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The best or highest valued ability of a person. Mostly used in a negative sense to emphasise that someone is not good at a particular activity.
The phrase derives from card games where suits are considered to have different values.
The phrase derives from card games where suits are considered to have different values.
by phantom oddity June 22, 2004
Get the strong suit mug.Used to describe something that is third in a list or classification system.
Follows on from primary and secondary.
Follows on from primary and secondary.
by phantom oddity October 13, 2005
Get the tertiary mug.1. n. a root vegetable used as a spice. It has a bittersweet, aromatic flavour.
2. adj. anything flavoured with ginger.
3. n./adj. a yellowish-brown colour, tending to orange.
4. adj. a colloquial term used to describe people with red hair, who also tend to have pale skin tone and freckles.
5. adj. (pronounced with a hard initial 'g' and rhyming with singer) - as 4., but is used as a term of abuse. Sometimes spelt with an apostrophe after the second g to distinguish from the less offensive pronunciation.
6. (rare) adj. delicate.
2. adj. anything flavoured with ginger.
3. n./adj. a yellowish-brown colour, tending to orange.
4. adj. a colloquial term used to describe people with red hair, who also tend to have pale skin tone and freckles.
5. adj. (pronounced with a hard initial 'g' and rhyming with singer) - as 4., but is used as a term of abuse. Sometimes spelt with an apostrophe after the second g to distinguish from the less offensive pronunciation.
6. (rare) adj. delicate.
1. Young ginger root has a milder flavour.
2. ginger biscuits, ginger beer, etc.
3. "The setting sun took on a gingerish hue."
4. "Daphne's hair was ginger, though she preferred to call it red."
5. "Oi! Ging'er! Too sunny for you?!" -- "Uh. Yes, actually."
6. "Fred crept gingerly towards Daphne."
Also: Compare red, 4. and 5. with black, negro and nigger.
2. ginger biscuits, ginger beer, etc.
3. "The setting sun took on a gingerish hue."
4. "Daphne's hair was ginger, though she preferred to call it red."
5. "Oi! Ging'er! Too sunny for you?!" -- "Uh. Yes, actually."
6. "Fred crept gingerly towards Daphne."
Also: Compare red, 4. and 5. with black, negro and nigger.
by phantom oddity July 27, 2008
Get the ginger mug.1. Latin phrase roughly translating as "doesn't follow" (think: not-in-sequence), i.e. 'non-sequitur' describes something that doesn't follow on from the preceeding information or context. Often used as a form of humour.
2. Rotate the giraffe.
2. Rotate the giraffe.
by phantom oddity May 20, 2004
Get the Non Sequitur mug.An onomatopaeic ("sound effect") word that can only mean something bad or unpleasant has happened.
An exception to this rule applies to the heroes in zombie (or other monster) movies for whom the sound may represent the death of an enemy.
An exception to this rule applies to the heroes in zombie (or other monster) movies for whom the sound may represent the death of an enemy.
"Where's the cat?" *Sputch* "Uh-oh."
"Die zombie die!!!" *Sputch* "I love the smell of dead zombie in the morning."
"What's that lump under the carpet?" *Sputch* "Where's the hamster?" "Uh-oh."
"Die zombie die!!!" *Sputch* "I love the smell of dead zombie in the morning."
"What's that lump under the carpet?" *Sputch* "Where's the hamster?" "Uh-oh."
by Phantom Oddity May 6, 2004
Get the sputch mug.I've never seen a purple cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I will tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
I never hope to see one,
But I will tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
by phantom oddity May 28, 2004
Get the purple cow mug.Used as a confirmative, denoting the non-impossibility or existence of something somebody said "no way" to.
by phantom oddity January 15, 2004
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