De”faux”nitions

[Ash Sukea]

Someone posts a word. Next poster gives a definition that isn’t correct but sounds like it could be plausible to someone unfamiliar with the word. Then gives a word for the next person to define.

IE:
—————-
Poster 1: Ambivalence.

Poster 2: What the hospital sends instead of an ambulance when you don’t have insurance. It may or may not arrive and may or may not go directly to the hospital.

Cardigan
——————-

Your Word:
Ungulate

 

[Sam Akuchin Wamm]

to move back and forth.

waterbear.

 

[Faustus]

An expression of admiration for an ursine mammal, e.g.
"Wow! Did you see that Grizzly bite that zombie's head clean off?"
"Yeah I know! Waterbear"

Clandestine

 

[zandelux]

Clandestine

When a person's fate has been predetermined by a bunch of Scottish Highlanders.

Disarticulated

 

[Kosmo Kittypup]

when you can't find the article you bookmarked that you SWORE you were gonna read later, really!

occultation

 

[Simo]

The state of mind one is in when selecting a stylish pair of glasses: "Lost in occulation, the fox admired a pair of Italian sunglasses."

scintilla

 

[Sam Akuchin Wamm]

when you don't got money.

catalyst

 

[fawlkes]

A compiled index of all feline species.

Euphoria

 

[Ash Sukea]

Euphoria

A 19th century feminine given name

Urticaria

 

[Frank Gulotta]

Urticaria

A fantasy kingdom populated by orcs, evil ivy creatures and thorn bush monsters.

Mercury

 

[ben909]

Curry made from mers

spaghettification

 

[Ash Sukea]

Obsession with spaghetti-based dishes.

Epiplectic

 

[Foxy Emy]

E-piplectic: A transference device for visual information uning an electronic medium.


Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

 

[Skittles]

A fear of Hippos dual wielding hypodermic needles filled with Dr Pepper.


Fløøf.

 

[ben909]

Bubbly cream on top if coffee or tea

magnetohydrodynamics

 

[Foxy Emy]

Fløøf: A high quality brand of Loofah.

Sanction

Edit: ninjaed! I guess @Skittles has to decide on the correct definition now!

Also magnetohydrodynamics: melting magnets in the microwave for SCINECE!

 

[Ash Sukea]

Sanction: Without action

Corduroy

 

[Faustus]

I was about to answer that with the actual etymology of the word! Damn I'm good! (It's from Cord du Roi, literally 'the King's Cord')
Okay, need a fake one now.

Corduroy - my friend Roy, the bass guitarist.

Linguini

 

[Faustus]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

The real story of this one makes me laugh. See, the fear of long words was originally 'sesquippedaliophobia'. This comes from 'sesquipedalian' meaning long or polysyllabic, but the exact translation is 'something that's a foot and a half long'. Then a journalist got their hands on it and thought it was funny that the fear of long words was itself a long word, but not funny enough so he picked two random latin-greek-sounding words and rammed them on, so the actual true meaning of Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is 'fear of a foot-and-a-half long river horse monster'.

 

[Ash Sukea]

I was about to answer that with the actual etymology of the word! Damn I'm good! (It's from Cord du Roi, literally 'the King's Cord')
Okay, need a fake one now.

I thought it was from Couer du Roy or heart of kings. Like you put a stethoscope to someone’s chest and you hear ‘zriff-zruff’ instead of ‘lub-dub’ then you know you’re in the presence of royalty.
...okay no not really.

 

[Foxy Emy]

I was about to answer that with the actual etymology of the word! Damn I'm good! (It's from Cord du Roi, literally 'the King's Cord')
Okay, need a fake one now.

Corduroy - my friend Roy, the bass guitarist.

Linguini

The sports car? I wish I had a Linguini!

Maestro!

 

[TemetNosce88]

Maestro: an extinct form of truffle that grew in orchestra pits until the late 1870s.

Reference.

 

[Ash Sukea]

Reference: to make something feral again

vestibule

 

[TR273]

Vestibule : (n) A piece of furniture dating from the late 18th century but gaining popularity during the reign of Queen Victoria. Used for the storage of vests.

Excess

 

[Foxy Emy]

Vestibule : (n) A piece of furniture dating from the late 18th century but gaining popularity during the reign of Queen Victoria. Used for the storage of vests.

Excess

Excess: Former lovers.

Example: Please don't mention my excess!

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