Jonathan FeBland's definitions

half a crown

£2.50 Two Pounds and Fifty pence in modern parlance. In 'old money' 2/6 two shillings and sixpence = twelve-and-a-half 'p', but with the rise of inflation, half a crown has more of a resonance with £2.50p

Hey Malcolm, can I have half a crown to cover your entry money for next year's Middlesex League?

by Jonathan FeBland June 27, 2008

baker's hundred

a baker's hundred is 110 or $110 or £110.

The decorator asked me for a ton but I gave him a baker's hundred as I could see he'd done a really good job!

by Jonathan FeBland June 27, 2008

worker

Someone who arrives late, leaves early and does as little as possible in between.

Peterson is a most annoying worker. He shows up at 10, leaves at 4 and takes a 2-hour lunchbreak.

by Jonathan FeBland April 1, 2008

accountabilabuddy

When you get into some sort of trouble and need someone to form a spurious alibi you need an accountabilabuddy.

I was late for the WI meeting yet again! Fortunately, my accountabilabuddy, Hattie, came up with another of her cockamamie excuses for me.

by Jonathan FeBland May 31, 2007

Shpereicfic

Shaped like a Potato. Potato-shaped.

i) That guest-lecturer we had in last week was rather Shpereicfic.

ii) "Potatoes, Shmotatoes." "True, but anything with a Shpereicfic shape gets my vote!"

by Jonathan FeBland May 12, 2007

Webiste

Website-ophile. A lover of websites.

i) My new webdesigner is a real webiste. It's seriously helpful having such a good pro on board.

ii) Some sites are quite plain and simple, but to understand some of the complex ones that use Flash animation for example, you have to be a bit of a webiste.

by Jonathan FeBland May 12, 2007

math

It's all about numbers.

Easy math is about numbers 3+3=6. Advanced math is about letters a+b=c.

by Jonathan FeBland May 9, 2007