BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 07:12 PM

LOL...tks! ya have to imagine the other "t"

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 09:16 PM

forum - one's enemy's drink of choice

duxbridge - quack, quack, waddle, waddle

zenglish - the silent art of contemplative English

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: GUEST,Mr Red
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 06:11 AM

traditional - written before I knew who wrote it.

ooooer thread drift.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 08:48 AM

traditional - well, we did it last year

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Micca
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 10:29 AM

Titty bar= Nipple piercing
Catalogues = lumpy Residues in the cat litter
hundred = fear of barbarians
pillock = medicine security
ballocks = BDSM devices

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 12:27 PM

Naughty, but good ones, Micca!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: mousethief
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 01:58 PM

copperplate - ratio of police officers to seats at the banquet
Carolina - eye makeup made from corn syrup

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Feb 10 - 10:08 PM

acidophilust - a horrible, extreme longing for sex while on a bad "trip"

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: mousethief
Date: 14 Feb 10 - 11:47 PM

overbite - gator on a bridge
cupola - 8 fl. oz. of the 4th note of the scale
implode - amount that can be carried by an imp

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: fat B****rd
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 03:34 AM

Tissue - an important matter in Yorkshire.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 07:50 AM

I cribbed this one from a comment made by Valmai

Extractor fan - someone who used to like tractors.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Howard Jones
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 09:26 AM

e-commerce - doing business with a Yorkshireman

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: HuwG
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 09:43 AM

Palindrome - the airstrip at Wasilla, Alaska

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 11:09 AM

HuwG, that's brill!!

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Royston
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 11:41 AM

Countryside (alternative spellings may be available!) - the act of killing Piers Morgan / Gordon Brown / Tony Blair / Alistair Campbell...

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 04:39 PM

patriots = several unruly mobs of Patricks

cursorily = swearing at any member of the O' R.... Oh feck this list is becoming too Irish

orchestrate = what orcs do in the privacy of their own homes is nobody's business but their own.

contemporary = only in prison for a short term

forebears = supports ursine animals

dogmatic = robopup

banjo = Jo must've done something really bad to have been both banned and had that insturment named for him.

definitely = lose capacity to hear only at dusk

folkidiom = unfathomable element much discussed by folkidiots (myself included)

Sesquipedalophobia = fear of Suibhne O'Piobaireachd posts (Just kidding mate. I couldn't resist. Some other catters apply but your name fits so well with the word.)

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 04:49 PM

I am overawed by the wit and ingenuity manifested by all the contributors to this thread, but would somebody please be so good as to explain the "Uxbridge" connection ???

I know it's an in-joke to which I am not privy, so please be kind to an outsider ...

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 04:54 PM

On BBC Radio 4 there is a comedy game show called I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. One of the games they play is Uxbridge English Dictionary where the contestants come up with alternate and very funny definitions for real words.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_on_I'm_Sorry_I_Haven't_a_Clue

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 05:01 PM

Thank you VT, I geddit now (although I still don't understand why "Uxbridge" , but no matter.)

From your link : "Stephen Fry suggested that 'countryside' should mean 'to kill Piers Morgan".

ROFLMAO ( almost literally )

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Gurney
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 05:37 PM

Important: Insect of consequence. (Insect found in container on wharf.)
Indicant:   Insect, pointing. (Insect, selling.)
Decant:    Insect working on a ship.

There were a lot of small drawings about, once, on this ...ant theme.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 05:58 PM

Ah, I think I almost do get the Uxbridge thing ...

Oxford English Dictionary ...

Oxbridge = (accepted amalgam of Oxford-Cambridge)

Uxbridge = slightly left of centre allusion to "Oxbridge", with the added bonus of Uxbridge being an actual place which in reality has no relevance to either Oxford or Cambridge

Uxbridge English Dictionary ...

Nobody could accuse me of being slow on the uptake, could they ...

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 02:43 AM

Canoodle - a tin of spaghetti

Pontificate - what the pope does in his bathroom.

Solidarity - an arity that is no longer runny.

Preside - choosing beforehand which team you are going to support.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: GUEST,Mr Red
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 07:11 AM

Scratch Band - flea collar.

Murray MacLeod : if you had been to Uxbridge, the process would have been a lot quicker. It doesn't even have a Folk Club any more. see message

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 07:34 AM

Aardvark - that which never hurt anybody.

Alphabet - the very first wager.

Assertive - suffering with heamorrhoids.

Polygon - missing parrot

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 02:31 PM

From I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Willy Rushton - I think)

Bidet - Two days before D-day

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Amos
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 02:38 PM

Doxology--the longshoreman's knowledge base.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: mousethief
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 03:50 PM

cadre - chaplain who's a real jerk
strident - love child of Aragorn and Treebeard
colorectal - spoiled soda
flatulence - somebody sat on your contacts

O..O
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Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 05:54 PM

Succinct - last resort for a plumber working on a blocked outlet pipe.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: mousethief
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 07:41 PM

Blehhhh.

O..O
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Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 16 Feb 10 - 07:52 PM

Polymorph - someone who turns into a parrot every full moon

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 04:08 AM

I declare Dave the winner!!! *clap clap*

Round 2 anyone?

Limpet - a floppy cat or dog.


LTS

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Micca
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 06:27 AM

Trampoline= Telephone help for ladies of easy vertue
Twiglight = low fat Horror film with a touch of Marmite
Feckless = uncaring Irish person

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 07:26 AM

Overturn – Gaudy funerary vase
Debauched – all bauch removed
Palisade – royal official
Vanish – rather like a van
Matrix – gymnastic floor display
Aspic – choose a snake
Conscript – document produced by a spin doctor
Vertigo – a long distance in Somerset
Regale – about that wind last night
Tenerife – a predicted ratio of shipwrecks
Bucket – a small buck
Baguette – a small bag
Ballet – a small ball
Bullet – bullock
Bullock – to secure a bull
Secure – discover a remedy
Fertile – Fibrous failure of asbestos roofing
Tissue – Greeting of recognition
Brandish- rather like a brand
Celebrant – Outburst by a famous person
Contribute – False acclaim

I must have too much time on my hands!

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: GUEST,Mr Red
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 07:31 AM

tempers - too much time on your hands

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Mr Happy
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 08:01 AM

Ivory Manual = Book of Welsh songs of the Zulu Wars

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Leadfingers
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 08:21 AM

Indecent - In far enough

Polutocrat - Some one who is filthy rich

Insufficient - In far enough

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 01:04 PM

can't believe the wereparrot beat out my folkidiom

there is no justice.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: mousethief
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 05:16 PM

justice - nobody but me and thee
Obama - Irish demolitions expert

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 05:43 PM

Armadildo - Heavy duty marital aid.
Disestablishmentarian - This building is reserved for blond, blue eyed, supermen.
Justiciary - I'll have an aperitif (with a nod to Mousethief).
Israelite - Is a sunbeam.
Fundamental - Crazy electrical storm.


Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 05:49 PM

Aperitif - minimalist dentures

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Amos
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 06:09 PM

conswervativism: the art of jumping loudly from one issue to any other issue which you think will gain you political points, regardless of truth or usefulness.

A

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Micca
Date: 17 Feb 10 - 07:21 PM

Amos, I didn't know you knew British politics so well!!

Syncdouche= trying to clear the kitchen drain with a high pressure hose!
dinette= nouvelle cuisine
Distillgesic= state of painless achieved by drinking spirits

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 18 Feb 10 - 07:05 AM

Central 'eating - one front tooth.

Don T

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Feb 10 - 08:55 AM

VT - the Folkidiom was funny, but the wereparrot made I squirt tea out my nose.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 18 Feb 10 - 11:56 AM

LOL --

That makes it worth it then... I just peed may pants laughing at you squirting tea through your nose.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Feb 10 - 01:11 PM

swiped, but good...

Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.

Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Feb 10 - 01:18 PM

Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 19 Feb 10 - 07:29 AM

Mysteries – fog in the forest
Nomadic – Richard is sane
Dramatics – rural version of a flea circus
Asphalt – lesser sexual assault
Assert – a sure thing ( I bet most of you thought of another meaning)
Ebullient – posh ant who picks on smaller ants
Sex – what posh people have their coal delivered in
Priority – afternoon refreshment with the abbot
Paramour – a sadly not fully thought through invention for protecting skydivers
Sturgeon – fish doctor
Buttress – female goat
Succeed – feeding action of a beakless budgie
Nothing – faster acting than Anadin (old advert joke)
Barbary ape – to imitate the action of a hairdresser
Metacarpal – saw a friend who has an automobile
Portrait – an undesirable tendency or habit
Andover – deliver

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 19 Feb 10 - 05:35 PM

Parenthesis - DNA test report

Subject: RE: BS: A Game of Uxbridge English Dictionary
From: mousethief
Date: 19 Feb 10 - 05:36 PM

Hundred - fear of Germans

O..O
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