were very tasty and had an intoxicating effect. People that ate these mushrooms would return to the village telling stories of how they had found Van Winkle and how he was sleeping in the forest and covered with mushrooms. As this occurred more and more often, the townspeople began to call these people that had allegedly "picked" mushrooms from ol � Rip van Winkle as "Winklepickers". Thus the moniker came into the English langage to indicate a person that seemed a bit out of touch with his world and told tall, nonsensical tales.
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30 Sep 2010
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dawnmain
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the real definition is pretty wacky - shoes so pointy that you can use them to eat seafood. I used to wear them!
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30 Sep 2010
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PhilipR
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My own definition: A winklepicker is a modern troglodyte, usually terrible at reading comprehension, lurking on Internet sites to spoil the fun. Often has a ridiculous or nonsensical username. |
30 Sep 2010
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sarahjane68
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I am with dawnmain on this. As far as I know, they are very pointed shoes. Didn �t mods in England wear them back in the sixties? I remember seeing family photos taken at that time and the people (some of them were mods) in the photos were wearing them. I confess to having a pair of winklepickers when I was a teenager. They were so pointed they nearly crippled my poor toes but hey, all in the name of fashion! |
30 Sep 2010
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Poohbear
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Hey Philip, can you participate today, too...?
It �s a torturer who wrinkles the poor victims until they confess everything he wants to hear.
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30 Sep 2010
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millmo
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It �s a mystical creature that goes flying through the night grading all the stars, "T" standing for tremendous. Non shiney stars are called winkles and therefore all the shinest stars get to be awarded the "T" allowing them to T-Winkle |
30 Sep 2010
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David Lisgo
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Some people think they are special shoes for kicking winkles off rocks , but that is far from the truth. Actually it speaks of lewd old men who try to pick young women up. It �s a French word that is only used by men, young women call them "wrinkle pickers". "Wink-le-pickers are rich old Frenchmen who imagine that with a look and a wink they can pick up any young woman.
winklepicker (masculine): sugar daddy
winklepicker (feminine): dirty old man |
30 Sep 2010
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