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agagug
Canada

Word of the Day
 
I still do not know how to make this post stay on the forum for the time allowed for contestants to participate... Therefore, I post it again, but I promise this is the last time.
So, here it is again...
 
Dithyrambic.
 
Thus, according to �lodie who declared me the winner of the last WOD post,  here is what you have to do:
 

Try to define its meaning in the wittiest, most comical, or most stupid way.  If you know what it means, don�t tell us, please, but give us a silly definition of it, instead.

Remember, NO INTERNET, NO DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS � just ideas from your head!

 
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May the wittiest win!
Agagug

27 Oct 2010      





MoodyMoody
United States

Here �s my "daffynition": 

di - two

thyr - pertaining to the thyroid gland

ambic - using either of two (such as ambidextrous, two right hands)

So by this "logic," dithyrambic means pertaining to both sides of the thyroid gland.

Not the wittiest, but I �m a relative newbie to this.

27 Oct 2010     



millmo
France

rambic must be referring to RAMBO, "dithy" is an ancient word used to indicate someone that is a little crazy at times. Therfore, dithyrambic is a crazy person that runs round in a headband  trying to rescue innocent bystanders that don �t infact need rescuing!

27 Oct 2010     



arlissa
United States

di - two
thy - relating to the thyroid
rambic - relating to the character "Rambo" from the movie series of Sylvester Stallone

Then the meaning of "dithyrambic" is two thyroids of great power and large size (as Rambo �s neck is rather large and powerful).



27 Oct 2010