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The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:17 pm
by Zrip
I used to play this game on another forum I frequented back in the day: the Dictionary Game!

The rules are simple: the user above will give a word to define (whether it’s in English, Spanish, French, Swedish, Japanese, Swahili… or any language of your choosing) and the next user will have to post what they think it means or what they think it should mean. Example:

P1: Define ‘oxymoron’
P2: A super moron! Define ‘geranium’
P3: A disease that spread germs around. Define ‘kamikaze’

And so on and so forth. Words that are part of a fictional work are acceptable (eg: ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ from Mary Poppins). Also, they need to be actual words you can look up the definition to and not something gibberish like ‘dhfkjsngksnfujvbnkjdnkjsfs’. In the case of languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet (eg: the Japanese writing system) that's fine but please provide the romanization of the word. We are here to give meanings to words we assume we don’t understand— but we need to be able to read them in a script that everybody is familiar with.

Since this is a family-friendly forum, please keep your choice of words PG appropriate. Before posting a word to be defined you should at least know the real definition (or at least be certain of its rating). Also feel free to provide the actual definition but keep it covered in the spoiler BBCode.

Okay, I think I covered everything that needed to be said, so have fun! I’ll begin:

Define ‘hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian’ (Of or pertaining to extremely long words.)

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:49 pm
by Render
That's easy. That are monstrous hippos that draw like Salvador Dali.
(Did I do it right or did you expect the real definition?)

Define bungalow.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:57 pm
by ArcFlight
The act of bungee jumping from a height of 2 storeys of lower.

Define television.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:06 pm
by Zrip
Render wrote:That's easy. That are monstrous hippos that draw like Salvador Dali.
(Did I do it right or did you expect the real definition?)

Define bungalow.
(You're doing it right! The point is to come up with your own meaning; it can be as crazy and nonsensical as you want it to be! I already provided its definition in the spoiler next to the word [which is optional to do], so if you're really curious what it means just highlight it)

The all knowing eye of a higher being referred to as Teles!

Define bombilate

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:13 pm
by VEB152
Act of escalating with the usage of bombs.

Define "longeron".

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:27 pm
by Render
Longeron is the name of the snake-superhero also known as Snakeman.

Define Anatidaephobia. the fictional fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:53 pm
by Saturn381
A pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck.

Define pretentious.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:51 am
by ArcFlight
A tortoise that has not yet passed the age of ten.

Define onomatopoeia.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:19 am
by GeckoZY
Slang word for ATM machines.

Define Attenuation.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:26 pm
by Render
It is a technique to loose weight. I actually had no idea, so I asked Bing for help..

Define: INTERNET

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:38 pm
by hypernovatic
The inside of a net.
Define: Ziggurat

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:12 pm
by Saturn381
Someone who likes the zigzag pattern .

Define: Progenitor

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:42 am
by Crux
something that lays hard-boiled eggs.

define: 'Arbor vitae'

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:26 am
by Zrip
The official name of the HP bar for the Pokemon Arbok.

Define zenzizenzizenzic

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:58 am
by Render
That's your former username somewhere till you got sick of always mistyping it. You created it by throwing random things on your keyboard then copying the zenzi-part. Using Zrip now makes live much easier.

Define: Räucheraal

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:16 am
by kurowolfe
Another name for cherry jam, only used during the elevenses of the Greek bourgeois.

Define 'shakyou' (Japanese for hand-copied sutras or the act of writing down sutras)

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:19 am
by GeckoZY
What you say when somebody helps you with your braces.

Aglet

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:39 am
by Render
That's a word you can generally use for things you do not know the name of.

define: vasistas

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:52 am
by VEB152
Acronym for "Volountary ASsistance at Improving and Supporting Transylvanian Autoroad System".

Define "Canard"

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:07 am
by Render
A canadian friend.

Define: Uranus

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:16 pm
by ArcFlight
Saturn381's next door neighbour.

Define rotation

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:07 pm
by kurowolfe
Rotation is the act of sticking a stick into a Potato for roasting on a campfire.

Define 'scrabble'.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:11 pm
by hypernovatic
People crawling around on the floor.
Define:Pepperoni

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:18 pm
by Zrip
A Japanese demon's weapon of choice.

Define pun

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:25 pm
by kurowolfe
A 4-year-old's attempt of spelling 'fun'.

Define 'narcissist'.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:34 am
by Zrip
The assistant of a narcotic officer.

Define interfenestration

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:08 am
by Render
That's the tram stop at the stadium of Inter Fene the soccer club of Fene in northwest Spain.

Define Seedcake.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 8:44 am
by Crux
A cylindrical barrel composed of entirely compact seeds glued together

define refine

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 8:52 am
by VEB152
Process of creating an intricate lie for replacing an older one, just to get someone say "Fine!" to the most silly plans one can come up with.

Define "Nacelle"

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:09 pm
by Render
There is nothing to define. You just wrote it wrong. It must read "Na Celle" and is a german greeting to a german town ("Hi Celle"). Similar to the Austrians greeting their capital "Hallo Wien", often misspelled as halloween.

Define Xylophone.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:26 pm
by G'aunt_The_Overlord
A telephone for Xenon (Xe) atoms. :geek:

Define: Brother

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:10 am
by GeckoZY
A pirate's nuisance.

Define define.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:42 am
by Render
That's the opposite of refine, it's the process of making raw oil from gasoline, diesel, gas, HFO, kerosene, etc.

Define Gasoline

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:53 pm
by Zrip
Lines of comedy that involve the stomach and passing gas.

Define mytacism

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:13 am
by GeckoZY
Prejudice against improbabilities.

Define prejudice.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:05 am
by kurowolfe
Prejudice is a type of 9-faced dice used to play tabletop RPGs, manually hand-crafted in the small town of Preju, hence is sought after by collectors and players alike.

Define ersatz.

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:00 pm
by G'aunt_The_Overlord
a synonym for apple

Define Opera

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:11 pm
by Saturn381
Either lots of singing or someone misspelling Oprah Winfrey's name.

Define: Ketchup

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:16 pm
by G'aunt_The_Overlord
what you do if you fell back on your work

define pie

Re: The Dictionary Game

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:57 pm
by Zrip
A kind of flavor that randomly causes baked dishes to fly out and play electric guitars.

Define Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu
(The Māori name for a hill, 305 metres (1,001 ft) high, close to Porangahau, south of Waipukurau in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.)