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anticipointment
n. (posted May. 1, 2008)
vesel sink
n. (posted May. 1, 2008)
soil nailing
n. (posted May. 1, 2008)
hand-over-hand
n. (posted May. 1, 2008)
logbook lending
n. (posted May. 1, 2008)
extinction
n. (posted May. 1, 2008)
get-there-itis
n. (posted May. 2, 2008)
roller
n. (posted May. 2, 2008)
lollie booze
n. (posted May. 2, 2008)
liver-versary
n. (posted May. 2, 2008)
interrupter
n. (posted May. 5, 2008)
strap
n. (posted May. 5, 2008)
alpha roll
n. (posted May. 5, 2008)
buseum
n. (posted May. 5, 2008)
leaky crop
n. (posted May. 5, 2008)
kyriarchy
n. (posted May. 5, 2008)
mis lit
n. (posted May. 6, 2008)
winter soldier
n. (posted May. 6, 2008)
filler
n. (posted May. 6, 2008)
zebra striping
n. (posted May. 7, 2008)
sang
n. (posted May. 7, 2008)
head out
v. phr. (posted May. 7, 2008)
ghost in
v. phr. (posted May. 7, 2008)
lake lettuce
n. (posted May. 7, 2008)
sushi index
n. (posted May. 7, 2008)
sandbox sailor
n. (posted May. 7, 2008)
combat shower
n. (posted May. 7, 2008)
peopletician
n. (posted May. 8, 2008)
poofer
n. (posted May. 8, 2008)
crabs in a bucket
other. (posted May. 8, 2008)
cat-claw
n. (posted May. 8, 2008)
bump up suit
n. (posted May. 9, 2008)
car-fu
n. (posted May. 9, 2008)
hardening off
n. (posted May. 9, 2008)
rewilding
n. (posted May. 9, 2008)
brown gas
n. (posted May. 9, 2008)
nightstand Buddhist
n. (posted May. 9, 2008)
yoging
n. (posted May. 12, 2008)
short-and-distort
n. (posted May. 12, 2008)
podbusting
n. (posted May. 12, 2008)
night-out money
n. (posted May. 12, 2008)
meat without feet
n. (posted May. 12, 2008)
radwaste
n. (posted May. 12, 2008)
job and knock
n. (posted May. 13, 2008)
doodlesocking
n. (posted May. 13, 2008)
YAWN
n. (posted May. 13, 2008)
booth turnaround
n. (posted May. 14, 2008)
Bristol dust
n. (posted May. 14, 2008)
sideways market
n. (posted May. 14, 2008)
hung up
adj. (posted May. 14, 2008)
mouse type
n. (posted May. 14, 2008)
moondust
n. (posted May. 15, 2008)
Churchill
n. (posted May. 15, 2008)
water buffalo
n. (posted May. 16, 2008)
whale eye
n. (posted May. 16, 2008)
park
v. (posted May. 16, 2008)
low speed
adj. (posted May. 18, 2008)
table-pounding buy
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
wrench time
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
bottom fisher
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
tail swallowing
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
shed
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
meat glue
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
pink-sheeter
n. (posted May. 19, 2008)
burpless
adj. (posted May. 19, 2008)
God shot
n. (posted May. 20, 2008)
looner
n. (posted May. 20, 2008)
tofu building
n. (posted May. 20, 2008)
laborshed
n. (posted May. 20, 2008)
phlashing
n. (posted May. 20, 2008)
rambler
n. (posted May. 21, 2008)
polocrosse
n. (posted May. 21, 2008)
bite
v. (posted May. 21, 2008)
push-button
adj. (posted May. 22, 2008)
high speed
adj. (posted May. 22, 2008)
toke
n. (posted May. 22, 2008)
caravanning
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
hulidap
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
freemale
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
raisin bomber
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
EFP
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
brouse
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
spoil bank
n. (posted May. 23, 2008)
salary sacrifice
n. (posted May. 24, 2008)
disco rice
n. (posted May. 24, 2008)
squirrel-gripping
n. (posted May. 24, 2008)
put a building to sleep
v. phr. (posted May. 24, 2008)
upslop
n. (posted May. 24, 2008)
pass a bill under the hammer
v. phr. (posted May. 24, 2008)
posthole
v. (posted May. 24, 2008)
spin out
n. (posted May. 24, 2008)
zoochosis
n. (posted May. 24, 2008)
dink
v. (posted May. 24, 2008)
float someone
v. (posted May. 25, 2008)
puddle up
v. phr. (posted May. 27, 2008)
cash for keys
n. (posted May. 27, 2008)
slug pub
n. (posted May. 27, 2008)
catch a falling knife
v. phr. (posted May. 27, 2008)
flimsy
n. (posted May. 27, 2008)
race ring
n. (posted May. 27, 2008)
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Recent Catchwords
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n. (7/3)
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n. (7/2)
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n. (7/2)
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n. (7/2)
tranny
n. (7/1)
secular
adj. (6/30)
commuter trip
n. (6/30)
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v. (6/30)
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n. (6/30)
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n. (6/29)
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v. phr. (6/29)
mannyhose
n. (6/29)
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v. phr. (6/29)
gay-lister
n. (6/29)
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n. (6/29)
weird stacking
n. (6/29)
block busting
n. (6/27)
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n. (6/27)
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n. (6/26)
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n. (6/26)
 
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