Bob Gurch's definitions

ist

German word for 'is'.

Person 1: "Das ist ein Hund."

Person 2: "Why are you speaking German?"

by Bob Gurch August 28, 2004

‡

A sort of symbolic cross thingy.

Person 1: "Do you know what ‡ means?"
Person 2: "No."
Person 1: "Me neither."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

remove

The act of taking something away.

Do not remove this definition.

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

÷

Division sign, denotes the operation of division, one of the four basic mathematical operations. You can't divide by 0 (on pain of death.)

Division Sums:

8 ÷ 2 = 4
9 ÷ 3 = 3
1 ÷ 1 = 1

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

ÿ

It's the letter Y, with two dots on top. I imagine that ÿ is pronounced differently from y, but if so, I don't know what the difference actually is.

Person 1: "Look, that ÿ has two dots on it!"
Person 2: "Must be a misprint."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

Gah!

See under Gah.

Gah! I've come to the wrong page!

by Bob Gurch May 25, 2004

prat

Alternative spelling for the surname of Angela Pratt, Head of Sixth Form.

Guess what? Prat's just closed the CR again, because SOMEBODY MOVED A CHAIR!

by Bob Gurch March 3, 2005