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A person of any age who is mentally fossilised, cautious, brain-dead, dull, unimaginative, dinosauric, living in the past, not with-it, or has lost his marbles. Someone who is uncomfortable with the age of the Internet and mobile phones and still communicates by snail mail and gets his information from the library. A dodo.
Named after Jurassic Park, the film, and the coastline in Dorset, England, now known too as Jurassic Park, with its ammonites and other fossils. An inhabitant of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Fossil Hunters.
Named after Jurassic Park, the film, and the coastline in Dorset, England, now known too as Jurassic Park, with its ammonites and other fossils. An inhabitant of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Fossil Hunters.
A horde of Jurassic Parkers got off the coach for a 'pit-stop'.
Strung out a long the beach, armed with geological hammers and backpacks,were a dozen keen Jurassic Parkers examining the rocks for ammonites they could take home for the mantlepiece.
He stood scratching his head in bewilderment and chuntering to himself about the need to check it all again - a Jurassic Parker in complete faff mode. The group left without him.
Strung out a long the beach, armed with geological hammers and backpacks,were a dozen keen Jurassic Parkers examining the rocks for ammonites they could take home for the mantlepiece.
He stood scratching his head in bewilderment and chuntering to himself about the need to check it all again - a Jurassic Parker in complete faff mode. The group left without him.
by Henley January 1, 2009
Get the jurassic parker mug.1. A wet: drippy, feeble, person with a wishy-washy personality, and no drive, content to float though life hanging onto someone elses 'apron-strings'
A wet personality.
Big Wet - monsoon conditions - heavy 'tropical' rain - giving rise to local flooding resulting from Climate Change and Global Warming. See seperate definition.
2. A wet: an opponent to the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the US (1920–33).
A wet personality.
Big Wet - monsoon conditions - heavy 'tropical' rain - giving rise to local flooding resulting from Climate Change and Global Warming. See seperate definition.
2. A wet: an opponent to the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the US (1920–33).
"I remember at school the trendy local priest once tried to persuade my class that even though Jesus sounds like a bit of a wet, he was actually very cool in real life."
"As soon as Charlie could walk I led him 'round to his home. Oh, but he was a wet fellow! As soon as I got him in the hallway, I said, 'So long, Charlie!' and sneaked away."
President Hoover had turned him down because he was a Wet Catholic.
Angela’s former flatmate, smokes like a chimney, can’t bear Karen’s wet personality.
J John must have realised the wet personality of his crowd because he seemed to change pace immediately and within moments had them eating out of his hand.
Simmons did not oppose Smith’s Catholicism, but was against him because he was a “wet,” i.e. an opponent of prohibition;
"As soon as Charlie could walk I led him 'round to his home. Oh, but he was a wet fellow! As soon as I got him in the hallway, I said, 'So long, Charlie!' and sneaked away."
President Hoover had turned him down because he was a Wet Catholic.
Angela’s former flatmate, smokes like a chimney, can’t bear Karen’s wet personality.
J John must have realised the wet personality of his crowd because he seemed to change pace immediately and within moments had them eating out of his hand.
Simmons did not oppose Smith’s Catholicism, but was against him because he was a “wet,” i.e. an opponent of prohibition;
by Henley January 1, 2009
Get the wet mug.A localized storm or sudden gust of wind often with accompanying snow, sleet or rain. A flurry or squall.
Origin probably Yorkshire, England - local dialect.
Origin probably Yorkshire, England - local dialect.
by Henley January 19, 2016
Get the Hig mug.A cock-up, stupid mistake or indiscretion that only an idiot or moron would make.
See 'prat', a total 'whally'
See 'prat', a total 'whally'
I also had a spectacular prat fall while shopping that resulted in a pool of blood.
And so we're back to the time honoured game of waiting for top politicians to take a prat-fall.
He has evolved into a kind of snarling, brilliantined Monsieur Hulot, a world specialist in the diplomatic prat-fall and coq-up.
At a conference earlier this year, he posited that the classic banana-peel pratfall is funny only when the victim gets up, and that we laugh to alert "other members of our kin..
A clumsy comedy pratfall worthy of Laurel and Hardy.
And so we're back to the time honoured game of waiting for top politicians to take a prat-fall.
He has evolved into a kind of snarling, brilliantined Monsieur Hulot, a world specialist in the diplomatic prat-fall and coq-up.
At a conference earlier this year, he posited that the classic banana-peel pratfall is funny only when the victim gets up, and that we laugh to alert "other members of our kin..
A clumsy comedy pratfall worthy of Laurel and Hardy.
by Henley December 31, 2008
Get the prat fall mug."The housing and associated needs of new incomer populations of refugees and asylum seekers"
"Nothing quite prepares an incomer from the city to the country for the non-stop noise"
"A number of Austrians share the Europe-wide fear of the Polish plumber, the incomer who takes all the jobs"
"Nothing quite prepares an incomer from the city to the country for the non-stop noise"
"A number of Austrians share the Europe-wide fear of the Polish plumber, the incomer who takes all the jobs"
by Henley December 28, 2008
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A phrase which seems to have originated in the north of England and Scotland. Probably derived from tump, a barrow or Neolothic burial ground and numpsy meaning 'low life'
Generally, used in the plural, numpsy tumps.
A phrase which seems to have originated in the north of England and Scotland. Probably derived from tump, a barrow or Neolothic burial ground and numpsy meaning 'low life'
Generally, used in the plural, numpsy tumps.
Plenty of numpsy tumps where I go mountain biking.
The wretched moles have been busy again. Numpsy tumps everywhere.
I love the Scottish lochs and numpsy tumps.
Motoring at its best: the numpsy tumps of the Yorkshire wolds.
The wretched moles have been busy again. Numpsy tumps everywhere.
I love the Scottish lochs and numpsy tumps.
Motoring at its best: the numpsy tumps of the Yorkshire wolds.
by Henley December 30, 2008
Get the numpsy tump mug.A weak, spineless, gutless individual.
Origin of this phrase is not know though it appears in "A Thief in the Night - A Book of Raffle's Adventures" by Ernest William 1861-1921.
Origin of this phrase is not know though it appears in "A Thief in the Night - A Book of Raffle's Adventures" by Ernest William 1861-1921.
"You little rabbit!" he chuckled. "You shall have your share, whether you come or not; but, seriously, don't you think you might remember the girl?"
Rugby football coach to boy with the ball feigning bravery on the field "Run you little rabbit!"
Rugby football coach to boy with the ball feigning bravery on the field "Run you little rabbit!"
by Henley December 31, 2008
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