The Apihna World Dictionary


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Dactyl (n):prehistoric bird's arse.
Dallas:what a Jamaican calls his daughter.
Dandelion (n):a large, trendy feline-about-town.
Deacon:unrecidivise a prisoner.
Death:to remove an ath (cf. Michael Erstone).
Debar:a room in an Irish pub.
Debark:the noise of an Irish dog.
Debit:the small part of something in Ireland.
Debriefs:an Irish pair of pants.
Debris (n):ceremonial reattachment of foreskin.
Debugger:an unpleasant Irishman.
Deceased:1. reanimated; a reanimated corpse, one risen from the dead, a vampire.  2. a double negative meaning to carry on with what you were doing.
Decelerated:the way I prefer salad.
Decellarate:fetch the wine.
Decide:to become impartial.
Decrease:whatta the Italian has upa de front ofa hees besta pants.
Deduction:the removal of another nobleman (see Circumcision, Countdown, Discount, Regicide).
Defenestrate (vt):1. the act of installing linux.  2. the act of abolishing all Intel-designed-CPU boxes, for example as has always been the situation at the Kent-based establishment known as "Château John".
Define:to withdraw a demand for monetary compensation for illegal activities.
Delicatessen (n):1. an easily breakable purveyor of cured and smoked meats  2. where Germans go to eat curried felines.
Delight:to extinguish a candle.
Demand:to have had a sex change, from male to female.
Demise:to make a rich person very generous.
Denislaw:a law of nature by which one's downfall is brought about by a once-favoured son.
Denominator:person who proposes a candidate for election.
Departmental:leucotomy.
Dependant (n):small social insect with strong swimming skills.
Dervish (adj; probably mainly Leftpondian):rather like diesel oil.
Descend (vi):to reach down to the floor in order to pick up a pen that has rolled off the edge of your table
Describe:deprive a king of his historian.
Deserve:to remove all food and cutlery from a table.
Desisted:state of having one's female sibling run off with the milkman.
Desive:what de dyslexic Yankee carpenter uses to hold de wood for sawing.
Device:1. what de carpenter uses to hold de wood for sawing  2. how the carpenter releases wood, once sawn.
Devise:what de Yankee carpenter uses to hold de wood for sawing.
Devolution (n):the process by which the Alphabet People decided on their own that the letter "d" should lose some of its curliness when made upper-case.
Diagnosis (n):failure to understand what's wrong with the patient, despite a second medical opinion. {ety: di- *two* + a- *not, negation* + gnosis *knowledge*}
Diagnostic (n arch.):1. a test to support a claim that the accused ought to be burnt for heresy.  2. a person uncertain of the answer to two questions.  3. a repetitive muscle spasm caused by the suspense of waiting to hear what the doctor says.  4. a crossword puzzle with no horizontal and/or vertical clues.
Diarrhoea (US diarrhea):pelling invented by teachers to catch out kids who forge sick notes.
Dicey die (n):rather posh barn dance move.
Dichotomy:the cradle of the Welsh.
Dictionary:the circumstance that arises when Richard ignores Harold.
Diktat:kitsch accessories sold by a sex shop.
Dilator:an expanding spud.
Dilute (n):Welsh player of an old stringed instrument.
Diode:a famous Welsh poet.
Dipsomane:one obsessed by sewing at the beach.
Dipthongs:footwear commonly found at the beach.
Diptongs:implements for removing big toes from scalding batwater.
Direction:Dodi's last stand.
Disappear:a Dutch fisherman's answer to the question.
Disbelief:Satanism.
Disclose:1. to put a CD on a cluttered desk and then be unable to find it later when it's needed.  2. Just how near you can get to a wiseguy before you're in trouble.  3. Singular form of "dese clothes".  4. Term to describe the attire of a deceased member of the British Royal Family.  5. the final thoughts of Dodi Al-Fayed.  6. What happened on the Boulevard Peripherique in Paris on August 31, 1997.
Discombobulation:1. The joy Robert feels as he donates sperm.  2. a howl brought on by an explosion in a 70s nightclub.  3. the cry of joy emitted by one who successfully purchases only one part of a package deal.
Discontent (n):1. A DJ's box of records etc..  2. not what's recorded on a Digital Audio Tape  3. a glum dance party held under canvas  4 (v) to fire one's writers, or to slag off their writing  5. how frisbee enthusiasts gently - but hilariously - rouse sleeping campers early on Sunday mornings  6. empty  7. Loud music and dancing at the campsite  8. opposite of datcontent.
Discount:the removal of yet another nobleman (see Circumcision, Countdown, Regicide).
Discrepancy:gainful employment in the computer mass storage industry.
Discrete (v):1. to bad-mouth Greek islands  2. proprietary brand cement remover.
Discuss (n phrase):1. this swear word, right here, Pal. Anyone got a problem widdat?  2. (v) stop swearing.
Disintegration:failing a Maths exam.
Dismay (v):o bad-mouth months of the year
Dismember (v):to bad-moth people belonging to a group, club, or organisation
Disourse (n):not the same as dat 'orse over dere.
Dispell:Princess Orthography.
Dispicable:the inability to remove fruit from its plant or tree.
Distress (v):the occupation of a barber.
Diverse (n):Poetry about the late Princess of Wales  2. a famous Welsh poet.
Dogma:1. Korean variation on mild creamy curry dish 2. not just enigma.
Dominatrix:A woman who cheats at dominos.
Don Quixote:a pretentious ass.
Dot product:Something you ordered, but didn't receive, from a dot.com company.
Doughnut:a donut filled with something disgusting.
Dr.:abbreviation for Dirty raincoat.
Duty:a well-earned drink.
Dystrophy:your 'orses 'ead stuffed and mounted on my wall.

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