The look given by a group of polite, angry people to a rude, calm queue-barger.
Everscreech
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Boolteens (pl. n.)
The small scatterings of foreign coins and half-p's which inhabit dressing tables. Since they are never used and never thrown away boolteens account for a significant drain on the world's money supply.
Boolteens
Boolteens
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Oundle (vb.)
To walk along leaning sideways, with one arm hanging limp and dragging one leg behind the other. Most commonly used by actors in amateur production of Richard III, or by people carrying a heavy suitcase in one hand.
Oundle
Oundle
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Limerigg (vb.)
To jar one's leg as the result of the disappearance of a stair which isn't there in the darkness.
Limerigg
Limerigg
Friday, October 14, 2011
Darenth (n.)
Measure = 0.0000176 mg. Defined as that amount of margarine capable of covering one hundred slices of bread to the depth of one molecule. This is the legal maximum allowed in sandwich bars in Greater London.
Darenth
Darenth
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Aboyne (vb.)
To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him.
Aboyne
Aboyne
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Whasset (n.)
A business card in you wallet belonging to someone whom you have no recollection of meeting.
Whasset
Whasset
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Snitter (n.)
One of the rather unfunny newspaper clippings pinned to an office wall, the humour of which is supposed to derive from the fact that the headline contains a name similar to that of one of the occupants to the office.
Snitter
Snitter
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Quenby (n.)
A stubborn spot on a window which you spend twenty minutes trying to clean off before discovering it's on the other side of the glass.
Quenby
Quenby
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Corriecravie (n.)
To avert the horrors of corrievorrie (q.v.) corriecravie is usually employed. This is the cowardly but highly skilled process by which both protagonists continue to approach while keeping up the pretence that they haven't noticed each other - by staring furiously at their feet, grimacing into a notebook, or studying the walls closely as if in a mood of deep irritation.
Corriecravie
Corriecravie
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Gastard (n.)
Useful specially new-coined word for an illegitimate child (in order to distinguish it from someone who merely carves you up on the motorway, etc.)
Gastard
Gastard
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Dunboyne (n.)
The moment of realisation that the train you have just patiently watched pulling out of the station was the one you were meant to be on.
Dunboyne
Dunboyne
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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