by oracle March 12, 2004
Large, dual carriageway road with special status (in UK, Ireland, Australia). International equivalents: Interstate, Autobahn, autostrada. No stopping, u-turns, etc. Maximum speed limit (in UK) 70mph/110kph. In practice the police leave you alone up to 100mph/160kph. No speed cameras are allowed on ordinary motorways (eg no roadworks, or otherwise reduced speed limits). Due to poor planning and low government spending on all transport, UK motorways are notoriously congested (the busiest stretch or road in Europe, the M6 through Birmingham, has only 3 lanes each way).
by oracle January 31, 2005
Weak lager beer, such as Carling, Fosters etc. Tastes like piss and drunk by the bucketload by scallies (but its only 3.5%).
by oracle December 18, 2004
(In the UK) Main city road, with red lines painted at the edges. Illegal to stop without good reason.
by oracle March 12, 2004
The London Underground, the first such system in the world. Resembles (and smells like) a small train running in a sewer. Beloved of Ken Livingstone. Takes forever to get anywhere (if its running at all).
Londoner: "London's ace coz its got The Tube blah blah..."
Brummie: "Fuck that it takes half an hour to go a mile- I can go 120mph in my car..."
Brummie: "Fuck that it takes half an hour to go a mile- I can go 120mph in my car..."
by oracle March 12, 2004
To crash a vehicle at very high speed.
From Richard Hammond of BBC Top Gear, who in 2006 crashed a jet car at around 300mph.
From Richard Hammond of BBC Top Gear, who in 2006 crashed a jet car at around 300mph.
by oracle October 07, 2006
To light a cigarette while waiting for a bus at a bus stop. Derived from the belief in murphy's/sod's law, which states that a bus (on which smoking is not permitted) will always arrive shortly after a cigarette is lit.
by oracle March 07, 2005