Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Ooooo FUN!

I like today's assignment.

Randomly pick 10 words from the dictionary. DON'T look at their meanings. Write them down on a sheet of paper. Now you're going to have fun. Create meanings for those words.

So, without further ado, I give you...

Teribear's Ten Word Dictionary of Hick

Cryptanalysis (crip - t - an - alice - iss) -- What a grave robber does before entering King Tut's tomb. "My cryptanalysis shows the treasure room should be right about here.

Epiblast (Epy - blast) -- A contraction of Epic and Blast meaning one hell of a big explosion. "That bomb we dropped on He-roe-she-ma must have made one more epiblast"

Mahound (ma - hound) -- a singular possesive for a prize hunting dog. "Mahound over there is the best damn coon dog in three counties."

Marduk (mar - duk) -- a unit of measure used by duck hunters "Mahound got marduk than any other hound in the whole dang hunt."

Parasang (paris ang) -- A resident of Paris "She's a Parasang, lives on the champ lease a with a view of the eyeful tar."

Selma (sell me) -- A feminine name. "My great aunt Selma makes the best pickled okra in town."

Subgenus (Sub gene us) -- A lack of smarts. "He ain't too smart, he's one of them Subgenus."

Tottenham (tot ten ham) -- an accomplishment at the smokehouse. "He's so strong he can tottenham by hisself without droppin' any of 'em."

Vittle (Vi tul) -- Food. Usually used in the plural. "Can I carry you to the church pickneck on Sunday Selma? They're gonna have some mighty fine vittles."

Whitleather (whit leather) -- A measure of strength. "She may only be 4'1" but you don't wanna mess with her. She's tough as whitleather."

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