Sunday, July 15, 2007
Cloop
Cloop is the sound of a cork being drawn. Well, of course! Who didn't know that? Me, for one. But now you tell me, it is rather obvious. Interesting array of meanings on the blog today. After much fun and games with the voting process, I can announce that the favourite was the invention of Brian O Vretanos. Well done, Brian.
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Cloop is pronounced "Claw-op". It is a Dutch word, and is a kind of stew traditionally served at parties or other large gatherings. Each guest brings some ingredients and adds them to the Cloop. (Did you know that originally the phrase "Go Dutch" referred to an equal contribution of food to the meal rather than money?)
It is most usually found in the phrase "overspicing the cloop", which refers to the one person who spoils things for everyone else.
Cloop - collective noun for sticky things gathered together. e.g. a cloop of slugs.
"At the start of his day, Farmer Brown waded through the usual cloop of cowpats on his way to the milking parlour."
A cloop (n.) is a piece of string, wool, etc. that has somehow become tangled in a huge knot that, no matter how long you spend picking at it, will always refuse to come undone.
Cloop is a condition of the lower colon. People who have a dose of cloop tend to have rather yellowish and bulging eyes caused by the effort of trying to rid themselves of cloop. A good dose of prunes generally helps but if all else fails, castor oil usually does the trick.
A cloop is a small sail that used to be hoisted on the old tea clippers when nearly becalmed. It goes out beyond the tops'l and is used to give those extra few square inches of canvas. Hence the line in the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner: "The sun burned on from dawn til dusk and ne'er the cloop did flap..."
A cloop is like glue, as in being a third or fifth wheel, but hanging around anyway.
Missy was always the cloop of of the group. She often felt left out, but hung out with them anyway.
"Clo(se)" + "op(en)" = "cloop"
Pronounced "clope." (rhymes with "dope")
Cloop: (verb) the act of opening the refrigerator door while simultaneously forgetting what you were going to reach inside for. This is followed by the simultaneous act of closing the door and remembering the item that you needed. After that you would re-open the door and get your item.
A cloop is a loop (or repeatedly called or used sections of code)of a computer program written it the "C" language.
cloop (v)- to drag oneself on the ground using only the arms.
A cloop is fabricated mistery, a sort of scavenger hunt where each clue found leads the hunter in three possible directions, one real and two false ones. The false clues lead participants in circles back to the beginning.
Hi Word Imp,
For some mysterious reason, I can't see the poll today. Plus, I even refreshed the page like three times. Any idea why I can't see it?!?
Thanks for the heads up about the poll Aaron. I can't get it either! I went to the poll hosting site and couldn't get through so I think it's an issue there. We'll give it a bit of time and see what happens. I'll keep on it. Thanks. Sharon
Cloop - the little tab on one's zipper.
"Grab the cloop and zip up your trousers, Timmy, but careful not to get your willy stuck in there!"
cloop- the inbetween age after high school but not quite an adult...like tween, but cloop.
A cloop is a collection of chicken coops. You might wonder why people would want to collect chicken coops, but that just means you're not a chicken farmer.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Cloop (n) - A private investigator on retainer for the insurance industry.
The cloop is the person who catches you removing neckbrace to go headbanging at Ozfest.
Hi Word Imp,
I saw the idea about the book and silly illustrations of the definitions and thought I’d make myself available for the job. See my blog entry for a sampling of my work. http://thechindo.blogspot.com/2007/02/scallywag-sketches.html
Okay. Now, for my definition.
Cloop - A public pool that has a negative reputation for cleanliness.
Similar to the origin for the word Detour (Alternative "Route D" spelled backwards) "Cloop" was coined when "Pool C" at the Hillsboro Aquatic Center in Hillsboro, Oregon became unswimmably unclean through a series of unfortunate events. Apparently, a huge ball of hair clogged up the water filtration system on the same day that the first "all-toddler" swim lessons began for the summer. This was in the days before leak-free swim diapers, so the results made the pool less than appealing. Within the hour J. Troxell, the newly-crowned winner of the local park center's Sausage and Pie Eating Contest, decided to celebrate by performing his famous "Front Flip to Belly Flop" dive. As he clumsily climbed the ladder he caught his first full whiff of the pool's increasing stench. Determined to do his dive and unwilling to disappoint his fans he proceeded to the front of the board. It was there that he lost his... resolve. Suddenly ill and swooning, Troxell fell forward into the pool following through the air the contents of his stomach. Incidentally, Troxell fell in such a way that his body did in fact flip over once and land hard in a perfect, flat belly flop.
It took the maintenance crew an entire week to drain, clean, disinfect, and refill Pool C in which time, the events of the previous weekend had become well known throughout the town. When it reopened the following Saturday, no one would swim in, or allow their children near, Pool C. To this day Pool C remains crystal clear and clean, yet no one dares to use this legendary Cloop.
"It's so hot out here today, but I'd rather die before I'd take a dip in that cloop!"
hippo ' claws
CLOOP text message for- Coming late open outer portal
cloop is a linux kernel module used in Knoppix for compression.
cloop == compressed_loop
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