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The Meaning of Cliff

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A game for Friday and beyond - if you're up for it - based on Douglas Adams and John Lloyds' book The Meaning of Liff which uses place names to describe things that exist but have no name.
For example - ABERYSTWYTH (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

This being the Word Blog, instead of place names, bands, band members or solo artists must be used.

Here's 2 to start:

Boz Scaggs: The pieces of lint that attach to stubble after drying with a fluffy towel.

Devon Sproule: The mess left on an afternoon tea tray in a provincial hotel.

Over to you...

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Fripp (v)

a clenched arse burp

Robert (pro: Rawbert) Fripp (v) a naked clenched arse burp

1
James Blast | 4 November 2011 - 5:23pm

Lou Reed

slang term for literature normally perused while one is at stool

5
On The Fence | 4 November 2011 - 5:28pm

Pye Hastings...

...little-known regional pastry of uncertain origin, now ring-fenced by EU legislation. Traditional picnic item on Kentish caravanning holidays, enjoyed its heyday in the '70s.

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Colin H | 4 November 2011 - 5:28pm

Great idea, Steve!

Björn Ulvaeus (n. med): intractably infected beard rash.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:33pm

Deacon Blue...

...a term used by tailors to Free Church clergy in the Glasgow area to denote the particular shade of vestments favoured by a certain tier in the episcopal hierarchy. The original dye is believed to have been extracted from a fungus peculiar to the region in the 18th century, which opened out in full bloom to reveal the prized shade within, hence the oft-heard (if now obscure) phrase among tailoring folk 'fungus splays the blues'.

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Colin H | 4 November 2011 - 5:34pm

I'm sorry, really very sorry...

...but I cannot resist the urge to be extremely pedantic, seeing as I did a PhD that covered Scottish ecclesiastical history.

The Free Church is governed on the presbyterian model, not an episcopal one. Also, they rather be seen dead than wear vestments.

It's okay, I already have my coat on and am backing out of the door.

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Con Coleman | 4 November 2011 - 5:45pm

It was an off-the-cuff...

...decision on which church (associated with Scotland) to pick on in this momentary frisson of whimsy.*

Even as I typed, I thought it 50/50 that someone might pull at the barely-knitted threads of that whimsy...

(* Yes, yes - TMFTL)

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Colin H | 4 November 2011 - 5:48pm

Morrissey (adj.)

Of interior spaces, to be akin to the inside of a 1960s British Leyland family saloon.

8
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:36pm

Jah Wobble

Moments of religious uncertainty among the faithful

Which leads to -

The Marianne Faithfull - a sub sect with devotion to a particular icon always portrayed with the same exaggeratedly female figure (especially in a key series of black and white visions in the 1960s) and who further believe in breaking Lent by consuming chocolate products

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FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 5:43pm

Mitch Mitchell

The kind of scratching caused by ageing sunburn or new beardgrowth - "While the rest of the group packed away their instruments Robin Pecknold stood gazing at the moon through the window, absent mindedly mitch mitchelling" Mojo, August 2010.

2
Cobweb Steve | 4 November 2011 - 5:39pm

Robin Pecknold

a squeak of surprise on being attacked by Erithacus rubecula

1
PeteWingrave | 4 November 2011 - 6:40pm

Ringo Starr (n. colloq.)

In mid-20th century pornography, the Ringo Starr, or "stunt anus", was a backup actor employed when the rectum of any of the main participants suffered sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure. Ringo Starrs were legendarily reputed to make a sound like a blown bottle-top while walking.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:39pm

you bastard Bob

that last sentence made tea come down my nose...

1
Lard | 5 November 2011 - 6:40pm

Ariel Bender...

...London slang for hooligans often found causing minor damage to cars outside Saturday gigs in the '70s. Eventually the problem spread all the way to Memphis.

4
Colin H | 4 November 2011 - 5:41pm

Ben Folds (n. anatom.)

The friction burns on the moobs of the morbidly obese.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:41pm

Björk (n.)

A mild Scandinavian insult, much favoured in Icelandic sitcoms of the 1970s. Originally from the Reykjavik slang "Björkshire Veiðar", which rhymes with something much ruder.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:46pm

Showaddywaddy

A dried up desert waterway full of sideburns and rusty Vauxhall Crestas

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FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 5:45pm

Pentangle

The posture adopted while walking to a public lavatory under imminent danger of soiling oneself

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FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 5:48pm

Kim Deal

A failed business transaction. A deal is said to have gone "kim" when one of the parties to the agreement develops a serious heroin habit and disappears to the other side of the country for most of the following decade.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:48pm

Conor Oberst (n. mil. colloq)

In the little-known (and less decorated) German Foreign Legion, a "Conor Oberst" is the name for any Irishman who rises to the rank of Colonel.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:51pm

The Jesus and Mary Chain (noun)

The alleged bloodline that links Jesus Christ to Mary Tyler Moore.

4
Tom | 4 November 2011 - 5:51pm

Noddy Holder (n. arch)

A receptacle to store a washed 'Geronimo' condom for use the following week.

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jimmyshoes01 | 4 November 2011 - 5:51pm

Johnny Thunders

Slang for unexpected expelling of trapped air during the donning of a prophylactic

2
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 5:53pm

King Tubby (n. colloq)

An erection of which the owner is uncommonly proud.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 5:57pm

Les Holroyd's Barclay James Harvest featuring Woolly...

...Wolstenholme:

a ground-breaking reinvention, pioneered in the 1990s by Yorkshire farming magnate Les Holroyd, of autumnal agrarian techniques associated with, and once successul in, a bygone age. Believed to have been first used by one Barclay James, Holroyd added a sheep-farming element to the once exclusively arable model. A sadly now extinct local breed of sheep, the 'woolly Wolstenholme', was favoured. Business rival John Lees continues to plough his own furrow on the matter of preserving Barclay James's once widespread ideas.

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Colin H | 4 November 2011 - 5:58pm

Count Five (idiom, inf)

Beyond the remit of punk bands (e.g. The Ramones)

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jimmyshoes01 | 4 November 2011 - 6:00pm

Half Man Half Biscuit

One who expresses strength and bravado in front of their mates, but 'crumbles' in a conflict.

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Tom | 4 November 2011 - 6:03pm

See also...

...Nick Clegg. As in 'he was Cl*gging it.'

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John Medd | 8 November 2011 - 12:15am

Efterklang

The sound that occurs when throwing a recently emptied beer can in the general direction of a metal waste bin, as it rolls round the rim before landing on top of similarly discarded items.

2
el toro calvo grande | 4 November 2011 - 6:03pm

Johnny Cash

Money put aside at the beginning of the night incase one needs to purchase condoms later on.

2
Tom | 4 November 2011 - 6:06pm

Johnny Marr

That horrible moment when you realise you forgot to put it aside

4
tkdmart | 5 November 2011 - 11:52am

Billie Jo Spears

Novelty broccoli

4
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 6:09pm

Cozy Powell

The feeling of being happy with the former MP for Wolverhampton's dubious views on race

1
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 6:10pm

Bo Diddley

Seven pints to the worse

4
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 6:11pm

Paul Weller (verb)

To stop doing something extremely successful and pursue a course of action for art's sake.

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jimmyshoes01 | 4 November 2011 - 6:12pm

Lady Gaga

The nickname given to Joan of Arc by tabloid journalists of the time.

1
Tom | 4 November 2011 - 6:13pm

Thunderclap Newman

The kind of person that gets into music you've liked for ages and then evangelises about them to you like you've never heard them before.

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Cobweb Steve | 4 November 2011 - 6:13pm

Prefab Sprout

The kind of person who dismisses any music that you recommend on the grounds that if they were any good they’d have heard of them already.

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Cobweb Steve | 4 November 2011 - 6:13pm

Topper Headon

Rare birth defect whereby the glans of the penis resemble a top hat.

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Sven Garlic | 4 November 2011 - 6:14pm

Billy Fury

...apoplectic reaction felt by bowler-hatted dinosaurs in the Drumcree area, Northern Ireland - a wondrous place - when denied the chance to walk down the 'Queen's highway' at an inconvenient time in July.

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Colin H | 4 November 2011 - 6:16pm

Manassas

Small bits of confectionery found in male trouser pockets

4
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 6:18pm

Santana

Any cliched exclamation in a language other than your own. 'Gott in Himmel!', 'zut alors!' and 'begorrah!' were the 3 most common santanas in Britain according to the last Mori poll in 1986.

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Cobweb Steve | 4 November 2011 - 6:36pm

Slint (n.)

An apocryphal tale of appalling accidental mutilation which happened to the friend of a distant acquaintance of the teller. Popular slints of the past included the one about the razor blades embedded in the Great White waterslide at the Swindon Oasis leisure centre in the 1980s.

Slints have fallen largely out of favour since the advent of happy slapping, and are now primarily used by Design and Technology teachers as a method of crowd control.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 7:35pm

Little Richard

A cold morning (as opposed to Long Acre - a warm morning)

1
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 7:35pm

Mission of Burma (n.)

Brand of fibreglass undergarment worn by some of the more enthusiastically austere orders of nun.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 7:41pm

Biffy Clyro

slang term for any unruly mass of matted of hair, wether on the face, the nether regions or indeed found to be blocking drains

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On The Fence | 4 November 2011 - 8:11pm

This is, without a shadow of a doubt,

on of the funniest, wittiest & LOL-tastic threads there's ever been here.

Just wish I was clever enough to join in! ;-)

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andielou | 4 November 2011 - 8:24pm

The Bangles

A particularly nasty dose of haemorrhoids that can in extreme cases cause the sufferer to walk like an Egyptian.

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Chris Young | 4 November 2011 - 8:25pm

Sorry but ....

We have a winner already!

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FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:04pm

Cherry Ghost

The pink rimmed indentation left in the icing of a Kipling's bakewell tart when someone has pinched the cherry from the top.

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Chris Young | 4 November 2011 - 8:28pm

The Who (q,)

A term used in 2011 to describe people who still listen to Styx.

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Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 8:40pm

The Styx

A term used in 2011 to describe people who still start threads about drummers.

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Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:10am

Vashti Bunyan

A severe callus of the elbow.

1
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 8:47pm

Tuung

The salty metallic taste of the contacts on an expired 9v battery.

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James EB | 4 November 2011 - 8:53pm

The Ry Cooder

Device in underground Swiss scientific facility for separating newly discovered ry particles from dark matter, a process known as cooding. When fired up it emits a haunting, twanging sound caused by vibration.

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Sven Garlic | 4 November 2011 - 8:56pm

Van Morrison

Well known Northern Irish vehicle rental company

1
policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 8:58pm

I saw a Virgin Media van in Shepherds Bush yesterday

which had "Van Morrison" in stick on letters on the high top roof. No sign of a harmonica in the exhaust pipe though.

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davebigpicture | 5 November 2011 - 2:26pm

Ulrich Schnauss

A fiery alcoholic cordial derived from Tyrolean root vegetables and pine bark. May cause blindness and/or visions.

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James EB | 4 November 2011 - 8:58pm

Bee Gees

That feeling you get when you hear cheesy falsetto singing

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policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 9:00pm

I notice

No one has defined Cliff Richard. It's just too obvious , isn't it?

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policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 9:03pm

Iggy Pop (n.)

Cocktail invented at Twistleton College, Oxford in 1954 at the founding meeting of the Bloody Foul Club. This infamous dining society, the brainchild of Old Cheltonians Piers Ffeatherstoneshawe and Jonty Grulb, meets to this day, six times a year, and has as its guiding principle the consumption of ever more ludicrous and inedible delicacies. In 2008 a Bloody Fowler - Crispin Flanch, 19 - famously died after attempting to eat a spiked railing.

The Iggy Pop, which may only be drunk from the shell of a wild tramp slaughtered at Whitsun, consists of three parts Madeira to four parts Pimms to two parts strawberry Yazoo to one part WD40.

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Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:04pm

Chappo

Named after legendary bad tempered and foul mouthed Family singer Roger Chapman who was inclined to be a bit sweary to, for example, a 16 year old kid who has hitchhiked over 200 miles IN THE DARK, OVERNIGHT to see him play live in, say, Edinburgh.
"Alan, what do you think Terry said there?"
"Not sure Gary, but I think he gave Ferdinand a right Chappo".

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geacher53 | 4 November 2011 - 9:09pm

Linval Thompson

Brand name of a defunct cold and flu remedy that was outlawed in the early years of the Twentieth Century.

Left to sit in its trademark square jar this viscous medicine would separate into distinct red, gold and green layers.

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James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:11pm

Kate Bush...

[errm, perhaps not in hindsight]

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whitehorsehill | 4 November 2011 - 9:12pm

Keyser Soze

Extremely spicy condiment. Use sparingly, as too much will leave you unsure of what you've eaten, or, indeed, if you've eaten.

0
policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 9:15pm

Rihanna (n.)

The industry terminology for the modern "snap" ring-pull.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:18pm

Buffalo Daughter

Female born within nine months of her parent's wedding day.

1
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:20pm

Clor (v.)

Suddenly discovering, while making an unsolicited and lecherous noise at a passing member of the opposite sex, that you have a large amount of phlegm in your throat.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:21pm

Merzbow

An extremely sharp offal knife.

2
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:22pm

Solomon Burke (n.)

A High Court judge who has not yet realised that his flies are undone and everyone in court saw a bit of his knob when he walked in.

3
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:23pm

Autechre

An old Hampshire expression meaning: I really don't have the slightest idea.

1
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:24pm

James, you are on fire.

No, literally: you're on fire.

You're not literally on fire. But you are on fire.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:30pm

Thank you

You're doing some sterling stuff there too Bob.

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James EB | 4 November 2011 - 10:23pm

Ah we have here a Courtney Love

A situation originating in Medieval Royal courts whereby two warriors of a sect recognize a potential adversaries obvious talent. As opposed to an Elton John a different kind of love which need not apply here!

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daddyclark | 6 November 2011 - 3:11pm

Alvin Lee

To go very very very fast without any semblance of a decent end product.
"Alan, do you think Theo Walcott will be in Fabio's next squad?"
"Not sure Gary, he's a bit Alvin Lee for my liking".

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geacher53 | 4 November 2011 - 9:27pm

Massive Attack

What happens when an online community turns against one of its members for admitting to, say a liking for early eighties AOR

4
Chris Young | 4 November 2011 - 9:29pm

Sunn O)))

An emoticon briefly used in the early 2000s to denote the singer Erykah Badu.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:29pm

Germain Bazzle

The anxious and uncomfortable feelings associated with a traffic delay on a journey to an airport.

1
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:33pm

Jermaine Jackson

The pertinent way of thinking when left alone

0
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 10:41pm

Moby

The feeling one used to get on a Sunday afternoon when everything was closed, there was nothing on TV and the pubs didn't open for another four hours.

4
Chris Young | 4 November 2011 - 9:33pm

Ace.

0
Georgedivided | 5 November 2011 - 9:33pm

Sleater-Kinney (adj.)

Descriptive of the pair of facial expressions worn by Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais while watching Karl Pilkington being dressed against his will in native costume.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:49pm

Shaun Ryder

The request for dressing room accoutrements favoured by 90's boy bands.

1
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 9:41pm

Level 42

We live on a hill

0
Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 9:43pm

Abba

Lesser known catchphrase of 80's Crackerjack presenter Stu Francis

0
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 9:43pm

Tamikrest (n.)

Berry Gordy's letterhead.

2
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:44pm

Genius!

We are not worthy etc

1
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:50pm

Anna Calvi

A type of dark spinach

1
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:45pm

Kasabian

Pebbly debris found at the bottom of cereal packets

2
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:47pm

kraut rock

Slang term for 70's german porn

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über-über | 4 November 2011 - 9:47pm

Styx

Those last bits of "toilet" that require extra attention, possibly a wet wipe

4
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 9:47pm

Poo Styx

A game played on the river (not in Hades) with the dried wet wipes whilst standing on a bridge

1
Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 10:10pm

Tinder Styx

The result of too much friction when an online community has been divided unnecessarily and acrimoniously by comments to certain parties' liking/hatred (the coheed and cambria) of, say, a certain mid-'70s rock-group.

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Johnimator | 7 November 2011 - 9:03pm

Coheed & Cambria

2 points of view when assessing the merits or not of, say, certain '70s rock groups (but not "Blue Collar Man" which I quite like. LEAVE IT!!)

0
Johnimator | 7 November 2011 - 9:05pm

Beck

A scuffle at a wedding

0
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:48pm

Slim Gaillard

A fertility related condition of the 'tubes'

1
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:48pm

Polvo (adj.)

A parent who is late for the school run because he or she has been having an illicit bunk-up with another parent may be said to be "totally polvo".

2
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:51pm

Stackridge

The pile of unwanted stack heeled shoes donated to Oxfam

2
Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 9:49pm

Mastodon

The elite level of a Mafioso, one in overall charge of more than four families.

2
skirky | 4 November 2011 - 9:49pm

Supertramp

original name for Brut

12
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 9:49pm

Suggs

the dregs of food found in the kitchen drainer after washing up

4
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 9:50pm

George Faith

The belief that your lottery numbers will come up this Saturday.

0
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 9:52pm

Eydie Gorme

Unpredictable latin tide

0
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:53pm

Madonna

a Glaswegian claiming ownership of a kebab.

4
Mac45 | 4 November 2011 - 9:53pm

Pere Ubu (n.)

The middle rank of priest in the Vatican's elite diving team.

1
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:55pm

I'll stop paying compliments soon

But that is so wonderful....

0
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 10:38pm

Haha, thanks! :-)

You've played some blinders yourself! I love this thread.

0
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 10:44pm

the beatles

liverpudlian term for someone who has a funny walk due to haemmeroids - originated in early 60's

0
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 9:54pm

The Hold Steady

Very large counterbalance carried in the bowels of a ship

0
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 9:54pm

kraftwerk

early 50's german knitting commune based in st ives

2
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 9:56pm

beady eye

term of endearment exchange between cyclops

4
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 9:57pm

Lady Gaga

A Daily Mail columnist who steals sperm.

4
Mac45 | 4 November 2011 - 9:57pm

Neutral Milk Hotel (n.)

A Swiss resort for cheese tourists.

0
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 9:58pm

fleetwood mac

garment worn by NW trawlermen in cold weather

1
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 9:59pm

Nirvana

an internet blog thread of no real value but impossibly addictive and entertaining, some claim never to have experienced this phenomenon only those that have can truly claim to have reached this place.

2
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 10:00pm

The Olympia Brass Band

A gentleman's accessory.

1
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 10:00pm

Beyonce (adv)

To feel on top of the world, due to being talented, glamorous and v. v. Rich.

Britney (adj) jaded, faded, past one's best.

1
policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 10:01pm

the smiths

victorian cheesemakers collective

0
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 10:02pm

Midlake (v.)

At parties, a host who introduces the shyest and most reluctant guest to the brashest, loudest and most tedious before shouting "OK, BYE!" and disappearing, is said to have "midlaked" their victim.

4
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 10:04pm

the glitter band

70's fashion revival of previous noted gentlemens accesssory

0
über-über | 4 November 2011 - 10:04pm

The Black Dyke Band

Er, the world's most famous brass band, with over 150 years of rich musical history.

0
John Medd | 12 November 2011 - 12:39am

MGMT (n.)

Hale & Pace's short-lived textspeak-only YouTube channel.

3
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 10:05pm

Ginger Baker

To be extremely good at what you do whilst being totally hatstand.
"Alan, what did you think of Keane's performance today".
"Well Gary, he was superb today, but he is still a bit of a Ginger Baker".
Ps: When I worked for Fine Fare in the late 80s I did have a ginger baker work for me... he was about 5feet2, red hair obviously, weighed about six stone soaking wet, a complexion akin to milk and was always ALWAYS covered in flour. His nickname....? "The Dark Destroyer".

0
geacher53 | 4 November 2011 - 10:07pm

Fat Larry's Band

A gastric restriction device internally fastened around Fat Larry's stomach, in the hope that he might be referred to as simply "Larry."

2
Mac45 | 4 November 2011 - 10:07pm

Barry Manilow

old naval term for below deck shenanigans i.e Tom and Dick enjoyed a some rum and a Barry Manilow

1
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 10:13pm

Shawn Colvin

A medieval method of field irrigation, now sadly lost.

4
James EB | 4 November 2011 - 10:13pm

Gordon Lightfoot

Mythical Antrim curdler of milk, causer of childhood dumbness and taker of the 'angels share' of fine whiskey

1
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 10:28pm

OMD

Expression of surprise favoured by texting Satanists.

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Vorgongod | 4 November 2011 - 10:28pm

Fucking brilliant.

0
Bob | 4 November 2011 - 10:31pm

I'm so glad

you couldn't go out tonight. Genius.

0
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 10:39pm

Word Blog Post of the Year

The award will be coming your way I am sure.

0
Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 10:43pm

Wang Chung

exclamation meaning "I wish I'd thought of that!"

2
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 10:44pm

(Blushes)

.

1
Vorgongod | 4 November 2011 - 11:01pm

My hat is off

interpretation nirvana has been achieved.

0
Mac45 | 4 November 2011 - 11:14pm
Georgedivided | 5 November 2011 - 9:39pm

Rammstein

The German diffusion brand of Black Sheep ale

3
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 10:29pm

Olivia Newton John

Very small high quality syphonic flushing toilet

0
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 10:30pm

The Ting Tings

The feeling of one's genitalia trying to creep back inside one's body when watching particularly graphic medical procedures on TV."That show about liver transplants gave me the Ting Tings"

4
Chris Young | 4 November 2011 - 10:30pm

The Fratellis

Unpleasant panic attacks involving shaking and sweats brought on by the fear of being thought mediocre.

0
Sven Garlic | 4 November 2011 - 10:34pm

Yazoo

Wilting of the follicles caused by injudicious use of hair gel

0
FakeGeordie | 4 November 2011 - 10:36pm

The Fugazi

Violent Italian youth movement created by Berlusconi marked out by their trademark russet coloured dyed hair.

0
Sven Garlic | 4 November 2011 - 10:39pm

Youssou N'dour

Similar to the common or garden Youssou, but in the house

3
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 10:41pm

Bachman Turner

Still an illegal practice in 18 US states

5
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 10:45pm

Marillion

Fish-based soup, popular in the Med

0
policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 10:47pm

ELO

A welcome greeting used in parts of Yorkshire

3
Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 10:48pm

ELP

The same person noticing you have a vinyl record under your arm

1
Uncle Wheaty | 4 November 2011 - 10:53pm

EMF

an insult used among the youth of "East Side" Barnsley

3
Dave Amitri | 4 November 2011 - 10:55pm

Eno

Yorkshire for "I don't believe it!"

0
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 11:53pm

Emo

Yorkshire for extra foundation

1
FakeGeordie | 5 November 2011 - 12:16am

A yorkshireman writes

UFO

4
Neil Dyson | 5 November 2011 - 11:20am

ELP

Any Happy Mondays album.

0
chilly1963 | 11 November 2011 - 6:33pm

Ruby Flipper

Painful foot condition, caused by dancing along to old TV music programmes

2
policybloke1 | 4 November 2011 - 10:52pm

Bono

Used ironically like "wicked" which has come to mean "excellent", so "Bono" which originates from the French for "good" has actually come to mean its opposite

1
Sheev | 4 November 2011 - 11:11pm

Aswad

A bundle of toilet paper used as protection against anal incontinence

5
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 11:13pm

Holly Golightly:

The distinctive walk affected by followers of a short-lived Liverpool dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s

0
mojoworking | 4 November 2011 - 11:14pm

Einsturzende Neubaten

Extreme masturbation

7
Sheev | 4 November 2011 - 11:23pm

XTC

Once went out with Top Cat...

6
GCU Grey Area | 4 November 2011 - 11:27pm

Slayer

A drunk says goodbye

8
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 11:32pm

T'Pau

An expression of violence found in Yorkshire-based superhero comics

11
Gauntlet | 4 November 2011 - 11:33pm

Aerosmith

Someone who makes chocolate

20
Captain Underpants | 4 November 2011 - 11:39pm

Manic Street Preachers

People who tell you what's going to happen in Corrie, despite being asked not to.

3
Tom | 4 November 2011 - 11:45pm

Spandau Ballet

A small restrictive rubber garment worn when practising Einsturzende Neubaten

2
Sheev | 4 November 2011 - 11:49pm

Holland Dozier Holland

Dutch film based on Dumb and Dumber

9
Sheev | 4 November 2011 - 11:51pm

Mozart

Paintings by Morrisey.

4
Tom | 4 November 2011 - 11:52pm

Rilo Kiley

To irritate an Irish person.

5
Gauntlet | 4 November 2011 - 11:53pm

Idlewild

Annual convention in Michigan dedicated to the third most popular Python.

2
Tom | 4 November 2011 - 11:56pm

The Troggs

A collection of lochs

0
Gauntlet | 4 November 2011 - 11:58pm

I Am Kloot

I am drunk. Slang: see also "Mullered"; "Wankered"; "Shitefaced" etc.

2
Sheev | 4 November 2011 - 11:59pm

Frank Zappa

Device for instantly cooking frozen sausages

8
Mousey | 5 November 2011 - 12:05am

Decemberists

Aching joints caused by excessive masturbation, especially when forced to stay inside during the winter months.

3
Tom | 5 November 2011 - 12:08am

Prince Rogers Nelson

Passionate affair between the heir to the throne and the celebrated naval officer.

1
Mac45 | 5 November 2011 - 12:18am

The Tornados

The inevitable and sometimes frightening consequence of an ill-advised kebab on the way home after an evening of liquid over-indulgence involving several jager bombs

2
Toffee the Cat | 5 November 2011 - 12:33am

The Snits

The morning after the Tornados

2
Toffee the Cat | 5 November 2011 - 12:34am

Pat Kane

Any of a collection of uncontrollable/automatic tics, first observed in an impatient older man who would repeatedly tap and pat the top of his walking stick as he nervously tried to leave a room where he was being subjected to third-rate gloopy re-treads of ideas that Stevie Wonder had abandoned.

1
el hombre malo | 5 November 2011 - 12:48am

Mahavishnu

A simultaneous cough and sneeze of such complexity that it elicits admiration from those observing it

15
B Smith | 5 November 2011 - 1:05am

BS...

...I laughed out loud! Brilliant! :-D

0
Colin H | 6 November 2011 - 1:35am

Willie Nile

An unseemingly tumescent manhood experienced as being pressed against one's thigh upon the tube network, but which one cannot discern the source of.

0
skirky | 5 November 2011 - 1:09am

Ginger Baker

Pâtissier

0
malcolm.bruce | 5 November 2011 - 1:07am

Morrissey (adj)

Usually applied to a person who combines self-righteousness, passive-aggressive outbursts and bum flowers.

0
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:14am

Lemon Jelly

The state experienced by audience members which leads them inexorably to the act of applauding any clip of a guest displayed by Jools Holland to the same guest on Later.

1
skirky | 5 November 2011 - 1:16am

Bobbie Gentry

Scottish aristocracy messing about in small boats in both freshwater and sea lochs but not on open water. Often dinghies.

0
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:20am

I am Kloot

Playground expression denoting disbelief. [Origin obsc.]

(Sewage Lane Primary, 1975 "But I did, I did have trials with Man U!" "Yeah .... and I am Kloot")

1
Gatz | 5 November 2011 - 1:23am

Glen Campbell

Scottish valley dominated by the powerful and pro-Hanoverian Clan Campbell

0
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:25am

Amy MacDonald

Faux-French phrase used by Campbell enemies, when allying themselves with a rival clan.

0
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:28am

Florence Welch

To renege on a gambling debt incurred to the House of Medici.

2
skirky | 5 November 2011 - 1:29am

Unthanks, Sister

Non-appreciation, delivered in a sarcastic tone along the lines of Daffy Duck's "Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin."

0
B Smith | 5 November 2011 - 1:33am

Aswad

Rich

2
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:34am

John Miles

measure of distance to nearest bathroom

2
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:35am

Led Zeppelin

submarine

2
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:37am

Robert Plant

the placement of any vegetable in one's trousers

0
Nick Duvet | 5 November 2011 - 1:39pm

T Rex

Fine Fare's top-selling tea brand in the early 1970s

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:38am

Village People

extras hired on location to work on The Wicker Man

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 1:41am

Arctic Monkeys

The stage during drug withdrawal when the shivering sets in; "He went cold turkey and had a bad case of the arctic monkeys."

2
Locust | 5 November 2011 - 6:02am

Cab Calloway

The "scenic route" from the airport to the hotel reserved for tourists from Japan.

2
Locust | 5 November 2011 - 6:06am

Buzzcocks

Premature ejaculation.
"He had the buzzcocks and it was over within six seconds."

2
Locust | 5 November 2011 - 6:09am

Chumbawumba (n.)

The sensation of driving over a series of speed-bumps at a higher than intended speed. [pl. chumbawumbi, adj. chumbawumby]

4
Gatz | 5 November 2011 - 9:50am

Chuck Berry

The act of getting rid of the healthy stuff in a yoghurt

2
Steve Turner | 5 November 2011 - 10:07am

Booker T

Making a reservation for a game of golf

7
Steve Turner | 5 November 2011 - 10:10am

Billy Bragg

Future contestant on the 'X Factor but even their mum doesn't think they'll make it through the first round.

1
Lunaman | 5 November 2011 - 10:23am

ZZ Top (n. colloq)

A pint of lager laced with rohypnol.

15
Bob | 5 November 2011 - 10:25am

perfect

.

2
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 11:30am

Tea ejects via

nose on to screen :) excellent.

0
niscum | 6 November 2011 - 3:39pm

Mavericks

To completely misrepresent oneself

1
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 10:26am

Pantera (n.)

Mexican name for PJ Proby.

3
Bob | 5 November 2011 - 10:28am

Stephen Stills

A collection of photographs of people called Stephen.

3
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 10:28am

Mavis Staples

Secretary

0
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 10:29am

Bo Diddley

Accidentally urinating whilst tying shoes.

2
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 10:31am

La Roux

Gordon Ramsey's 18-bedroom "holiday cottage" on the North Norfolk coast.

0
Bob | 5 November 2011 - 10:33am

Ron Sexsmith

Lancastrian porn star

3
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 10:34am

That made me howl

Thanks!

0
FakeGeordie | 5 November 2011 - 11:06am

Justin Currie

A uniquely hot blend of herbs and spices

0
Uncle Wheaty | 5 November 2011 - 10:37am

Feist (v.)

To glower silently at someone who has just sat in a train seat which you feel to be yours as of right.

4
Bob | 5 November 2011 - 10:38am

Traveling Wilburys

'Touching cloth'' on a car journey between service stations.

10
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 10:41am

Deftones (n. pl)

The apparently random multi-orifice sequence of loud and discomfiting noises emitted by old men on trains. Often, deftones are deployed by elderly passengers as a subconscious defence mechanism against the feists (qv) of their fellow travellers.

1
Bob | 5 November 2011 - 10:42am

Zutons (n. pl)

Bed/ sofa combinations used by caged animals

1
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 10:50am

Bob Hope

The longing for a haircut.

1
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 10:53am

Bing Crosby

Stills and Nash assault Wooden Ships composer with dinner bell.

2
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 11:00am

Buffalo Springfield

An usual opening gambit in Chess, named for its deployment by American Grand Master Zebediah "Rick" Springfield in which he conceded his bishop (not on this occasion a euphemism for masturbation). Onlookers said he shrugged his shoulders and sighed, saying "for what it's worth".

1
Sheev | 5 November 2011 - 10:58am

Francoise Hardy (inf. n)

A Gallic 'King Tubby' (qv)

0
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 10:58am

Four Tops

A popular round of drinks in the south of England.

2
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 11:01am

Climax Blues Band

Device for preventing premature ejaculation. Similarly also available on the market - Plastic Ono Band.

3
Sven Garlic | 5 November 2011 - 11:05am

Suzi Quatro

'Boutique' Audi model

1
FakeGeordie | 5 November 2011 - 11:11am

PM Dawn

morning bad temper related to having the painters in

3
FakeGeordie | 5 November 2011 - 11:13am

Thin Lizzy

Being strapped for cash, unable to pay one's round at a Mingle.
"I'm a bit Thin Lizzy until pay day. Could you sub me a Jagger?"

2
Beany | 5 November 2011 - 11:28am

Going

to start using this one in real life.

0
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 11:34am

Jagger

n. indeterminate amount of money; The amount that you're hoping to cadge but is mistaken by the cadgee as about 1/10th the amount.
(See also: "pony" - is that bigger than a "monkey"? or not?)

0
Johnimator | 7 November 2011 - 10:43pm

Pete Best

Ironic and affectionate sobriquet bestowed upon keen mate who really isn't quiet good enough.

2
Twangothan | 5 November 2011 - 11:32am

McFly

budget airline

7
Captain Underpants | 5 November 2011 - 11:37am

Steve Winwood

Failing football manager renowned for post-match excuses.

1
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 11:39am

Muff Winwood

Steve's ham-fisted goalkeeper brother.

3
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 11:39am

Muff Winwood (2)

an attractive merkin which instills a rising to full tumescence of the male member.

0
hubertrawlinson | 6 November 2011 - 12:43pm

Lol creme

Over excited texter comes in his pants

16
Uncle Wheaty | 5 November 2011 - 11:43am

Captain Beefheart

Less successful steakhouse owning younger brother of Colonel Sanders.

4
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 11:43am

Beth Orton

Breaking wind in Norfolk

2
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 11:43am

P Diddy

Stray drops of urine eg. "You've got P Diddy on your shoes"

4
Captain Underpants | 5 November 2011 - 11:44am

Puffy Combs

the implement used to remove P Diddy marks from trousers.

2
niscum | 6 November 2011 - 3:47pm

Puff Daddy

The act of denying any splashing of urine.

"No, the tap in the loo was leaking," he puff daddied.

Can also apply to the act of trying to hide said splash marks.

0
Sir Tainley Gno... | 7 November 2011 - 10:16pm

Frank Zappa

Device for exterminating the pathologically honest.

3
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 11:45am

Natacha Atlas

Street map of Russian and other Eastern European prostitutes in Istanbul

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 11:48am

Geno Washington

Asked by lost tourists in US Capital

0
Captain Underpants | 5 November 2011 - 11:51am

The Pogues

Extras in the 1960s BBC TV drama Pogle's Wood

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 11:52am

Rory Gallagher

Lead singer with Beady Eye

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 11:53am

Van Dyke Parks

Outdoor spaces for Americans to practice their cockney accents.

20
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 11:56am

Stereolab

Twin labrador retrievers

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 11:56am

Automatic Fine Tuning

Software module that adjusts the penalty level for a parking offence according to the model of vehicle, postcode of the offender and date of birth, when paying via council website. Originally developed by Syco to eradicate multiple voting during Britain's Got Talent final in 2009, the project was scrapped after non-singing Diversity were declared the winners.

0
Beany | 5 November 2011 - 11:59am

Leslie West

Your speaker cabinet has expired

2
hubertrawlinson | 5 November 2011 - 11:59am

Zoey van Goey

Exclamation used by mothers after their toddlers endure a particularly messy sneeze

1
Glenbervie | 5 November 2011 - 12:00pm

Aimee Mann

A sniper

3
Uncle Wheaty | 5 November 2011 - 12:00pm

Tom Waits

Shambling blues-inflected singer in post office.

0
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 12:25pm

Audioslave

Obsessive hi fi fan

0
Uncle Wheaty | 5 November 2011 - 12:06pm

Lowell George

Curious George's indifferent sibling.

0
aging hippy | 5 November 2011 - 12:09pm

Bill Payne

Sensation upon reading correspondence from energy supplier.

0
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 1:06pm

Richie Hayward

Mown grass futures, a popular market amongst late eighteenth century agricultural speculators.

0
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 1:23pm

Beverley Craven

A longing to return to a North Yorkshire town

1
Uncle Wheaty | 5 November 2011 - 12:10pm

The Silver Seas (n. coll)

The view from the stage at a Word In Your Ear gig.

4
Bob | 5 November 2011 - 12:15pm

Motorhead

The term used by the British Association of Insurers to indicate the reason for 8% of accidents that occur on unlit motorways after 10pm.

0
Beany | 5 November 2011 - 12:15pm

Bette Midler

Likes a wager, but nothing too risky.

1
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 12:16pm

Nutz

A brand of cricket box favoured by West Indian batsmen.

1
Beany | 5 November 2011 - 12:17pm

Bunny Wailer

Immature Icelandic seafarer with cuddly toy fixation.

1
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 12:20pm

PJ Harvey

A wedgie given to someone (usually a sibling) still in their 'jamas

2
spt | 5 November 2011 - 12:22pm

Nick Cave

v. anc. to gazump a troglodyte

2
spt | 5 November 2011 - 12:42pm

Badly Drawn Boy

A poorly presented draught beer in a West Country pub.

0
Beany | 5 November 2011 - 12:24pm

Serge Gainsbourg

A 60s smoking jacket

2
spt | 5 November 2011 - 12:26pm

Hepworth (n. Physics)

Postulated component of elementary particles, similar to Quark, Strangeness, Charm etc.

0
Mike_H | 5 November 2011 - 12:31pm

PJ Proby

On waking during the night when aroused, the act of gently nudging up to one's partner to see if they're at all receptive.

11
spt | 5 November 2011 - 12:39pm

Or even awake

If not, do remember to pull their nightdress down afterwards

0
Toffee the Cat | 5 November 2011 - 1:51pm

which reminded me of this

0
davebigpicture | 5 November 2011 - 1:58pm

Jay Farrar

Whatever will be will be

6
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 12:41pm

Fraser Lewry

A searchable online compendium of bon mots, insults and pithy observations. Intended as an inspirational aid to lavatorial graffitists, the site was seldom updated and has been down for some time.

1
Mike_H | 5 November 2011 - 12:41pm

Shuggie Otis

An act of onanism prior to a romantic date

3
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 12:46pm

Malkmus

The sticky-up hair of one who has fallen asleep on the sofa

1
spt | 5 November 2011 - 12:47pm

Mark Ellen

To register oneself as Out And About, and not available until sober.

0
Mike_H | 5 November 2011 - 12:49pm

Also:

Style of shirt in the early twenty-first century (usually blue, long sleeved). "Alison had thought of buying her boyfriend a Fred Perry, but settled on a Mark Ellen."

0
Sir Tainley Gno... | 7 November 2011 - 10:28pm

Bucks Fizz

The facial expressions adopted by porn actresses intended to convey that they are on a rocket ship to ecstacy rather than a badly sprung matress above a bookmakers in Dagenham.

3
Cobweb Steve | 5 November 2011 - 12:55pm

Southside Johnny

A condom purchased in Streatham.

0
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 12:55pm

Nancy Spungen

To clean kitchen appliances while unconciously humming a selection of show tunes

4
Beezer | 5 November 2011 - 12:58pm

I've read this thread a few times now

But this is the most deliriously silly of the lot

0
FakeGeordie | 10 November 2011 - 2:10pm

Thanks

I'm taking it as a compliment!

0
Beezer | 10 November 2011 - 10:20pm

Quite right

:-)

0
FakeGeordie | 14 November 2011 - 4:51pm

Bjork

Hatstand, £ 7.99 from IKEA.

12
Roy Levy | 5 November 2011 - 12:58pm

Perfect

0
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 1:02pm

also in the catalogue

Husker Du - potato peeler £1.49

3
spt | 5 November 2011 - 1:48pm

Pizzicato Five

Italian terrorist cell, originally affiliated to Brigate Rosse, who released a post-incarceration jazz funk album.

2
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 12:59pm

Kyoto Jazz Massive

Otaku with a predilection for printed porn.

1
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 1:01pm

Narsilion

Someone who has read the complete works of JRR Tolkien and speaks fluent Elvish.

1
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 1:07pm

Marillion

Someone who has only got partway through the complete works of Tolkien, and can only speak selected phrases in Elvish ("Elen sila lumenn omentielvo")

1
simonperrins | 11 November 2011 - 10:03am

Rossini (n.)

a cheap wine of indeterminate origin, marketed to people who don't like wine but wish to appear sophisticated. See also: Il Divo.

1
maggieloveshopey | 5 November 2011 - 1:08pm

Laibach (v)

To relax

2
jimmyshoes01 | 5 November 2011 - 1:09pm

Kasabian (adj.)

Used to describe the feeling of one's stomach lining after a night on the Rossini (qv). "Oooh, my tummy's a bit kasabian this morning"

0
maggieloveshopey | 5 November 2011 - 1:09pm

Kirk Hammett

A small Scottish holy tool

1
DogFacedBoy | 5 November 2011 - 1:11pm

Leadbelly

Descriptive of the smell of a recently vacated lavatory.

3
Cobweb Steve | 5 November 2011 - 1:11pm

Daryl Hall

Cockney rhyming slang for stall in public toilet. Often used in conjunction with John Oates (public toilet sex). E.g. 'I'm in a Daryl Hall having my John Oates' as tweeted by an imaginary premiership footballer.

Hmmm a lot of these end up really smutty don't they? What dirty minds we have. Fun though.

3
Sven Garlic | 5 November 2011 - 1:12pm

Calexico (n.)

Forgotten chain of motorway service stations, bought out by Little Chef in 1978.

7
maggieloveshopey | 5 November 2011 - 1:13pm

I remember them

they used to own Diesel Park West at junction 23

4
spt | 5 November 2011 - 1:50pm

Alice Cooper

makes barrels for storing insects

3
DogFacedBoy | 5 November 2011 - 1:13pm

Kajagoogoo

The white matter that comes out of cheap bacon on cooking.

5
Cobweb Steve | 5 November 2011 - 1:13pm

Dr Alimantado (n.)

The best dressed chicken in town.

1
maggieloveshopey | 5 November 2011 - 1:14pm

Emmylou Harris (n.)

A range of bathroom fittings popular in the mid-80s, often in peach.

1
maggieloveshopey | 5 November 2011 - 1:16pm

Holly Johnson

A seasonal marital aid gift

6
DogFacedBoy | 5 November 2011 - 1:16pm

Wa Wa Nee

An experimental fuzztone guitar pedal most notably used on Suzi Quatro's Devil Gate Drive.

0
James EB | 5 November 2011 - 1:17pm
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