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Bean Sidhe
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Church Times headline after a priest said of their proposals 'Not in my parish!'
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Bean Sidhe
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Church Times headline after a priest said of a House of Bishops' proposal 'Not in my parish!'
Pleck
Whoops missed edit! Should be as above
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Pleck - n. a cross between a peck and a lick (a sort of "French peck" - I'll elaborate no more on that). "To pleck" is, of course, the verb.
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Jack the Lass
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Oola A particularly pungent vegetable, practically inedible unless you *like* the taste of sweaty socks, but which is great planted beside your brassicas as a slug repellant.
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Prestonpans - the etymology of this noun is fascinating. It began as "pressed-on pants" - a form of underpants fixed with Velcro or some such attachment for those either unable or unwilling to go to the trouble of attiring themselves in the conventional way. The term came to be used metaphorically for any operation undertaken in the most ludicrously lazy way (although examples are hard to find, given that so much of modern life is "prestonpans", from dishwashers to vehicles with automatic transmission etc...)
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Firenze
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Flums.
Plant breeders really thought they had come up with the answer to the kiwi fruit with this hybrid of the fig and plum, but, while the flavour was pleasant, it had an effect on the human body which caused it to be relaunched as the Superprune.
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Piglet
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... caused it to be relaunched as the Superprune ...
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Farleigh Wick, adj. is an extension of the Northern Irish term wick, meaning foolish or embarrassed. "I bet he feels wick" might be said of someone made to wear outlandish clothing. Feeling "farleigh wick" is slightly less extreme ...
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Morlader
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Chuckery Noun: a vital component of the consumer society, chuckery is the philosophy that everything is and should be disposable. It is applied, by extension, not only to material objects like three year old cars, but also to instutions like the House of Lords ... "it's old and should be chucked"
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Wiveliscombe (pron. wivveliss-kombee*) n. - an English West Country dance that is a combination of frantically waving one's hands around while swivelling one's body around in circles. It looks rather daft, it has to be said, but very popular so I hear...
*apparently it's obligatory to pronounce the word with a Zummerzet accent.
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Sioni Sais
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Bala A boomerang, made of slate instead of the usual wood or bone. Unusual in that it did not return to the thrower and also that it could kill a man*, horse or lion at 150 cubits.
*even, potentially, a Philistine giant.
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justlooking
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Belmullet A French version of the infamous mullet hairstyle. It relies on rollers and styling products and was originally intended for women but became popular with male 'Rock Stars' of the 1980's. It looks stupid.
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WhateverTheySay
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Upper Upham - Posh people's way of describing top quality pig meat. There is a need to emphasise the upper-class-ness of the meat that is not available in regular supermarkets.
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Winchester - n. how very relevant to bring this up with the Olympics looming, because a "winchester" is a person who indulges in a particular kind of celebration after winning a sporting contest. It involves hitting his hand against his chest in quite a dramatic and belligerent fashion (not recommended for the ladies, by the way). So look out for athletes who go around "winchesting"...
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justlooking
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Abony An archaic term for a woman without a bonnet or other head covering. It was considered improper to appear without suitable head covering in public places, especially in church. To say a woman was abony therefore carried the implication that she was no better than she should be.
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Blubberhouses Nothing to do with crying. These were igloos made by hunting inuits from slabs of frozen whale. The hunter would sit inside and wait for a polar bear to find him
The bear would first gorge himself on the frozen meat. The hunter would wait inside, waiting for sounds of acute indigestion, then crawl out to deliver the coup de grace
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Bean Sidhe
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That which is cocked to make cock a leekie soup.
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Danny DeVito
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Piglet
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woking, pres. part.: cooking Chinese food
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Morlader
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Drumnadrochit N. Related to a maneuver carried out by marching bands, particularly (bag)pipe and drum bands, where on reaching the extremity of the parade ground each rank does an about-turn and passes through the on-coming ranks. D. is the technical term for failing to execute the most difficult part of the maneuver, passing the big bass drum(s).
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Sir Kevin
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Named after a lad whose given name was Ethan.
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Morlader
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Sacramento N. Memorabilia one can buy at shrines etc. (from sacred memento).
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Bean Sidhe
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Bisecting an academic from crown to crotch, much fantasised by their tutees. Rarely executed.
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Danny DeVito
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Piglet
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lowestoft, n. (obs): in the feudal system in Yorkshire, the bottom rung of the class ladder, short for "lowest of t'low"
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Morlader
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Hempriggs Collective noun: those people having, and expressing,, strong views about hem lines of dresses and skirts worn by (mostly young) ladies. Now obs because of the wearing of jeans.
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WhateverTheySay
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Hythe - Somebody who lives high up, like above the 10th floor for example.
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Sioni Sais
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John O'Groats A slang term for a money lender in 14th century England.
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Frome - sick and tired of the power of Rome, a rival city was established by anti-Catholics called "F-Rome", which, of course, became "Frome". For some reason the meaning of the letter "F" was never really established, but wild theories abounded, from "Fundamentalist" and "Free Church" to something rather more colourful.
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Morlader
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Yellowknife -
1 n. A weapon carried by a coward.
2 vb intrans. To exclaim when cut by a 1, as in "Ow! Knife!"
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SS: I set "Frome" on Tuesday pm. So is yet another definition "To send an Internet board into a loop"? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Sioni Sais
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SS: I set "Frome" on Tuesday pm. So is yet another definition "To send an Internet board into a loop"?
I knew I'd do it eventually! Maybe 'to frome' is 'To attempt to create another meaning for a word'?
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Nether Wallop - both a verb and noun which refers to hitting someone (particularly a male) below the belt. "I've been nether walloped"; "I was a victim of a nether wallop".
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Mamacita
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Ouagadougou: Syllables sung, repeatedly, by the backup chorus in certain genres of pop music.
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Morlader
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Waukegan A medical prognosis - "You'll never ..." ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Niminypiminy
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Run out of fresh, or need to make some Hemlock drink out of season? Now there is no need to worry: new Hemyock instant Hemlock powder. For all the troublesome philosophers in your life.
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Morlader
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- a prison for females.
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Sioni Sais
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Piddletrenthide is a festival held when the Burton Union brewery system backs up and causes the River Trent to inundate most of southern Derbyshire.
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Mamacita
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Towcester N. Small kitchen appliance in which slices of bread are heated and browned, largely for the purpose of spreading butter and jam on them.
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Towcester N. A, possibly illegal, encampment of towable vehicles. Semi-permenant, Towcesters provide a home for travellers and gypsies. See
Dale Farm
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Bean Sidhe
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Ishpeming
Spamming without dentures.
Ahun
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WhateverTheySay
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Ahun - A way of catching somebody's attention.
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Bognor: to be intoxicated, as in "we got well bognored last night!"
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Morlader
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Corby Vb. To be boastful, as in "yes, she's good, but I wish she wouldn't corby about it." From Scots corby = a crow.
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Sioni Sais
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Auchtermuchty A surfeit, esp an unpleasant one.
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Henlys- a plural noun describing the buttons on a coat collar - as in "It was so cold, I had to do my Henlys up"
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The5thMary
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Haltwhistle
An impromptu stop for a brew, especially when hiking.
Quadring
Quadring: Four siblings who are confused about where they're going. They keep walking around in a circle.
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Haltwhistle
An impromptu stop for a brew, especially when hiking.
Quadring
Quadring: Four siblings who are confused about where they're going. They keep walking around in a circle.
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Piglet
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Avebury trusloe, n: a small fruit, halfway in size between a sloe and a damson, which grows wild on Salisbury Plain. Steep with sugar and GIN, leave for six weeks and strain for a delicious post-prandial drink.
Shall we go back to Bootle now?
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Bootle A container for Irn Bru.
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Firenze
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Wetwang: an area of low-lying ground, liable to flooding.
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