Nupe's definitions

twitcher

Male who is so passionate about bird-spotting her will rush anywhere in the UK at a moment's notice just to see some rare bird.

See also: trainspotter

"We got to the gig only to find that the car-park was full of bloody twitchers looking for some fr*ggin' cuckoo."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

creatives

A simple term which means the same as, but avoids having to say, "artists, photographers, sculptors, painters, designers, architects, crafts makers..." etc.

"Creatives can't afford to stay in that part of the city now that the developers are moving in and renovating the old properties."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

servalan

Servalan was a lead baddie in the UK sci-fi TV series Blake's Seven. Used by British men of a certain age to refer to a particularly glamourous but cruel & haughty woman.

"Servilan!" (said to a companion, of an action by a glamourous woman that shows her to be heartless and aloof).

by Nupe January 6, 2004

fibber

One who tells lies. Use usually implies a certain amount of affection on the part of the one using the word of another.

"Oh, you are such a fibber!"

by Nupe January 6, 2004

nicked

Common British slang for "stolen".

See also: pinched, taxed, half-inched, lifted, knocked off, 'fell off the back of a lorry'.

"The band's clothes look like they were nicked from the local Oxfam's reject pile."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

trainspotter

Person who spots trains for a hobby. Usually the preserve of sad anoraks.

"When I was younger I had this really sad trainspotter approach to bands and collecting records."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

nuttering

The mutterings of a nutter or crank

See also: nutter

"...he walked off whilst nuttering
some not very nice words to me"

"So I finished the on the phone and walked back to the Hostel, sort of just nuttering to myself, "y'know, I could've sworn I was just groped by an aborigine"."

by Nupe July 24, 2004