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WhateverTheySay
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Climax - an axe that is used to make climbing easier. It might be used to clear a path on a mountain for example.
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Shrewsbury final resting place of a nag ?
Bury
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Bury Small fruit. Generally grows on small bushes and gets baked into pies.
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Putnam the small pieces of pastry left over after you've made the pie.
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Weaste Where they fasten their belts in Jamaica.
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His lips are moving.
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Mamacita
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Pontefract When the Pope breaks his ankle.
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beachcomber
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Berwyn - winning bear bare
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Shanghai - A greeting, denoting excitement to see somebody.
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The sort of birthday greeting you finally get round to sending several days late.
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Rhyl the daze that one experiences when waking up with a bad hangover.
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Prestatyn The feeling after drinking too much that a heavy object has landed on your head.
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Duffryn a broken or malfunctioning ryn.
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Bontnewydd what ladies traditionally wear on their heads at Easter.
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Slaithwaite: That annoying interval when your Slaith hasn't arrived yet.
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Bolingbrooke n. A small stream passing over rocks and making occasional gurgling noises, but not as noisey as a babbling brook.
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pjl
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Strood- The patron saint of bad language
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The street where spammers live
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The man who made time, made plenty.
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Eccles The sunburnt spots you get where you didn't apply the suncream evenly.
Ings
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Ings A helpline for those struggling with the present participle.
Pratts Bottom
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His lips are moving.
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Pratts Bottom An example of redundancy
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Oostburg - a Mcdonalds product dripping in fat
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When it's sooooo hard to lose weight.
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Chaddlehanger hanging on to the Chaddle for dear overweight life.
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pjl
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Artist who only uses shiny paint
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Tilbury - Life.
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Iona possessive ..
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Iona - a proprietary claim. E.g., "A woman named Lois has submitted an iona on that watch in the lost and found."
ETA: Oops! Cross-posted.
Stornaway - Where the Christmas ornaments are this time of year.
Let's see what you all do with my hometown:
Detroit
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My article on the Virgin of Vladimir
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Crosspost.
Detroit An item of detritus.
Stornaway again!
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Stornaway Mad character in gothic novel who is kept hidden from polite society.
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Helions Bumpstead* Village named for its ill-behaved founders
Chillicothe
[*Of all the crazy place names on this thread, that's the one I had to look up. Yep, it's real.]
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Chillicothe n. A bed for an infant chilli.
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Stourport
Port that's really gone off. Only good for plant food.
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Billericay - A large pimple on Williams face
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Door for witches.
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Cudlipp town - where the cows chew in a most ladylike fashion
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Piddleton Town known for pissing / piddlin
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Hainault town where the standard response to any query is "Hey, no!"
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Bosham - senior pig farmer.
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Nether Wallop The penultimate pint from a barrel of scrumpy (rough cider).
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Quidhampton a large basket used to transport currency notes between banks and cash machines etc.
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Inskip - Where we dump our large items of rubbish
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Bishop Monkton An obscure game, which some think is based on available routes between places.
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Lydney - Top half of the leg.
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Hounslow - my beagles are exhausted
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Moss Side: how to navigate using only trees.
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That well-known smell of burning tyres skidding around a tight corner.
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Trethurgy: the tiredness felt after climbing trees
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Ooh, I missed the chance with Trethurgy. I would define it as the besetting sin of those who frequent Ecclesiantics.
Loughborough A civilian version of the heavy army greatcoat, worn by those prone to chest infections.
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