Wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole is an expression indicating extreme dislike and distaste for an object, person or situation. The expression can be used in a similar way to wouldn’t touch her with a 10 foot pole, but is not solely applicable to females; it is even more disparaging when used about a female as it treats her as something less than human. Many bargepoles were 12 or 13 feet long, but one specialised type called a setting boom could be as long as 28 feet! So as you can imagine, wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole means something which you would much rather keep well away from.
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Get the Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole mug.TABU is a British Army acronym which dates from around World War II. It stands for Typical Army Balls Up and is used in a similar way and in the same context as the American SNAFU. It describes the things that shouldn’t go wrong but invariably do do.
Over the course of time, however, the meaning changed, notably during the Korean War. During this conflict the Americans were in charge of logistics for all allied troops and were told to ensure that American troops were supplied before their allies. What was meant by this was that American troops should have ammunition and essentials before these were supplied to their allies. In fact what happened was that the STRAC REMFS whose duty this was decided it was more important to supply American troops with Coca Cola that the allies with ammunition. In this case TABU came to mean Typical American Balls Up.
Over the course of time, however, the meaning changed, notably during the Korean War. During this conflict the Americans were in charge of logistics for all allied troops and were told to ensure that American troops were supplied before their allies. What was meant by this was that American troops should have ammunition and essentials before these were supplied to their allies. In fact what happened was that the STRAC REMFS whose duty this was decided it was more important to supply American troops with Coca Cola that the allies with ammunition. In this case TABU came to mean Typical American Balls Up.
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Get the TABU mug.A fratch is a quarrel or disagreement between two or more people. It can vary from a fairly mild dispute through an overexcited slanging match to a no holds barred dust up.
“He was lookin’ for a fratch and kept pushin’ an’ shovin’ me. So I gave ‘im a smack in the chops, ‘e got what ‘e wanted.”
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Get the Fratch mug.It’s an adjective; it means able to adjust to new conditions or capable of being modified for a new purpose. It can be applied to both people and objects and some authorities say that being adaptable, able to cope with changing conditions, is why humans are the dominant life form on earth.
It is frequently used in the workplace to describe someone who can handle anything and is capable of taking on the jobs that would have others scratching their heads until they got splinters under their fingers. It is also used to describe members of the British armed forces, one reason, perhaps, why they are the best in the world.
It is frequently used in the workplace to describe someone who can handle anything and is capable of taking on the jobs that would have others scratching their heads until they got splinters under their fingers. It is also used to describe members of the British armed forces, one reason, perhaps, why they are the best in the world.
People are adaptable when conditions change.
The telephone was sufficiently adaptable to go mobile and send texts.
The telephone was sufficiently adaptable to go mobile and send texts.
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Get the Adaptable mug.Disagreeable means nasty, offensive, disgusting, repulsive. It can refer to an unpleasant or unenjoyable experience, something that you wish you had never done, or even thought of or something that you thought would be really good that turned out to be a real disappointment.
It can also refer to someone who is unfriendly and bad tempered, the sort of person who resents and hates everything and everybody; who if you said “Good morning” to them, they would take it as a declaration of war and commence hostilities immediately. They are the sort of person who seems to have a permanent toothache and blames it on everyone with whom they come into contact.
It can also refer to someone who is unfriendly and bad tempered, the sort of person who resents and hates everything and everybody; who if you said “Good morning” to them, they would take it as a declaration of war and commence hostilities immediately. They are the sort of person who seems to have a permanent toothache and blames it on everyone with whom they come into contact.
When Auntie Mabel caught her left tit in a rattrap she found it a disagreeable experience.
She’d argue with a signpost, disagreeable cow.
She’d argue with a signpost, disagreeable cow.
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Get the Disagreeable mug.Logically enough it is something spoken by someone who is a twat, cretin or braindead fuckwit. Typically something uttered by the woke brigade such as "all whites are guilty of unconscious bias!" This is not the sort of drivel that J Saunders Redding intended when he urged people to "Stay Woke."
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Get the Twatism mug.Septic oonch fancier with acute princess syndrome who purports to be a comedienne and chat show hostess. Unknown outside of the United States, her interviewing technique appears to centre on asking her guest personal questions, accusing them of lying and ridiculing their answers. Americans appear to find that entertaining, on social media it’s known as trolling, not funny, not pleasant. Her attempts to break into British television have resulted in annoyance and advert irritation to their viewing public. This is not too surprising as a previous attempt to move into the UK market was decidedly unsuccessful but it appears that she can’t take the hint.
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