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snick·er·snee (snkr-sn)
n.1. A knife resembling a sword.
2. Archaic The act of fighting with knives.[Alteration of obsolete stick or snee, to cut and thrust in fighting with a knife, partial translation of Dutch steken of snijden : steken, to stab (from Middle Dutch; see steig- in Indo-European roots) + of, or + snijden, to cut (from Middle Dutch sniden).]
- blaw0
must be something in the water:
http://wordsmith.org/words/today…
- ********0
retromingent
- harlequino0
1. A knife resembling a sword.
Doesn't that make the knife a sword?
"Hey Don, that knife you're weilding there is larger and sure resembles a sword. That must be a snickersnee."
"No, you asshat! It's a f*king sword!"
- ********0
Viriconium, is a fictional city created by M. John Harrison and also the name of the cycle of novels and stories set in and around it.
- GreedoLives0
Holmgang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hol…
"duel on an island"
- tkmeister0
stolid \STOL-id\, adjective:
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily excited.
- jevad0
garrettwest \GARRET-west\, adjective:
Craving attention; lacking in IQ.
ie
"Stop being such a whiny garrettwest"
or
"Yeah that bloke is a total garrettwest...thick as pig shit."
- peteski0
retromidget?
- ********0
jevad \gee-a-fag\, verb:
Hypocritical, typical, British ex-patriot, jealous behavior. Usually brought on by a feeling of low self esteem or importance.
ie
"Don't give me that jevad look like that, it makes me feel like you want to touch my ass"
or
"You are as bad as GW Bush himself when you jevad me like that."
- detritus0
Pibloktoq
'or Arctic hysteria is a condition exclusively appearing in Inuit societies living within the Arctic Circle. Appearing most prevalently in winter, it is considered to be a form of a culture-specific disorder.'