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Thread #10188   Message #69072
Posted By: Steve Parkes
08-Apr-99 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
Subject: RE: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
There's a wonderful book called "Mrs Byrne's dictionary". It's American, but available in the UK. Any word that's in any way weird, unusual or just plain entertaining is in it. Example - Rectalgia. A pain in the ass. I't's the only dictionary I've been able to sit down with and read. It has the entire "SNAFU" canon; FUMTU (more than usual), JANFU (joint Army and Navy), etc.

Steve