AKACroatalin's definitions

Shit Warmed Over

English slang which can mean feeling poorly or can describe something as useless or unfit for purpose. So if someone says they feel like shit warmed it means they are feeling extremely unwell or under the weather. But if it is their opinion of a device, person or product, it means that the device, person or product is a total WOFS.

“Are you alright?”
“No, I feel like shit warmed over.”

by AKACroatalin August 19, 2016

Yaffle

English slang from the Westcountry where it means to eat noisily, greedily and rapidly without paying any attention to table manners, the quality of the food or the effect on other diners. The process is usually interspersed with grunts, belches and slobbering and would put a starving hyena to shame.

"Did you see Malcolm yaffle those cream cakes? I thought I'd puke!"

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Cassock Wearer

This is a term that was originally applied, not to clergy, but to a female with an unsightly arse. The arse in question might be fat, lopsided or saggy, it could be overly skinny or have strange looking lumps and bumps on it, or it may just not look right. Any of these attributes would turn her into a cassock wearer. It all goes back to a saying that started in England just after World War II. At that time, most people went to church and would kneel for prayers on a sort of cushion called a hassock. These hassocks could be lopsided or saggy, frequently skinny and often had strange looking lumps on them. Somebody made the comparison of an unsightly female arse to a hassock and from this grew the rhyme “with an arse like a hassock she should wear a cassock”, which was shortened to cassock wearer. It has now become a term applied generally to an unprepossessing female.

“Have you seen Mickey’s latest?”
“Oh shit, yeah! A right cassock wearer.”

by AKACroatalin September 4, 2016

Unexpectedly

It’s an adverb and it means in a way that was not expected, anticipated or foreseen. So if something happens totally out of the blue, then it happens unexpectedly.

When offered a second helping of pie Malcolm unexpectedly declined.

by AKACroatalin December 8, 2016

Jesus Nut

There are a number of different meanings for Jesus Nut among the commonest are:-

a) In US Army slang, to describe something or someone vitally important to an enterprise. Said to come from the mythical Jesus nut that, supposedly, holds on a helicopter’s rotors.

b) In US Army slang, as a term of contempt for someone with an over-inflated opinion of themselves.

c) An overenthusiastic Christian.

a) Jonesie's’ workin' on the radio again.

Yeah! He knows it's the goddam Jesus Nut when we're on patrol tomorrow.

b) Look at that STRAC REMF struttin' round. Who's he think he is, Jesus Nut to the whole goddam war?

c) That padre is a real Jesus Nut!

by AKACroatalin March 7, 2019

Talking Through Your Arse

This is slang from the UK although it is used in Australia as well and can be used in number ways:
1 To make a foolish statement;
2 To talk nonsense or rubbish;
3 To say something which is quite obviously false;
4 To exaggerate your abilities or knowledge of a subject;
5 To bluff or boast about something;
6 To be a self-aggrandising twat;

“Malcolm just tried out a total load of bollocks on me; I told him straight, you’re talking through your arse.”

by AKACroatalin September 13, 2016

Lych Gate

A lych gate is a roofed gateway to a churchyard with a stand on which the people carrying the coffin could place it, while they rested before moving into the church for the service. Often a lych gate would have seats as, before the days of motorised hearses, coffins were often carried considerable distances. The lych gate gave those carrying the coffin the opportunity to rest and gather themselves before carrying the departed on the last leg of their journey with care and dignity.

It's no surprise that so many English country churches have a lych gate.

by AKACroatalin April 17, 2015