99 definitions by Blue Cawdrey
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
Describing a car or other form of transport that is running very low on fuel.
Also an euphimism for very tired.
Also an euphimism for very tired.
1. Its lucky we found this garage, look at the fuel guage, we were running on fumes.
2. The runner finished the marathon but later said to reporters that towards the end that he was 'running on fumes'.
2. The runner finished the marathon but later said to reporters that towards the end that he was 'running on fumes'.
by Blue Cawdrey November 27, 2004
Clergyman from any number of different Christian sects who introduce young alterboys and choirboys to the mysterious inner working of the church by the secret ceremony of the lifting of the cassock.
Choirboy: The Reverend has asked me to stay behind and help him to find some coins that fell off the collection plate and rolled under the alter.
Alterboy: Don't do it, trust me dude, he's a total cassock lifter.
Alterboy: Don't do it, trust me dude, he's a total cassock lifter.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
London, UK.
Jellied eels are an old East End (of London) favourite where they are still sold from street stalls, to be eaten from china bowls sprinkled with hot chilli vinegar. Jellied eels are the sort of street food you wolf down while standing up or perhaps on the way home from the pub.
Jellied eels are an old East End (of London) favourite where they are still sold from street stalls, to be eaten from china bowls sprinkled with hot chilli vinegar. Jellied eels are the sort of street food you wolf down while standing up or perhaps on the way home from the pub.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
Using software to scan any of the 65536 ports on a computer. This may be done for technical reasons by a network administrator or for nefarious reasons by a computer cracker.
by Blue Cawdrey November 19, 2004
Goes way past brain death, if your are dead as a doornail prepare to become a 'hotel for worms'.
Dodos perhaps are the only creatures with a similar lack of animation; see dead as the dodo.
Dodos perhaps are the only creatures with a similar lack of animation; see dead as the dodo.
On the morticians slab both Qusay and Uday were laid out cold, both dead as a doornail, they looked so peacfull that it made me really happy to see them lying there.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004