How about a word game?

[Poppy1]

draconian

LOL Stig

 

[Shade]

novella

(...where are you? Bring back the cryptic clues!)

 

[Poppy1]

novella

(...where are you? Bring back the cryptic clues!)

Shade, why don't you start a cryptic clue thread? I'm afraid I am cryptically-challenged so this is about my level.

 

[Poppy1]

armistice

 

[stigmaticman]

retarded

 

[steffee]

dactylomegaly

 

[Poppy1]

Not even in my dictionary! Study of terradactyls perhaps

Yucca

 

[steffee]

big fingers, what's terradactyls? creatures with fingers and toes?

abask

 

[pontalba]

kieselguhr

 

[Poppy1]

Oh my word (literally). Makes me want to say something .........small


red


(Probably spelt it wrong Steffee - it's a type of dinosaur)

 

[Poppy1]

(Probably spelt it wrong Steffee - it's a type of dinosaur)

Should be spelt pterodactyl

 

[steffee]

(Oh wow, I love this thread, I'm learning so many new words!!)

deek

 

[Poppy1]

I can see I'm going to have to update my dictionary - a lot of these words aren't in it ( it is an ahum.....mumble 1972 version)


kiwi

 

[steffee]

(Lol Poppy, I thought they became out of date after ten years?!)

ichthyomorphic

 

[Poppy1]

(I'm sure you're right Steffee - am just going to have to draaaagg myself into the 21st Century)

circumlocution

 

[steffee]

nanocephalous

 

[Poppy1]

schottische

 

[steffee]

eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

 

[Poppy1]

I don't believe you!!! Ten letters is quite adequate - you don't feel you're over-doing it a bit. Translation required please.

scaramouch

 

[steffee]

(it means "nice" I saw it while looking up something else, lol see the fourth post down here)

hat