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Alternative definitions for existing English words. Let us know by email if you can think of others.
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| Policy | like a law enforcement officer - from Martin Ferris |
| Privilege | somewhere to put a mug of tea when having a quiet moment - from Martin Ferris |
| Patriot | Irish free-for-all - from Martin Ferris |
| Protocol | the very first Colin - from Martin Ferris |
| Psychosis | dangerous female relative - from Martin Ferris |
| Pancake | severely criticise gateaux - from Martin Ferris |
| Parapet | mascot of the airborne division - from Martin Ferris |
| Portents | bad camp site - from Martin Ferris |
| Propane | in favour of torture - from Martin Ferris |
| Prinprick | very poorly endowed - from Martin Ferris |
| Pharmacology | the study of agricultural rainwear - from Martin Ferris |
| Psychology | the study of Hitchcock films - from Martin Ferris |
| Package | how old the parcel is |
| Palisade | soft drink for Royal garden party |
| Pandemonium | cross between a panda and a harmonium |
| Pandemonium | black and white musical instrument |
| Parables | two male bovines |
| Paradox | a pair of medical men |
| Paradox | two yacht marinas |
| Paradox | the Red Devils' medical team |
| Parasite | army camp for the airborne division |
| Parity | have the characteristics of a Macaw |
| Parking | golfer of consistently average ability |
| Parsnip | father having a vasectomy |
| Pastiche | what Sean Connery calls Cornish savoury-filled pies |
| Pathology | the study of crazy paving |
| Pecan | a small tin-shaped urinal |
| Peevish | having the characteristics of a peev |
| Pendant | my fenced-off mother's sister |
| Pending | waiting for the bell to ring |
| Periwig | what Mr Como used to wear |
| Persona | the legal possessor of a woman's handbag |
| Perspire | cost unit of church towers |
| Perturb | cost unit of a bath, in Northumberland |
| Perverse | cost unit of poems |
| Pesticide | killing doorstep cold-callers |
| Phoney | having the characteristics of a phone |
| Picador | instruction to choose and entrance |
| Piccalilli | instruction to choose a flower |
| Piccaninny | instruction to choose an idiot |
| Pillage | how old the tablets are |
| Placebo | stand in for a Spanish tenor |
| Plaque | prize for a dentist |
| Pliers | members of a football team - as spoken in Mayfair |
| Pollination | floral sex |
| Polynesia | to forget the name of one's parrot |
| Portly | shaped like a port |
| Probate | the maggots used by full-time anglers |
| Proceeds | the choice of top gardeners |
| Professor | one who talks in someone else's sleep |
| Prologue | a chopped down tree regarded as an expert in its field |
| Propaganda | stick for an unbalanced male goose |
| Property | a real English cuppa |
| Protester | a really good examiner |
| Pronto | a very fast native American scout |
| Proscribe | professional writer |
| Proviso | professional face protection |
| Psychopath | a roadway for pedal bikes, in London |
| Porpoise | Geordie for the reason for which something is done |
| Pyrex | heat-resistant dinosaur |
