Di is after some new definitions this week. I’d be the first to admit that these are nowhere near in the same league as the ‘Uxbridge English Dictionary’ segment of the BBC radio comedy panel show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’, but here goes anyway.

Verisimilitude

A person with a limited diet, who only ever eats the same thing.

Grikes

What happens when Athenian workers withdraw their labour.

Clints

An exceptionally fortuitous typo.

Kamenitza

A largely overlooked Mayan pyramid, rather off the beaten track.

Rillenkaren

Well, I think you’ll find it means whatever I choose it to mean, you vulgar little working class person.

Cockalorum

A spaniel with a well-developed sense of propriety.

Dongle

How they pronounce ‘dangle’ in South Kensington.

Fartlek

The working title of a pilot show that aimed to mash up Farscape and Star Trek. Unsurprisingly, it never got commissioned.

Folderol

Dunno. Your guess is as good as mine.

Furphy

The cost of hiring a mink coat for an evening.