knickers in a twist

Agitated, anxious, in a tizz. British, Strine, and New Zealand. Cf. panties in a knot.

Don't get your knickers in a twist. The Frogs are just that way.

by Octopod November 08, 2003

five fingers Mary

A wanker's girlfriend.

Ever since Sheila broke up with me I've been dating five fingers Mary.

by octopod November 25, 2003

knock over

To hold up or rob.

In New Orleans, every week someone tries to knock over a Popeye's Chicken store.

by octopod June 21, 2004

kaffir

1. Arabic term meaning "infidel.' See kafir, kaafir. Plural kufaar, kaafirun.

2. Borrowed into Afrikaans and S. African English as insulting term for an African.

Under apartheid, the "kaffirs" had to live in locations.

by octopod July 11, 2004

hoi polloi

Namby-pamby phrase for the masses, or the great unwashed. Fr. Ancient Greek "the many." Saying "the hoi polloi" is an ineffictive attempt at literary snobbery

We read The Atlantic; hoi polloi read People.

by octopod June 13, 2004

highbrow

Pretentious, snobbish, intellectual or pseudo-int. See lowbrow.

"Your best girl friend
She might be a highbrow,
Changing clothes three times a day . . ."
-- Sippie Wallace

by Octopod November 04, 2003

anyways

Annoying misuse of the word 'anyway." Probably part of the language now, just to annoy curmudgeons like me.

So, she's all "Anyways, let's go shopping at Target! "

by octopod May 30, 2004