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Galbally wrote: And as an aside what does "frowsty" mean?


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Absafreekinloutley! :D
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hieroglyphic



fleshes



mayflies



Yerkes



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Absquatulate
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omad-nay..........................:)
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unnyBay
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Idgit




At Christmas I no more desire a rose

Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;

But like of each thing that in season grows. -Shakespeare
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snooze

pert

fumble

lawks

I've not got the hang of this thread at all, perhaps.
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Galbally wrote: ok, whats the difference between "laudible" and "laudatory"?
One's capable of being heard in French, and the other's about hearing in French, presumably?

OK, two bonus points each for Zarjaz, Scrotnig, Ghafflebette, Borag Thungg and Drokk! - all of which, I maintain, are authentically English.
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"Oblet" - (I heard it meant Jimmy Saville in some underground idiom) :-3


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"Practically" - pronounced with a cursing intonation in the style of Accountable :rolleyes:


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Idjit
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Am I the only one that doesn't understand this thread one bit?? :-2 :confused:
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koochikoo wrote: Absotively posilutely!


:wah: Thought so!!
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Pinky wrote: Orgamarised
That's what you get using an orgazmatron?
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shizzle :cool:
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One of my favourates - Gongoozeler
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Wendybird wrote: my nizzle? :D


k-zizzle ;)
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Bryn Mawr wrote: One of my favourates - Gongoozeler


is that something like a bamboozeler?
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ARgi wrote: is that something like a bamboozeler?


No, much more specific

One who stands beside a lock watching the boats go through.
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Pinky wrote: Here's a good old Norfolk one for you - Rum 'un!


an' you're a rum'un an' no mistek :wah:
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