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| - | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''boneyard''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cemetery -- quite literally, a yard of bones. '''2.''' A hospital or nursing home. '''3.''' A school, strip mall, sporting stadium or apartment complex; a structure containing numerous inconscient persons. '''4.''' A [[chimp|human being]], particularly in reference to destination. '''5.''' A type of sailor's [[knot]] originating in Nova Scotia. '''6.''' A cityscape dominated by skyscrapers. '''7.''' A homo-sexual dance club or drinking establishment. | + | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''boneyard''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cemetery -- quite literally, a yard of bones. '''2.''' A hospital or nursing home. '''3.''' A school, strip mall, sporting stadium or apartment complex; a structure containing numerous inconscient persons. '''4.''' A [[chimp|human being]], particularly in reference to destination. '''5.''' A type of sailor's [[knot]] originating in Nova Scotia. '''6.''' A cityscape dominated by skyscrapers. '''7.''' A homo-sexual dance club or drinking establishment. '''8.''' A rib joint dumpster. '''9.''' South Philly suburb. |
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boneyard n. 1. A cemetery -- quite literally, a yard of bones. 2. A hospital or nursing home. 3. A school, strip mall, sporting stadium or apartment complex; a structure containing numerous inconscient persons. 4. A human being, particularly in reference to destination. 5. A type of sailor's knot originating in Nova Scotia. 6. A cityscape dominated by skyscrapers. 7. A homo-sexual dance club or drinking establishment. 8. A rib joint dumpster. 9. South Philly suburb.
Non Canonical Text"In consequence, the U.S. remains buried in Korea can never be recovered but are bound to be reduced to earth with the flow of time." -- Foriegn Ministry spokesperson, N. Korea. ....floating desperately, hanging on to a gelatinous hook from the sky....the Ace of Spades presented to the hungry void....see Holy Grail See Also |
 DesiderataSteven Vogeler's Associationalist Composition No.1 features a passage referred to as Brought up in a Boneyard. A short-story by Alfred Bester, By Leaps and Bounds, features a character named Winthrop Boneyard who can teleport himself for a maximum distance of 3.14 "neo-meters."
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