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Prarapapumpum...

Ho hum de dum...

collogue \kuh-LOHG\, verb:

To confer secretly.

There will be none of that here! I am anti-colloguers...

Another late night.

hobson jobson \HOB-suhn-JOB-suhn\, noun:

The alteration of a word borrowed from a foreign language to accord more closely with the linguistic patterns of the borrowing language.

A great night at 17 Oban road with J&B&C
"This is a tasty Burger."

way to go...

odoriferous \oh-duh-RIF-er-uhs\, adjective:

Yielding or diffusing an odor.

Well something that is not at all odiferous is the glory of having sold 15 copies of my Darlings Book!

(1)6-teen men on a dead mans chest...

holus-bolus \HOH-luhs-BOH-luhs\, verb:

To cleanse.
I think this is from two or three days ago, 13 August 2011; what can you do?

It is a strange, strange world...

...But I love it

Anti-depressives are keeping me going right now...

yebo yes

B is here and the Watsons are far away.

I am as happy as Larry!

And I say...

amaranthine \am-uh-RAN-thin\, adjective:

1. Unfading; everlasting.
2. Of or like the amaranth flower.
3. Of purplish-red color.

My faith is amaranthine; like planting potatoes in the winelands.

Tsk! Tsk!

chaptalize \SHAP-tuh-lahyz\, verb:

To increase the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar.

I like my wine chaptalized!

I am what I am...

moxie \MOK-see\, noun:

1. Vigor; verve; pep.
2. Courage and aggressiveness.
3. Skill; know-how.

I have never been a moxie boxer, like Sugar Ray Leonard - the man with the silver streak...

Words mean everything

overslaugh \OH-ver-slaw\, verb:

To pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.

I would never overslaugh another

Fracking...

We are fracking in the study, not quite like they frack in the Karoo; it is a tidy messy job, or a messy tidy job.

aesopian \ee-SOH-pee-uhn\, adjective:

1. Conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like.
2. Pertaining to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables.

Well that has nothing to do with Aesop, or any of his cannonies. A good thing to do with your garbage, and certainly not aesopian.

Is one big corn bite?

hacienda \hah-see-EN-duh\, noun:

A large estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.

You know the other day, I had a really big tequila...in my dreams!

And I never supposed that Chris de Burgh had any evil intent regarding his song about the Lord and the Devil.

Am I the music man?

8 more sleeps and my Lady in red will be here!

melismatic \mi-liz-MA-tik\, adjective:

Characterized by the singing of several notes to one syllable of text, for emotional impact, as in blues and other musical styles.