dick wright-upham's definitions

Computenik

Noun. A computer technician, a geek or a nerd.

A virus crashed my system but the computenik came round and fixed it.

by Dick Wright-Upham January 7, 2011

Barnshoot

(or banchoot). British military slang from the time British troops served in India. Corruption of "bahine ka chut" which means "sister's cunt" in Hindi. Abusive term for a person one does not like.

I'm not coming if you've invited that barnshoot!

by Dick Wright-Upham January 7, 2011

snotty gobbles

Edible berries of Australian mistletoe but now used for various slimy and gelatinous Chinese and Japanese foods such as congee, sea cucumber etc

The banquet at the Greasy Dragoon was great except for the snotty gobbles; I couldn't pick them up with my chopsticks!

by Dick Wright-Upham April 12, 2011

snotty gobbles

Any Japanese or Chinese food which is slimy or gelatinous, such as sea cucumber, congee, sharks fin soup etc

The Chinese banquet was great but I found it hard to eat the snotty gobbles with the chopsticks!

by Dick Wright-Upham April 29, 2011

Chawn

Verb. Meaning to gorge like a glutton, to pig out on vast quantities of junk food.

The two obese couch potatoes were chawning on pizza and beer in front of the TV.

by Dick Wright-Upham November 26, 2010

Pile of pants

Nonsense, bullshit or lies. What politicians often say.

"With regard to your claim to be a national of Afghanistan, the Secretary of State thinks that this is a pile of pants."

by Dick Wright-Upham December 3, 2010

Fun sponge

Noun. A boring, humourless person.

Who was that boring prat you were with yesterday? He was a real fun sponge!

by Dick Wright-Upham December 7, 2010