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Started by Swatopluk, September 23, 2007, 11:11:30 AM

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Swatopluk

Mardenagen - slightly misspelled loanword from German (where it is 'Mardernagen'). It's an unofficial term for accidents as a result of weasels/martens/etc gnawing at crucial parts of e.g. automobiles (a literal translation would be martengnaw). For example a car crash because a marten ganwed through the brake tubes without anybody noticing before the brakes failed at the crossroads.

squirshing
(not the sound produced by a crushed squirrel, that's a squirrsheal)
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Griffin NoName

squirshing - the Ceremony of ducking the local landowner in the village pond on May Day.

squarshing
Psychic Hotline Host

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe. George Sand


Swatopluk

squarshing - bird hunt by brass band (play until they drop)

quorcumber
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

quorcumber - A flower shaped nose ornament worn in Outer Mongolia.


skiviplast
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Griffin NoName

skiviplast  - an inferior type of bandage favoured by hard-working families.

electionairing
Psychic Hotline Host

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe. George Sand


Aphos

- The process of choosing a candidate by throwing all the ballots up into the air and grabbing one at random

pristillation
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Swatopluk

pristillation - a chemical separation process that combines pestling and distilling (e.g. to exttact liquid compontents out of fat coal)

prencalize
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.