26 definitions by Nupe

charity shop

British equivalent to the USA's "thrift store".

"The band's clothes look like they were nicked from the local charity shop."

by Nupe January 7, 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 25, 2004

flow

1) When an off-road cyclist is able to negotiate a regular route without thinking about it, he is able to "flow".

2) The way a racing track for off-road mountain bikers is planned and prepared; it must have good "flow".

"I'm getting the flow of the route now."

"The trail rolls and winds through
beautiful open fields and wooded areas and generally has a nice flow."

by Nupe January 7, 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 7, 2004

digicam

Small consumer digital camera, without many of the manual features of a digital SLR camera.

"I finally got a new digicam."

"I got a new digital SLR, so the old digicam has been handed down to the kids."

by Nupe January 7, 2004

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 7, 2004

smirky

Body language of a guilty teen boy who has been accused of some anti-social behaviour, but has faced it down and now knows that the charge cannot be proven against him.

"Man - that little sh*t is so smirky, just look at him. I know he did it. He knows he did it. I'm gonna nail his a*s if its the last thing I do!!"

by Nupe January 7, 2004