Spanner job

UK: Used to describe the fifty pence piece due to its seven sided design and its resembelence to a nut*.

*As in nut and bolt.
Customer: Barman! can I have change for the cig machine.
Barman: How much do y' need?
Customer: A couple of spanner jobs should sort it, ta!
by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004
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Dog locked

Sometimes happens when dogs have sex, the male dogs penis gets stuck in the female dogs vagina and the two dogs end up facing away from each other rump to rump, they may have to remain this way for some time.
Very rarly happens in humans.
Get a bucket of water quick! Fidos got himself doglocked with Mrs Snobbybutts show poodle.
by Blue Cawdrey November 19, 2004
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trouble at the mill

Archaic term originating in the industrial North of England.

Similar in meaning to the shit hit the fan

the mill, a textile mill or factory.
<Lancashire accent>
The'v layed off 200 hundred at Crossleys, the'll be trouble at 't mill, you mark my words.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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potatoe masher

WW2 German stick hand grenade. Tucked into the belt or boot of infantryman was a formidable weapon both in assault and defence.
Unlike allied grenades it did not depend on throwing out fragments of red hot metal, just the power of its 4.2 oz explosive charge.

May have resembled a kitchen utensil of the time.
That potatoe masher exploded so close that I cannot hear what you are saying and Seargent Bodybitz is dead...
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Five Fingered Widow

So you won't need the five fingered widow on your honeymoon.
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Vietnam Rose

Term originating from the Vietnam war describing the large open red sore that appears on the penis of persons infected with syphilis.
Several weeks after visiting the prostitute he noticed a big red vietnam rose growing on his knob end.
by Blue Cawdrey November 19, 2004
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blow a gasket

A seal in car engine splits
or
Somebody has lost their temper.
1) Mechanic: We will need to tow your car to the garage you have blown a gasket.

2)User 1: Grrrr! Windows has shit itself again and Blue screened.
User 2: Don't blow a gasket I have a Linux installation disk-set here, you can use them to permenantly fix the problem.
by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004
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