a magic cushion which administers all over shiatsu massage
shiatsu
One of those annoying little fru-fru dogs we would all secretly love to step on . . .
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Hieratic
The fifth storey in a four-storey house
cisalpine
Anywhere out of reach of the ball and chain back in Rome.
snookered.
Sorry to break the rhythm here . . .
That was a good one, Clary, quick thinking . . .
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All right, as you were, Spendius' word is:
Snookered
convinced of the veracity of one of Snood's posts (which usually means the same as convinced of the bogusness of one of Ticomaya's posts){This definition will only have meaning for those of us who hang out on the political threads}.
elephant
The ghost who haunts the lift
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Bleary
Timothy Leary in his later years, when he decided that beer and wine gave more spiritual insights than LSD (Spendius became his disciple at that point).
embryo
a new idea which makes a moderate amount of noise
doughty
Not yet convinced
paramour
Someone who does the business averagely.
Blockbuster.
a pill to take away the fog induced by betablockers
harridan
The actor who plays Harry Potter (actually called Dan)
character
(I'm glad Clary took on harridan, that one had me stymied.)
Ahem . . . Character.
Someone who only pretends to be concerned.
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Bubonic
The state of a lady with large mammalian glands.
Ferreting.
prodding with an iron stick
kitsch
a very, very small room for cooking
articulate
Journalist submits his work after the deadline . . .
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Halogen
Informal greeting to David Petraeus
jerk
<way to go, user, you killed that topic: "jerk" doesn't lend itself to a strange definition, does it?>
okay, let's try "coruscation".
<somebody, anybody, please? don't make me feel worse than I do already.>
