The Fat Welshman's definitions

Pizzanado

Pizzanado - à lover of pizza, pizza + afficianado

Ros is a pizzanado

by The Fat Welshman April 16, 2020

Trunker

In the UK refers to a large wagon like a 40 tonnes artic which shuttles up a motorway dropping bulk parcel deliveries from one major depot off to smaller depots at industrial areas close to the motorway. Can also refer to the wagon driver.

Hey man when will we see the trunker today?

by The Fat Welshman April 28, 2020

smallprintosis

A rare, usually nasty, obscure medical condition about which little is known. So-called because the entry in large textbooks like Harrison’s is in small print at the bottom of the page. Typically the entry says that MRI scanning may be useful in diagnosis and steroids in treatment.
See also fascinoma.

The doctor realised that he was going to have to explain to Kelly’s parents that she was suffering from a smallprintosis.

by The Fat Welshman November 9, 2023

Hootenanny

Original meaning is a thingamajig in US slang and it can be used to conceal the meaning from children, strangers etc. Usually tools. In the later 20th Century it came to mean an informal party with music.

Don dropped his spanner under the hood. Dang! Pass me my hootenanny.

by The Fat Welshman August 5, 2021

laptology

Any course studied remotely or indeed at Uni on a device where the whole package or most is on line and the total experience virtual or May as well be….

What’s Jake doing at uni?
Laptology - well mostly…

by The Fat Welshman August 12, 2021

taking the gap

Slang from the guerrilla war in Zimbabwe for white Rhodesians who left for South Africa. Also a euphemism for dying.

You know that bank robber shot by the police?
Yeah?
He’s taking the gap.

by The Fat Welshman August 18, 2022

african tomato

A euphemism for a cannabis plant usually single growing in a pot for personal consumption.

Get that African tomato behind the shed - the Bill are down the street!

by The Fat Welshman August 22, 2022