Monday, December 10, 2007

Manumission

Manumission is great. It's the act of setting slaves free. I never knew it was called manumission, but I am a fan of freeing slaves. Your meanings were wonderful and very enjoyable to read on what's been a down day for various reasons. Thanks for the humour. And well done to Silver_flight who reached the top of the poll today.

10 comments:

Sara said...

Manumission is the technical term for organised football hooliganism.

Thinks! said...

Having failed to buy your Christmas presents by idly clicking at things on line finding they're out of stock, you have to actually drag your body round the shops to buy them instead. This grand human effort has become known as a manumission. (derv.-Mamouth or manual task).

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sandy shoes said...

A manumission is any part of the car that still needs to be repaired by a mechanic after your spouse has tried to fix it themselves.

Sandra Dodd said...

Missionary work by letter or epistle. Some people can't travel or live in "the mission field," but they help and encourage people in writing. The epistles in the Bible are examples, and many medieval scholars did similar things. It still happens today.

silver_flight said...

I think it's when a report or article is published, or an argument made, that is absolutely perfect - except for overlooking one crucial and obvious point that completely invalidates the entire effort.

Stephen said...

Manumission is moving the shift lever on a car to any other position. The term normally refers to manually shifting an automatic transmission, but it can be used with manual transmissions as well.

Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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Thesaurus Rex said...

Manumission is like genuflexion in front of the Theatre of Dreams for totally devout fans of a certain football team in the cheery North West of England.
Love 'em or hate 'em, you've just gotta hate 'em.

Anonymous said...

A secret mission for a military spy.

Unknown said...

Manumission is the general term for the recovery period entered by a woman upon breaking up with her boyfriend/partner/husband.

The particular nature of the manumission will be dependent on the character of the woman and may range from staying in with the cat and a good bottle of wine to rampaging through town on wild nights out with girl friends to the vindictive devestation of the ex's wardrobe/car/garden/new relationship.

lorenzothellama said...

Ooo Thesaurus you're in the right neck of the woods.

Manumission is Manchester slang for a girl's night out on the pull and to get bevvied up.

Lorenzo.