Fractured Etymology

~ Here are some intersting words found in the Pointmeister's dictionary with their equally interesting definitions:
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1. aftermath - When I had English class
2. bacon strip - What you see at an all nude girlie revue starring Miss Piggy
3. commercial - What Hershel's mother yells when dinner is ready
4. defense - de thing dat goes around de yard
5. derail - de metal thing a train run ons
6. detail - de thing your dog wags
7. discover - it protects your CDs
8. end all - the letter L
9. filmdom - not very knowlegeable about movies
10. finish carpenter - woodworker from Scandanavia
11. Gator Ade - food stamps for large reptiles
12. Hortense - what happened when the call girl was arrested
13. hyphen - how Tom Sawyer greets Huckleberry
14. paradise - two cubes to shoot craps with
15. pasteurize - where your eyebrows are found
16. retard - put tar on the roof again
17. sparrow - what you have when you spell "boook"
18. stardom - not knowing much about the night sky
19. Super Bowl - knock down all the pins
20. walking stick - used by Chinaman to stir vegetables and rice in pan

~ As the Pointmeister's dictionary is a rather large tome, more of these gems will be forthcoming.

No. 23

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