MrSplinch's definitions

Motspur

(n.) The fourth wheel of a supermarket trolley which looks identical to the other three but renders the trolley completely uncontrollable.

I was caught out by the motspur on my trolley and knocked over a baked beans pyramid at the shops yesterday.

by MrSplinch December 16, 2016

Golant

(adj.) Blank, sly and faintly embarrassed. Pertaining to the expression seen on the face of someone who has clearly forgotten your name.

James seems to look permanently golant when he is around my family.

by MrSplinch December 16, 2016

berkelium

An obscure radioactive element named after a university or summat.

You're about as popular as Berkelium.

by MrSplinch March 24, 2017

Bathel

(vb.) To pretend to have read the book under discussion when in fact you've only seen the TV series.

I managed to bathel my way through the party last night without too much suspicion.

by MrSplinch December 15, 2016