Definitions by AKACroatalin
Clouts
This is quite old slang but still used occasionally in the South-West of England. It derives from cloths or clothes and refers to a woman’s knickers, drawers or panties. It is quite disparaging and is used to described undergarments of the baggy Bridget Jones type or things so foul, tattered and disgusting that they should be classified as a health hazard
Clouts by AKACroatalin March 21, 2019
Pargeting
This is slang for applying large quantities of make-up to the face or body. It derives from the verb ‘pargeting’ which is to apply a decorative, waterproof plaster to a wall. The finished plaster is also known as pargeting and can be in a variety of colours. So if a woman is piling stuff on her face, eyebrows, eyes, lips, eyelashes or face, she is pargeting.
“Look at that silly moo piling gunk on her face!”
“Yeah, she does so much pargeting she keeps Maybelline in business by herself’”
“Yeah, she does so much pargeting she keeps Maybelline in business by herself’”
Pargeting by AKACroatalin March 20, 2019
Plymouth
Britain’s Ocean City in the South-West of England, Plymouth has the largest Naval Base in Western Europe. It can appear grey and dull, due to the rebuilding after WWII; the damage was huge and over1200 civilians killed. The ruin of Charles Church remains as a memorial to those killed and injured at that time. Despite a lack of investment by both Central and Local Government change is happening and, if you take the trouble to look, you will find a thriving arts, culture and music, vibrant nightlife and pubs and bars selling everything from ciders from Devon and Cornwall (they’ll knock your block off) to the best cocktails and champagne.
Plymouth people are accepting of strangers, polite and friendly, ask for help and you’ll get it. They are rightly proud of their city and the major part it played in two World Wars, so don’t diss it. Yes, Plymouth has within its boundaries a number of the peculiar life-form known as a chav but far fewer, per head of population, than London, Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool.
You’ll find the National Marine Aquarium there, a house that was built in the 1300s, excellent hotels and restaurants and many more things of interest. If you are from the USA, it’s the port the Pilgrim Fathers sailed and there are the places where they slept, had their last religious meeting and the bakery that sold them their last fresh bread, Britain’s oldest working bakery. So come and see what Plymouth has to offer.
Plymouth people are accepting of strangers, polite and friendly, ask for help and you’ll get it. They are rightly proud of their city and the major part it played in two World Wars, so don’t diss it. Yes, Plymouth has within its boundaries a number of the peculiar life-form known as a chav but far fewer, per head of population, than London, Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool.
You’ll find the National Marine Aquarium there, a house that was built in the 1300s, excellent hotels and restaurants and many more things of interest. If you are from the USA, it’s the port the Pilgrim Fathers sailed and there are the places where they slept, had their last religious meeting and the bakery that sold them their last fresh bread, Britain’s oldest working bakery. So come and see what Plymouth has to offer.
I’m going to visit Plymouth, might even move there. Well, if it’s good enough for Chris Dawson, it’ll do me.
Plymouth by AKACroatalin March 18, 2019
Quacksalver
This is very old slang, but is still used occasionally It refers to a person who falsely claims to have medical knowledge or qualifications, especially one who dispenses pills, potions and ointments that have curative properties. The word comes from the Middle Dutch word kwaksalver which means one who sells salves and ointments. Although seldom used nowadays quacksalver is the origin of the term quack which means pretty much the same thing.
“Johnny’s in hospital with pneumonia, his doctor missed it!”
“What did you expect, the old bastard is past it and no better that a quacksalver.”
“What did you expect, the old bastard is past it and no better that a quacksalver.”
Quacksalver by AKACroatalin March 18, 2019
BBB
Acronym standing for Bullshit Baffles Brains. There is some truth in this as highly persuasive people can influence even the most intelligent to support their opinion. In Britain Parliamentary lobbyists are a case in point and let’s face it, whoever they meet, they won’t be talking the sharpest tool in the shed. These groups achieve their objectives by representing their arguments as reasonable, the view of the vast majority of people, the only sensible course and by securing the support of other groups or organisations. The only requirement for the BBB effect to take hold and to avoid scrutiny is for there to be no direct challenge to the assertions of the bullshitter. Read the Bat-faced Jelly entry to see what can happen with the BBB effect.
NOTE: In 1945 a British 'A' Class submarine, HMS Aurochs, was launched. The submarine's motto was 'Excreta Tauri Sapientam Fulgeat' which translates as 'a bull's excrement can fool a wise man' or Bullshit Baffles Brains. From this we know that the acronym must have been in widespread use during and before the World War 2.
NOTE: In 1945 a British 'A' Class submarine, HMS Aurochs, was launched. The submarine's motto was 'Excreta Tauri Sapientam Fulgeat' which translates as 'a bull's excrement can fool a wise man' or Bullshit Baffles Brains. From this we know that the acronym must have been in widespread use during and before the World War 2.
BBB by AKACroatalin March 18, 2019
Coprophage
This means, quite literally, “one who eats faeces”. French beef farmers, supplying meat for export, feed their cattle human faeces as a cheap food as it contains large amounts of partially digested cellulose and thereafter the cows exhibited coprophagic behaviour. Under certain conditions dogs also develop coprophagic behaviour, but this can be prevented, and cured, by feeding them tinned pineapple!
The use of the term has expanded to describe someone who, while not very clever or good at their job, is always smarming round the boss. The sort of behaviour exhibited is:
1. laughing excessively at the smallest joke;
2. apparently sharing the same interests and hobbies as the boss;
3. getting the boss tea or coffee without being asked;
4. sending the boss Christmas and Birthday cards, often with a gift attached;
Exactly the sort of behaviour that makes you think that if the boss crapped on their desk they’d eat it and swear it was ambrosia. These people are usually mediocre to poor performers and its only their relationship with the boss that keeps them from being potted.
The use of the term has expanded to describe someone who, while not very clever or good at their job, is always smarming round the boss. The sort of behaviour exhibited is:
1. laughing excessively at the smallest joke;
2. apparently sharing the same interests and hobbies as the boss;
3. getting the boss tea or coffee without being asked;
4. sending the boss Christmas and Birthday cards, often with a gift attached;
Exactly the sort of behaviour that makes you think that if the boss crapped on their desk they’d eat it and swear it was ambrosia. These people are usually mediocre to poor performers and its only their relationship with the boss that keeps them from being potted.
“Malcolm’s just given the boss a big birthday card and a present, so I told him he was a perfect coprophage. The twat looked at me as if I’d just paid him a compliment.”
“You did. Nothing about that wanker is perfect.”
“You did. Nothing about that wanker is perfect.”
Coprophage by AKACroatalin March 16, 2019
Scrounging
British slang for obtaining goods and services without having to pay for them. The word can be used in two rather different ways:
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 “I see Jan’s mumping drinks again.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
Scrounging by AKACroatalin March 15, 2019