Giving her forty quid is one of the meanest ways of dumping stupid Welsh girls, or generally enabling a woman to get the hell out of your house, life, and mind.
Man to friend:
"She's doing my head in."
Friend:
"Give her 40 quid"
Man goes to missus, flings 2 £20 notes in her general direction: "Here's forty quid. Put that in your petrol tank, and fuck off back to Cardiff"
"She's doing my head in."
Friend:
"Give her 40 quid"
Man goes to missus, flings 2 £20 notes in her general direction: "Here's forty quid. Put that in your petrol tank, and fuck off back to Cardiff"
by GiverOf40Quid June 16, 2013

The art of practicing medicine such that a patient is subjected to tests which will not alter the direction of treatment, and refusing treatment until the patient complies. When a doctor requires a test or procedure more harmful or risky than providing appropriate treatment to see if there is improvement.
Dr. Clarke is practicing Quid pro quo medicine, he wants me to have an ERCP with sphincterotomy when a CT Scan carries less risk, less cost and is more accurate than his subjecting opinion.
by Leithian August 24, 2021

The conspiracy theory that Trump and Putin used secret queefs between staffers to communicate coded messages.
by QAnon Quid Pro Queef August 6, 2021

(n)An MP3 player that, while competent, is not nearly as prestigious as the white-earphoned variety made by Apple.
"ere, check out his two-hundred quid shy-pod, the cheap bastard."
"It's a two hundred quid shy-pod; It aint flashy, but it does the job."
"It's a two hundred quid shy-pod; It aint flashy, but it does the job."
by Angus June 13, 2005

An MP3 player bought by someone intelligent enough to not buy a fucking iPod. Used as an insult by Apple fanboys.
by Phazzy September 12, 2006

Jeremy: “Audrey was mad at me for going to the movies without her.”
Drew: “Didn’t she remember you asked her last week?”
Jeremy: “I tried to tell her but she was being a quid.”
Drew: “Didn’t she remember you asked her last week?”
Jeremy: “I tried to tell her but she was being a quid.”
by Cūrtłē May 31, 2018

`arf-quid means half-quid. It is not untranslatable "old-speak", it is simply eye dialect. A "half-quid" is half a quid. A quid is slang for a pound sterling, analogous to the use of "buck" to refer to a US dollar.
"Here's you a-comin' and arskin' of me questions about my business, and I that grumpy-like that only for your bloomin' `arf-quid I'd 'a' seen you blowed fust 'fore I'd answer."
"An' when you said you'd report me for usin' of obscene language that was 'ittin' me over the 'ead; but the `arf-quid made that all right."
"An' when you said you'd report me for usin' of obscene language that was 'ittin' me over the 'ead; but the `arf-quid made that all right."
by dgrilawidbanana February 9, 2025
