Late home for supper,- Wendy Cope, 'Timekeeping'
he mustn't seem drunk.
'The pob cluck,' he begins,
And knows he is sunk.
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
InDefinition - 84
Wetherspoonerism, n. accidental transposition of initial sounds or letters, drink having been taken. E.g.
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drink,
InDefinition: a lexicon,
poetry,
Quoted Matter,
Wendy Cope
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Thursday, 21 January 2016
InDefinition - 82
Herewith, n. Saxon saint of bureacratic terminology
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admin,
InDefinition: a lexicon,
saints,
Saxons,
vocab
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Saturday, 21 November 2015
InDefinition - 80
adjutantrum, n, when a not-particularly-high-ranking officer spazzes out at those beneath her, in the interests of her own career advancement.
Thursday, 17 September 2015
InDefinition - 79
mumdinger, n. 1) excellent and/or particularly savage example of the mum-gag; 2) one deploying same; 3) the obvious.
Monday, 3 August 2015
InDefinition - 78
mumsplaining, n. when my mother tells me something that a) she's told me six or seven times before, and b) I'd prefer she thought I didn't need explained to me in the first place
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Monday, 16 February 2015
Friday, 23 January 2015
Friday, 21 November 2014
InDefinition - 73
selfie-explanatory, adj. what it'll be like listening to people go through their holiday snaps ten years from now
Sunday, 3 August 2014
InDefinition - 72
outcome, n. m. gross product of erotic dream
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dreams,
InDefinition: a lexicon,
Non/Fiction,
Sex?
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Sunday, 13 July 2014
Saturday, 12 July 2014
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
InDefinition - GUEST ENTRY
escape goat, n. (coll.) reverse Trojan horse
[with thanks to Howard Male (and Big Brother)]
[with thanks to Howard Male (and Big Brother)]
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(il)literacy,
animals,
Big Brother,
Homer,
Howard Male,
InDefinition: a lexicon,
Quoted Matter,
TV
InDefinition - GUEST ENTRY
Pokemon, n. Jamaican proctologist
[with thanks to Gareth Teece]
[with thanks to Gareth Teece]
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Facebook,
Gareth Teece,
health,
InDefinition: a lexicon,
Jamaica,
Quoted Matter
Sunday, 29 June 2014
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