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More detours from the well-signposted highways of the English language on to the rutted cart tracks of our contributors’ imaginations ... Account (n): Central European aristocrat (Tim Shulz) Acute angle (phr): Adorable corner (Tim Shulz) ...
Thursday, 29 April 2010 Read
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Another surprisingly heavy grab-bag of alternative readings of the English dictionary Antidote (n): Very fond female relative (Charlie Kennedy) Canteloupe 1 (n): Trotting around in circles (Jon Muller) Canteloupe 2 (v): Unable to run...
Thursday, 22 April 2010 Read
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Another surprisingly heavy grab-bag of alternative readings of the English dictionary Accident (n): Mishap involving a large hatchet (Tim Shulz) Aquifer (n): Thick covering of hair that keeps you warm under water (Tim Shulz) Collapse (n): Two...
Thursday, 15 April 2010 Read
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Fed up with the usual way of defining the words that feature in the English language? We can help, courtesy of readers and writers ... Bellow (n): Underside (David Watts) Bid (n): Vertical bed (David Watts) Connoisseur (n): Loudmouthed convict...
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 Read
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The Abu Dhabi Week team provides this week’s collections of confused reinterpretations of the English language: Acquisition (n): Like the Inquisition but without questions (Tim Shulz) Bumble (n): Down-at-heel bovine (Simone Potter) Capacity (n):...
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 Read
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Another batch of unimportant but entertaining alternatgives to the conventional definitions found in your dictionary of the English language. This week produced the usual good collection from Tim Shulz: Breeze (n): More than one French cheese...
Thursday, 25 March 2010 Read
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More possibly invaluable but probably useless alternatives to the conventional definitions in your dictionary of the English language. This week produced a small batch, including these: Archangel (n), heavenly rainbow (Simone Potter) Recourse (v),...
Thursday, 18 March 2010 Read
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There are tons of family fun on offer in Abu Dhabi. Check out these venues *Cooking class at Al Raha Beach Hotel: Let the kids learn safety tips and get their hands dirty at the same time—without destroying your own kitchen. Good for everything...
Thursday, 18 March 2010 Read
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In an attempt to create diversions from the conventional English language dictionary, here are yet more giggle inducing (in Abu Dhabi Week towers at least) plays on words from readers, team members and the classic BBC radio show alike. From our...
Thursday, 11 March 2010 Read
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More possibly invaluable but probably useless diversions from the conventional dictionary of the English language, courtesy of our readers. Here’s a good half-dozen from a newish reader, Rashmi R: Discard (n), to eliminate someone from your...
Thursday, 25 February 2010 Read
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