Delbosco's definitions

agony-pipe

A clarinet.

This was that same agony-pipe, which, in the German rhapsody, wails its way into the most exciting of all symphonic expressions of the jazz idiom...

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

aggro

Hostile attention from an enemy that should target players with better defenses.

You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

aggravator

Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”)

An aggravator, or love curl, of a delicate roundness, hung low upon the imperial forehead, …

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

aft

Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.

A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

Africoon

A black African.

It was Africoons who enslaved other Africoons, then as now, and sold them for pretty trinkets.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

African toothache

A sexually transmitted disease.

How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

affy

An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility.

If you have won a monthly prize, they will send you an affy and have you send it back. Then your prize comes from a courier.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021