BeefontheBone
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Inspired by the Mornington Crescent thread, I thought people might care to partake of another Clue favourite - New Definitions. With a name like that, the way it works must be as clear as when you're first introduced to One Song To The Tune Of Another, so I'll do my best to explain in less than 278 pages. Essentially, you've to provide new definitions of existing words or phrases you've come across - as we know, the meaning of words changes over time.

As an example, a classic Willie Rushden contribution:

Bidet: two days before D-day.

Or, how about these?

Smooth criminal: One who pilfers blended-up fruit.

gore: To induce boredom by banging on about climate change.

conservatory: an oxymoron.

Or indeed oxymoron: one whose brain has been damaged by sniffing spot cream.

Fantastic: Frozen fizzy drink.

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krammer
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I believe the game is properly called Uxbridge English Dictionary... but good idea all the same.

Some on the spot ones:
Reverse (v): to arrange poetry.

Refer (v): to give a new coat to a pet.

Decadence (n): what happens if you drive into a bus.

Decagon (int): Exclamation of annoyance on missing a bus.

Dodecagon (int): Exclamation of extreme annoyance on missing a bus.

Oh, and I think the correct definition is Conservatory: A campaign to save forests.

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Exceed - a plant.
Biplane - What a pilot shouts as he jumps out
Polygon - An empty parrot cage
Violin - A bad hotel
Element - A cry of despair

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while it's fun to make new sniglets, I'm not sure I understand why this is in "games" and not in "anything." what's the, uh, game? how to you play?


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Maurog
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These are not sniglets, because they are based on real words, with alternate definitions. As someone mentioned before, it appeared as a gag called Uxbridge English Dictionary in the BBC radio show "I'm Sorry I haven't a clue".

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BeefontheBone
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So it is. I am shamed

decade: Ant.

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Debasement: De room under de ground floor.

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Excited: blind.
Important: a foreign insect.

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vigilant (n): insomniac arthropod
report (vb intrans) (naut): return into harbour
starboard (adj): not entertained by celebrity gossip
preposterous (adj): not yet ready to be advertised to the public

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argument (interjection) - a frustrating misunderstanding

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eb0ny
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Definition - Death from the start (clarification).

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BeefontheBone
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sinister: A governmental posistion having oversight over gluttony, sloth, etc.

indeterminate (adj.): used to describe Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Mistake: To accidentally press the button on a camera.
Millionaire: Female radio presenter. Also Debonair.
Swiss Roll: A part in Rossini's William Tell.

EDIT: Bestowing: Making gravy (UK).

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Teacher - A chair, designed for tea.
Electricity - A city, where most of the population work with electronics.

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