Monday, February 04, 2008
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Have fun with a new word each day. I'll choose a word. You make up a meaning.
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How to Play:
1. I choose an obscure dictionary word.
2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
About Me
- Word Imp
- I am a children's author who has had a handful of books published by trade publishers. They're in book shops and libraries. I've also had a sackful of books published by educational publishers. These are mainly found in schools. I love words and that's why I invented this blog site.
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What I'm writing...
- Picture books in my head...
- Job applications so I can earn actual money.
- Boring stuff for companies to earn actual money.
- This blog
What I'm reading...
- Penina Petersen's Table Tucker
- Rereading my fave - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Mike Gayle's To Do List
- Any good biography
- The dictionary!
9 comments:
A binnacle is a small, hard-shelled creature. Unlike its cousin the barnacle, which lives on the sides of barns and eats straw dust, the binnacle lives on the sides of farm food bins and consumes dust from the grain stored therein.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Ah. I actually experienced a binnacle last November when we cleaned out the walk-in cupboard, which we hadn't touched for years, and accumulated about 20 binbags full of junk we'd bought 'in case it comes in handy' and never used. From this you may infer that a binnacle is a point at which large amounts of rubbish or junk are disposed of simultaneously.
A binnacle is the topmost part of the mast of a boat where the little flat sits and flaps.
A binnacle is the smallest of all sea going vessels, similarly sized to an average biscuit tin, though much deeper. The sole occupant stands up in it. Binnacles are notoriously slow, having no power except paddling by hand. Binnacle races over short distances can take inordinately long times.
Binnacles are the white half moon shapes at the bottom of your fingernails.
When you push the cuticles down you can see the binnacles.
Binnacles are very thick glasses worn by myopic people....otherwise known as milk bottle bottoms. Hence the phrase - "Let me put my binns on." I don't think they've made it into the designer frames age.
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Nanotech shackles invented by Apple Computer's Security Department. The handcuffs (shackles) use a binary access coding lock not visible to the naked eye. The brand name: I-Cuffs.
Available in a variety of gray tones and a limited edition Stripes design.
A binnacle is a special magnifying glass that professors use to see two of one object.
iCuffs is good!
Binnacle is a slang term for guys old enough to really program with base-two down-and-dirty code. "Binnacle Bill." A programmer from the early 60's. Not these write-it-in-English modern-day programmers.
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