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gaviscon 

While the word gaviscon is commonly attributed to a certain brand of heartburn and indigestion treatments, it has a completely different meaning that has not entered even the simplest of household vernaculars.

It means:
1) A ridiculously incompetent or underperforming individual in a particular area,
2) An extremely prevalent disappointment,
3) A person whose vocabulary routinely involves profanity and biological accusation and is generally a cock,
4) Something with low-standards.
1) The way Mary handles spreadsheets is disgusting. I have half a mind to fire that gaviscon.

2) Mate! You see that fookin' goal last night? What a fookin' gaviscon mate!

3) "You all fondle children and **** yourselves in the ****ing ******* you ****ing ******"
"Sod off, you gaviscon."

4) Hello, I'm Jeremy Clarkson, and you're watching Top Gear.
gaviscon by englebert January 18, 2013
Related Words

Gaviscon moment 

The act of one shooting their muck too early.
As Amanda began to undo Rodney's trousers he was unable to contain himself and suffered a gaviscon moment
Gaviscon moment by Bianca Deslop November 14, 2016

gaviscoff 

someone one who eats bare gaviscon
hes a right gaviscoff he nicked my mums gaviscon bruv
gaviscoff by veganito April 10, 2019

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026