Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Duumvir
A duumvir is a member of a board which contains two officials of equal standing. Well, that's my interpretation of the dictionary meaning anyway. I believed it's from the Latin. The wonderful invented meanings made my decision particularly difficult today, but Raelha was the final winner on the poll. Great work, Raelha.
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I know this! It's a microscopic orgnisism that causes diseases of the duodenom.
Duumvir (n) - A pine tree (Abies Larfus). This only grows in one forest in Sweden. It's unusual because it resembles two trees each growing at a 30 degree angle attached to a single trunk - sort of a natural "Buy One Get One Free" on Christmas trees. The reason for this is that the forest is in the shadow of a very thin rocky prominence, and so the trees branch off either side of the shadow towards the light.
Incidentally, yesterday's Wampee reminded me of the old "wumpi" text-based computer game. The wumpi was a smelly monster that inhabited a maze - I can't remember the full details.
duumvir (pronounced dumb-veer): a foreign cab driver.
It's the local name for a quiet, sheltered corner anywhere in Amsterdam to which tourists come for a bit of peace and quiet after having visited one too many 'coffee shops'.
Duumvir-An electrical short that causes sparks when the wrong cable is used on a battery or spark plug.
The young man tried to help a pretty young blonde restart her car. He was so dazzled by her beauty; he put the wrong clamps on the battery and the resulting duumver embarrassed him.
Duumvir - I do believe that is the name of Dilbert's distant cousin who hails from Elbonia.
To duumvir (vb) is to mistakenly change direction, in a literal or figurative sense, often resulting in navagational promlems and/or accute embarassment.
Example: Having changed the conversation to Sheila´s pregnancy he realised he´d dumubvired when she coldly informed him she wasn´t expecting.
Aargh, or even ´duumvired´.
This throws me into a total loss for a meaning. I didn't think there was more than two or three words with "uu"in it. This isn't one of them. Maybe this is a dumb driver that deviates from their orriginal course.
To duumvir (v) - is the substitution of w for v (and v for w) usually when a German or Indian is speaking english.
"Der, ve are going to be wery, wery happy ven ve get a new wacuum cleaner."
dummvir (n.) - a dummvir (Proper name: Dummvir Futake) is a vital germ for the human and the homo sapiens certiva (not civilized species of human; known to have the 207th bone: vert o humai). If a human drinks too much of this powerful substance, it may suffer chronic nose bleedings and occasional headaches, due to infestation of the body. The flavor is awfully bitter and strong; helps the intestine digest food more quickly. A side effect by eating or drinking anything else with this substance can result to asthma, bronchitis, etc.
A duumvir is a Defiantly Unsporting Utiltiy Motorized Vehicle (with InfraRed sensors).
Duumver, pronounced doo-um-ver, is a "do over" that flops.
Jeff's first golf ball went into the water hazard and his dummver went into the sand trap.
word meaning to come later.....but just have to say that I have only just been able to stop laughing after reading the comment from the mad fishicist from yesterday....i have showed it to my workmates who have been rolling around on the floor as well.....you really do brighten my day t.m.f!
dummvir:
An ancestor of deers, now extinct, that would run towards animals that wanted to eat them instead of away from them. Yeah, they were pretty dumb…
a royal attendant in ancient Rome
A Duumvir is is a gentleman that escorts very rich women to high society events.
A Duumvir was a piece of under clothing worn by women in the Russian aristocracy back in the day. It was similar to a corset, in that it needed the attentions of a dresser to lace you up every morning, but it had a secret pouch on the front of the corset that held a bottle of vodka. There was a straw that fed into the bottle of vodka that you were able to slip out of your bodice when nobody was looking and take a quick slurp of vodka.
The Duumvir is a title bestowed upon a percussive guru of great note. There have only been six in the last three thousand years. Also referred to as the High Priest of Rhythm.
duumvir - word uttered by sleep-deprived (caused by catching up on books 1 through 6 and then reading 7) Harry Potter fan when trying to explain plot detail involving Dumbledore and Voldemort
Mainly, I just want to say "brilliant blog!"
thanks vicki.b.
made my day.
Duumvir is a type of grog that was taken by Vikings on their long sea voyages. It had a distinctive flavor due to the Duum tree (a type of fir) sap that was used to line the kegs. Those who consumed too much of the liquor were said to be truly Duumed.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
I think this might be cheating on this one because this last summer I took a tour of a mint. They told me that Scissel was the left over sheets of metal that the coins were cut from. I hope they told me the truth.
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