absofrigginlootly adv. I'm sorry, but this is a Family Dictionary and we don't define 4 letter or for that matter 17 letter words. We use 'em, we just don't define 'em. Example: see the definition of the word "amish."
amish adj. A homonym of Amish which is 1. a plural noun, 2. capitalized. This all lower case singular adjective has absofrigginlootly nothing to do with the sect. Furtherless, as any Dumb Bunny knows, amish means sorta-kinda-about-near the ante meridiem. Example: "2 amish" might be 2:31 in the morning, often written 2:31 A.M.
Amish pl n. An orthodox Anababtist sect that separated from the Mennonites in the late 17th century and exists today primarily in Southern Pennsylvania. See amish for a completely unrelated adjective.
analisis n. A variation on analysis. From anal and the suffix isis. The statement of the results of something one has analized.
analitic adj. Of or pertaining to analisis.
analize v. A variation on analyzed. From anal and ize. Note: The "a" is long in analize. It's short in analyze. To be overly critical and / or detailed when analyzing. This word was motivated by Chip Bradley's use of the word "namee" when identifying the namer of the star "LightLee." Example: the definition of "analize" in Lebsters.
apostrinclusion n. From apostrophe and inclusion. Antonym of apostromission, which see. Apostrinclusions that result in three or more consecutive possessive / contractive words, are the signature of apostrophiliacs.
apostromission n. From apostrophe and omission. What you've done when you miss an opportunity to contract a word in a sentence. Example: (in response to the news that "Mary and Erica are possible seed growers")
Mary's mate's name is "a"-less, unless I missed a sex change somewhere.which of course could have been
Mary's mate's name's "a"-less, unless I missed a sex change somewhere.
apostrophiliac n. From apostrophe and the suffix phile (lover of). One who is excessively fond of the apostrophe.
BBQ n. An acronym for Back Burner Queue. Not to be confused with a gas grill. The place you put something of low priority that you intend to do but have not yet done. Example: "Your recollection of the grammafauxs in the 'binary planet' piece were right on the $ so obviously you knew about them - you just had it on the BBQ and hadn't turned the heat on yet."
becuzzle n. From business card and puzzle. A becuzzle gets its name becuz it's a puzzle built from 12 business-card-size sub-puzzles all of which (save 3) have 5 pieces. The odd sub-puzzles have 4 pieces. This is a highly non-interlocking puzzle. Example: Becuzzle.
bid acronym. but I digress.
biggat n. Indigenous to Texas, this is the border patrolman with the 10-gallon hat.
CD n. From Cardio and Dropout or Dropin. A CD (Cardio Dropout or Cardio Dropin) is a CD-shaped puzzle with embedded hearts which are painted red on their backside. So named because 1. the hearts drop out if the puzzle is picked up and 2. you tend to drop the hearts into their holes when assembling. Example: Cardio Dropouts.
CDR n. From Cardio Dropin and Renewzzle. A CDR is a Cardio Dropin Renewzzle. It is not CD-shaped. Example: Borrowed Time.
CDD n. From Cardio Dropin and Ddubbull. A CDD is a Cardio Dropin Ddubbull. It is not CD-shaped. Near the end of assembly, you tend to "drop" the heart-shaped pieces "into" their "holes." Examples:
coffeine n. From coffee and caffeine. The sometimes addictive combination of coffee (the non-drug-specific ingredient) and caffeine (the drug-specific ingredient). Usage example: That guy really has a wicked coffeine problem. Coined by Sam Certainty, Chief Grower, HPG. This marvelous word is especially marvelous due of course to its nearly homophonic brother "coughing" and the fact that people w/ coffeine problems sometimes have coughing problems too.
composite n. and adj. 1. Made up of distinct components; compound 2. Mathematics. Having factors, factorable ie. not prime.
Conservation of Letters The Law that states that the number of letters in the universe does not change which of course means 4-"l" llllamas exist because an "l" was left out when the hackronym geosynclined was born. See also The History of the letter A.
Conservation of Punctuation Corollary of the Conservation of Letters. In the modern sense of Conservation (like Recycle, Renew, Reuse) it's a nice idea to drop a hyphen and maybe a letter or two if you don't really need to have 'em. Not to worry, that extra hyphen or "e" will pop up somewhere if you decide to drop them. Remember, we can always trust the Conservation of Letters. Usage example: Glad you got them to reorganize their mitochondria there Lee-o. (Make that 'Leo' if you like ... You need to realize that we up here in the northern country practice not only the Conservation of Letters Law but also the COP Law -- better known as the Conservation of Punctuation Law -- wherever possible.)
cwuzzle n. From crossword and puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle whose image is that of a crossword puzzle. Example: Saint Patrick's Day!.
ddubbull n. From double and puzzle. A pair of jigsaw puzzles made by simultaneously cutting two boards stacked on top of each other. Examples :
deskriminatory adj. Of, or pertaining to the desk job that you give to the M*n*r*ty you had to hire to fill a quota, even though they can't read or write English.
disincintegrate v. From disintegrate and incinerate. To destroy while unpacking. Coined by Linda Bradley to describe Lee Bradley's method of opening things, for example, a "hands free" plastic package
edgie n. diminutive of edge. A jigsaw puzzle with no non-edge pieces. Examples:
eggmobile adj. From ecstatic. So eggsited you no longer can remain static and start jumping up and down. Common reaction exhibited by new fathers watching their chicken eggs hatch, pumpkin seeds break forth or children arrive into the world.
ellipses n. Plural of ellipsis. Usually written ... but sometimes as ***. Denotes the omission of a word or words necessary for the complete syntactical construction of a sentence but not necessary for understanding it. Example: Drawing a Blanc.
esp
n. Embedded Shapes Puzzle. A puzzle which contains embedded shapes which
sometimes are themselves "sub-puzzles." These embedded shapes are randomly
placed among the other pieces and are hand-painted on their backsides to
emphasize their presence. Sub-puzzles often have identical or reflected
cutting patterns and the backside colors are chosen to aid assembly.
Examples:
exgoliathicate v. from excommunicate and Goliath (a variety of giant pumpkins). The pumpkinetic analog of the Catholic practice of priest removal. To relegate to a lower rank in the Garden System. To make more minor, to dwarf. Often indicated by adding "-oid" as in "Big Jupe 3, once thought to be a winner, was exgoliathicated today by the IAU and is now a mere pumkinoid. Bob Matthews of Pumpkin Nook fame joins the growing number of pumpkinologers and pumpkoscopers who must rewrite their manuals in their effort to explain the effect of the Garden System on humans."
furtherless adv. Lessover; out subtraction from. See Seminyms at furthermore. Usage example: the definition of amish.
furthermore adv. Moreover; in addition to. It is not clear how this word qualified for Lebsters as it is in Websters and is therefore a real word. See Seminyms at furtherless and lessover.
geodisynclined adj. Able to grow pumpkins no heavier than 54 pounds. See Antonyms at geosynclined.
geosynclined adj. A hackronym (note the (softened) "G," the (long) "o" and the (omitted) "l") derived from a geological term. 1. One is geosynclined when s/he exhibits Goliathic earth-oriented tendencies, e.g., is into growing big pumpkins. See Antonyms at geodisynclined. 50% of the Lebsters review panel feel this is the correct definition. The other 50% feel this word has more to do with delta editing skills. In this interpretation, the word means 2. Inclined to make a big, though subtle, difference, by altering a web page in some creative way.
Goliathic adj. Having something in common w/ the giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a stone and sling. I Samuel 17:4-51.
googaffe n. From google and gaffe. A corrective suggestion made by Google which is off the mark. Example: you are searching for "Lebsters" and are asked if you really meant "Lobsters."
grammafaux n. From grammar and faux pas. A grammatical error. Example: "Your recollection of the grammafauxs in the 'binary planet' piece were right on the $ so obviously you knew about them - you just had it on the BBQ and hadn't turned the heat on yet."
hackronym n. From hack and acronym. A word that is part acronym, part abbreviation and part suffix. Example: geosynclined. Please note: All three parts must be present. Since an acronym is already a form of abbreviation, it's OK to have only an acronym part and a suffix part. Which I guess means we'll have to credit Amy Hughes with coining the World's 0th hackronym when she came up with The Abston Church of Christ (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene is what LEGOS are made from). But at least one letter must be omitted from a legitimate abbreviation for the candidate to acquire any semblance of acronymitude and thus become a hackronym. It's worth noting that there's no need to cry over the lost letters because, for example, the loss of the "l" to get geosynclined from geolsynclined, where Geol, which "hardened" is Gol, is a legitimate abbreviation of Goliathic, made 4-"l" llllamas possible. See The Law of the Conservation of Letters.
idiocracy n. morph of idiosyncrasy, the tail end of democracy and idiot.
from LBrad ...
CV needs to help on this definition ... came to mind in part due to the idiosyncrasies of the scanning software ... end of day ... can't talk ... brain / mouth disconnect ...
Personally, I'd say it might be the form of government exemplified by the current Bush administration.
Late Breaking! Unfortunately, a good researcher friend of ours has
informed us that idiocracy is a real word and
therefore further interest in this is minimal ( 
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internot n. and v. From internet and not. As a noun, an internet independent environment. As a verb, to make changes to addresses within anchor tags to make them internet independent.
isp abbr. 1. Internet Service Provider 2. Variant of esp.
Junaida Stay n. How we will pronounce "United States" in about fifteen years if we don't stop having elections to make Spanish the primary language in our states.
Lebsterberg's Uncertainty Principle
The inequality
Uncertainty in Knowledge * Uncertainty in Letters > Rank's constant
In other words, the less unsure our Knowledge of something is, the more Letters we need to describe it. The precise value of Rank's constant is not known (because there aren't enough numbers to write it). For a marginally related concept, please see The Law of the Conservation of Letters.
n. The process by which typed text is turned into handwritten text via lee11hd.exe.
The output file generated by the command
c:\>LEE11HD.EXE i=LEEIFIC.HTM o=LEEIFICH.HTM P=http://primepuzzle.com/mouse/
Usage : LEE [[I=input file] [O=output file] [P=prefix]] or
LEE no command tail to be prompted
LEE, (Letter Extractor / Enhancer), Version 1.1H
LEE generates "handwritten" files from text files.
Done. File LEEIFICH.HTM created.
is pasted below.
Leeprechaun n. The little green man who edits the Leexicon each March 17th.
Word History: Nothing seems more Irish than the Leeprechaun; yet hiding within the word Leeprechaun is a word from another language entirely. If we look back beyond Modern Irish Gaelic Leeuprach�n and Middle Irish Leeuchrup�n to Old Irish Leeuchorp�n, we can see the connection. Leeuchorp�n is a compound of Old Irish Lee�, meaning "small," and the Old Irish word corp, "body." Corp is borrowed from Latin corpus (which we know from habeas "Lee" corpus). Here is a piece of evidence attesting to the deep influence of Church Latin on the Irish language. Although the word is old in Irish, it is fairly new in English, being first recorded in 1604, by Lee.
The Lebsters Board would like to acknowledge its appreciation to Michael R. DesRoches for this (and other recent) Leextributions.
Leexicographer n. One (or those) who write(s), contribute(s) to or edit(s) the Leexicon known as Lebsters Limited Edition Dictionary.
Examples: Michael R. DesRoches, Charles Bradley (aka Massachusetts Max, Pacific Paul, Atlantic Abe, Sam Certainty, Harvey Hopeful from Harvard, MA), LBrad, CV
See also Leeprechaun, the St. Patrick's Day Leexicographer
lessover adv. See Synonyms at furtherless.
lip n. Large initials puzzle. The image on the puzzle is captured from the online form after the buyer enters her / his name. See Initials Puzzles.
lama n. A 1-"l" lama. A priest. See also Tobeelama.
llama n. A 2-"l" llama. A beast.
lllama n. A 3-"l" lllama. One hell of a fire.
llllama n. A 4-"l" llllama. What must exist by virtue of the the fact that 3-"l" lllamas exist and The Law of the Conservation of Letters.
lllllama n. A 5-"l" lllllama. What must exist by virtue of the the fact that 4-"l" llllamas exist, the fact that Robert Ouellette likes to drive his Kubota tractor and The Law of the Conservation of Letters. Please note: 6-"l" llllllamas don't (as of 9/25/2006) exist; they of course would exist had the beautiful Helen (who, it is rumored, used to use two "l's") not given one up to create the adjective "Hellenic." Note also: don't forget the ever-popular No "el" llama, shown below.
mobuzzle n. From mobile and puzzle. A non-standard assembly of the pieces of a puzzactal. You hang the pieces from a ceiling cord. Example: The "Puzzactal" & "Mobuzzle" are Born!.
monopuzzle n. a single 8 1/2" x 11" x 1/8" 13-piece jigsaw puzzle that uses the same cutting template as that used by a polypuzzle. Example : http://primepuzzle.com/monopuzzle.html
muzzle n. From moosey and puzzle. An online not-just-for-Mooses-anymore rearrangement puzzle.
needanasofyetuninventedadverbially adv. A word one may use to modify a verb in such a way as to express the unavailability of any word that adequately captures the accomplishment. Example: When praising an artist's skill ... "How should I put this? Absolutely, totally, incomprehensibly, needanasofyetuninventedadverbially, really, really, really wonderful. Keep it up. Seriously, I have just spent about an hour reviewing the history of this work and S&C II will be soooooo interesting to view. And I can wait." (We cannot tell a lie; this septiwurdalian masterpiece used to be merely sexywurdalian but we stuck in the extra word "of" just to make it primewurdalian.)
pacificly adv. sort of a spoonerism of specifically. Not to be confoozed w/ pacifically, the adv. corresponding to the adj. pacific, which of course means tending to diminish or put an end to conflict; appeasing; calming. Example :
I've looked at one of the support files in Amy's slideshow (pacificly photos.js) and it looks like I could edit it to eliminate the ones you list.
palindrace n. From palindrome and race. A race in which your bib number and your place are reverses of each other. Example :
91 2/21 M6064 3:46:52* 8:40 Lee Bradley 64 M 19 Newington CT
palinpairome n. From palindrome and pair. A pair of words which have a pair of letters which, if reversed, convert each word into the other. Example: "First, let me say that the conversation about the conservation (if you reverse the V and R in those words they are the same) of letters got a little strange. Can we forget about that?
palindrunic adj. From palindrome and run. Pertaining to two side-by-side runners whose bib numbers are reverses of each other. Example :
The photographer of Eric and Dennis and Dennis and Eric
may very well have captured the World's First palindrunic event.
polypuzzle n. two (or more) identically cut 8 1/2" x 11" x 1/8" 13-piece jigsaw puzzles that come mixed together. Example : http://primepuzzle.com/polypuzzle.html. See also monopuzzle.
polytriscadecachromatencophilia n. 1. The love of multiple, color-encoded 13-piece objects 2. The object itself.
Example: Two 13-piece, identically cut jigsaw puzzles with large "dots" painted on the backsides of certain pieces. Puzzle 1 uses picture 1 and two colors for the dots. Puzzle 2 uses picture 2 and two other colors for the dots. In each sub-puzzle, 1 (and only 1) piece has both of the dot colors that are used in that puzzle. All 26 pieces are mixed together. Upside-down assembly has been rumored to be faster. See : http://primepuzzle.com/robert.html
poo.bah n. From foo and bar, a mutation of two words often used by programmers for variables. 1. A great poem by Baxter Black 2. A puzzle. Example: Speaking "of Math!.
poundage delta n. From pound, the suffix age and the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, delta. The amount, in pounds, by which one massive object, for example, a pumpkin, differs, thus the use of the word "delta," which is often used by mathematicians to denote difference, as in
bid, from the amount, again in pounds, of another massive object, again, most likely, a second pumpkin. Usage example (in response to a prediction by Harvey Hopeful from Harvard, MA that Ned Newbie from Newington, CT would be "taken to the cleaners" in a heaviest pumpkin competition):
"And as far as Zoots is concerned, guess again Bunky; we're talkin' 3-digit poundage deltas, and Harvard, MA is gonna be renamed 'Deficit Depot'."
prime n. and adj. Mathematics. Having no factors, not representable as the product of two whole numbers, not composite. The number 4 is not prime because it's 2*2.
The first 26 prime numbers (taken from the "Prime Contenders" T-shirt design) are shown below.
psi n. 1. Pounds per square inch 2. PS - I love you puzzle. See PS - I love you.
pulleez n. two (or more) wheels with grooved circumfurri (plural of circumfurrus) used in a Phizziks eggzpearimunt. Example : Phizziks.
puzzactal n. From puzzle and fractal. A jigsaw puzzle made by redrawing the cutting lines of a relatively smooth-edged puzzle using a back and forth wobbling motion, then duplicating this fractalized line a few times and crisscrossing the copies onto another piece of paper. Example: The "Puzzactal" & "Mobuzzle" are Born!.
puzzizza n. From puzzle and pizza. A 7-piece, 7 1/2" round jigsaw puzzle that has stock or user-selectable toppings and optionally a logo or user-supplied image in the middle. Example: 7 Days Without Pizza Makes One Weak.
puzzory n. From puzzle and story. A jigsaw puzzle made from the images and text of a short story. Example: Story Puzzles.
quadremail n. From email and quadradactyl. Any email which discusses Quady the Quadradactyl and includes imagery. Leexicographer Pacific Paul coined this term in his email of 6/10/2007.
quartych n. A quartych is a piece of art similar to a triptych in that it is composed of more than one image EACH OF WHICH WHEN ASSEMBLED TOGETHER form one large integrated and complete image. In a quartych there are FOUR such separate images, not three, as in a triptych. Examples: Christmas Puzzle 2004 and Christmas Puzzle 2005.
Thank you Charles Bradley for the above definition!
racest adj. The fastest (white guy) person in a race.
ram curl n. From ram, the animal with the distinctive horns, and curl. A jigsaw cutting method which involves repeatedly drawing ram horn shaped pieces. It produces a fully interlocking puzzle. Two examples: Baby Puzzle, Martha's Vineyard
renewzzle n. From recycled, newspaper and puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle made from a page from a local newspaper. An example (which is also a "ram curl"-based puzzle) would be: Red Sox Win The World Series!.
riddzzle n. From riddle and puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle made by taking some text, like the 23rd Psalm, and turning each letter into a graphic image that starts with that letter. Example: The 23rd Psalm.
seminym n. From semi and nym. A word that is 1/3 antonym, 1/3 synonym and 1/3 pure nonsense. Examples: lessover and furtherless.
sesquipedaliophilic adj. From sesquipedalian and the suffix -phile. Pertaining to those who love words that are a foot and a half long. Example: "Start the slideshow by clicking the button that's the 3rd from the last (that would be the anteprepenultimate button for the sesquipedaliophilic reader)." See News Flash!
spoonerism n. a legitimate word. An unintentional transposition of sounds in spoken language, as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.
spvgomf This is an acronym Charles Bradley developed in the year 2003 to remind him how to eat -- or rather WHAT to eat relative to 7 basic foods that are always good to include in any one meal. They are as follows:
S = SALAD = SUSIE
P = PROTEIN = PUT
V = VEGETABLE = VICE
G = GRAIN = GRIPS
O = OIL = ON
M = MILK = MY
F = FRUIT = FOOT
"And there you have it. Fully compiled in MAXY Chas B"
The above quote is a play on tiny-c, a computer programming language developed in the mid 1980s and revived by yours truly in 2007.
symmy n. From symmetry. A puzzle
whose cutting pattern is based on a single 2- to 5-piece pattern which
is repeatedly reflected (flipped, mirrored and / or rotated) and
arranged in rows and columns. Examples:
tessy n. A symmy-inspired tesselation. Example: Let's Take A Walk Down My Street.
tip n. Tiny initials puzzle. The puzzles are approx. 2 1/2" square and come in pairs; each puzzle has a single initial. See Initials Puzzles.
trigram n. From tangram, an ancient, 7-piece Chinese puzzle. A puzzle consisting of n 3-piece cardboard sub-puzzles, where n is a prime number. It is cut with an Ingento GT paper trimmer. No blades are harmed (or used) while making these puzzles. See Trigram.
uzzle n. From puzzle with the "p" hidden. An online "puzzle" which contains hidden hyperlinks. Example: Drawing a Blanc.
zapplet from the "z" in
Z-System and applet (a program written in the Java[tm] programming
language that can be included in an HTML page, in much the same way an
image is included). A zapplet is a small application which runs under
the MYZ80 emulator. Example(s) :
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