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Incomer

Anyone who moves into a new community. An asylum seeker, refugee, or economic migrant
"The housing and associated needs of new incomer populations of refugees and asylum seekers"

"Nothing quite prepares an incomer from the city to the country for the non-stop noise"

"A number of Austrians share the Europe-wide fear of the Polish plumber, the incomer who takes all the jobs"
by Henley July 16, 2007
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numpsy tump

A hillock, small heap, switch-back hill, old slag heap or industrial working.
A phrase which seems to have originated in the north of England and Scotland. Probably derived from tump, a barrow or Neolothic burial ground and numpsy meaning 'low life'
Generally, used in the plural, numpsy tumps.
Plenty of numpsy tumps where I go mountain biking.
The wretched moles have been busy again. Numpsy tumps everywhere.
I love the Scottish lochs and numpsy tumps.
Motoring at its best: the numpsy tumps of the Yorkshire wolds.
by Henley December 30, 2008
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jurassic parker

A person of any age who is mentally fossilised, cautious, brain-dead, dull, unimaginative, dinosauric, living in the past, not with-it, or has lost his marbles. Someone who is uncomfortable with the age of the Internet and mobile phones and still communicates by snail mail and gets his information from the library. A dodo.
Named after Jurassic Park, the film, and the coastline in Dorset, England, now known too as Jurassic Park, with its ammonites and other fossils. An inhabitant of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Fossil Hunters.
A horde of Jurassic Parkers got off the coach for a 'pit-stop'.
Strung out a long the beach, armed with geological hammers and backpacks,were a dozen keen Jurassic Parkers examining the rocks for ammonites they could take home for the mantlepiece.
He stood scratching his head in bewilderment and chuntering to himself about the need to check it all again - a Jurassic Parker in complete faff mode. The group left without him.
by Henley January 1, 2009
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faffer

A fussy, indecisive individual, prone to procrastination, dithering between tasks,and who is easily distracted and achieves very little. In-two-minds, he/she flops from one thing to another and starts all over again.
"A faffer is the enemy of time, effortlessly consuming it while pretending to be constructive" - Quote
George emptied his rucksack and reordered the contents putting his shaving gear at the top, deciding he would need it first when he got off the plane, changed his mind and replaced it with his route map. What a faffer! At the last minute he wanted a pee, and the airport coach left without him.
Elmerdale was a wet. His girl-friend always had to tell him what to do. Left on his own he would faff his life away with trivial, unimportant tasks, getting in a muddle, forgetting the things that mattered. He polished his glasses three times before a stranger at the next table reminded him he had cleaned them already and pointed out his shirt cuffs were soaked with tea.
by Henley January 1, 2009
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piranha pool

A milieu or environment inhabited by ruthless, competitive individuals - societies, companies, communities, organisations, polital parties and other groupings where extreme competitive activity takes place.
Also commonly misspelt as pirhana pool. Known too as piranha bowl
He earned his spurs in the piranha pool called Georgia politics.
He has become a boiled brisket in the piranha pool that is Israeli politics.
Plain-speaking, sense of humour and ability - truly remarkable in the piranha pool of Westminster politics - made no enemies...
The Apprentice (programme) is a piranha pool for the contestants.
After a week best described as the 'diplomatic piranha pool' in New York, the UN managed to agree a 35-page document for reform.
Then there is the piranha-pool of Parliament, an especial burden for British ministers
It is a ‘piranha pool’ out there for the inexperienced buyer. Please take some time to read our extensive advice page sections.
by Henley July 11, 2007
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fweet

A way of cursing without technically cursing. The term is often utilized by Christians trying to sound cool.
Grant: "Fweet!" (Christian trying to sound cool)
Alison and Henley: "That was a curse word."
by Henley November 10, 2008
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