The PH English Dictionary

[davhill]

Right, here's one for the lexicographers on PH.

For those unfamiliar with it, 'The Uxbridge English Dictionary' appears
the the R4 programme, 'I'm sorry, I haven't a clue'.
It features alternative defnitions of English words, such as...

Juggernaut: an empty beer tankard.

Peccadillo: A rare South American mammal, a cross between a peccary and an armadillo.

and my current favourite...

Tiger: What Yorkshire mountaineers go to the alps to climb.

I came up with a couple last night...

Catatonic: A moggy that meows out of tune.

Mitochondria: Constant complaining about a sore foot.

And off you go

[Doofus]

Pheasant. A PHer who isn't a Company Director.

[davhill]

?

[Doofus]

You started it.

[Chozza]

Gearbox : Container for keeping your drugs in.

Alternator: A goth reptile

Grammar: An elderly woman who corrects your English.


( am i doing this right ? )

[SCEtoAUX]

Vegan - Someone who failed to get a job as a pilot so gave up eating meat instead.

[Chozza]

Diablo - a disappointing Italian sex act

[davhill]

Chozza said:

Gearbox : Container for keeping your drugs in.

Alternator: A goth reptile

Grammar: An elderly woman who corrects your English.


( am i doing this right ? )

You're getting there.

[davhill]

Innuendo: Italian suppository.

[Chozza]

Caterham: Thinly sliced meat used in commercial kitchen

[mintybiscuit]

Shorpe.

A grotty little town of which only 60% exists.

[davhill]

Ballrace: Something started by a tom cat with three yards' start on the vet.

Decorum: What you do with apples before cooking them.

Denial: A river in Egypt.

Penitent: Extremely inexpensive camping equipment.

Edited by davhill on Sunday 5th January 22:54