Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Madrepore
A madrepore is a kind of perforated coral as well as the animal which produces such coral. News to me, but so is most of the stuff I find in the dictionary. My knowledge fits in a box which is much smaller than I'd like to admit. I hope this blog will change that, if only slightly. We had a great turn out of invented meanings today, with a well-deserved win to Herdingcats. Great work!
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Madrepore is another word for paparazzi. This word was coined by the rich and famous as a joke. When they are bent on a story, the become "mad reporters".
Madrepore: The soft part of a mother's heart which makes her forget all the rules.
"She said I couldn't have it, but I found her madrepore and she gave me one."
Madrepore is the facility that insane people have in getting along with each other.
people who stay in their robes until 1pm and then finally get dressed only to put on their pajamas at 4pm.
'Tis said that when a woman be pregnant she be losin' half her wits. Countryfolk say she be a madrepore which be meanin' her brain bain't up to much fer thinkin' straight. By some miracle o'nature, when she's 'ad th'young'un 'er mind comes right agin.
Puttooooo!!!!
A madrepore is a perpetual networker, one of those strange breed of people who seem to enjoy small talk. Madrepores flit from one person to another at a party or event, engaging in meaningless chit chat about the most mundane things over and over and over again.
Madrepore (n) A plant whose seeds are used as a spice, chiefly in Indian cooking [Madras + poivre]
madrepore seeds are not particularly hot, but they induce sneezing far more readily than (for example) pepper. madrepore contests to see who can sneeze out the seeds the furthest are traditional in several areas of the Subcontinent.
Madrepore:
A vehicle that transports moms invisibly from one place to another therefore letting them see the bad things you do.
There is really no such thing as “mother’s intuition”.
Thankfully, I always behave so I never get in trouble.
Madrepore is an anaesthetic skin ointment manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Procon & Mordosh. It's advertised as 'Bringing complete relief from those crazy-making skin rashes!'
Madrepore - A victim of a scam.
Every time Pami Sami buys a coffee for $3.75, she unites herself with a growing class of coffee snobs and madrepores.
A madrepore is an amateur reporter who is new to one's profession and makes all possible mistakes, often making the editor mad.
A madrepore is a novice Buddhist monk.
Madrepore is a large pore on one's skin that makes it impossible for others not to stare. Madrepores cause many unfortunate comments like "I really like your new pore, um, I mean, purse Madge."
Madrepore is a very specific and extremely crude insult only used in the backstreets of Caracas against nuns over the height of 5'8"
Madrepore comes from a medievil term used to describe a particularly nasty death. The decesced would have been described as envoking a "madrepore" or "mad-reaper".
Madrepore is that sinking feeling you get when you make that connection with someone (rapport) you just met only to discover that they are egomaniacal non-stop talking bores. This is a Spanish/French/Basque word.
mad-rep-ore are stones thrown at your house by angry door to door salesmen frustrated by the fact that they spent two hours of their time discussing the wonderful virtues of their product, and you are going to "think about it" for a few days.
Madrepore was pottery made from clay found only in high mountain ranges and was used briefly during Roman times to make wine flagons. Unfortunately the porous quality of this clay meant that it did not retain the wine for any length of time. This had a serious impact on the orgies of riotous feasting which the Romans liked to indulge in, hence the invention of the wine glass.
Madrepore is a mythical island inhabited only by mothers. Men and children have been driven away as they just lounge around and not help :)
Madrepore:
A flightless bird. It is known commonly in byzantinian architecture and most noteably in the stained glass of france and italy. Also known as 'The bird of the silent song',it is now believed to extinct, having sadly succumbed to the pressures of modern man.
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