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 February 18, 2006
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muggy

(adj.) Used to describe the atmosphere when humidity is high relative to temperature. Nights after humid days tend to be muggy.
The muggy air made even the lightest of sheets awkward to sleep under.
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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.
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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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sputch

An onomatopaeic ("sound effect") word that can only mean something bad or unpleasant has happened.

An exception to this rule applies to the heroes in zombie (or other monster) movies for whom the sound may represent the death of an enemy.
"Where's the cat?" *Sputch* "Uh-oh."

"Die zombie die!!!" *Sputch* "I love the smell of dead zombie in the morning."

"What's that lump under the carpet?" *Sputch* "Where's the hamster?" "Uh-oh."
by Phantom Oddity May 06, 2004
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purple cow

The imaginary subject of the nursery rhyme by the same name.
I've never seen a purple cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I will tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
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vom

n.: Vomitus; The result of someone or something having vomited; A pile/pool/puddle/lump of vomitus.

v.: To vomit.

May be used in place of shit for most meanings of that word.
Danny's day was going well until he stepped in the dog-vom.
"Vom!" he cursed as he vommed up his breakfast.
From that point on his whole day turned to vom.
All in all it had turned into the vommiest day of his life.
etc.
by phantom oddity January 09, 2004
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