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Long, long ago when the

Vishal — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:08:00 -0800

Long, long ago when the 'horseless carriage' was first doing the rounds of India, the Maharaja of Hububpur was quite taken by the fancy new _gadi_, and comissioned his motley crew of royal engineers to build for him the finest example of an _agnirath_ there would ever be.

The resulting vehicle, christened _Dhanno_ was such a gargantuan beast that its engine contained three full-sized elephants on treadmills, nine songbirds with which to alert all and sundry that its earth-flattening approach was iminent, and fourteen score fireflies trapped in various lanterns to the fore and hindquarters of her to provide illumination.

All this was well and good, but the Maharaja soon came to realise that he was far too old and frail to even ascend the various ramps and stairways to reach the bridge of _Dhanno_ let alone work the massive levers that controlled her. The engineers were set to this task, and for thjeir master they created a smaller steam-powered vessel, an armour of spindly legs.

This too proved insufficient, and soon the engineers were cutting off his limbs and selling them for souvernir value, welding onto the bony nubs are complex patchwork of tiny wheels and gears, a massive tin turban of steam engine works.

The Maharaja gazed into the polished brass mirror in his study, regarded the copper spring mustache, the bejewelled gyroscopic adam's apple, the pendulum beard and the long, penny-farthing legs. "_Iamgadi_," he whispered.

Iamgadi: (ee-am-ghadi) ::

Spyder — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:56:00 -0800

Iamgadi: (ee-am-ghadi) :: (n) :: A religious practice in the lower islands of Gariim'wan. The central gods are all hard bodied insects and crustaceans with the bodies of humans. Practitioners are often seen with live insects crawling freely over their body, or kept in small cages, Iamgadi practitioners also practice extensive body modification and tattooing.

I should mention here that

Vishal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:31:00 -0700

I should mention here that if you think up a word you'd like to see defined, just put it in the comment of the current/last definitionista post ("Define This: XXXX" will work fine)

Ughig: 1) A small piece of

Vishal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:23:00 -0700

Ughig:
1) A small piece of buttered white toast that fell behind the counter three months ago, now discovered when you're dusting and, unfortunately, is the only piece of food in the house -- also, you're really, really hungry.

2) A wicker wheelbarrow with silk ribbons on the handles, used to transport the last available (and therefore ugliest) prostitute from the only brothel at the other end of the city, past every other empty brothel with groups of disgruntled patrons outside, to your Lord's castle where everyone is too drunk to notice that the entire harem escaped hours ago and is now safe in your hut, warming the hay bed your Beloved Lord was too cheap to pay for, the bastard.

3) the ammunition of a Used Tampons En Fuego Gattling Gun, as in, "Run for the underside of large yaks, the sky is raining ughigs!"

Ughig (uh-gig) - n. - A

Spyder — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:03:00 -0700

Ughig (uh-gig) - n. - A venomous snake of the viper family known for its strange hiccuping hiss. Used in some Gornado tribes in the deadly Snake Dances to ward off leprosy, malaria, and hiccups.