It's the British equivilent of saying knock on wood.
Contrary to popular belief it has no relation to touching men's wood.
However it is most commonly said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck.
Meaning to hope for the best.
When said most people will touch or knock on wood and some strange people will also knock on their heads!
Contrary to popular belief it has no relation to touching men's wood.
However it is most commonly said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck.
Meaning to hope for the best.
When said most people will touch or knock on wood and some strange people will also knock on their heads!
by LottieRawr September 18, 2017
Get the Touch Wood mug.Torchwood is a tv show based on the popular British series Doctor Who.
Also if you take all the words from Doctor Who you can spell Torchwood
Also if you take all the words from Doctor Who you can spell Torchwood
D O C T O R W H O
D O C O R W H O-----T
D O C R W H O-----TO
D O C W H O-----TOR
D O W H O-----TORC
D O W O-----TORCH
D O O-----TORCH W
D O -----TORCH WO
D -----TORCH WOO
TORCHWOOD!
D O C O R W H O-----T
D O C R W H O-----TO
D O C W H O-----TOR
D O W H O-----TORC
D O W O-----TORCH
D O O-----TORCH W
D O -----TORCH WO
D -----TORCH WOO
TORCHWOOD!
by James Fitzgerald December 15, 2008
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Arousal of that certain part of the male anatomy through an encounter with a remarkable technological breakthrough
After watching the latest Google IO announcement, I had to leave the room with a book covering my junk, because I had raging techwood.
by Ed Wexler August 18, 2011
Get the techwood mug.Torchwood is a spin-off of Doctor Who. It is sorta like CSI: Cardiff only with alien technology. More adult than Doctor Who, it airs on Sundays, 10pm BBC3. Also similiar to the X-Files.
by PJ360 November 2, 2006
Get the Torchwood mug.One who enjoys being close to and touching others in a nonsexual way.
Often used as a term of endearment.
Often used as a term of endearment.
As she went around collecting hugs from all her friends, she laughed as every one of them called her a touchwhore.
by Pickleweasel the Hobo July 29, 2008
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It's really easy to play this build and considered noobish.
It's really easy to play this build and considered noobish.
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