THE DAMPER IS ELEEMOSYNARY

[topaz]

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[rsc.livejournal.com]

I don't recognize madescent, and neither does Merriam-Webster online.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Madescent is absolutely the cheatingest (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/d0007839.html) word on that list.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Is there a prize for best real-life use of SAT vocabulary words? This would be a winner.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to figure out how she justified "eleemosynary", but yeah, this is a real topper.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Maybe because it's dependent on you to open it?

Can you enlighten me?

[pulito.livejournal.com]

Jeez, I only recognized one of those words, and I got it wrong. Heck, I don't even know what is meant by "damper"!

I'm sure there's a joke here. Can you enlighten me?

Re: Can you enlighten me?

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

It's a pouch for storing matches. The "damper" in this case is a chimney damper. All of the words on it can be used to describe a damper (particularly a closed damper) -- in some sense or another.

Re: Can you enlighten me?

[wotw]

All of the words on it can be used to describe a damper

Eleemosynary?

Re: Can you enlighten me?

[wotw]

Ah. I read the comments in reverse order. I see you had
the same question.

Re: Can you enlighten me?

[pulito.livejournal.com]

Well neat! Thanks for the edumacation. :)

[jacflash.livejournal.com]

Does the other side have a similarly amusing set for "OPEN"?

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

It does. I don't remember the words she used though.

[crepuscular.livejournal.com]

crepuscular! hee!