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Going around Carr Vale to get to Bolsover

Taking an unnecessarily long route when an easier alternative was available.

Taken from the idea of someone getting lost on the way to Bolsover and driving around nearby Carr Vale nature park for several hours before finding their way.

Often Bolsover is shortened, pronounced 'Bow'ser'
Example: I just took a 'shortcut' that was 20 minutes longer than my usual route'

'Youve been going around Carr Vale to get to Bolsover'
by PotsNPan July 16, 2021
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Challenging the herd with new and bold thinking

Being racist
White writer: "I am challenging the herd with new and bold thinking"
- "So you are racist and think a poc is 'culturally appropriating' white people by bleaching their hair."
by Unheardofbs September 21, 2022
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Give me all your Venezuelan Bolivars

Literal: Telling someone to give them all of their Venezuelan Bolivars to you.

Common Definition: Something you say to someone else (usually someone you know) after you win a bet.
Friend 1: let's play blackjack, comrade.
Friend 2: OK?
Friend 1: Loser gives 10 yuan to the winner.
Friend 2: ok bro
(Friend 2 loses)
Friend 1: Yes! Let's Go! GIVE ME ALL YOUR VENEZUELAN BOLIVARS RIGHT NOW BUDDY BOI!!!
by Chess_Junta_with_a_BBC August 23, 2024
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A northern phrase describing when something is certain - a sure bet
"was Jeffrey Epstein murdered to keep him silent?"
"You can bet your bottom bollock he was!"
by The Accuntant March 20, 2024
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Two Nuts Don’t Make A Bolt

A witty expression based on hardware: two nuts alone can’t fasten anything without a bolt. Used metaphorically to suggest that just having more of the same doesn’t complete the job — sometimes what’s needed is a complementary part, not another identical one.

Literal meaning: In mechanics, two nuts can’t do the job of a bolt; a bolt holds things together, while nuts secure it in place. Without the bolt, the nuts are useless.

Figurative meaning: Two people with the same flaws, mindsets, or roles often can’t make things work. Balance and contrast matter.
Word Play:

“Nuts” = metal fasteners
“Nuts” = slang for mentally unstable or wild
“My two bosses complain and point out all the issues on the job but don’t lift a wrench to fix it. Two nuts don’t make a bolt.”

“All talk, no torque. Two nuts don’t make a bolt.”
by IFunny iSpy June 20, 2025
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2 pra frente, quadrado bola

Doing the sexual act, a guy uses his finger instead of his penis. But the girl don´t know about that.
He lied to me, he used the 2 pra frente, quadrado bola
by Doro_mosque June 21, 2012
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Mrs. Packerton's Bologna

"DONT EAT MRS. PACKERTON'S BOLOGNA! ITS MADE FROM HUMAN FLESH!"
by a crocodile elf December 18, 2020
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