Pants and Butter

UK: Merchant Navy
A taunt reserved for junior ratings.

Bosun: You are required in the captains cabin at 1900 hours with your trousers neatly ironed, folded over your right arm and a half pound of butter.

Ordinary Seaman: Feckorf!

by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004

Scrambled Egg

Military: Describes the uniforms of higher ranks that have excessive gold braiding or decoration on the caps and sleeves.

The dictator Idi Amins uniforms were famous if only for the massive amounts of scrambled egg on them.

by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004

Wank mag

A magazine with mainly sexual content pictures and stories used when stimulating the wanking gland.

Him: Dammit the vicar saw my wank mags.
Her: You should not have left them out on the coffee table.

by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004

Treeware

Documents made of paper, like an anablog, in contrast to electronic documents.

Print out the treeware and we can send it via snail mail.

by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004

Take deep breaths...

Short for, Take deep breaths it will go quicker.
Used when somebody farts in a small room, lift etc.

In Crowded lift.
Grunty: Prrrrrwwumph
Grunty's Friend: Eugh! That stinks.
Grunty: Take deep breaths...

by Blue Cawdrey November 20, 2004

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

Dead man walking

US: A death row prisoner on his terminal walk to eternity inherites the unenviable title of 'dead man walking'.

As the prisoner set of for his last walk to the gas chamber the other con's slowly shook there heads from side to side and muttered 'dead man walking'.

by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004