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Basically it means very cold. The sort of cold that puts a heavy frost on the ground and makes your hands go numb. The word is possibly a combination of “frosty” and “hoary”; hoary being the greyish-white appearance frost gives to the countryside.
by AKACroatalin December 29, 2016
Get the Frory mug.This is a British expression which can be used in a number of ways:
1 To obtain an item, by purchase, borrowing or other means;
2 To initiate contact or communicate with a person or persons or an organisation;
3 To understand or appreciate an idea, concept or theory;
The Americans use the expression get ahold of in a similar way.
1 To obtain an item, by purchase, borrowing or other means;
2 To initiate contact or communicate with a person or persons or an organisation;
3 To understand or appreciate an idea, concept or theory;
The Americans use the expression get ahold of in a similar way.
1 “Can you get hold of any 2 inch 10 brass screws?”
2 “That cunt Malcolm’s gone off somewhere, I can’t get hold of him.”
3 “His ideas are so abstruse they’re difficult to get hold of.”
2 “That cunt Malcolm’s gone off somewhere, I can’t get hold of him.”
3 “His ideas are so abstruse they’re difficult to get hold of.”
by AKACroatalin January 4, 2016
Get the Get Hold Of mug.Unlike Itsy Bitsy and Teeny Weeny, Navvy Gravvy doesn't refer to just a small size but to a small amount. A navvy gravy is a very small amount, a little tiny bit, a very fine shaving. In common use within the Royal Dockyards where very small adjustments have to be made, by shipwrights and shipfitters, to customise components in order to get them to fit correctly. Thought to date from around the mid-nineteenth century when many tasks in shipbuilding were still carried out by 'eye', although the origins or the words themselves are not entirely clear, it is still in use today where non-standard sized items have to be adjusted to fit.
As an illustration; if a hole is drilled in a piece of metal to take a bolt, the hole is the correct size but the bolt doesn't fit. The drill is then run through the hole again and the bolt fits. Careful examination may reveal a few grains of metal dust or the tiniest finest curl of swarf removed by the drill, that tiny amount is a navvy gravvy.
As an illustration; if a hole is drilled in a piece of metal to take a bolt, the hole is the correct size but the bolt doesn't fit. The drill is then run through the hole again and the bolt fits. Careful examination may reveal a few grains of metal dust or the tiniest finest curl of swarf removed by the drill, that tiny amount is a navvy gravvy.
by AKACroatalin April 19, 2015
Get the Navvy Gravvy mug.Refraining from having sex with a female while you are both suffering from the effects of overindulgence in alcohol. Most cases like that are usually described as brewer’s droop or beerdick. Perhaps the person who came up with the idea that this is down to morals, ethics or willpower should remember the old saying a standing cock has no conscience and leave the bullshit to the politicians.
“Sally and I got ratassed last night; she was gagging for it, but I didn’t do anything.”
“Drunk chivalry?”
“Nah, brewer’s droop.”
“Drunk chivalry?”
“Nah, brewer’s droop.”
by AKACroatalin December 14, 2015
Get the Drunk Chivalry mug.Z-list celebrity with an overdeveloped sense of her own importance, looks, intelligence and abilities. A repulsive hamplanet who is a complete waste of space.
by AKACroatalin September 29, 2020
Get the Gemma Collins mug.A cuspidor is a large bowl, often of metal, serving as a receptacle for spit, usually from snuff dipping or tobacco chewing. Generally considered to be the same as a spittoon, although spittoons tend to be shorter than cuspidors. The word comes from the Portuguese “cuspir” meaning to spit which itself comes from the Latin “conspuere” meaning to spit upon.
Toreador,
Don’t spit upon the floor,
Use the cuspidor,
That’s what it’s for.
(By kind permission of Bart Simpson)
Don’t spit upon the floor,
Use the cuspidor,
That’s what it’s for.
(By kind permission of Bart Simpson)
by AKACroatalin May 13, 2015
Get the Cuspidor mug.There are a number of different meanings for the word brick so don’t just dump it there’s some good stuff here:
1 Very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.
2 An unintelligent person. Derived from "thick as a brick."
3 A basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.
4 A large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.
5 An external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc
6 A piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new mobile phone ROMs, etc.
7 A large mobile phone.
8 British slang for a reliable person.
9 To bail, ditch, let down, not show up or do something as promised/agreed to.
10 To hit something or someone with bricks.
11 To avoid doing something because of fear, derives from shitting bricks.
1 Very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.
2 An unintelligent person. Derived from "thick as a brick."
3 A basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.
4 A large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.
5 An external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc
6 A piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new mobile phone ROMs, etc.
7 A large mobile phone.
8 British slang for a reliable person.
9 To bail, ditch, let down, not show up or do something as promised/agreed to.
10 To hit something or someone with bricks.
11 To avoid doing something because of fear, derives from shitting bricks.
1 It's brick outside today, I’m going to have to put on my thermals.
2 That twonk is such a brick!
3 He keeps on hitting bricks, the useless wanker.
4 I'm gonna score a brick tonight.
5 The sodding brick is fucked.
6 I think I’ve fucked up the brick.
7 That’s not a mobile phone, it’s a brick.
8 You can always rely on Charlie, he's a real brick.
9 Looks like he's gonna brick on the party, but the rest of us are coming.
10 That fat bastard has pissed them off once too often, they’re going to brick him.
11 I knew he’d brick it, no way would he do a parachute jump.
2 That twonk is such a brick!
3 He keeps on hitting bricks, the useless wanker.
4 I'm gonna score a brick tonight.
5 The sodding brick is fucked.
6 I think I’ve fucked up the brick.
7 That’s not a mobile phone, it’s a brick.
8 You can always rely on Charlie, he's a real brick.
9 Looks like he's gonna brick on the party, but the rest of us are coming.
10 That fat bastard has pissed them off once too often, they’re going to brick him.
11 I knew he’d brick it, no way would he do a parachute jump.
by AKACroatalin April 27, 2015
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