black flag's definitions

Jelly

UK usage.

A gelletine desert, usally fruit flavoured served with ice cream or cold custard. Known in the US as Jello

Sponge cake soaked in jelly and left over night to set is the bottom layer of trifle.

by black flag July 14, 2004

gone pear-shaped

UK slang (London)

To go wrong, to be victims of Murphy's Law. Often heard for the lips of actors in Brit crime flicks and cop shows Origin obscure.

"Bloody Hell it's the sweeny, it's all gone pear shaped"

by black flag June 26, 2004

Bish

UK USAGE

A contraction of 'Bishop', used in the Church of England for the more popular of Bishops.

The new Bish is a nice fella

by black flag June 20, 2004

tank

An armoured fighting vehicle designed as a weapon of battlefield superiority, now used as a method of repressing civilians.

Tienaman Square, The West Bank, Gazza Strip, Iraq, Afghanistan......

by black flag May 29, 2004

Trust Your Elected Leaders

To place blind faith in your elected representatives with out holding them to account.

Something only a complete fool would do.

Too amny Americans Thrust their elected leaders.

by black flag June 5, 2004

Cowboy

UK slang

A tradesperson, normally a builder, plumber, roofer etc who performs shoddy work at an inflated price.

I paid some cowboy to fix the leak, he charged me 300 quid and I've still got 6 inches of water in my kitchen.

by black flag June 2, 2004

piss

1) Pertanting to Urine can be either a noun or a verb.
2) Something that's easy to accomplish.

1) There's piss all over the floor. / I need to piss.
2) Can I do that? It's a peice of piss mate.

by black flag May 29, 2004