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#101
96tbird said:
Mastication. It's chewing but sounds similar to something else and I always wonder which came first? :p
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I think it comes from Mastadon masturbation. Probably why they always find them covered in white stuff.:hiding:

trav·erse
trəˈvərs
verb
1.
travel across or through.
"he traversed the forest"
synonyms: travel over/across, cross, journey over/across, pass over; More
extend across or through.
"a moving catwalk that traversed a vast cavernous space"
synonyms: cross, bridge, span; More
cross a hill or mountain by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another.
"I often use this route, eventually traversing around the cliff"
ski diagonally across (a slope), with only a slight descent.
consider or discuss the whole extent of (a subject).
"he would traverse a number of subjects and disciplines"
2.
move (something) back and forth or sideways.
"a probe is traversed along the tunnel"
turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction.
3.
LAW
deny (an allegation) in pleading.
archaic
oppose or thwart (a plan).
noun
noun: traverse; plural noun: traverses
1.
an act of traversing something.
a hill or mountain where traversing is necessary.
"a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice"
a movement following a diagonal course made by a skier descending a slope.
a zigzag course followed by a ship because winds or currents prevent it from sailing directly toward its destination.
2.
a part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something.
a gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building.
3.
a mechanism enabling a large gun to be turned to face a different direction.
the sideways movement of a part in a machine.
4.
a single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points.
a tract surveyed by traversing.
5.
MILITARY
a pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire.
6.
variant spelling of travers.
adjective
adjective: traverse
1.
(of a curtain rod) allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod.
 
#106
edpal said:
Ninesixtabird - noun

And arcane animal which misses the meaning within edpaldon'tgetmypun's metaphorical ramblings.:D

Mastication - chew it don't spew it. Or just swallow.
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Ninesixtabird: one that is getting used to people in TB that don't punctuate properly and totally misses edpaldontgetmypun's meaning. Removes sand from eyes, reads it again, takes posters punctuation as written and goes "Oh yeah, good one edpaldontgetmypun!" :D
 
#108
fraublugher said:
Old Redd Foxxx joke

Female: " I've never given a BJ before "

Redd : " Ya sure , then why can't I feel your teeth?"
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Redd was the dirtiest dog before he went mainstream. I have an album with him and the woman that played Aunt Ester on Sandford & Son. Oh my, she could could talk some dirt too.

redd.jpg

Side 1 Men's Room Night Watchman:eek: War Is War The Rape Charge Hollywood Maid Westward Ho Guest House and others Side 2 The Hired Farm Hand The Cigarettes Shooting Crap The Organ The Bananas The Sweater Girl Lick-ady Split and others
 
#109
My father loved words too. He taught me this one when I was very young:

loquacious
1: full of excessive talk : wordy
2: given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous
— lo·qua·cious·ly adverb
— lo·qua·cious·ness noun

Can you imagaine a 7-year-old who is quite loquacious using words like loquacious when he speaks. The adults thought it was amusing and my schoolmates thought I was weird.
I am trying to be less loquacious now. I am learning I can be comfortable without saying anything.
 
#112
Did this come up yet?

u·biq·ui·tous

/yo͞oˈbikwətəs/

adjective: ubiquitous


1. present, appearing, or found everywhere.
"his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family"


synonyms: omnipresent, ever-present, everywhere, all over the place, pervasive, universal, worldwide, global;
 
#113
the wiki version
Mktrat said:
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u·biq·ui·tous

/yo͞oˈbikwətəs/

adjective: ubiquitous


1. present, appearing, or found everywhere.
"his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family"


synonyms: omnipresent, ever-present, everywhere, all over the place, pervasive, universal, worldwide, global, BIEBEROUS;
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#114
Mktrat said:
Did this come up yet?

u·biq·ui·tous

/yo͞oˈbikwətəs/

adjective: ubiquitous


1. present, appearing, or found everywhere.
"his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family"


synonyms: omnipresent, ever-present, everywhere, all over the place, pervasive, universal, worldwide, global;
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I love that word. Starbucks is ubiqitous here in San Francisco. I prefer Peets.
 

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