Food for thought indeed this week… What is pilau rice? Boiled rice with bits in – and an unjustifiable mark-up. What are Eggs Benedict? A popular breakfast for former Bishops of Rome. What is a soufflé? An ice hockey puck with ideas above its station. What is baked Alaska? An awkward moment for climate change…
Pogging Pogoing with nothing missing. Simp As far as that meerkat in the TV commercial gets in saying his catchphrase before you throw something at the screen. Bussin Making out on the back row of the National Express coach. Delulu De most famous singer to come out of Glasgow since – oh, I don’t know:…
What is a lover’s knot? The male equivalent of a chastity belt. Where is the Milky Way? Still on the shelf. I’d much rather have a Crunchie. What is a bellyflop? An unsuccessful sumo wrestler. Why do they say ‘break a leg’ before a performer goes on stage? Because they’re the understudy and the critics…
This week, it’s more definitions… Embiggen Instruction to staff given by POTUS when he wants a larger cup of covfefe. Eargasm A very niche section of Pornhub. Erumpent Estuary English dialect word meaning harrumphing. Eldritch Ageing hippy, but comfortably off, resident of Glastonbury. Epizootic Rural activity that is actually illegal in 48 states of the…
This week, Di is looking for some (wrong) answers. Who made the first manned hot air balloon flight in 1783? A sheep, a duck and a rooster – as you would know if you were watching ‘Richard Osman’s House Of Games’ this week. Which is the more widely used around the world, cow’s milk or…
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…
This week, Di has gone all classical on us. As one who, by virtue of having obtained a Latin ‘O’ level in 1968, and therefore being rightfully able to lay claim to a classical education, this is right up my street (or should that be via strata?). Anyway, Di’s given us ten names from classical…
This week, Pensitivity101’s Di has decreed that D is for ‘definition’, so let’s get down to it. Doohickey To chew on a partner or boy/girl friend’s neck, apparently as a sign of affection, but probably with a slightly sinister proprietorial undertone. [is this still a thing?] Donnybrook A stream running at the bottom of the…
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