oracle's definitions

gurning chimp

George Bush

Yes, you know he is

by oracle March 12, 2004

clinker

see also teggit

Ouch! Teggits

by oracle March 12, 2004

brum

Birmingham, or noise car makes

"Im on the train to Brum"

by oracle February 5, 2004

curtainsider

Midland slang: Grotesquely fat woman, due to her clothing resembling the tarpaulin enclosing a curtainside lorry.

Shes a bit of a curtainsider.

by oracle February 5, 2004

jobs a good'un

Midland exclamation at an unexpectedly good outcome of a bad situation.

Forklift driver: "Yeah, I smashed a load of those boxes whan I put them on the pallet. Put loads of shrink wrap on, nobody noticed, jobs a good'un"

by oracle March 12, 2004

lichfield

Shithole. Like the inside of George Bush's head (theres fuck all there).

We've been robbed! This lounge looks like Lichfield!!

by oracle December 17, 2004

ANPR

Automatic Number Plate Recognition.
CCTV cameras used in the UK (and elsewhere) used to log road vehicle movements by reading the vehicle number plates using OCR technology.
ANPR is used to enforce the London congestion charge, in SPECS speed cameras, and from March 2006, all road vehicle movements on main roads in the UK (along with petrol stations, supermarkets and Motorway service areas) will be logged by the police for unspecified purposes.

"Watch out, ANPR up ahead"

by oracle February 27, 2006