by Beermat October 03, 2017
A British tabloid newspaper, known for its extreme right-wing views, and obsession with things that cause cancer (almost everything) and things that prevent or cure cancer (the same things that cause it, but in a different edition).
Its single redeeming feature is the Saturday TV supplement, which is surprisingly good and comprehensive.
Its single redeeming feature is the Saturday TV supplement, which is surprisingly good and comprehensive.
by Beermat May 17, 2017
Equity release—or "give us your house"—is a means of borrowing some of the value of your home without having to sell it, and usually without having to make any repayments so that the interest compounds rapidly. Sometimes known as a lifetime mortgage. The more reputable lenders (for a given value of 'reputable') guarantee that the total debt will never exceed the value of the property, which is big of them; the less reputable will take your estate for as much as they can after you fall off your perch.
I borrowed 65K through equity release on my house seven years ago, and it's already doubled. At this rate there will be nothing left for my kids.
by Beermat November 08, 2017
The time-honoured practice of deliberately leaving something for a senior officer to find and criticise during his tour of inspection, which gives him a warm smug feeling and (hopefully) deflects his attention from corners that are better left unexamined. The senior officer, who of course was once a junior officer, knows the rules and plays along.
More generally, anything deliberately placed to deflect unwelcome interest.
More generally, anything deliberately placed to deflect unwelcome interest.
"Chief, it's the Captain's inspection at eleven hundred hours. Is there anything he shouldn't see? Well, it's too late now, let's hope for the best. Make sure you leave an admiral's potato for him to find, and tip off whoever will get the bollocking for it."
by Beermat December 31, 2020
a) a well-respected organisation whose members take holidays in mobile homes towed behind their family vehicles;
b) a derogatory term for the travelling and gypsy communities.
b) a derogatory term for the travelling and gypsy communities.
"Watch out, the caravan club's filling up over the back at pump 12. What's the betting they'll say they have left their money at home, and the kids will be pinching things while we are distracted?"
by Beermat May 14, 2020
A car which has been modified in such a way that the owner and his friends think it's the bee's knees but everybody else thinks it makes (usually) him or (rarely) her look a complete knob head. The typical pratmobile is a small, practical, inoffensive car such as a VW Polo, Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa, or even a Fiat Panda, that has had a seriously loud and illegal megaphone exhaust fitted and possibly dropped suspension, and is piloted by somebody who fondly imagines that he can drive like Lewis Hamilton. It may also be a larger family car that has been inappropriately tarted up.
by Beermat September 25, 2020
A nick-name for the Daily Express – a British tabloid newspaper – used from time to time by the satirical magazine Private Eye. Like many of the Eye's jokes, its use has become more widespread.
This is just another non-story run by the famously unbiased and objective Daily Getsworse. (Yahoo Answers)
by Beermat April 19, 2017