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The Meaning of Cliff
Posted by Cobweb Steve on 4 November 2011 - 5:12pm.
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.
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Fripp (v)
a clenched arse burp
Robert (pro: Rawbert) Fripp (v) a naked clenched arse burp
Lou Reed
slang term for literature normally perused while one is at stool
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.
Great idea, Steve!
Björn Ulvaeus (n. med): intractably infected beard rash.
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'.
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.
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)
Morrissey (adj.)
Of interior spaces, to be akin to the inside of a 1960s British Leyland family saloon.
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
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.
Robin Pecknold
a squeak of surprise on being attacked by Erithacus rubecula
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.
you bastard Bob
that last sentence made tea come down my nose...
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.
Ben Folds (n. anatom.)
The friction burns on the moobs of the morbidly obese.
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.
Showaddywaddy
A dried up desert waterway full of sideburns and rusty Vauxhall Crestas
Pentangle
The posture adopted while walking to a public lavatory under imminent danger of soiling oneself
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.
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.
The Jesus and Mary Chain (noun)
The alleged bloodline that links Jesus Christ to Mary Tyler Moore.
Noddy Holder (n. arch)
A receptacle to store a washed 'Geronimo' condom for use the following week.
Johnny Thunders
Slang for unexpected expelling of trapped air during the donning of a prophylactic
King Tubby (n. colloq)
An erection of which the owner is uncommonly proud.
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.
Count Five (idiom, inf)
Beyond the remit of punk bands (e.g. The Ramones)
Half Man Half Biscuit
One who expresses strength and bravado in front of their mates, but 'crumbles' in a conflict.
See also...
...Nick Clegg. As in 'he was Cl*gging it.'
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.
Johnny Cash
Money put aside at the beginning of the night incase one needs to purchase condoms later on.
Johnny Marr
That horrible moment when you realise you forgot to put it aside
Billie Jo Spears
Novelty broccoli
Cozy Powell
The feeling of being happy with the former MP for Wolverhampton's dubious views on race
Bo Diddley
Seven pints to the worse
Paul Weller (verb)
To stop doing something extremely successful and pursue a course of action for art's sake.
Lady Gaga
The nickname given to Joan of Arc by tabloid journalists of the time.
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.
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.
Topper Headon
Rare birth defect whereby the glans of the penis resemble a top hat.
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.
Manassas
Small bits of confectionery found in male trouser pockets
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.
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.
Little Richard
A cold morning (as opposed to Long Acre - a warm morning)
Mission of Burma (n.)
Brand of fibreglass undergarment worn by some of the more enthusiastically austere orders of nun.
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
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! ;-)
The Bangles
A particularly nasty dose of haemorrhoids that can in extreme cases cause the sufferer to walk like an Egyptian.
Sorry but ....
We have a winner already!
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.
The Who (q,)
A term used in 2011 to describe people who still listen to Styx.
The Styx
A term used in 2011 to describe people who still start threads about drummers.
Vashti Bunyan
A severe callus of the elbow.
Tuung
The salty metallic taste of the contacts on an expired 9v battery.
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.
Van Morrison
Well known Northern Irish vehicle rental company
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.
Ulrich Schnauss
A fiery alcoholic cordial derived from Tyrolean root vegetables and pine bark. May cause blindness and/or visions.
Bee Gees
That feeling you get when you hear cheesy falsetto singing
I notice
No one has defined Cliff Richard. It's just too obvious , isn't it?
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.
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".
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.
Kate Bush...
[errm, perhaps not in hindsight]
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.
Rihanna (n.)
The industry terminology for the modern "snap" ring-pull.
Buffalo Daughter
Female born within nine months of her parent's wedding day.
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.
Merzbow
An extremely sharp offal knife.
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.
Autechre
An old Hampshire expression meaning: I really don't have the slightest idea.
James, you are on fire.
No, literally: you're on fire.
You're not literally on fire. But you are on fire.
Thank you
You're doing some sterling stuff there too Bob.
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!
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".
Massive Attack
What happens when an online community turns against one of its members for admitting to, say a liking for early eighties AOR
Sunn O)))
An emoticon briefly used in the early 2000s to denote the singer Erykah Badu.
Germain Bazzle
The anxious and uncomfortable feelings associated with a traffic delay on a journey to an airport.
Jermaine Jackson
The pertinent way of thinking when left alone
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.
Ace.
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.
Shaun Ryder
The request for dressing room accoutrements favoured by 90's boy bands.
Level 42
We live on a hill
Abba
Lesser known catchphrase of 80's Crackerjack presenter Stu Francis
Tamikrest (n.)
Berry Gordy's letterhead.
Genius!
We are not worthy etc
Anna Calvi
A type of dark spinach
Kasabian
Pebbly debris found at the bottom of cereal packets
kraut rock
Slang term for 70's german porn
Styx
Those last bits of "toilet" that require extra attention, possibly a wet wipe
Poo Styx
A game played on the river (not in Hades) with the dried wet wipes whilst standing on a bridge
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.
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!!)
Beck
A scuffle at a wedding
Slim Gaillard
A fertility related condition of the 'tubes'
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".
Stackridge
The pile of unwanted stack heeled shoes donated to Oxfam
Mastodon
The elite level of a Mafioso, one in overall charge of more than four families.
Supertramp
original name for Brut
Suggs
the dregs of food found in the kitchen drainer after washing up
George Faith
The belief that your lottery numbers will come up this Saturday.
Eydie Gorme
Unpredictable latin tide
Madonna
a Glaswegian claiming ownership of a kebab.
Pere Ubu (n.)
The middle rank of priest in the Vatican's elite diving team.
I'll stop paying compliments soon
But that is so wonderful....
Haha, thanks! :-)
You've played some blinders yourself! I love this thread.
the beatles
liverpudlian term for someone who has a funny walk due to haemmeroids - originated in early 60's
The Hold Steady
Very large counterbalance carried in the bowels of a ship
kraftwerk
early 50's german knitting commune based in st ives
beady eye
term of endearment exchange between cyclops
Lady Gaga
A Daily Mail columnist who steals sperm.
Neutral Milk Hotel (n.)
A Swiss resort for cheese tourists.
fleetwood mac
garment worn by NW trawlermen in cold weather
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.
The Olympia Brass Band
A gentleman's accessory.
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.
the smiths
victorian cheesemakers collective
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.
the glitter band
70's fashion revival of previous noted gentlemens accesssory
The Black Dyke Band
Er, the world's most famous brass band, with over 150 years of rich musical history.
MGMT (n.)
Hale & Pace's short-lived textspeak-only YouTube channel.
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".
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."
Barry Manilow
old naval term for below deck shenanigans i.e Tom and Dick enjoyed a some rum and a Barry Manilow
Shawn Colvin
A medieval method of field irrigation, now sadly lost.
Gordon Lightfoot
Mythical Antrim curdler of milk, causer of childhood dumbness and taker of the 'angels share' of fine whiskey
OMD
Expression of surprise favoured by texting Satanists.
Fucking brilliant.
I'm so glad
you couldn't go out tonight. Genius.
Word Blog Post of the Year
The award will be coming your way I am sure.
Wang Chung
exclamation meaning "I wish I'd thought of that!"
(Blushes)
.
My hat is off
interpretation nirvana has been achieved.
Deep Bow, (from the waist, not a shit bow)
Rammstein
The German diffusion brand of Black Sheep ale
Olivia Newton John
Very small high quality syphonic flushing toilet
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"
The Fratellis
Unpleasant panic attacks involving shaking and sweats brought on by the fear of being thought mediocre.
Yazoo
Wilting of the follicles caused by injudicious use of hair gel
The Fugazi
Violent Italian youth movement created by Berlusconi marked out by their trademark russet coloured dyed hair.
Youssou N'dour
Similar to the common or garden Youssou, but in the house
Bachman Turner
Still an illegal practice in 18 US states
Marillion
Fish-based soup, popular in the Med
ELO
A welcome greeting used in parts of Yorkshire
ELP
The same person noticing you have a vinyl record under your arm
EMF
an insult used among the youth of "East Side" Barnsley
Eno
Yorkshire for "I don't believe it!"
Emo
Yorkshire for extra foundation
A yorkshireman writes
UFO
ELP
Any Happy Mondays album.
Ruby Flipper
Painful foot condition, caused by dancing along to old TV music programmes
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
Aswad
A bundle of toilet paper used as protection against anal incontinence
Holly Golightly:
The distinctive walk affected by followers of a short-lived Liverpool dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s
Einsturzende Neubaten
Extreme masturbation
XTC
Once went out with Top Cat...
Slayer
A drunk says goodbye
T'Pau
An expression of violence found in Yorkshire-based superhero comics
Aerosmith
Someone who makes chocolate
Manic Street Preachers
People who tell you what's going to happen in Corrie, despite being asked not to.
Spandau Ballet
A small restrictive rubber garment worn when practising Einsturzende Neubaten
Holland Dozier Holland
Dutch film based on Dumb and Dumber
Mozart
Paintings by Morrisey.
Rilo Kiley
To irritate an Irish person.
Idlewild
Annual convention in Michigan dedicated to the third most popular Python.
The Troggs
A collection of lochs
I Am Kloot
I am drunk. Slang: see also "Mullered"; "Wankered"; "Shitefaced" etc.
Frank Zappa
Device for instantly cooking frozen sausages
Decemberists
Aching joints caused by excessive masturbation, especially when forced to stay inside during the winter months.
Prince Rogers Nelson
Passionate affair between the heir to the throne and the celebrated naval officer.
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
The Snits
The morning after the Tornados
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.
Mahavishnu
A simultaneous cough and sneeze of such complexity that it elicits admiration from those observing it
BS...
...I laughed out loud! Brilliant! :-D
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.
Ginger Baker
Pâtissier
Morrissey (adj)
Usually applied to a person who combines self-righteousness, passive-aggressive outbursts and bum flowers.
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.
Bobbie Gentry
Scottish aristocracy messing about in small boats in both freshwater and sea lochs but not on open water. Often dinghies.
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")
Glen Campbell
Scottish valley dominated by the powerful and pro-Hanoverian Clan Campbell
Amy MacDonald
Faux-French phrase used by Campbell enemies, when allying themselves with a rival clan.
Florence Welch
To renege on a gambling debt incurred to the House of Medici.
Unthanks, Sister
Non-appreciation, delivered in a sarcastic tone along the lines of Daffy Duck's "Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin."
Aswad
Rich
John Miles
measure of distance to nearest bathroom
Led Zeppelin
submarine
Robert Plant
the placement of any vegetable in one's trousers
T Rex
Fine Fare's top-selling tea brand in the early 1970s
Village People
extras hired on location to work on The Wicker Man
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."
Cab Calloway
The "scenic route" from the airport to the hotel reserved for tourists from Japan.
Buzzcocks
Premature ejaculation.
"He had the buzzcocks and it was over within six seconds."
Chumbawumba (n.)
The sensation of driving over a series of speed-bumps at a higher than intended speed. [pl. chumbawumbi, adj. chumbawumby]
Chuck Berry
The act of getting rid of the healthy stuff in a yoghurt
Booker T
Making a reservation for a game of golf
Billy Bragg
Future contestant on the 'X Factor but even their mum doesn't think they'll make it through the first round.
ZZ Top (n. colloq)
A pint of lager laced with rohypnol.
perfect
.
Tea ejects via
nose on to screen :) excellent.
Mavericks
To completely misrepresent oneself
Pantera (n.)
Mexican name for PJ Proby.
Stephen Stills
A collection of photographs of people called Stephen.
Mavis Staples
Secretary
Bo Diddley
Accidentally urinating whilst tying shoes.
La Roux
Gordon Ramsey's 18-bedroom "holiday cottage" on the North Norfolk coast.
Ron Sexsmith
Lancastrian porn star
That made me howl
Thanks!
Justin Currie
A uniquely hot blend of herbs and spices
Feist (v.)
To glower silently at someone who has just sat in a train seat which you feel to be yours as of right.
Traveling Wilburys
'Touching cloth'' on a car journey between service stations.
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.
Zutons (n. pl)
Bed/ sofa combinations used by caged animals
Bob Hope
The longing for a haircut.
Bing Crosby
Stills and Nash assault Wooden Ships composer with dinner bell.
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".
Francoise Hardy (inf. n)
A Gallic 'King Tubby' (qv)
Four Tops
A popular round of drinks in the south of England.
Climax Blues Band
Device for preventing premature ejaculation. Similarly also available on the market - Plastic Ono Band.
Suzi Quatro
'Boutique' Audi model
PM Dawn
morning bad temper related to having the painters in
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?"
Going
to start using this one in real life.
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?)
Pete Best
Ironic and affectionate sobriquet bestowed upon keen mate who really isn't quiet good enough.
McFly
budget airline
Steve Winwood
Failing football manager renowned for post-match excuses.
Muff Winwood
Steve's ham-fisted goalkeeper brother.
Muff Winwood (2)
an attractive merkin which instills a rising to full tumescence of the male member.
Lol creme
Over excited texter comes in his pants
Captain Beefheart
Less successful steakhouse owning younger brother of Colonel Sanders.
Beth Orton
Breaking wind in Norfolk
P Diddy
Stray drops of urine eg. "You've got P Diddy on your shoes"
Puffy Combs
the implement used to remove P Diddy marks from trousers.
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.
Frank Zappa
Device for exterminating the pathologically honest.
Natacha Atlas
Street map of Russian and other Eastern European prostitutes in Istanbul
Geno Washington
Asked by lost tourists in US Capital
The Pogues
Extras in the 1960s BBC TV drama Pogle's Wood
Rory Gallagher
Lead singer with Beady Eye
Van Dyke Parks
Outdoor spaces for Americans to practice their cockney accents.
Stereolab
Twin labrador retrievers
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.
Leslie West
Your speaker cabinet has expired
Zoey van Goey
Exclamation used by mothers after their toddlers endure a particularly messy sneeze
Aimee Mann
A sniper
Tom Waits
Shambling blues-inflected singer in post office.
Audioslave
Obsessive hi fi fan
Lowell George
Curious George's indifferent sibling.
Bill Payne
Sensation upon reading correspondence from energy supplier.
Richie Hayward
Mown grass futures, a popular market amongst late eighteenth century agricultural speculators.
Beverley Craven
A longing to return to a North Yorkshire town
The Silver Seas (n. coll)
The view from the stage at a Word In Your Ear gig.
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.
Bette Midler
Likes a wager, but nothing too risky.
Nutz
A brand of cricket box favoured by West Indian batsmen.
Bunny Wailer
Immature Icelandic seafarer with cuddly toy fixation.
PJ Harvey
A wedgie given to someone (usually a sibling) still in their 'jamas
Nick Cave
v. anc. to gazump a troglodyte
Badly Drawn Boy
A poorly presented draught beer in a West Country pub.
Serge Gainsbourg
A 60s smoking jacket
Hepworth (n. Physics)
Postulated component of elementary particles, similar to Quark, Strangeness, Charm etc.
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.
Or even awake
If not, do remember to pull their nightdress down afterwards
which reminded me of this
Jay Farrar
Whatever will be will be
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.
Shuggie Otis
An act of onanism prior to a romantic date
Malkmus
The sticky-up hair of one who has fallen asleep on the sofa
Mark Ellen
To register oneself as Out And About, and not available until sober.
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."
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.
Southside Johnny
A condom purchased in Streatham.
Nancy Spungen
To clean kitchen appliances while unconciously humming a selection of show tunes
I've read this thread a few times now
But this is the most deliriously silly of the lot
Thanks
I'm taking it as a compliment!
Quite right
:-)
Bjork
Hatstand, £ 7.99 from IKEA.
Perfect
also in the catalogue
Husker Du - potato peeler £1.49
Pizzicato Five
Italian terrorist cell, originally affiliated to Brigate Rosse, who released a post-incarceration jazz funk album.
Kyoto Jazz Massive
Otaku with a predilection for printed porn.
Narsilion
Someone who has read the complete works of JRR Tolkien and speaks fluent Elvish.
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")
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.
Laibach (v)
To relax
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"
Kirk Hammett
A small Scottish holy tool
Leadbelly
Descriptive of the smell of a recently vacated lavatory.
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.
Calexico (n.)
Forgotten chain of motorway service stations, bought out by Little Chef in 1978.
I remember them
they used to own Diesel Park West at junction 23
Alice Cooper
makes barrels for storing insects
Kajagoogoo
The white matter that comes out of cheap bacon on cooking.
Dr Alimantado (n.)
The best dressed chicken in town.
Emmylou Harris (n.)
A range of bathroom fittings popular in the mid-80s, often in peach.
Holly Johnson
A seasonal marital aid gift
Wa Wa Nee
An experimental fuzztone guitar pedal most notably used on Suzi Quatro's Devil Gate Drive.