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Loidiensian

Someone from the city of Leeds in northern England.

Derives from 'Loidis', old Latin name for Leeds.
Model Nell McAndrew is a Loidiensian.
by phantom oddity July 13, 2004
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cymru

The Welsh-language word for the country of Wales.

Variants: Gymru, Nghymru.
The celtic names for Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland were Cerniw, Cymru, Eire and Alba.
by phantom oddity October 5, 2004
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enasnimai

Exclamation uttered by insane people, or people pretending to be so.

(Read it backwards.)
Fred: You're nuts!
Daphne: Hee hee hee. Enasnimai!
by phantom oddity June 22, 2004
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tertiary

Used to describe something that is third in a list or classification system.

Follows on from primary and secondary.
'Tertiary education' in most countries refers to college or university education.
by phantom oddity October 13, 2005
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ginger

1. n. a root vegetable used as a spice. It has a bittersweet, aromatic flavour.
2. adj. anything flavoured with ginger.
3. n./adj. a yellowish-brown colour, tending to orange.
4. adj. a colloquial term used to describe people with red hair, who also tend to have pale skin tone and freckles.
5. adj. (pronounced with a hard initial 'g' and rhyming with singer) - as 4., but is used as a term of abuse. Sometimes spelt with an apostrophe after the second g to distinguish from the less offensive pronunciation.
6. (rare) adj. delicate.
1. Young ginger root has a milder flavour.
2. ginger biscuits, ginger beer, etc.
3. "The setting sun took on a gingerish hue."
4. "Daphne's hair was ginger, though she preferred to call it red."
5. "Oi! Ging'er! Too sunny for you?!" -- "Uh. Yes, actually."
6. "Fred crept gingerly towards Daphne."

Also: Compare red, 4. and 5. with black, negro and nigger.
by phantom oddity July 27, 2008
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Non Sequitur

1. Latin phrase roughly translating as "doesn't follow" (think: not-in-sequence), i.e. 'non-sequitur' describes something that doesn't follow on from the preceeding information or context. Often used as a form of humour.

2. Rotate the giraffe.
by phantom oddity May 20, 2004
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arsewit

n.: Having the intelligence and insight of an arse.

See also: fuckwit
Well slap me sideways and call me an unrestrained arsewit, I can't believe I've been so stupid.
by phantom oddity January 9, 2004
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