The Abu Dhabi Week Alternative Dictionary continues its meander through the irrelevant and unlikely ...

Allegory (n): particularly bloody reptile fight (Lakme Nair)
Consent (v): to fib about that posted cheque (Charlie Kennedy)
Control (v): what Peer Gynt did with those pesky Norwegian elves (Bryan Davis)
Demand (adj): being one man down (Charlie Kennedy)
Excel (v): to imprison your former spouse (Lakme Nair)
Misunderstanding (n): the girl waiting downstairs (Sumathi As)
Mundane (n): dull person from Copenhagen (Bryan Davis)
Negligent (adj): man who doesn’t follow the safety rules (Bryan Davis)
Neophyte(n): a trainee boxer (Bryan Davis)
Neurosis (n): female sibling who is very worried for no reason (Bryan Davis)
Pharmacy (n): the place where sick vegetable growers go for medicine (Bryan Davis)
Selfish (adj): fisherman who won’t give away his catch for free (Bryan Davis)
Setting (n): clinking crockery (Lakme Nair)
Twitch (n): nervous female wizard (Bryan Davis)
Work out (n): to be employed in the open air (Sumathi As)

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