abolla: The term for the morning headache that commonly follows a night of obstructive sleep apnea. Used primarily by somnography technicians; the rest of the world says "morning headache."

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Abolla (n.) - The first of several strains of genetically modified Filoviridae virus, which first surfaced in Africa's Congo region in the mid-1970s. The primary effect of the Abolla virus was the swelling of hands, feet, and facial features to clown-like proportions. While there was some minor discomfort associated with this extremital edema, it did not pose much of a threat to anyone with a reasonable sense of humor. The next three attempts (Bbola, Cbola*, and Dbola) produced equally disappointing results, before researchers finally hit paydirt with the catastrophic fever, aching, convulsions and blood-vomitting that is the result of Ebola HF (now available over the counter, as E-Vil Empiric ER™, at your local Walgreens or DrugFest store). Abolla is no longer widely manufactured, beyond the small amount produced each year for the carnival trade.

*(currently being marketted in NC, SC, LA, AL, GA, and FL as RCcola)

Abolla: The killed or inactivated version of the Ebola virus, used for vaccination.

abolla - AB uh la - how Harley mechanics describe how a Harley should sound, sometimes abolla-abolla-abolla-abolla-abolla, but most often shortened to simply "abolloa".

abolla - AB uh la - a defrocked Muslim cleric; the opposite of a mullah.

abolla (n) the path traced by a drunk greek

Frustrated by his inability to square the circle with straightedge and compass, the philosopher Dahellamakakes eventually found he could establish many geometric results that had eluded that smarmy bastard Euclid, using only a beerbottle and table napkin. Chief among these was the construction of the abolla, the shortest path between the two local taverns that avoided passing Archimedes' house (to whom he owed money). Unfortunately most of his finest results were lost to history, many of them in fact, by the following morning.

abolla - a rare type of hand-blown wine glass highly prized amongst vintners and wine fanciers that, if shaped properly, will release the best possible bouquet from even the cheapest of wines when swirled.

Blanche hurled Antonio's prized abolla directly at his head, but he deftly caught it by the stem just as he uncorked the bottle.

can this be judged now, ooo boy i cant wait

Abolla -- a game of the maritime Basques, who would spend great lenghts of time on shore in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland smoking the codfish they had spent a season catching.

A precursor to pelota, the Basques had adopted lacrosse sticks from the Iriqois and used these to see how far and accurately they could through a cod head. (Fish being smoked were decapitated, fresh heads were good for cheeks and for soup, old heads were good for Abolla).

Being an early version of what would become the national game, Abolla lacked certain refinements and nearly all rules. Mostly, guys would try to splat an old rotten cod head on the guy furthest away from them, most disliked by the hurler, and ideally most unsuspecting at that very moment that Abolla was being played.

Abolla was a garment worn by Ancient Greeks and Romans. It was a heavy woolen cloak. Unlike the toga, the abolla was a military garment worn by the lower orders. Some philosophers wore it to show humility.

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gah :eek: too many entries!!! time restrictions and my lazy arse force me to group my reviews as follows:

viruses
the biological breakthrough award goes to little john - i like the way his brain works and the judges are fond of encouraging newbies.

food
hyakujo's fox is awarded the jiffy blue honour ribbon for his use of peanut butter and for making me laugh.

games
zatoichi receives the international romp award for diligently looking up all the necessary background information for his brilliant definition.

language
and the silver oratory needle must go to marcus bales, simply because he's NUTS and the judges like that.

miscellaneous
all these are receiving special mention for originality
brynn and dinzdale share the much coveted, hand-crafted hawaiian tapa tutu doll for their delightful randomness.

walking patterns
and the winner is trish, although i loved the h-fox's definition just as much - trish had the idea first and nailed it.

:) thanks for playing everyone!

*phew*

In defence against any accusations of plagiarism I can only say:

(i) I must have forgotten about trish's definition posted so very long ago. :p
(ii) great minds define alike. :o

ditto! ;)

Wow! Better post a new word before Marcus gets here.

megapterine

megapterine

Giant flying fish from the Neogene Period.
It bore some resemblance to Charlie the Tuna but without the sunglasses and hat and with more teeth and a pair of giant batlike wings.
The Megapterine ate other flying creatures and was also responsible for the extinction of the Carcharodon Megalodon, ancestor to the Great White Shark.
When the last Carcharodon Megalodon was eaten by a Megapterine, all the other fish nearby were so grateful they had a big party in his honor.
The Megapterine Guest-of-Honor repaid their gratitude by eating every last attendee and then flying off into the sunset.
It should be noted that the Great White Shark family was so bitter over the loss of their Patriarch they vowed to eat every other living thing they encountered. A quest they are still on to this very day.