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- Up to their cuffs - cuff 25/September/04
- A rite of passage - re 25/September/04
- Well-placed - she 25/September/04
- If you wear a white shirt, wear it... - Word Camel 24/September/04
- If you wear a white shirt, wear it... - DH 25/September/04
- French and German gestures - Bookworm 24/September/04
- Foot fetish - Rude Boy 24/September/04
- A cautionary tale - Word Camel 24/September/04
- Align - nutsy 24/September/04
- Align - DH 24/September/04
- Align - DH 24/September/04
- Undreace - Undreace 24/September/04
- Corporate erotomaniac - corporate erotomaniac 24/September/04
- Corporate erotomaniac - R. Berg 25/September/04
- Love vs the Deal - Joey 24/September/04
- Ss - s 24/September/04
- Crawlies - creep 24/September/04
- Crawlies - Caro 24/September/04
- Crawlies - Bruce Kahl 24/September/04
- Strapping baby boy - Michael 24/September/04
- Different Drum - lois 24/September/04
- Different Drum - Shae 24/September/04
- Which one - Priya 24/September/04
- How do you build a building? - Lotg 24/September/04
- Off From - English Major 23/September/04
- Off From - Word Camel 23/September/04
- Off From - R. Berg 23/September/04
- Off From - Bookworm 23/September/04
- Off From - Word Camel 23/September/04
- Down with a bug - buggy 23/September/04
- Down with a bug - DH 23/September/04
- Down with a bug - SR 23/September/04
- Moves - move 23/September/04
- Moves - DH 23/September/04
- Moves - Bookworm 23/September/04
- At sea - seafarer 23/September/04
- Trying=annoying - tr 23/September/04
- Find menaing of phrase - alva 23/September/04
- Absent-minded professor - lee young 23/September/04
- Son - son 23/September/04
- Son - SR 23/September/04
- To be a couch potato - samantha 23/September/04
- Over elaborate - Lotg 23/September/04
- Mind Benders - Confused 23/September/04
- Heavens to merk-i-troyd - rose 22/September/04
- Bad Hair Day - Judi Ehrlich 22/September/04
- 'public school accent' - Travel Junkie 22/September/04
- Crank on the cider press - ESC 22/September/04
- Feng Shui - Kristy Hibbert 22/September/04
- "From seance to seance"?? - Steven Deckx 22/September/04
- Lady of the evening - Newcastle 21/September/04
- Rode hard and put away wet - anita 21/September/04
- Puzzle - puzzle 21/September/04
- Maker - maker 21/September/04
- Joker - joker 21/September/04
- Cold as a toad - Ken Thompson 21/September/04
- Cold as a toad - Smokey Stover 21/September/04
- Cold as a toad - Ken Thompson 22/September/04
- Cold as a toad - David FG 21/September/04
- Cold as a toad - Smokey Stover 21/September/04
- What does this shiet mean - gigi 21/September/04
- Tie one on - Tina 21/September/04
- There's a fine line - Kristy Hibbert 21/September/04
- Your on the threshold - Kristy Hibbert 21/September/04
- Your on the threshold - James Briggs 21/September/04
- Your on the threshold - ESC 21/September/04
- Your on the threshold - James Briggs 21/September/04
- Make no mistake - Kristy Hibbert 21/September/04
- Who said this - Jim Desai 21/September/04
- Low-maintanance - DH 20/September/04
- Low-maintanance - Bookworm 20/September/04
- To get the hump - revisited - James Briggs 20/September/04
- Drum it into your head - Linda Narotski 20/September/04
- Tin hat - Shae 20/September/04
- Grid Rage (Reposted courtesy of Google's cache) - Word Camel 20/September/04
- Truth is the daughter of time - Miri Barak 20/September/04
- Truth is the daughter of time - TheFallen 20/September/04
- Table has changed tops - karux 19/September/04
- Faint/Feint - Bookworm 19/September/04
- Riverdance lyrics - Ward 19/September/04
- Crazy - crazy 19/September/04
- Crazy - Bob 19/September/04
- Crazy - Bruce Kahl 19/September/04
- To sit on the jury - June 19/September/04
- That's honest to God truth - patty 19/September/04
- To stretch out - stretchy 19/September/04
- Light a penny candle?? - Emmecat 19/September/04
- Light a penny candle?? - Word Camel 19/September/04
- Live oaks? - Lotg 19/September/04
- Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... - TheFallen 19/September/04
- O frabjous day - Lotg 18/September/04
- Farraginous - ESC 19/September/04
- Jabberwocky - Bob 19/September/04
- Farraginous - ESC 19/September/04
- On-line dictionaries - R. Berg 18/September/04
- Fortunate sons & cheap hearts - ESC 18/September/04
- Slippy-flippies - tinka 18/September/04
- Spoon - spoon 18/September/04
- Shoulder - shoulder 18/September/04
- Thereabouts - uisra 18/September/04
- Big-hearted - big-hearted 18/September/04
- Deluded=dogmatic - fro 18/September/04
- Hello - utah -fan 18/September/04
- Another connotaion? - Funzy 18/September/04
- I'm not *fronting* - Joanie 18/September/04
- CIRCUIT - CIRCUIT 18/September/04
- To reel it in - eminem vs.mariah 18/September/04
- To reel it in - ESC 19/September/04
- To reel it in - ESC 19/September/04
- Rebound - Rebound 18/September/04
- For study? to study? - non-native 18/September/04
- On a test - A student 18/September/04
- Yolk with unbelievers - Lotg 18/September/04
- About sneeze blessings - Lotg 18/September/04
- For words - CjK 17/September/04
- Cockatoo - Kristine 17/September/04
- Eat My Shorts - cornelius ruxpin 17/September/04
- Eat My Shorts - Bob 17/September/04
- Eat My Shorts - Smokey Stover 17/September/04
- Eat My Shorts - Smokey Stover 17/September/04
- Eat My Shorts - Bob 17/September/04
- Is "Don't have a gun" a Saying meaning "i don't care, don't give a crap?" - Elisabeth Byrne 17/September/04
- Ant and Dec? - Lotg 17/September/04
- Ant and Dec? - Word Camel 17/September/04
- Translation please - Lotg 17/September/04
- Translation please - Gary 17/September/04
- Translation please - Word Camel 17/September/04
- On or off the air - Lotg 17/September/04
- CYA / Cover Your Ars - Michael Case Smith 17/September/04
- "That is a Stitch!" - wizzlewolf 16/September/04
- Waiting there like Alice - Word Camel 16/September/04
- Graham Crackers - Bookworm 16/September/04
- Rosh Hashanah - ESC 16/September/04
- No offense - karux 16/September/04
- The table has changed tops - karux 16/September/04
- In Response To "SKANK" ..........it's origin is known - LaRita 16/September/04
- The Ugly American - Smokey Stover 15/September/04
- Catagories of phrases question - Word Camel 15/September/04
- Stap my vitals! - Junius 15/September/04
- "Let's smoke a joint" - Bob Marley 15/September/04
- To pop the cork - To pop the cork 15/September/04
- To pop the cork - David FG 15/September/04
- To pop the cork - ? 18/September/04
- To pop the cork - ? 18/September/04
- To pop the cork - David FG 15/September/04
- To insert his pride - To insert his pride 15/September/04
- Washcloth=towel? - June 15/September/04
- Hover=flap in the air - June 15/September/04
- Why? - Emma Marcum 15/September/04
- "You have to kiss a lot of frogs, before you find a prince" - Ward 15/September/04
- Meanest man - ESC 13/September/04
- Blue Moon - John Fletcher 13/September/04
- Help me again, pls. - CjK 13/September/04
- "God does not play dice with the Universe" - Ward 13/September/04
- Hit The Skids - Bruce Kahl 13/September/04
- On the by (meaning and origin) - Tulio 13/September/04
- Monkey of my back - manqué ? - paul 13/September/04
- She suffers fools gladly... - Kenneth 12/September/04
- Thank you - David FG 12/September/04
- Topping it on the knob - dalehileman 12/September/04
- The stone the builders rejected... - ESC 12/September/04
- Stovepiping - ESC 12/September/04
- He is at "fault - he is at fault 12/September/04
- A promise-related question - a promise-related question 12/September/04
- He gets a "big head' - He gets a big head' 12/September/04
- Give give - non-native 12/September/04
- Sacked out - sacked out 12/September/04
- Chipper - not a question, but some answers - Lotg (1st fleet stock) 12/September/04
- Portakabins - Lotg (OZ) 11/September/04
- Don't tell me - Lexi 11/September/04
- "Seeking after the affairs of others" - Fibbergyl 11/September/04
- 9/11 slang - ESC 11/September/04
- To keep a tighter leash on you - Killbill 11/September/04
- Don't let your imagination run... - imagination 11/September/04
- Don't let your imagination run... - David FG 11/September/04
- Don't let your imagination run... - David FG 11/September/04
- He tried to contain her - no clue 11/September/04
- To zero out - zero out 11/September/04
- Sloppy-gushy? - sloppy 11/September/04
- Scored a pancake - Brian from Shawnee 10/September/04
- "As you were", "As we were" - the Black Scorpio 10/September/04
- Friday splurge - Lewis 10/September/04
- Origin of meaning - Neal 10/September/04
- Don't knock a teapot - ESC 09/September/04
- 'the gang that can't shoot straight' - Ward 09/September/04
- Getting fresh - Lotg (OZ) 09/September/04
- Hate on - DH 09/September/04
- Why why??? - Lotg (OZ) 09/September/04
- Explain - pratima 08/September/04
- Help, please! - CjK 08/September/04
- And such... - and such... 08/September/04
- Good o'l boys - good o'l boys 08/September/04
- Settle for less - a kelly's fan 08/September/04
- Wrested control - wrested control 08/September/04
- Wrested control - Brief 08/September/04
- I was at a chiropractor's "saloon" - Chiropractor 08/September/04
- Scary-"ass" clown - Joey 08/September/04
- Catch a / the bus - DAVID 08/September/04
- Punch and Chalk and Cheese - DAVID 08/September/04
- That that is, is - rachel 08/September/04
- Who's filling me in? - Lotg (OZ) 08/September/04
- Sir or guv? - Lotg (OZ) 08/September/04
- What do you call US - Acme 07/September/04
- What do you call US - Lotg (OZ) 07/September/04
- What do you call US - Brian from Shawnee 08/September/04
- What do you call US - ESC 08/September/04
- What do you call US - Lotg (OZ) 07/September/04
- Bustin' Big-Heads - Brian fom Shawnee 07/September/04
- Full of - Melanie Klem 07/September/04
- Earned points for hell - ESC 07/September/04
- Penny vs. the other shoe - platypus 07/September/04
- Penny vs. the other shoe - David FG 07/September/04
- Penny vs. the other shoe - ESC 07/September/04
- Has or have? - Koji Hishinuma 07/September/04
- The penny drops - Lotg (OZ) 07/September/04
- Lisp - Lotg (OZ) 06/September/04
- 'mentioned in dispatches' - Ward 06/September/04
- Charge it to my heart.... - receiver 06/September/04
- Beyond - A bit confused 06/September/04
- To slug it out - mr.sluggish 06/September/04
- WHich one below is right? - Whichwitch 06/September/04
- WHich one below is right? - Shooter 06/September/04
- WHich one below is right? - Bob 06/September/04
- WHich one below is right? - Bob 06/September/04
- WHich one below is right? - Shooter 06/September/04
- What should we bet? - better 06/September/04
- All in all=after all? - Jo 06/September/04
- Tube socks - Tube socks 06/September/04
- Do they mean the same thing? - Cold zebra 06/September/04
- Minority - yummy 06/September/04
- The different pronounciation of "further" - yummy 06/September/04
- "Toodleloo" - Koji Hishinuma 06/September/04
- Hostage takers - James Briggs 06/September/04
- Bust - Lotg (OZ) 06/September/04
- Like two trains passing in the night - Saba Ira 05/September/04
- Like two trains passing in the night - ESC 05/September/04
- Like two trains passing in the night - susan dowdy 21/September/04
- Two Trains - Warthog 06/September/04
- Like two trains passing in the night - ESC 05/September/04
- Phrase - soni kanago 05/September/04
- To simper - To simper 05/September/04
- Establish - Bruiser 05/September/04
- The rigth adjective? - A huge fan 05/September/04
- A question - NY 05/September/04
- We are kind of a "thing" now - Joey 05/September/04
- We are kind of a "thing" now - Bob 05/September/04
- We are kind of a "thing" now - Bob 05/September/04
- To blitz the zit - blitz 05/September/04
- Police have "yet" to name... - non-native 05/September/04
- Police have "yet" to name... - David FG 05/September/04
- Police have "yet" to name... - David FG 05/September/04
- "Better yet'" - non-native 05/September/04
- Vista - ps 05/September/04
- It's dogged that does it. - CINdy 05/September/04
- Story of magic of creatures that fly - Joey 05/September/04
- Story of magic of creatures that fly - Smokey Stover 05/September/04
- Story of magic of creatures that fly - Smokey Stover 05/September/04
- Don't bother with her - Joey 05/September/04
- A word and a blow - Tulio 04/September/04
- From whos point of view - Flyguy 04/September/04
- The tools of ignorance - Word Camel 03/September/04
- Church Key - Friend of TJ 03/September/04
- Church Key - ESC 03/September/04
- Church Key - R. Berg 04/September/04
- Church Key - ESC 03/September/04
- Church Key - ESC 03/September/04
- Glitch - ESC 03/September/04
- A hands-on sense of ... - JOEy 03/September/04
- A hands-on sense of ... - David FG 03/September/04
- A hands-on sense of ... - Manager 03/September/04
- A hands-on sense of ... - Word Camel 03/September/04
- A hands-on sense of ... - David FG 03/September/04
- On message - Hut 03/September/04
- Deep kimshe - Lotg (OZ) 02/September/04
- Question - karux 02/September/04
- The jury is out - ee 02/September/04
- This one has to be U.S. speak - Lotg (OZ) 02/September/04
- A lady who knows what time it is - Kashima 02/September/04
- High steppin' little filly - Lotg (OZ) 02/September/04
- Got more mileage out of the truth... - ESC 02/September/04
- 'you're a real piece of work' - Ward 01/September/04
- We waive reading of charges - Trying to learn law jargons 01/September/04
- Here's a flash - issac 01/September/04
- To write him off - Chip 01/September/04
- Basket case - Bean 01/September/04
- Nucking futs - JOEy 01/September/04
- Kibosh - the definitive origin? - James Briggs 01/September/04
- Express feebly our desolation - Natty 01/September/04
- If nothing else - SFC 01/September/04
- Brow squint - Miri Barak 01/September/04
- "Freeze the balls off a brass monkey" - Peter 01/September/04
- Take a punt - Lotg (OZ) 31/August/04
- Cockroach detritus - art 31/August/04
- Multiple "wins"? - Koffee 31/August/04
- Break even - Lotg (OZ) 31/August/04
- Get back to even - MM 31/August/04
- Rearview mirror advisors - MM 31/August/04
- Stay even - MM 31/August/04
- Put into perspective - SFC 31/August/04
- What is the phrase - Rod Wells 31/August/04
- Save your bacon - Lotg (OZ) 30/August/04
- "Notch in your belt" - A.R. Miller 30/August/04
- Come Out and such - Duncan Salazar 30/August/04
- Kibosh/Kybosh - James Briggs 30/August/04
- Don't let the sun go down on me - susan 29/August/04
- To wrap his trick - Spacie 29/August/04
- I'll see myself out - Funzy 29/August/04
- Taken at gunpoint - CINdy 29/August/04
- Sketchy details - JOEy 29/August/04
- It primes his dating pump - jOEY 29/August/04
- Jurassic macho attitudes. - kabo 29/August/04
- Jurassic macho attitudes. - ESC 29/August/04
- Jurassic macho attitudes. - me 29/August/04
- Jurassic macho attitudes. - ESC 29/August/04
- You don't say - Joey 29/August/04
- Talking out of school - Barry Wright 29/August/04
- GOOD MEN STAY SILENT FOR EVIL MEN TO PROSPER - Freddy 28/August/04
- Gnothi Seauton - Michael 28/August/04
- I would have gone there if. - U 28/August/04
- Relief drive - Jc 28/August/04
- Fortress Europe - Ingo 27/August/04
- Graveyard shift - sara 27/August/04
- The history? of "Shooting the breeze" and "Paint the town red" - Ray 27/August/04
- Jump Ship - Roland Collins 26/August/04
- Jump Ship & Umberto Eco - Lewis 26/August/04
- Coming down the pike - Rick Mullen 25/August/04
- Filthy rich - gillian marshall 25/August/04
- Saying - Liz 25/August/04
- Pop wheelies - abe 25/August/04
- Moon around - Cold zebra 23/August/04
- She gets mileage out of her looks - June 23/August/04
- Decimal 'point' vs decimal 'comma' - James Briggs 23/August/04
- Lawks a lawdy - Janet Mck 23/August/04
- Topic ; time and tide waits for none - sita 23/August/04
- Case of the Screaming Ab Dabs - Lotg (OZ) 23/August/04
- Was being bumped. - Hut 22/August/04
- For words
- Rebound
- That's honest to God truth
- Faint/Feint
- To sit on the jury
- Hollywood's version of General Patton did
- Joker
- Drum it into your head
- Feng Shui
- Graveyard shift
- Gnothi Seauton
- Jurassic macho attitudes.
- Fortress Europe
- It primes his dating pump
- Get back to even
- Bumped up?
- Break even, still.
- Basket case
- Express feebly our desolation
- The jury is out
- Don't bother with her
- Busted flat in Baton Rouge - way to go!
- She gets mileage out of her looks
- What should we bet?
- All in all = after all?
- To slug it out
- Blue-backs...
- Help, please!
- Rooms, et al
- "As you were", "As we were"
- Give give
- Thank you
- Topping it on the knob
- Washcloth=towel?
- No offense
- Sugar-coated sugar bombs
- Ah yes but...