AKACroatalin's definitions

Polymath

It comes from the Greek πολυμαθής, polymathēs, "having learned much" and describes a person who has expertise in a large number of different subjects, but more importantly, they are able to draw on this knowledge to solve problems. Science fiction author Robert Heinlein believed that everyone should attempt to be a polymath and that specialisation was for insects.

Leonardo da Vinci was a polymath and maybe Urban Dictionary author Gumba Gumba is as well

by AKACroatalin April 12, 2015

BAB

Acronym, probably originating in the USA standing for Born Again Biker. This refers to a person, usually male in their forties or fifties, who goes through some sort of mid-life crisis and buys themselves a huge and expensive motorcycle, together with shedloads of gear and takes to the road in an attempt to recapture their lost youth. This is invariably a failure and many of them get over it in twelve to eighteen months, some of them, however, become traffic accident statistics.

Jimmy’s gone and bought himself a Ducati! He’s become a real BAB!

by AKACroatalin March 14, 2019

Decency

Decency is a noun and can have two distinct meanings:
1. Behaviour that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.
2. Things required for a reasonable standard of life.

1. One example of decency is not calling people with a learning disability rug munchers.
2. In one sense, you do need money for decency.

by AKACroatalin February 26, 2017

Oonch Fancier

British slang from the 1950s thought to have originated in East Anglia and meaning a lesbian. The word oonch is thought to have derived from the dialect pronunciation of 'conch' and was used as a slang name for the vagina due to the resemblance of the opening of the female genitalia to the opening of a conch shell. Thus a lesbian became an oonch fancier.

"Ah! I wouldn't mind a bit of that!"
"Forget it boy! She's an oonch fancier."

by AKACroatalin April 10, 2015

Health and Well-being

Health and well-being can mean different things within different cultures and may even change over time. A negative definition would be the absence of physical illness or disease and psychological distress. A positive definition would be the attainment and maintaining of physical and psychological fitness. Unfortunately, the label was used by discriminatory feminists to promote female only rest areas from which all males are excluded. Even the so-called experts couldn’t leave it alone; they had to have a holistic definition, namely, that health and well-being is the result of a combination of physical, social, intellectual and emotional factors, which most people could have worked out for themselves, aren’t “experts” wonderful.

“Some dozy bimbo from HR wants to run health and well-being awareness courses, just so she can peddle her feminist bullshit.”
“Oh fuck!”

by AKACroatalin September 1, 2016

Pongoes

British slang dating from the mid to late nineteenth century, meaning soldiers. Soldiers were not popular at this time as Kipling’s poem Tommy shows (Barrack Room Ballads 1892). The word itself stems from expressions used by comedians in theatres and music halls to get a cheap laugh. The two that are most commonly quoted are "where the army goes the pong goes", or “when the wind blows the pong goes”, pong meaning smell. This quickly became pongoes meaning soldiers plural and pongo meaning an individual. Another possible explanation is that the soldiers were being likened to a large, hairy, smelly ape called a pongo. The expression is still in use today although not common, confined mainly to those who saw service in World War II or Korea (very few now) or who did National Service in Britain while this was still compulsory.

Ambulance chasing lawyers, seeking compensation for terrorists, still see soldiers as pongoes.

by AKACroatalin September 9, 2016

Coprolite

Coprolite is a noun meaning fossilised animal faeces. The word literally means “dung stone” and comes from the Greek kopros (dung) and lithikos (stone). Usually coprolites are animal manure and, between 1860 and 1890, were mined commercially in Cambridgeshire England and processed to be used as a fertiliser. When you think of it, it’s not that much of a surprise, after all it is fossilised shit. What is also not too surprising is that the word has also come to describe a person who is old, set in their ways and a thoroughly disagreeable arsehole as well. So if you have a boss, teacher or acquaintance who fits that description, congratulations, you know a coprolite.

It’s only Malcolm’s age that stops him being a complete coprolite.

by AKACroatalin September 6, 2016