Jafje's definitions

Myriad

1. So many of something that they cannot be counted.

2. Something made up of many different components.

1. Myriad ducks.
2. The Dutch Deltas are built is myriad.

by Jafje July 29, 2007

Personification

1. Somebody who embodies something: an embodiment or perfect example of something.

2. A representation of an abstract quality or notion as a human being, especially in art or literature.

3. The attribution of human qualities to objects or abstract notions.

The definition pretty much covers personification.

by Jafje September 24, 2007

Brussel

Capital of Europe, (in English: Brussels). Language spoken is Dutch, the Dutch spelling is Brussel.

I live in Brussel.

by Jafje May 25, 2007

Puny

1. Small, tiny and weak.
2. Inadequate, not good enough to work properly.

1. A puny dick.
2. Like I said; A puny dick.

by Jafje April 26, 2007

Limburgs

Limburgs: dialect simmular to Dutch spoken in the Dutch province of Limburg.

"Ik spreek Limburgs."
I speak the Limburgs dialect.

by Jafje May 19, 2007

Trowel

1. A small hand tool with a short handle and a flat, usually pointed blade used for spreading, shaping, and smoothing plaster, cement, mortar or dirt.

2. A gardner's hand tool with a short handle and a curved tapering blade, used for making holes to put plants and seedlings in and for other light digging work.

So in fact it's just a small spade-ish tool.

1. Builders use trowels to flatten cement.
2. A gardner uses a trowel to dig SMALL holes.

by Jafje April 15, 2007

Obscure

1. Hard to understand: Difficult to understand because of not being fully or clearly expressed.

2. Indistinct: Not able to be seen or heard distinctly.

3. Unimportant or unknown: not important or well-known.

4. Known to few people: Unknown to most people, e.g. because of being hidden or remote.

5. Dim: dark, shadowy, or clouded.

1. An obscure passage in the manuscript.
2. Its outlines are obscure, but the object seems roughly cigar-shaped.
3. An obscure portrait painter.
4. An obscure object.
5. An obscure corner of the hall.

by Jafje April 5, 2007