Showing posts with label InDefinition: a lexicon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label InDefinition: a lexicon. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 September 2016

InDefinition - 84

Wetherspoonerism, n. accidental transposition of initial sounds or letters, drink having been taken. E.g.
Late home for supper,
he mustn't seem drunk.
'The pob cluck,' he begins,
And knows he is sunk.
- Wendy Cope, 'Timekeeping'

Thursday, 25 February 2016

InDefinition - 83

unimpresario, n. one who puts on shit events

Thursday, 21 January 2016

InDefinition - 82

Herewith, n. Saxon saint of bureacratic terminology

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

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Wailing Goggle-Man, n. Bono

[courtesy Sherlock]

Thursday, 26 March 2015

InDefinition - 77

obv-servation, n. shit wot didn't need saying

Thursday, 19 February 2015

InDefinition - 76

smyrniote, n. slightly bigger than a smidgen

Monday, 16 February 2015

InDefinition - 75

Nthusiasm, n. dilettantism; short attention span

Friday, 23 January 2015

InDefinition - 74

e-quaintance, n. person you only know through e-mail/social media activity

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

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

InDefinition - 71

breverage, n. alright, just a quick one, then

Sunday, 13 July 2014

InDefinition - 70

pymphony, n. orchestral music you can play loudly out the window while driving

Saturday, 12 July 2014

InDefinition - 69

Oranjeboom, n. - Dutch for 'chemical defoliant'

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

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escape goat, n. (coll.) reverse Trojan horse

[with thanks to Howard Male (and Big Brother)]

InDefinition - GUEST ENTRY

Pokemon, n. Jamaican proctologist

[with thanks to Gareth Teece]

Sunday, 29 June 2014

InDefinition - 68

Volvic, adj. in the manner of a Swedish car manufacturer