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Bean Sidhe
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Calumet: The disappointing blind date who phoned you.
Barnstaple
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Sioni Sais
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Lampeter One who eats light bulbs
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Bosworth a predecimalisation valuation of one's superior at w*rk. Usually about 3s4d (one sixth of a pound sterling).
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Sioni Sais
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Carhampton The laddishness factor of a vehicle. Eg, an old VW Beetle has a Ch of 0.1 while a Porsche 911 has a Ch of 0.7.
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Halifax An evil-smelling office machine.
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Angloid
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Gillingham: a term used by publishers of popular fiction, when recommending improvements to a manuscript to increase its appeal to women. (as in, Fifty Shades of Grey has a high gillingham rating).
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Cara
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Peebles --those really tiny little stones that you get so mysteriously in your shoes.
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Mamacita
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Gweek The sound your shoes make when they have water in them (as opposed to peebles)
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Cara
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mamacita:
[QB] Gweek The sound your shoes make when they have water in them (as opposed to peebles)
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Oglesby monocle-making capital of Britain.
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Angloid
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Quedgeley the sort of muddy field or farmyard that is likely to result in gweek shoes.
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Wrabness - a state arrived at by eating too much haggis on Burns' Night.
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Ij The effect felt by wearers of new kilts (e.g. on Burns Night), particularly those unaccustomed or not hardened to wearing kilts.
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Pwelli - Place to park wet waterproof boots
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[pedant alert] pwelli? don't you mean Pwllheli?[/[pedant alert]
Allerton the look in suburbanites' eyes when they are conscious of being part of Neighbourhood Watch.
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balaam
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Crayke - the sound made by doors with rusty hinges in the posher parts of the country.
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Angloid
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Looe What we used to have before they invented the waterloo.
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Epping : the act of indicating disapproval of small children in church. 'I brought Millie, but she whinged, and the lady behind us was epping.'
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Clitheroe - clearly a modern spelling of the ancient cry of "Clither-O!", made by a person who is alternately climbing and slithering down a rock face, to warn those beneath of loose debris which may be dislodged in the process.
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Angloid
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Sweffling the sensation felt when wearing a damp raincoat on a particularly warm and humid day.
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Swaffham Imperative. An order to dispose of certain items, e.g., "What should I do with these plums - they've gone bad?" "Swaffham!!"
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Belvidere an aristocratic grande dame such as portrayed by Dame Maggie Smith.
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Wem A muffled sound, softer than "Wham," sort of like when you take a football right in the stomach.
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Bogalusa To forget the location of the public conveniences in a local town or city. More generally, a "senior moment".
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Crantock a grumpy old person.
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Strines Citizens of Oz.
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To tell the truth, especially when someone thinks you're trying to pull their leg.
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Perranarworthal
An unintended and prolonged drive around unmarked and narrow country lanes: "He told us there was a short cut that way through to St Ives but we ended up on a perranarworthal for miles and came out near Redruth"
Nanpusker
Edited to add - disproportionate number of Cornish places in this, but they're so good!
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Nanpusker Opening line of a bawdy limerick, e.g. "There once was a girl from Nanpusker..."
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Madison a mediaeval curse (from French: mal disant)
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Lostock Gralam Sound of someone talking with his mouth full
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Quinnipiac The usual delivery packaging for tailors' dummies (from mannequin pack).
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Breage import duty on French cheese.
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Wantage A measure of neediness, ranging from 'Wantage factor 0', a state of blissful contentment, to 'factor 10', utter desperation.
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Place where all the bears live apart from Paddington Bear.
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Barnard Castle a Fairy Chess piece or a move involving such a piece and the King.
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Oswestry the sense of desolation felt by someone who has missed the last train to Aberystwyth.
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Chirk : The sound which escapes from between your fingers clamped over your mouth when suppressing a fit of giggles during a solemn occasion, such as a funeral.
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Mamacita
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Limpley Stoke Do a poor job adding fuel to a fire
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Kennebunkport A fortified drink that causes a Puritan to retire to his bed after dinner.
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Hessle A posh difficulty.
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Cara
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Not easy--a bit of a hessle, in fact.
Here's a feeble attempt.
Elmers End --the last straw. "What do you mean, we don't have any money to pay the bills? That's Elmers end, that is."
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Killiecrankie, n: murdering a vegetarian
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Chipping Sodbury [colloquial] the term suspended police officers give to 'gardening leave'.
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The action of one being spotted taking a quick leak.
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Crewe: mismatching clothes. "That outfit looks a bit crewe."
(deriv. "motley crew...")
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(I swear I saw this purely by chance on a map today when looking for something else).
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Tetbury vb. to inter a head separately from the body, esp. after execution by guillotine. From French tęte.
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What the citizens of Hull call the fear of being overrun by the Velodrome.
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