Another word game - Saw this and thought of you lot!

elongate - make something longer.

I think I’d have all the kittens too :grin:

Eaglet --a baby eagle.

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Tariq – a word ending in Q and meaning ‘strike’ in Arabic. Also a name. I had to search long and hard for that.

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Tariq Ali is a [well known] Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual

Quartermaster - A military term, In the British Army, the Quartermaster (QM) is the commisioned officer in a battalion or regiment responsible for supply .

If I am not mistaken, this is the character “Q” in the James Bond stories.

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Relax what we all like to do on a sunny, and nig so sunny, afternoon.

Really @Mrs5K i’m impressed that you have the strength to chew. some time ago I was given a rock cake by accident by a well meaning relative of one of the other residents at the care home, I excitedly took a bite but couldn’t chew, it really was rock cake! So I spat it out! A Very special friend and former colleague brought me a punnet of strawberries yesterday and while no one was looking I ate one but again struggled and swallowed it in much larger pieces than I would have done pre-stroke.

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Xebec–a small 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship used for carrying merchandise for trading in the 16th to 19th centuries

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Carousel an amusement ride with rotating platform and seats (often horses), a continuous conveyor belt for luggage at an airport.

Lemon :lemon: -an interesting fruit–healthy, not much by itself, but an absolute necessity for the best cool drinks, salad dressings and tasty meals. Also – A car or appliance that’s nothing but trouble. :oncoming_automobile:

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A napkin that I regularly need as I eat messily!

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necessary something that is needed or needs to be done.

Yabber , Yaffle, Yean. Yellow… Why, oh Y, are you such an evasive letter? Only sometimes is it considered a vowel, and perhaps even less often is it the first letter …

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Wahoo– I thought it meant “the word you scream when going over a waterfall or a steep rollercoaster-”- No – It’s a shrub.

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A beautiful shrub too.

Ornamental something that is primarily for decoration or adornment, rather than having a practical function

Loo - invented by Thomas Crapper, although that probably is a myth!

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Pompatus" is. a nonsense word popularized by Steve Miller in his song “The Joker”. It is not a real word in the dictionary, but it is often associated with the phrase "pompatus of love.

Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

People talk about me, baby
Say I’m doin’ you wrong, doin’ you wrong
Well, don’t you worry baby
Don’t worry
Cause I’m right here, right here, right here, right here at home

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I’ enjoying sharing song lyrics with you, so here’s another of my favourites, PINK Floyd’s BRICK IN THE WALL:

We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone
All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall
All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall

We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone
All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall
All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall

If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?
You! (if you don’t eat yer meat)
Yes, you behind the bike stands (you can’t have any pudding)
(How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?) Stand still, laddy!
You! Yes, you behind the bike stands…

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Ogle–meaning not just “to stare at” :eyes: , but, “to stare at in a desirous manner” :heart_eyes:

Hello @axnr911,as a child the family wrongly called snorkelling,goggling!

Education what we get at school & uni. Also partbof Another brick on the wall lyrics :slightly_smiling_face: