Definitions by gnostic1

iDead 

n. New device from Apple that Steve Jobs must have been working on because he whispered it to his doctor.

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I want to get me an iDead.

That's a terrible joke. Steve Jobs was a saint.

iDead by gnostic1 October 8, 2011

hurry hard 

Exuberant exhortation shouted at the skips during curling sets at the end of each over just before the corn broomers put their rings in the house.

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Hurry hard! The shot rock is going to wreck on a slug!

You weren't hurrying hard; you were hardly hurrying.

hurry hard by gnostic1 October 5, 2011

hack 

n. two or three holes "hacked" into the ice at each end of an ice curling rink to give the sweepers somewhere to rest their brooms. Also:

v. what smokers do while curling, which is one of the few Olympic sports where smoking is allowed during the game.

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Throw some end-raise take-out weight and I'll sweep from the hack!

Hurry hard!

hack by gnostic1 October 3, 2011

synofile 

n. Much sought after synonym for thesaurus; usually applied to a reference work on a hard drive or internet server.

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Dude! What's another word for bong? I'm trying to write a song and the scansion here's all wrong.

Check the synofile, and perhaps try Urbandictionary.

synofile by gnostic1 September 21, 2011

vocabulotome 

n. Book, computer reference-ware, or smart phone app etc. that, like a thesaurus, provides synonyms.

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I couldn't think of another word for "thesaurus" so I checked my vocabulotome.

That is so last week! I'd have looked in a synophile.

vocabulotome by gnostic1 September 21, 2011

wordadex 

n. Source of synonyms; a book, computer file, smartphone app or knowledgeable pleonastic person. Similar to a thesaurus or synofile.

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Can you think of another word for rhetorical?

I'm not a wordadex. Look in the thesaurus.

wordadex by gnostic1 September 21, 2011

respirate

v. type of deep breathing one does after strenuous exertion; speech is impossible, facial colour is poor, and pursuing footsteps can often be heard.

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I ...gotta ... respirate.

Respirate! Not now! You can respirate on the other side of that fence.

respirate by gnostic1 September 20, 2011