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October 22, 2016, 17:22
haberdasher
The dis- game
quote:
Originally posted by Geoff:
DISASTER Pluck all the flowers


...compare lackadaisical
October 22, 2016, 18:14
<Proofreader>
quote:
DISASTER Pluck all the flowers

Reminds me of the woman who baked into a propellor: disaster
October 23, 2016, 03:54
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:

...compare lackadaisical
That's what the Duke boys were when Daisy Duke rannoft with a city slicker. (Now THERE'S a show you won't see again! Not exactly politically correct!)
October 25, 2016, 09:21
Geoff
DISTILLERY A form of agriculture wherein the soil is left unturned.
October 25, 2016, 18:47
haberdasher
DIS - the de forest primeval (according to Longfellow)

Reason for edit: Geoff is absolutely right!

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October 26, 2016, 07:57
Geoff
Shouldn't that be, "Dis is de Forest primeval?" And since de Forest is the guy who invented the triode amplifier tube, his first ones were primeval.

DISSIDENT One opposed to the chief executive or someone who insults teeth.
October 26, 2016, 09:01
<Proofreader>
Presentident: current chief executive, as opposed to previous ones.

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October 26, 2016, 18:11
haberdasher
DISCOVER - a distinctive shade of green that prominently decorated many dance-and-light clubs of the 60s and70s and beyond
October 27, 2016, 06:20
Geoff
DISTAFF Relocate a Welshman (Non-Brits may need to look this one up)
November 04, 2016, 08:56
Geoff
DISTEND What the shepherd boy does when Little Bo Peep shows up and his flock runs off too.
November 04, 2016, 11:13
<Proofreader>
attention: the condition of a taut wire.
November 06, 2016, 08:23
<Proofreader>
dismember: toss out of the club.
disjoint: vote against the marijuana initiative.
November 07, 2016, 13:08
haberdasher
DISGRACE - to forbid prayer at meals

DISARRAY - sometimes called a laser beam

DISARRYED - Put up yer hands, an' step away from the bar, an' nobody gets hoit
November 07, 2016, 16:04
<Proofreader>
dispense: insult the vice-president nominee
November 08, 2016, 12:53
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
dispense: insult the vice-president nominee

Word has it that if he loses, he's got a nice, cushy quarter million a year job waiting for him as the president of Ball State University in Muncie. Ain't politics lovely?

DISCUSS What Pense will do to keep me from swearing at Indiana's crooked politics.
November 18, 2016, 07:29
haberdasher
CAUTION - graphic imagery
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DISNEY - amputate at the distal femur (see DISJOINTED)
November 18, 2016, 07:30
haberdasher
DISARTICULATE - I never said that !
November 18, 2016, 11:17
<Proofreader>
dispatch: remove a pirate's eye covering
disputed: took away his church seat
distaff: tear down the flagpole
distrsted: let the testicles hang.

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November 24, 2016, 09:15
haberdasher
DEBONAIR - remove a Caribbean island from the map

DEDUCT - expunged Donald from the Walt Disney archives

DECEIVE - remove the filter

DEPLORE - arcane and very old knowledge
November 25, 2016, 05:26
Geoff
DEO Get rid of Oprah

DEAL get rid of Mr Roker

DECADENCE March out of step
November 25, 2016, 14:14
haberdasher
DEBRIS - 1. the soft cheese; 2. remove the soft cheese

DECLARATION - ...and take away that dry red wine while you're at it

DECANTER - a naysayer; for that one, nothing is possible
November 25, 2016, 14:27
Geoff
My take on it: Debris: Reverse your circumcision

Declaration: When Robert Shumann divorced his wife

Decanter: Toss out the singer or break into a gallop

I'm glad to see you're still here, Hab! I was afraid you might have defenestrated while you had the window of opportunity. Smile
November 26, 2016, 10:25
<Proofreader>
disdain: insult Hamlet.
November 26, 2016, 17:29
Geoff
DISINTEGRATE What white flight did
November 27, 2016, 09:57
haberdasher
DETAIL - take a banned book off the library shelf

DEIFY - remove all speculation

DESTINE - 1. take away the beer mug;
2. fire the songwriter
December 10, 2016, 17:14
haberdasher
DISPOSE - send the nude model home

DISSECT - attack a religious minority

DIRECT - my hairdo was a complete ruin after I changed its color

DIURNAL - able to contain the ashes of both husband and wife after cremation
December 16, 2016, 13:44
<Proofreader>
My wife mixes week-old leftovers with mayonaisse and calls it raunch dressing.
December 16, 2016, 14:27
Geoff
DISINTERESTED Now the banks charge you to keep your money.

DISCUSSStopping swearing

DYSPEPSIA When you switch colas
December 19, 2016, 10:03
haberdasher
DYSLEXIA - Clark expressed disdain for Superman's arch-nemesis

DISCOUNT - Monte Cristo sucks

DYSARTHRIA - R2D2's kid was a bumbling incompetent
December 19, 2016, 10:16
haberdasher
DIAGNOSTIC - there may be two gods, but I'm not convinced

DIBS - twice as much malarkey

DIAPER - one who imitates a second time
December 19, 2016, 12:23
<Proofreader>
Granada: feminine form of grenade.
December 19, 2016, 16:19
Greg S
Hey Hab - your last few are pure gold. I was thinking about how hard it is to come up with new stuff in this game, because there are very few DIS-words we haven't covered but your creative minds keeps pulling out new surprising ones. It reminded me of a couple of years back when I tried to create a new branch of words for us to play with using the A- prefix which is also often used as a negation prefix, as in Atypical, Asexual and Amoral. It didn't get embraced by too many others, and then it just popped into my head:

AMORAL - Morning blow job

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Regards Greg
December 19, 2016, 16:57
Geoff
Greg, I concur - which means either with dog or against dog. Not sure which is current, which is $75 per month. Anyhow, Hab's nothing if not brilliant. But so is this guy: https://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/
December 22, 2016, 03:48
haberdasher
DISOWN - the field after the birds ate up all my seed

DISAPPIER - more than twice as maudlin

DISTILL - steal the cash register (I think maybe we did this one already)
December 22, 2016, 04:46
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:


DISTILL - steal the cash register (I think maybe we did this one already)

Yeah, we did. Blame that German rascal! You can DISTill Eulenspiegel
January 16, 2017, 16:04
haberdasher
DISINTEGRATE - Brown v. Board of Education is hereby nullified
January 17, 2017, 08:33
Geoff
DISNEY Knocking Persian music by saying it's mickey mouse or goofy.
PS: A ney is a middle eastern flute, in case you were wondering.

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January 17, 2017, 19:53
<Proofreader>
desist:remove a skin growth.
divine: trash the grape plats.
January 19, 2017, 16:47
haberdasher
DISHEARTENING - removing the wool twice from a half-score sheep
January 20, 2017, 14:49
Geoff
DILUVIAN We got wet twice. Or was Lady Di smitten with some Irish guy?

DIURNAL So fat they have to put his ashes in two jugs.
January 20, 2017, 17:06
haberdasher
DIELECTRIC - automated craps

DIATOM - small molecule

DIAGONAL - it hurts twice as much
January 20, 2017, 17:10
haberdasher
DIVA - European go-go

DISABLE - need a lot more'n that to make a coat

DISRUPTED - has a double hernia
January 20, 2017, 17:57
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:


DISABLE - need a lot more'n that to make a coat

Not if you're the sable!

DIVAN A hearse

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January 21, 2017, 06:19
Geoff
DILETTANTE Give permission to your French mother's two sisters

Ugh... Working pretty hard at that one. Roll Eyes
January 28, 2017, 16:24
haberdasher
You think that's strained? Try making something clever out of DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM!
Umm, "Two kinds of flaky dough, each one laughing..." Oh, never mind.
January 29, 2017, 15:35
Geoff
Wellllll, it could be someone bowing and offering a salute in German while a trio plays woodwinds.
January 29, 2017, 19:02
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:
Try making something clever out of DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM!



What to shout while killing the Queen's husband while he takes a shower?


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
January 30, 2017, 13:41
Geoff
DISTENDCease paying attention to something.
Orrrr...

Opposite of proxend

Rats, no such thing as a medialend. Frown
January 30, 2017, 15:24
haberdasher
Rats, no such thing as a medialend

How 'bout "Friends, Romans, countrymen..." ?
January 31, 2017, 05:30
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher:

How 'bout "Friends, Romans, countrymen..." ?
...lend me your rears?"