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returning
creturning - convincing a Dawkinsite about intelligent design
returking - opposing globalisation in Istanbul
returing – double-checking whether someone is a robot
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It has been suggested by Alex, in response to a complaint, that I remove the word 'bumpet' . I have accordingly done so, though it will be sent to Lucy, who may perhaps bear it.
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But John, now you've posted the offending word again!

I must say it seems pretty innocuous to me.
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expose

a) exprose: free verse
b) axpose: a stance adopted by photogenic woodcutters
c) expoe: Edgar Allan after he changed his name
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But John, now you've posted the offending word again!

I must say it seems pretty innocuous to me.
And to me. It's a coinage, as is to be expected in this comp, though Google gets you 'bumpet' as a kind of Sarah Palin hairstyle.
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"It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my bumpet...."
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It does strike me that 'bumpet' has the merit of being gender-free, since anal sex is practised by both straight & gay people.
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I did consider making a Sheep Joke but I live in Wales where it is considered racial stereotyping.

Were I to do so, my neighbours would kill my ferret and nobody would buy the hutch.
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ravenous

a) bravenous: the savoir-faire of Red Indian warriors
b) ravenpus: the stuff that dripped on to the bust over Edgar Allan Poe’s door
c) avenous: having a tendency to greet friends in Latin

propriety

a) proprivety: in favour of hedges
b) poopriety: cleaning up the mess left by one’s dog
c) propiety: goody-goody

scabious

a) scrabious: deferred payments for losses at scrabble
b) scamious: fraudulent promissory notes
c) cabious: money owed to one’s taxi-driver

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Unread 08-04-2013, 10:34 AM
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Magazine
Imagazine: a publication with more pictures than text
Bagazine: a regular publication wrapped in cellophane to prevent readers throwing away the advertising inserts in the shop.
Agazine: a regular publication devoted to posh cookers.

Oh dear, this is another one I'm going to have to sit out.
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