Showing posts with label Y. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Y. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

Yaddlethorpe (vb.)

(Of offended pooves.) To exit huffily from a boutique.

Yaddlethorpe

Thursday, September 22, 2011

York (vb.)

To shift the position of the shoulder straps on a heavy bag or rucksack in a vain attempt to make it seem lighter.
 Hence: to laugh falsely and heartily at an unfunny remark. 'Jasmine yorked politely, loathing him to the depths of her being' - Virginia Woolf.

York

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Yarmouth (vb.)


To shout at foreigners in the belief that the louder you speak, the better they'll understand you.

Yarmouth

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Yonder Bognie (n.)

The kind of restaurant advertised as 'just three minutes from this cinema' which clearly nobody ever goes to and, even if they had ever contemplated it, have certainly changed their mind since seeing the advert.

Yonder Bognie

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Yate (n.)

Dishearteningly white piece of bread which sits limply in a pop-up toaster during a protracted throcking (q.v.) session.

Yate

Monday, June 20, 2011

Friday, May 13, 2011

Yeppoon (n)

One of the hat-hanging corks which Australians wear for making Quantas commercials.

Yeppoon

Monday, April 4, 2011

Yonkers (n.)

(Rare.) The combined thrill of pain and shame when being caught in public plucking your nostril-hairs and stuffing them into your side-pocket.

Yonkers