Wembley (n.)

The hideous moment of confirmation that the disaster presaged in the ely (q.v.) has actually struck.

Wembley

Epsom (n.)

An entry in a diary (such as a date or a set of initials) or a name and address in your address book, which you haven't the faintest idea what it's doing there.

Epsom

Everscreech (n.)

The look given by a group of polite, angry people to a rude, calm queue-barger.

Everscreech

East wittering (n.)

The same as west wittering (q.v.) only it's you they've trying to get away from.

East wittering

Emsworth (n.)

Measure of time and noiselessness defined as the moment between the doors of a lift closing and it beginning to move.

Emsworth

Eriboll (n.)

A brown bubble of cheese containing gaseous matter which grows on welsh rarebit. It was Sir Alexander Flemming's study of eribolls which led, indirectly, to his discovery of the fact that he didn't like welsh rarebit very much.

Eriboll

Exeter (n.)

All light household and electrical goods contain a number of vital components plus at least one exeter. If you've just mended a fuse, changed a bulb or fixed a blender, the exeter is the small, flat or round plastic or bakelite piece left over which means you have to undo everything and start all over again.

Exeter

Ely (n.)

The first, tiniest inkling you get that something, somewhere, has gone terribly wrong.

Ely

Epworth (n.)

The precise value of the usefulness of epping (q.v.) it is a little-known fact than an earlier draft of the final line of the film Gone with the Wind had Clark Gable saying 'Frankly my dear, i don't give an epworth', the line being eventually changed on the grounds that it might not be understood in Cleveland.

Epworth

Edgbaston (n.)

The spare seat-cushion carried by a London bus, which is placed against the rear bumper when the driver wishes to indicate that the bus has broken down. No one knows how this charming old custom originated or how long it will continue.

Edgbaston

Ewelme (n., vb.)

The smile bestowed on you by an air hostess.

Ewelme

Epping (participial vb.)

The futile movements of forefingers and eyebrows used when failing to attract the attention of waiters and barmen.

Epping