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May 01, 2014, 07:24
haberdasher
The dis- game
How about an-, as in

ANTIPHONIES - There's no NYC jewelry store any more! Now where are we going to have breakfast?
May 01, 2014, 11:01
<Proofreader>
People mistakenly thought inflammable was wither not burnable or only slightly burnable, so techies avoid using it to avoid problems. it used to be on all the gasoline trucks until a few years ago when it changed.
May 02, 2014, 09:08
haberdasher
ANACONDA - in Boston, without a raptor
May 02, 2014, 11:42
<Proofreader>
indecent: placed properly
May 02, 2014, 13:04
Tom
Oh....and here I thought indecent was in the state of falling.
May 02, 2014, 15:43
<Proofreader>
One night I said to my wife, "You're indecent."
She said, "Yes, but for once you're in decent, too."
May 11, 2014, 18:44
<Proofreader>
degrade: level a hill
May 14, 2014, 18:17
haberdasher
DISBARRED - removed the works of Shakespeare

Let me rephrse that: When a lawyer has been prohibited from not only practicing law but also from quoting Shakespeare, then he has been well and truly DISBARRED.

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May 15, 2014, 02:43
arnie
DELETE - the language of the internet.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
May 15, 2014, 12:22
<Proofreader>
celibate; what priests do at a birthday party.
May 16, 2014, 05:02
arnie
cellfie: self-shot prison mugshot.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
May 16, 2014, 06:22
<Proofreader>
cellfee: an exorbitant prison rental agreement
May 16, 2014, 17:42
haberdasher
SELLFEE - agio
May 16, 2014, 17:46
haberdasher
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:
celibate; what priests do at a birthday party.


Also,
CELIBATE - what the entrepreneur did to the fisherman
May 16, 2014, 19:46
<Proofreader>
quote:
CELIBATE - what the entrepreneur did to the fisherman

What the Chinese entrepreneur...
May 17, 2014, 10:09
haberdasher
quote:
quote:
CELIBATE - what the entrepreneur did to the fisherman

What the Chinese entrepreneur...

I thought if anything it-a would be an Italian entrepreneur...
May 22, 2014, 11:46
haberdasher
DISSENTION - to be of two minds (pronounced "di-sentient")
May 24, 2014, 10:53
bethree5
Cf Kalleh's recent post on Community Forum: "Age of Miss America correlates with Murders by Steam, Hot Vapours, and Hot Objects"-- a correlation not only spurious by DISINGENUOUS
May 24, 2014, 15:49
<Proofreader>
dispenser: To make fun of a deceased poet.
May 25, 2014, 18:40
<Proofreader>
define: make coarser
illegal: a sick predator
research: look again
undeterred: an unwelcome accident
unprincipled: a school without a leader
unapproachable: some New Jersey bridges
abnormal: regular muscles
appropriate: steal a Smartphone
community: inoculated against Marxism

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May 26, 2014, 16:49
<Proofreader>
semiconductor: boss on a tractor-trailer
biplane: flies both ways
May 27, 2014, 23:39
bethree5
Dispersion - against Iranians

Distinct - air freshener
May 29, 2014, 01:45
arnie
An abacus maker is counter progressive.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 01, 2014, 14:57
haberdasher
DISSOLVE - Andrew Wiles' vaunted proof of Fermat's Last Theorem has been shown to be fatally flawed

[edit - typo]

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June 01, 2014, 15:03
<Proofreader>
quote:
DISSOVE - Andrew Wiles' vaunted proof of Fermat's Last Theorem has been shown to be fatally flawed

Where the 'ell is the 'l'?
June 01, 2014, 16:44
haberdasher
Yep - you found it before I did. That's the reason you're the Proofreader !
June 04, 2014, 08:38
<Proofreader>
unbalanced: what happens when your wife reconciles the checkbook.
June 05, 2014, 08:31
haberdasher
UNILEVER - one-half of a pair of scissors
June 05, 2014, 10:15
<Proofreader>
unisex: masturbation
unkempt: to close the tents and leave
June 06, 2014, 18:27
<Proofreader>
tenet: how many dined?
intense: where did they sleep?
forego: how many have gone?
transit; what's the most uncomfortable position after a sex change operation?
DC: where did ships go down to?
June 08, 2014, 07:48
<Proofreader>
deceased:resumed operations
June 08, 2014, 18:50
haberdasher
Nah - DECEASED is "Made it simpler for the tenth time."
June 08, 2014, 20:42
<Proofreader>
Or it could be "resurrected."
June 09, 2014, 15:17
haberdasher
Yes, but with "dec" it's still "brought back for the tenth time"...
June 14, 2014, 16:48
<Proofreader>
degrade: Move to a lower class in school
devolve: What controls de steam?
June 15, 2014, 00:44
arnie
déclassé: Moved to a lower grade in school.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 15, 2014, 05:32
<Proofreader>
quote:
déclassé:

déclassé: frumpier
June 15, 2014, 18:15
haberdasher
DELEGATE - to expel a diplomat

DEBUT - to withdraw an objection

EXEMPLIFY - to turn down the volume

EXCESS - the efflux fro the sewer treatment plant

EXACTING - exeunt, for the last time

EX POST FACTO - to tear down a fence
June 15, 2014, 18:17
haberdasher
EXCELLiNG - now independently wealthy, and quit the retail job
June 16, 2014, 05:48
<Proofreader>
deform: what determines how you look in de bathing suit?
June 16, 2014, 13:29
<Proofreader>
unfounded: a lost child
underfund: reduce play time

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June 16, 2014, 18:21
haberdasher
REGRET - past participle, said hello for the second time
June 16, 2014, 18:23
haberdasher
REGALE - another windstorm, right after the first one
June 16, 2014, 19:20
<Proofreader>
belabor: If you not be management, what do you be?
homophone: a gay communication device.
June 18, 2014, 17:57
haberdasher
BELABOR - second-tier workforce

HOMOPHONE - what E.T. did when the movie played in Rome

RETIRE - After I quit working for a living I'm going to be weary all over again?
June 24, 2014, 15:12
<Proofreader>
undercurrent: name a fruit found at the bottom of the bowl.
June 25, 2014, 09:55
haberdasher
INTERFERE - I just buried all my phobias!
June 25, 2014, 11:41
<Proofreader>
buoy: opposite of guirl
June 25, 2014, 18:19
haberdasher
AGORAPHOBIA - the bane of bacteriologists: morbid fear of growth culture medium
June 26, 2014, 04:33
haberdasher
Do you really have all those phobias?
I'm afraid so.