| 1-2-3 wash yourself, ducky! | exc | I am throwing a handful of wet sand at you | The Sisterhood | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 00:10:43 | – |
| 14155 | n | Iliff | M & N | 16 Apr ’2116/04/2021 14:31:17 | 01 Apr01/04/2022 13:13:47 |
| 81 | exp | Response to “night-night!” | Francis | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 22:30:39 | 08 Jan08/01/2022 16:24:26 |
| a boy is a boy… | exp | A callback to the proverb:
A boy is a boy; two boys are half a boy; three boys are no boy at all
…a commentary on the productivity of boys hired to do work, when child labour was considered acceptable | Pa | 16 May ’2116/05/2021 23:37:32 | 09 Mar09/03/2022 22:25:17 |
| a chill wind in the Trossachs | exp | The sensation of wearing a kilt¹ on a cold day | M & N | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:03:24 | – |
| a crow, letting | exp | I am pressing lightly on your head with the fingernails of one hand, and am claiming that a crow has settled there in case you should think that I am pressing lightly on your head with the fingernails of one hand | Granny D | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:02:18 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 21:14:17 |
| a day late and a dollar short | adj | Applies to work that is both late and substandard | Mark | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:13:35 | – |
| a kangaroo loose in the top paddick | adj | Not wholly in command of events | Clare | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:19:30 | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:59:05 |
| a light to lighten the genitals | exp | Graffito seen in the gentlemen’s convenience of The Perch inn, Oxford, beneath the single lamp over the urinals that lit that gloomy room | Mark | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 15:03:27 | – |
| a peach of a boat | exp | Literally: A very nice boat.
Intended meaning: A fishing boat | Mum | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 13:58:00 | 07 Mar ’2107/03/2021 01:07:32 |
| a touch of the don’t-want-to-goes | exp | Reluctance to go somewhere | Dad | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:08:22 | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 15:46:57 |
| abratadabra | exc | Answer to the question “What’s the magic word?” | Nicholas | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 15:21:54 | – |
| accident | n | An impulse purchase | Mark | 02 Jan02/01/2022 12:58:03 | 08 Jan08/01/2022 01:10:41 |
| AFM | n | Anger management | Mark | 23 Nov ’2123/11/2021 22:50:42 | – |
| ah-ahs | n | Poo | Mum | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:16:12 | – |
| aha, Rasputin, the mad monk, climbing up those Russian steppés! | exc | Here is the rice pudding. All hail the rice pudding | Pa | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:43:42 | – |
| ahiggit ahugget | exp | That person is taking self-deprecation to extremes | Pa | 16 May ’2116/05/2021 23:20:58 | – |
| alec tricity | n | Electricity | Dad | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:47:05 | – |
| alibaba | n | The laundry basket at Greenmantle | Iliff family | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:14:20 | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 13:10:26 |
| all of a sudden a big black pudding came floating through the air | exc | You are about to be struck during a pillow fight | Granny D | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 13:48:16 | 12 Feb12/02/2022 11:12:23 |
| all the way round sir? | exp | Literally “shall I serve you everything?” Can be used to imply a hint of gluttony | Mark | 06 Nov ’2106/11/2021 12:41:42 | 06 Nov ’2106/11/2021 12:44:45 |
| ambliance | n | Ambulance | Jeremy | 04 Mar04/03/2022 16:02:41 | – |
| American seat | n | A merry conceit | Pa | 27 Feb ’2127/02/2021 16:17:37 | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:21:32 |
| ancestor tea | n | The weak tea resulting from topping a pot up with hot water a second or subsequent time | Pa | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:50:46 | – |
| and hadn’t we the gaeity at Phil the fluter’s ball | song | A line that Dad would sing at the most unexpected of times | Dad | 19 Mar19/03/2022 16:12:24 | – |
| and the band played Believe it if you like | exp | I don’t believe it | Mark | 19 Mar19/03/2022 15:50:25 | – |
| another saucer of milk? | exp | Goodness me, that was a catty comment! | Mark | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:30:13 | – |
| another saucer of milk? | exp | Goodness, that was a catty [mean, spiteful] comment! | Mark | 30 Mar30/03/2022 01:14:14 | – |
| anti-cretinous | adj | Anti-tetanus | Mark | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:31:56 | – |
| any more laid back his bum would fall off | exp | Extremely relaxed, perhaps reprehensibly so | Mark | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:34:49 | – |
| are bears Catholic? | exp | Yes | Mark | 25 Nov ’2125/11/2021 11:38:18 | – |
| ars bin | n | Wing bean | Clare | 08 Mar08/03/2022 21:18:25 | – |
| arsnip | n | Parnsip | Mark | 08 Mar08/03/2022 21:02:32 | – |
| assumptions make an ass of ump and tions | exp | Avoid making assumptions | Mark | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 16:11:23 | – |
| Aunty Brute | n | Naomi’s name for Aunt Dorothy | Naomi | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:56:57 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 16:10:38 |
| Aunty Mark | n | Uncle Mark | Joanna | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 12:42:31 | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 13:53:04 |
| Australian naming | n | The practice of assigning proper names that are unduly literal, such as Great Barrier Reef, Northern Territory, Snowy Mountains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Dividing Range etc | Mark | 19 Aug ’2119/08/2021 13:07:51 | 29 Dec ’2129/12/2021 18:51:49 |
| B I tish | n | A woman considered to be mean, overbearing or contemptible | Dad | 19 Mar19/03/2022 15:14:24 | – |
| baby abluga | n | Baby beluga | Joy | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 13:34:37 | – |
| bagaloons | n | Capacious knickers | Clare | 27 Feb ’2127/02/2021 23:58:59 | 30 Mar30/03/2022 00:49:44 |
| Barley-sugar Legs | n | His sisters’ pet name for Dad | Dad | 29 Jan29/01/2022 00:37:56 | – |
| Basingrad | n | Basingstoke | Mark | 23 Apr ’2123/04/2021 23:12:59 | – |
| basking hickory stick | n | Lavatory bowl floater | Mark | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:02:00 | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 12:29:23 |
| bastardsphere | n | The inglorious company of spammers, hackers & phishers | Mark | 13 May13/05/2022 01:03:46 | – |
| bat tsch-tsch | n | Bathroom cleaner | Riverbankers | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 21:01:46 | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:42:36 |
| bathroom thought | n | A thought, had while using the facilities that exits your mind as you exit the smallest room | Aoife | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:07:02 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:17:11 |
| be told! | exc | Don’t argue! | Pop | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:11:19 | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 16:19:37 |
| bearded mushrooms | n | Breaded mushrooms | M & N | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:32:46 | – |
| beef cut | n | Crew cut | Uncle Tony | 30 Mar30/03/2022 01:19:59 | – |
| beefa leefa | n | Beef olives | Pa | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:18:39 | – |
| Beezlebub | n | Mispronunciation of Beelzebub | Mark | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:06:38 | – |
| Ben Yehuda | n | Pa’s nickname for Benno | Pa | 09 Mar09/03/2022 22:23:27 | – |
| bet that’s cooled his biryani down a bit | exp | He seems to find that drink refreshing | M & N | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:50:45 | – |
| Betelgwayzay | n | Betelgeuse (aka α Orionis), red supergiant and 10ᵗʰ brightest star in the sky | Aoife | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:06:25 | – |
| bezz pawk | adj | Bespoke | Dad | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 22:30:38 | – |
| biddle biddle | exp | The ringing sound of a GPO Trimphone, the trendy alternative to the standard issue phone | M & N | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 01:04:13 | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:27:21 |
| big clock | n | Thing to be coveted | Granny D | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:12:49 | – |
| big crisp | n | Poppadom | M & N | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:22:12 | – |
| Biggles flies undone | exp | 1. (Meaningless interjection at any allusion to the fictional character James Bigglesworth, or to any other similarly improbably ept aviator)
2. Your flies are undone | M & N | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:47:10 | – |
| Bildad the Shuhite | n | The shortest man in the christian bible | Pa | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:13:27 | – |
| bim | n | Bowel movement | King family | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:15:37 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 22:42:50 |
| birdy num-num | n | Bird seed | M & N | 11 Jan11/01/2022 15:42:09 | – |
| BKJ | adj | Bright, keen & jolly | Mum | 24 Feb ’2124/02/2021 23:20:05 | 24 Feb ’2124/02/2021 23:20:05 |
| black-coated workers | n | Prunes | Iliff family | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:12:14 | 02 Jan02/01/2022 12:01:01 |
| blick auf | exp | Wake up! | Naomi | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:20:25 | 02 Jan02/01/2022 12:02:42 |
| blind mullet | n | Seaborne bolus | John T | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 15:24:16 | – |
| bloody great balloons | exp | Callback to the desperate cry of a vendor of oversized balloons outside Madame Tussauds on a chilly spring day: “Balloons! Balloons! Bloody great balloons!” | M & N | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:28:20 | – |
| blop | n | Like blob, but ploppier | Naomi | 13 Apr ’2113/04/2021 13:07:14 | – |
| BO-er | n | Deodorant | King family | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:27:30 | 12 Feb12/02/2022 13:02:31 |
| Bob Cox | n | The physicist Brian Cox | Naomi | 17 Sep ’2117/09/2021 21:54:05 | – |
| bobaligoo | n | Boat fender | Naomi | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 00:23:27 | 14 Feb14/02/2022 11:13:14 |
| Bob’s your parent’s sibling | exp | It’s as easy as that | Riverbankers | 11 Feb11/02/2022 12:03:44 | – |
| body coddler | n | Sleeveless coat, or gilet | Mark | 20 Mar ’2120/03/2021 16:07:17 | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 15:37:50 |
| bog | n | Dog | Joy | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:15:04 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:10:39 |
| bogflosher | n | Drain unblocker | Mark | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 21:54:43 | – |
| bogpaper music | n | Homogenised soulless featureless maundering lift music – tear off amount required | Mark | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:25:43 | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:26:35 |
| bogpaper music | n | Music so bland and formless that you can tear off any length you want | Mark | 13 Apr13/04/2022 01:16:33 | – |
| bonbon ching gum caramel! | exp | (No real meaning – just a bonding cry) | Bel | 06 Nov ’2106/11/2021 12:50:04 | 24 Dec ’2124/12/2021 11:36:06 |
| bong | n | Person defined by their location, role or relationship | Naomi | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 14:50:47 | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:59:37 |
| boom and scrunch | n | The parlour game zoom and screech | Mark | 22 Mar ’2122/03/2021 23:42:10 | – |
| Boom-holé | n | Fictional planet | M & N | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:35:28 | – |
| bouncealine | n | Trampoline | Lyra | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 15:26:04 | – |
| breathe in, it’s good for you | exp | Please cease complaining about this stinky farmyard | Granny D | 26 Feb ’2126/02/2021 15:49:30 | – |
| brown katies | n | Bronchitis | Dad | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:47:45 | – |
| brunty | adj | Brunette | Joy | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 21:12:54 | – |
| bug rake | n | Hair comb | Bel | 16 Mar ’2116/03/2021 14:51:18 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:11:36 |
| bum in the air | adj | Hard at work | Win | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:27:28 | – |
| bum of the flightle bee | exp | Flight of the bumblebee, the Rimsky-Korsakov orchestral piece | Dad | 22 Feb ’2122/02/2021 21:57:24 | 27 Feb ’2127/02/2021 16:00:20 |
| bumbag aloo | n | Bombay aloo | Paul H | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 13:57:13 | – |
| bumhug | n | Humbug (the hard minty sweet) | Mark | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 15:51:38 | 31 Mar31/03/2022 01:43:46 |
| bumnuts | n | Eggs | Win | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:17:08 | – |
| bumpity bolliko | n | Collision | Naomi | 03 Apr ’2103/04/2021 13:25:20 | – |
| bumpity-bolliko | adj | Uneven or bumpy (of a road) | Naomi | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 21:54:18 | 24 Dec ’2124/12/2021 11:29:59 |
| buttons on a wall | exp | Response to “so what?” | Mark | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:18:52 | – |
| can’t get his tongue round his Rs | adj | Has difficulty saying the letter R | Mum | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:45:08 | – |
| case case case | exp | In any case | Bel | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:42:14 | – |
| cash’n’flash | n | Pay-and-display car park | Mark | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:57:03 | 02 Jan02/01/2022 12:52:34 |
| cast nasturtiums | exp | Cast aspersions | King family | 02 Feb02/02/2022 00:41:41 | 02 Feb02/02/2022 10:50:58 |
| castrated | adj | Decaffeinated (of coffee or tea) | Pa | 20 Mar ’2120/03/2021 21:06:34 | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 21:51:24 |
| chained to the oar of a magnificent galley | exp | Your humble labours in pursuit of a noble objective do not go unnoticed | Pa | 16 May ’2116/05/2021 23:24:41 | – |
| charge like a wounded bull | v | Charge exorbitantly | Mark | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:33:22 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 22:58:06 |
| chilli gone barmy | n | Chilli con carne | King family | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:31:18 | – |
| chocolate board | n | The rear boarding platform of a bus, specifically of the AEC Regent Three | Mark | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 14:18:31 | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 12:41:57 |
| chutney | n | Lightning | Sally | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 21:44:58 | 08 Apr ’2108/04/2021 09:33:19 |
| Cla’am | n | Gentrified pronunciation of the London district Clapham | Brian | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:27:27 | – |
| clever people like me who talk loudly in restaurants | exp | Expression of disapproval of people who talk loudly in restaurants | M & N | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:28:35 | – |
| clickage | n | Groceries purchased via a click-and-collect arrangement | M & N | 07 Feb07/02/2022 14:57:16 | – |
| clootie | n | Left-handed person | Dad | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:11:47 | – |
| cockpit ape | n | One who drives with an arm resting along the door, in the manner of Clarkson J and Johnson B | Mark | 28 Jul ’2128/07/2021 18:47:45 | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 11:46:04 |
| code yellow | exp | A pee, or going for a pee, or in need of a pee | M & N | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:32:27 | 10 Aug ’2110/08/2021 23:34:31 |
| coffinated | adj | Sold in a sealed punnet (of food) | M & N | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:22:25 | – |
| collapsize | v | Capsize | G | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:22:56 | – |
| Columbo bladder | n | The condition, familiar to some older gentlemen, that causes the bladder to suggest one last squirt after the micturiter has shut up shop, washed hands and headed for the door | Mark | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:23:46 | 28 Jan28/01/2022 16:44:01 |
| combine hoover | n | Combine harvester | Iliff family | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 23:37:25 | – |
| come to the cookhouse door, boys! | song | The meal is ready | King family | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:43:52 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 21:55:21 |
| contribute! | exc | Your participation in the conversation must increase | Mum | 10 Feb10/02/2022 15:21:55 | – |
| contrived delights of LA | n | Los Angeles’s theme parks | M & N | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 23:39:17 | – |
| cooking fat! | exc | By jove, that cat is annoying me | Joy | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 13:30:47 | 28 Jan28/01/2022 20:48:20 |
| Coorg’s | n | The American beer Coor’s | Pa | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:38:45 | – |
| Cornish nasty | n | 1) A poorly made Cornish pasty.
2) A Cornish pasty
…depending on your point of view | Mark | 23 Mar ’2123/03/2021 22:57:27 | – |
| couldn’t organise a black pudding | adj | Scatty, disorganised, bumbling | Granny D | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 23:44:22 | – |
| cover it over quick, Jemima! | song | You are displaying a little more flesh than you might wish | Mum | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 14:13:31 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 21:56:07 |
| crank tea | n | Herbal infusion | Mark | 20 Apr ’2120/04/2021 23:33:44 | – |
| cronky donkey | n | Decrepit railway train, especially an old DMU | Mark | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 15:06:30 | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 15:07:11 |
| crop dusting | v | Letting a fart whilst in motion, particularly indoors | Benno | 27 Feb27/02/2022 15:01:27 | – |
| crunchy plate | n | Poppadom | Riverbankers | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:36:44 | – |
| cuddly tick bird | n | Hand-crafted birthday present for Naomi comprising a long white-bodied, yellow beaked, soft and cuddle-able tick bird, with appallingly prickly feet fashioned out of wire covered in sticky black insulating tape | King family | 01 Mar01/03/2022 16:09:30 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 20:05:49 |
| cunkspangle | n | Person of small wit and smaller manners | Mark | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:31:21 | 18 Mar18/03/2022 16:28:04 |
| cunsternoon afterble | exp | Good afternoon, constable | Mark | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 13:31:45 | – |
| curtains generation | n | Those who grew up when mental illness was shameful and the only treatment was “pull yourself together” | Mark | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:38:27 | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:39:48 |
| da hoover’s broke | exp | I’ve broken something and it’s your fault | Riverbankers | 12 Feb12/02/2022 11:01:42 | – |
| daddy socks | n | A technique of putting on a sock whereby the heel is pulled up through the leg so that the sole can be placed over the foot | Joy | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 00:04:55 | – |
| dance of the bogbrush fairies | n | Dance of the sugar plum fairies from Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet The Nutcracker | Naomi | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:18:37 | – |
| dangleway | n | London’s Meridian Skyway cable car system (later known as Emirates Air Line¹) that crosses the Thames near the Millennium Dome (later known as O₂ Arena). By extension, any such cable car system | M & N | 05 Mar05/03/2022 16:06:51 | – |
| de petits pois | n | Two small pears… if your French is as bad as Mark’s was | Mark | 10 Apr ’2110/04/2021 13:32:39 | 11 Apr ’2111/04/2021 11:41:18 |
| dead, and never called me mother | exp | General purpose acknowledgement of a tragic circumstance | Naomi | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 21:48:07 | – |
| Déjà Vu | n | Citroën Deux Chevaux (2CV) | M & N | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 16:22:40 | – |
| delusions of adequacy | n | The mindset of someone attempting to outperform their competence | Mark | 05 Feb05/02/2022 15:26:22 | 09 Feb09/02/2022 10:10:56 |
| Depeche Mode | n | The retailer Decathlon | Naomi | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 14:48:21 | – |
| der dee twiddly, dee twiddly, dee botty-cracks | exp | We have reached the end of this book/film/TV series | Naomi | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:24:15 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:11:14 |
| dere ’tis! | exc | After many hours’ travel towards the seaside, there at last is the actual sea! | G | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:45:32 | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 22:49:59 |
| desecrated coconut | n | Dessicated coconut | Naomi | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 12:20:48 | – |
| diddle diddle dumpling, mice and John | song | Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John
…the nursery rhyme | G | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:22:12 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 21:57:17 |
| didn’t want it ANYway! | exp | Said when irreversibly deprived of something, particularly if through one’s own actions | Jeremy | 01 Mar01/03/2022 16:12:37 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 16:17:25 |
| disgusterous | adj | Disgusting | Riverbankers | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:24:47 | – |
| do a Thomas | v | Race out to the loo in the middle of a meal to make room for more food | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 08 Mar08/03/2022 21:14:17 | – |
| do I have to eat the beak? | exp | (No real meaning – just a bonding cry) | M & N | 06 Nov ’2106/11/2021 12:55:06 | – |
| do it self! | exc | I firmly decline your offer of help | JM | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:35:03 | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:35:45 |
| do not the gate | exp | Don’t obstruct the gate | Mark | 23 Nov ’2123/11/2021 22:56:41 | – |
| do you want me to write a letter? | exp | Mum’s response to an offspring complaining about unfairness or strife at school, and later at work | Mum | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:14:01 | – |
| don fly! | exc | Be gone, flying insect! | Mark | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 14:40:12 | – |
| donkeys | n | The key of D major | Riverbankers | 02 Mar02/03/2022 22:51:35 | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:08:06 |
| don’t bandy legs with me | exp | Don’t quibble | Riverbankers | 06 Mar06/03/2022 23:35:59 | – |
| dots | n | A musical score | Mark | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:15:34 | – |
| downside up | adj | Upside down | Dad | 05 Feb05/02/2022 15:30:37 | – |
| drafty draft | n | Precursor to a draft (of documents) | Mark | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 11:49:43 | – |
| dry as a Nullarbor rabbit | adj | Thirsty | Win | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:43:26 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 14:50:10 |
| dudu | n | Insect or bug | King family | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 14:41:59 | – |
| dudu maki | n | Insect repellent | Clare | 04 Mar04/03/2022 16:25:12 | – |
| dumsey-whumnuts | adj | Rough, uneven, pitted (of roads) | Mark | 24 Feb ’2124/02/2021 23:25:08 | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 21:54:45 |
| dunny diver | n | Plumber | Win | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:45:56 | – |
| dusty end | n | The part of a violin’s fingerboard closer to the bridge than first position, where non-classical players rarely venture | Mark | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 13:00:19 | – |
| E-Type punt | n | Camping punt | M & N | 03 Mar03/03/2022 14:11:02 | – |
| East Ham | adj | Mad | M & N | 21 Mar21/03/2022 00:50:21 | – |
| EBI | adj | Even better if… | Mark | 03 Mar03/03/2022 14:00:06 | – |
| ecilop | n | Police | Mark | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:01:32 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:07:18 |
| effluent | n | Elephant | Riverbankers | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:41:46 | – |
| eh wallah | exp | Appears equivalent to “and there you have it” | Mark | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 13:59:46 | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 14:23:24 |
| elderflosh | n | Elderflower cordial | Naomi | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:17:39 | – |
| elephant paper | n | Kitchen roll | Iliff family | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 15:08:27 | 26 Jan26/01/2022 11:21:26 |
| elsh | n | Elephant dung | King family | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 14:03:05 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 16:04:28 |
| emPHAHsis on the wrong syllAHble | exp | Emphasis on the wrong syllable | Naomi | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:30:33 | – |
| empty sugar bags | exp | What couples actually say when they whisper sweet nothings | Naomi | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:53:12 | – |
| encambula | n | Ambulance | Mark | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 00:10:29 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:02:14 |
| envelote | n | Envelope | Joy | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 21:08:34 | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 21:11:35 |
| epoophany | n | A paradigm-shifting thought, reached while sitting upon the throne | Gareth | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:12:44 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:16:40 |
| extinguished | adj | Distinguished | King family | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 17:07:21 | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 17:08:46 |
| Fabrézé | n | The stench suppressant Fabreze | M & N | 08 Mar08/03/2022 20:34:36 | – |
| Fairy Nuff | exp | Fair enough | M & N | 06 Mar06/03/2022 23:23:22 | – |
| fall over blackwards | exp | Positive discrimination taken to extremes | Pa | 16 May ’2116/05/2021 23:26:09 | – |
| fart young smeller | n | Smart young feller | Dad | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:13:33 | – |
| fartidoodalus | n | One who messes around, or exhibits lack of focus and determination | Granny D | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:29:20 | – |
| FHB | exp | Family Hold Back, a reminder at parties to let guests have a good crack at the nosh before piling in | Mum | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:12:02 | – |
| fiat lux, a remark attributed to God | exp | Let there be light | Mark | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 18:06:59 | – |
| Fiddlywaxeye | n | Imaginary third person when sharing something out between two people – the person counting out ends up with ⅔ and their good-natured companion with ⅓ | Granny D | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 23:44:11 | – |
| fin de saison | adj | Unwelcoming, with many facilities closed | Mum | 13 May13/05/2022 01:21:10 | – |
| fire eng truck | n | Fire engine | Benno | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 21:06:35 | – |
| flaming brandinis | n | Game that involves pouring flaming brandy over a bowl of raisins and eating them while they’re still burning | Bel | 04 May04/05/2022 00:22:16 | 04 May04/05/2022 14:19:19 |
| flappy meats | n | Cooked meats, charcuterie, cold cuts | M & N | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:21:23 | – |
| flappy plate | n | Flour tortilla | Mark | 20 Mar ’2120/03/2021 21:09:29 | – |
| flappyfishogram | n | Echocardiogram, an ultrasound scan of the heart | Riverbankers | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 12:17:49 | – |
| flat out, like a lizard drinking. | adj | Flat out | Win | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:41:27 | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:43:57 |
| flatusphere | n | The hazard zone of a flatus | Mark | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 15:01:23 | – |
| flea rake | n | Hair comb | Win | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:10:34 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:11:54 |
| flippin’ ug | adj | Unprepossessing | Mark | 11 Jan11/01/2022 15:50:44 | – |
| flopsam & jepsam | n | Flotsam & jetsam | Uncle Tony | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 23:56:08 | – |
| flosh | n | With qualifier: fizzy liquid. Without qualifier: elderflosh (qv) | Naomi | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:19:28 | – |
| flutterby | n | Butterfly | Dad | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 23:35:38 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 22:44:20 |
| fly squatter | n | Fly swatter | Win | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:12:46 | – |
| fok strongbody | adj | Powerful, strong, intense | Mark | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 23:52:19 | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 14:09:59 |
| for ’ron | adj | For later on | Mark | 19 Aug ’2119/08/2021 12:46:19 | – |
| forgetty bowl of naise | n | Spaghetti bolognaise | Nicholas | 29 Mar ’2129/03/2021 23:54:12 | – |
| forn prongs | n | Travel adapters for electrical plugs | Mark | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:36:39 | – |
| foul infidel! Know you have trod on the toe of Abul Abulbul Amir! | song | You have trodden on my foot | Pa | 09 Mar09/03/2022 16:01:36 | 09 Mar09/03/2022 16:03:57 |
| fox’s puss | n | Faux pas | Mark | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 18:09:12 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 18:11:30 |
| fraggleflops | n | A particular kind of shoe, with very little potential as a weapon, issued to prison inmates | Naomi | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 21:44:52 | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:32:37 |
| fundo-cubital dislocia | n | The condition of being unable to distinguish between one’s arse and one’s elbow | Mark | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 21:32:55 | – |
| fustercluck | n | A mess resulting from several mistakes compounding each other | Mark | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 23:34:23 | – |
| garnsed up | adj | 1) In a tangle.
2) Badly soiled | Iliff family | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:30:49 | 10 Mar ’2110/03/2021 21:31:00 |
| gash | adj | Broken.
Can also, in the same general sense, be a noun meaning rubbish | Mark | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:25:37 | – |
| gee what great looking kids – are they adopted? | exp | Intended meaning: Your kids are a lot blonder than you two | M & N | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 21:20:51 | – |
| generation J | n | Baby boomers, those of us who grew up with affordable housing, generous pensions and free university | Mark | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:36:05 | – |
| get aht t’road ye silly beggar! | exc | Cease obstructing my passage! | Granny D | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:22:06 | – |
| get off and milk it! | exp | I am not very impressed with your vehicle | M & N | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 21:08:47 | 11 Jan11/01/2022 12:39:36 |
| get off home with you! | exc | Your round of golf is spoiling the view from my window | Granny D | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 15:49:04 | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 15:49:18 |
| give every flying moment something to remember it by | exp | Response to “I’m bored” | Granny D | 10 Feb10/02/2022 15:17:14 | – |
| glass cherries | n | Glacé cherries | Clare | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:37:32 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 14:52:29 |
| go commando | v | Perform a piece of music without referring to the score | Mark | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:22:45 | – |
| go swimming with the children | v | Defecate | Naomi | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:07:53 | – |
| Goat Herders’ Guide to the Galaxy (or GHGTTG) | n | The christian bible | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 18:23:51 | – |
| god rest you jerry mentlemen | song | Mischievous variation on God rest you merry, gentlemen from the carol of the same name | Iliff family | 11 Feb11/02/2022 11:50:12 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 21:59:57 |
| Golliwog railway | n | The Festiniog (now Ffestiniog) Railway in N Wales | Francis | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:29:05 | – |
| good girl, Daddy | exp | You have my approval, Father | JM | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 12:37:53 | – |
| good moaning | exp | Good morning | Riverbankers | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:45:12 | – |
| goodndit | n | One of the good guys in a story | Mark | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 12:23:53 | – |
| goosegog | n | Gooseberry | Iliff family | 28 Jan28/01/2022 00:08:54 | – |
| gorillas | n | The key of G major | Riverbankers | 02 Mar02/03/2022 22:53:28 | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:08:40 |
| grabled exnaplation | n | Garbled explanation… but garbled | Mark | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 11:37:55 | – |
| graunty / gruncle | n | Great aunty / Great uncle | Lyra | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 12:41:17 | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 13:50:06 |
| Great Aunt Pottymouth | n | Naomi | Martin | 16 May ’2116/05/2021 23:12:52 | – |
| grouse | adj | Very good | Benno | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:30:47 | – |
| gubby | n | Car sporting a GB plate when seen abroad | Mum | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 13:44:45 | – |
| Gusto | n | A mystery friend | JM | 19 Aug ’2119/08/2021 12:54:01 | – |
| haddoncave | v | Participate in PE without a jockstrap | Mark | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 15:54:32 | – |
| Hairy Pudder | n | The fictional character Harry Potter | Mark | 17 Jan17/01/2022 00:00:59 | 23 Jan23/01/2022 12:40:03 |
| hankerchoof | n | Handkerchief | Joy | 03 Feb03/02/2022 15:37:26 | – |
| hatches, matches and despatches | n | The Births, Marriages & Deaths column of a newspaper, the avid perusal of which becomes the first priority of some when it thuds on the mat | Granny D | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:14:00 | – |
| haus sik | n | Hospital | Clare | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:12:18 | – |
| have speaks | v | Discuss | Joy | 16 Apr ’2116/04/2021 14:37:46 | – |
| here’s a tanner each to go away | exp | Mental reaction to carol singers knocking the door. Can be literal or ironic. Would not actually be voiced | Iliff family | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:34:51 | 19 Aug ’2119/08/2021 12:56:21 |
| hey little horsey, don’t you stop | song | Call back to the song:
Hey little horsey, don’t you stop,
Just let your hooves go clicketty clop.
Tail go swish, wheels go round
Giddy up we’re homeward bound. | Pa | 08 Mar08/03/2022 21:50:02 | – |
| he’s got that round his neck | exp | He has deeply misunderstood and/or perpetrated a severe tangle | Mark | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:10:41 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:14:05 |
| hiding behind the door when the brains were handed out | adj | Not notably astute | M & N | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 14:52:10 | 28 Jan28/01/2022 16:36:53 |
| Higwi Kombi | n | High Wycombe | M & N | 20 Apr ’2120/04/2021 23:35:38 | 20 Apr ’2120/04/2021 23:36:55 |
| His Majesty’s Lunchbox | n | The retailer Majestic Wines | Naomi | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 14:46:29 | – |
| hoddududuh | n | Hand-powered carpet sweeper | Riverbankers | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 12:37:48 | – |
| hoggry tiglets! | exc | My, what a satisfying ending! | Naomi | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 13:50:32 | – |
| hogwashing hat | n | Impromptu sun hat made by drawing up a t-shirt until the neck band sits round the forehead and the remainder covers the neck | Naomi | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 23:59:28 | – |
| hold back my sleeve while I put my finger to my forehead | exp | I am trying to bring a forgotten thing to mind | Pa | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:49:36 | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:37:35 |
| hollow legs | adj | One capable of eating large amounts of food while remaining slender | Iliff family | 05 Feb05/02/2022 15:32:02 | – |
| holly bush | n | Mythical physical laxative | Granny D | 10 Apr ’2110/04/2021 13:38:49 | – |
| home again, home again, jiggedy jog | song | We are finally home! Pa would chant it upon arriving home after an outing with Mr Bump | Pa | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:20:12 | 09 Mar09/03/2022 22:18:56 |
| homeopathic vodka | n | Water | Mark | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:09:29 | – |
| honey money | n | Proceeds of selling honey | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:14:35 | – |
| honker | n | Goose | Joy | 22 Feb ’2122/02/2021 01:18:44 | 22 Feb ’2122/02/2021 01:18:44 |
| hoof-hearted | exp | Has the form of an adjective, but is just a surreptitious way of calling out someone else’s flatulence | Granny D | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:52:26 | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:54:07 |
| hopsital | n | Hospital | Riverbanklings | 27 Mar ’2127/03/2021 15:20:37 | 28 Mar ’2128/03/2021 15:07:50 |
| hopt out | v | Opt out | Bel | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:28:14 | – |
| Horrible Life | n | Herbal Life (now Herbalife), the brand of shampoo & similar products | Iliff family | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 22:19:38 | – |
| horses’s douvers | n | Hors d’oeuvres | Mark | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:27:52 | – |
| hot holders | n | Oven mitts | King family | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:10:23 | 11 Feb11/02/2022 00:49:58 |
| hot will grow cold, if greedy will wait | exp | If you had patience then your mouth would not be burning right now | Granny C | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:25:44 | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:19:26 |
| how awdinawy! | exc | Depressingly dull. Disappointingly ordinary | M & N | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 15:47:51 | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 15:48:05 |
| how’s your belly off for spots? | exp | How are you | Granny D | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 15:58:40 | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:15:06 |
| hullabaloo | n | One given to loud and/or exhibitionist behaviour, especially when boating | M & N | 31 Oct ’2131/10/2021 23:43:14 | 01 Nov ’2101/11/2021 22:10:11 |
| humididity | n | Humidity | M & N | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 22:42:21 | – |
| hyper-bowl | n | Hyperbole | M & N | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:31:21 | – |
| hypodemic nerdle | n | Hypodermic needle | M & N | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 13:47:29 | – |
| I can walk from here | exp | You have parked rather far from the kerb | M & N | 11 Feb11/02/2022 01:35:50 | – |
| I Clavdivs | n | I, Claudius, the book of Robert Graves | M & N | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 12:31:07 | – |
| I don’t boil my cabbages twice | exp | I decline to repeat the words to which you failed to give proper attention | Granny D | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:38:12 | 24 Dec ’2124/12/2021 11:34:13 |
| I expect nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. | exp | (What it says) | Naomi | 08 Mar08/03/2022 21:01:41 | – |
| I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by | exp | I hate deadlines | Mark | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:50:47 | – |
| I only dropped them once | exp | I only destroyed { the item in question } once | Uncle Tony | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:45:22 | – |
| I remember being in Scotland | song | A callback to the song fragment:
I remember being in Scotland
Shooting peas up a nanny goat’s bottom
…to the tune of Men of Harlech | Granny D | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:50:39 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:02:42 |
| I see said the blind man as he walked into a lampost | exp | Sceptical response to the assertion “I see” | Iliff family | 05 Feb05/02/2022 15:23:52 | – |
| I takin’ my sack and my boots | exp | I've had enough of this | Carmen | 26 Feb ’2126/02/2021 21:39:07 | – |
| I wanna beetroot | exc | I really like the look of those toffee apples | John T | 07 Mar ’2107/03/2021 21:14:05 | – |
| I want gets nothing | exp | Don’t ask for things | Iliff family | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:15:48 | – |
| I want to watch me daddy pee | exp | (What it says) | Iliff family | 15 Mar ’2115/03/2021 21:35:16 | 15 Mar ’2115/03/2021 21:36:47 |
| I was a fool to think the old Percy was dead | exp | I find myself amorously inclined | G | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 01:22:07 | 10 Sep ’2110/09/2021 12:27:34 |
| I would as lief ’erd ‘ens | exp | I don’t want to do it | King family | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:53:39 | – |
| idées au dessus de son gare | exp | Ideas above his station, a classic put-down of those trying to advance themselves by those who consider themselves superior | Aunt D | 04 Feb04/02/2022 13:55:14 | 04 Feb04/02/2022 14:02:54 |
| if he fell into basin full of boobs he’d come out sucking his thumb | exp | He is serially unlucky | M & N | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:38:40 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 21:44:07 |
| if UCP on tripe don’t eat it | exp | If you see pee on tripe don’t eat it | Uncle Tony | 12 Feb12/02/2022 11:22:56 | – |
| if you get there first, draw a chalk line; if I get there first, I’ll rub it out | exp | (Laudable nonsense) | Uncle Tony | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 15:56:05 | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 16:19:19 |
| if you’re up that way with your teeth | exp | If you will be going anyway | Joy | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 16:33:57 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:16:05 |
| Iliff Point | n | The remotest part of a beach, where we would go to be away from everyone else (even though it meant lugging everything miles from the car) | Iliff family | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:20:18 | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 16:11:43 |
| Iliff Wight | n | Isle of Wight, a county of England | G | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:16:27 | 21 Jan21/01/2022 11:08:43 |
| in the nothings | adj | Naked | King family | 19 Mar19/03/2022 15:48:04 | 30 Mar30/03/2022 01:01:01 |
| insult | v | Consult | King family | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:28:32 | – |
| it has a better chance now | exp | The mistake that prevented a thing from working has now been rectified | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 15:48:17 | – |
| it was in the last place I looked | exp | I’ve found it | M & N | 29 Jan29/01/2022 00:42:49 | – |
| it’s been a bad year for Scottish hill farmers | exp | (Intended as a conversation stopper) | M & N | 29 Jan29/01/2022 14:51:12 | 29 Jan29/01/2022 14:51:51 |
| it’s no skin off my teeth | exp | I am not affected by this | M & N | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 12:55:58 | – |
| it’s only a trifle said the monkey | exp | Callback to:
”It’s only a trifle!” said the monkey as it peed onto the sponge fingers
…an expression of disdain for the gallimaufric pudding known as a trifle | Dad | 26 Dec ’2126/12/2021 21:19:13 | – |
| it’s only me Naymee! | exp | I am exercising my self-conferred right to enter your house without an invitation | Naomi | 27 Feb ’2127/02/2021 16:12:24 | – |
| it’s the water | exp | Expression of disdain for mass-market American beers | Pa | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:36:31 | – |
| it’s worse than the ticktolleroo | exp | A little less fidgeting please | Granny D | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 21:38:23 | 07 Mar07/03/2022 00:27:45 |
| I’ll have the other half now | exp | Perhaps I could be persuaded to a little more beer | Dad | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:59:23 | 08 Jan08/01/2022 14:48:02 |
| I’ll raise a bunion on his Spanish onion | song | I shall have my revenge, in a sort of easy-going way | Granny D | 27 Jan27/01/2022 23:56:32 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:04:01 |
| I’m as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth | exp | Answer to the question “How old are you?” | Granny D | 29 Jan29/01/2022 14:38:47 | – |
| I’m taking it back | exp | Granny’s almost invariable declaration on arriving home with a purchase | Granny D | 19 Mar19/03/2022 15:22:49 | – |
| I’ve got my big eating hat on! | exp | Settle down, stop this noise/disagreement/kerfuffle | Uncle Percy | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 22:48:27 | – |
| jagular | n | Jaguar – can apply both to panthera onca and to the car brand | Riverbankers | 19 Mar19/03/2022 16:01:28 | – |
| jam sandwich | n | Police car | M & N | 13 Apr ’2113/04/2021 13:12:23 | – |
| Jo-Jo le Plongeur | n | The children’s bath toy Diver Dan | Riverbankers | 03 Mar03/03/2022 14:05:42 | – |
| jock | v | Miss, skip, cut or otherwise fail to attend | Mark | 11 Feb11/02/2022 12:00:24 | – |
| Joe Blake | n | Snake | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:56:47 | – |
| kabiss | n | Cabbage | Clare | 09 Mar09/03/2022 22:37:50 | – |
| katsik | n | A dish Clare invented consisting largely of baked tomato with feta cubes | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:18:57 | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:24:02 |
| kiss me WHAT‽ | exp | G’s reaction on being told we were off to the West End to see the musical Kiss Me Kate | G | 19 Mar19/03/2022 16:06:56 | – |
| knock it on the head | exp | A suggestion by Dad’s consultant for dealing with a UTI | Dad | 16 Mar ’2116/03/2021 14:16:16 | 16 Mar ’2116/03/2021 14:16:34 |
| ky-oo Daddy! | exc | On second thoughts, Father, I should like to take up your offer to carry me | JM | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:52:37 | – |
| ladies of negotiable affection | n | Female sex workers | Riverbankers | 07 Feb07/02/2022 14:52:02 | 07 Feb07/02/2022 14:55:30 |
| lah-pom | n | Lavatory | Dad | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 00:07:15 | – |
| law of diminishing astonishment | n | The process by which we become less and less impressed by ever greater advances, especially in technology | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 15:37:06 | – |
| laxadaisical | adj | Like lackadaisical, but laxer | Naomi | 28 Jul ’2128/07/2021 18:45:10 | 28 Jul ’2128/07/2021 18:45:38 |
| le chien retourne a son propre vomissement | exp | The dog returns to its own vomit | Naomi | 19 Jul ’2119/07/2021 23:52:47 | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 12:43:10 |
| le grand fromage lui-même | exp | The big cheese himself | M & N | 19 Jul ’2119/07/2021 23:57:10 | 19 Jul ’2119/07/2021 23:58:44 |
| leaf blower | n | A well-to-do man who is dissolute or promiscuous | M & N | 12 Feb12/02/2022 21:23:10 | – |
| let my son have the ball! | exc | Veiled threat to embarrass an offspring by intervening on their behalf in something they ought to have under control | Granny D | 22 Mar ’2122/03/2021 23:32:40 | 23 Mar ’2123/03/2021 22:44:54 |
| Lethal Festival | n | The Leith Hill Musical Festival | Mark | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 21:18:12 | – |
| let’s put the roof on first | exp | Let’s do a thing that due reflection would reveal to be impossible | Iliff family | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 00:57:20 | – |
| lie like a flatfish | v | Tell extreme lies | Mark | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:29:14 | 12 Jan12/01/2022 14:43:29 |
| light a candle to Saint Anthony | exp | A thing to do when searching for a lost item | Pa | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:26:37 | – |
| limerish | n | Limerick that doesn’t quite follow the rules of that verse form | Mark | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:03:52 | – |
| listen to the silence! | exc | Isn’t it quiet? | Granny D | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:24:03 | – |
| little birdie flying high | song | A callback to this ditty:
Little birdie flying high
Drops a present from the sky
Angry farmer wipes his eye
Thanking god that cows don’t fly | Uncle Tony | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 21:56:30 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:05:07 |
| little teapots have big spouts | exp | Let us continue this discussion later, when the children aren’t listening | Mum | 26 Feb ’2126/02/2021 21:36:35 | – |
| lobster pop | n | Lobster pot | King family | 17 Sep ’2117/09/2021 21:44:49 | – |
| loggy sticks | n | Logistics | Riverbankers | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:10:30 | – |
| long may your big jib draw | exp | Wishing you a happy and successful life | Iliff family | 19 Mar19/03/2022 15:19:13 | 20 Mar20/03/2022 01:31:14 |
| longhetti | n | Spaghetti (see Notes) | Iliff family | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 15:54:41 | 11 Feb11/02/2022 00:48:36 |
| longwe liklik | exp | I have no idea how far away | Clare | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:23:24 | – |
| looks like you’ve been working on it for eight hours | exc | Forthright critique of a hair-do that’s closer to a hair-don’t | Nathan | 29 Dec ’2129/12/2021 21:19:09 | – |
| lumps | n | Mumps | Iliff family | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:34:52 | – |
| lumpy ming fruit | n | Beetroot | Felix | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 19:05:22 | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 19:06:06 |
| madman in the attic | exp | Negotiating technique along the lines of “I’d love to do that but the boss won’t let me” | Mark | 03 Mar03/03/2022 14:25:51 | 03 Mar03/03/2022 16:10:14 |
| maflingo | n | Flamingo | Riverbankers | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:40:30 | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:42:18 |
| Maggie Murphy’s please park prettily | exp | You can park better than that | Uncle Tony | 07 Feb07/02/2022 14:40:07 | – |
| make friends in cookhouse | exp | Treat support workers with respect | Pa | 23 Apr ’2123/04/2021 23:09:44 | – |
| makes your eyebrows sweat | exp | An unexpected consequence of eating blackcurrants | G | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:08:55 | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 12:53:43 |
| Marcus Aurelius | n | Dad’s pet name for Mark | Dad | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 18:18:08 | – |
| mexicakes | n | Mexican pancakes when made at home from tortillas, mince, vegetables etc. | Riverbankers | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:20:37 | 28 Jan28/01/2022 01:22:04 |
| Milly-Molly-Mandy house | n | A stereotypical house, absolutely symmetrical with one window each side of the porch, three matching windows on the first floor (2ⁿᵈ if you’re American) & the pitch of the roof matching the pitch of the porch | Mum | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:07:43 | – |
| mingo | n | Flamingo | Joy | 13 May13/05/2022 01:08:56 | – |
| Ministry of Tidy Folk | n | [1]. When composers in the classical tradition adopt folk music fatally by stabbing it through the soul with a baton.
[2]. People who believe that the version of a folk tune they know is the one true and only version | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 16:03:10 | 22 Jan22/01/2022 21:11:30 |
| Ministry of Tidy Ruins | n | Generic term for English Heritage, Historic Scotland and similar organisations dedicated to setting the ragged remains of long-gone buildings in neatly trimmed grass | Naomi | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 12:45:49 | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 16:03:53 |
| misery bite | n | Comfort food when unwell | Felix | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:24:42 | – |
| misery chest | n | First aid kit taken on holidays, or medicine cupboard at home | Mum | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 14:23:55 | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 00:12:30 |
| mismanglement | n | Mismanagement, only more so | Mark | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 11:34:30 | – |
| Miss/Master Flum Bum | n | Handy moniker for anyone whose name you can’t, at that moment, remember | Aunt D | 06 Mar06/03/2022 23:51:37 | – |
| mloddy | adj | Mouldy | Riverbankers | 11 Feb11/02/2022 11:56:50 | – |
| more of a meal than a drink | exp | Tea served from a pot without a strainer | Paul H | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:16:28 | – |
| Moses | n | The most elastic man in the christian bible | Pa | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:16:47 | – |
| most highly flavoured gravy | song | Mischievous variation on Most highly favoured lady, a line from the carol The Angel Gabriel | Mark | 11 Feb11/02/2022 11:46:50 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:06:23 |
| Mount Ararat | n | Mount Alvernia hospital, Guildford, which is a long climb from the Epsom road | Granny D | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 21:15:27 | – |
| move your lips! | exc | Your diction is unsatisfactory | Mum | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 14:47:14 | – |
| Mr Brown upstairs smoking | n | The wholly fictitious person a young lad claimed would pay his bus fare, buying him time to scarper when the conductor went upstairs | Pop | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 15:13:30 | – |
| Mr Bump | exp | An iterative navigation technique that eschews maps, plans and electronic devices and instead proceeds in the hope that each failed attempt will at least bring the traveller a little nearer to the destination. Characterised by scenic routes & late arrivals | Pa | 01 Mar01/03/2022 16:30:30 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 19:52:00 |
| muchos cocineros! | exc | My goodness, what a lot of people there are in the kitchen! | Carmen | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 12:50:58 | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 13:15:00 |
| Muggerborski | n | The composer Mussorgsky | Dad | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 21:29:03 | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 21:29:16 |
| murano | adj | Merino | M & N | 25 Mar ’2125/03/2021 17:06:11 | – |
| my aunt, having made a telephone call, is feeling very much better | exp | Mischievous mistranslation of the French expression Tant pis, tant mieux | Mum | 27 Jan27/01/2022 23:50:09 | 28 Jan28/01/2022 00:10:58 |
| my back, my belly and my two sides | exp | Response to person complaining they feel unwell | JM | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 22:24:18 | – |
| my wife’s wedding anniversary | exp | Hallmark of an unromantic husband | Mark | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 01:06:59 | – |
| my word, Hetty | exp | A callback to the song fragment:
My word, Hetty
If I catch you on the jetty
I’ll saw your leg off
And stick it on with jam
In Amsterdam
…to a tune that the compilers have yet to identify | Granny D | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:54:11 | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 16:06:43 |
| myzled | v | Misled | M & N | 19 Aug ’2119/08/2021 12:50:54 | – |
| nanny nagface | n | One prone to give far more criticism or other feedback than the situation warrants | Naomi | 11 Feb11/02/2022 11:54:39 | 11 Feb11/02/2022 12:54:07 |
| nice parking job, big guy! | exc | I am deeply unimpressed with your attempt at parking | M & N | 17 Sep ’2117/09/2021 21:52:09 | – |
| niggs | n | Eggs | Naomi | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 00:01:43 | – |
| nipple cake | n | Cherry bakewell | M & N | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:13:13 | – |
| no bones in it! | exp | Easy, little one, there’s nothing hard to swallow in my milk | Mum | 27 Apr ’2127/04/2021 13:47:44 | – |
| no fun allowed | exp | You have tried to do something nice for yourself and the world will not permit it | Healiff clan | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:04:44 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:15:51 |
| no use to man or dog | exp | No use to man or beast | Mark | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 15:53:08 | – |
| no, it’s just the way I’m breathing | exp | Time-honoured answer to the question “Are you coming?” | M & N | 16 Mar ’2116/03/2021 22:15:47 | – |
| North Pole, duty penguin | exp | Mischievous or stroppy phrase for answering a ringing phone | Mark | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 14:09:47 | 19 Dec ’2119/12/2021 14:48:10 |
| nose pie | n | The yield from a nose-picking foray | Granny D | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:33:08 | – |
| not much of anything, but well and truly elegant | exp | A more sophisticated and less substantial repast than usually appeared on the King family table | Granny C | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:35:00 | – |
| Notlob | n | Bolton | M & N | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:44:08 | 03 Jan03/01/2022 15:27:03 |
| now mighty Caesar turned to clay might stop a wall to keep the wind away | exp | We are all humbled in death | Mark | 29 Jan29/01/2022 14:44:36 | – |
| now the weather turns quite dirty and the clock it strikes five-thirty | exp | The weather is taking a turn for the worse | M & N | 07 Feb07/02/2022 23:04:47 | – |
| noxious weed | n | Non-native species of plant | Clare | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 21:03:14 | 30 Mar30/03/2022 00:59:18 |
| NQOTD | exp | Not quite our type, darling | JM | 26 Feb ’2126/02/2021 19:48:17 | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:49:23 |
| nucking futter | n | One whose behaviour defies reason | Mark | 05 Mar05/03/2022 15:58:23 | – |
| oatygoats | n | Goats | Clare | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 21:39:31 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 22:33:59 |
| obsquecious | adj | Obsequious | King family | 17 Sep ’2117/09/2021 22:10:16 | – |
| obstacular | adj | Being an obstacle | Gareth | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 14:57:42 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:15:10 |
| oddfather / oddmother | n | A role akin to godfather / godmother suitable for an atheist | Joy | 07 Feb07/02/2022 23:08:43 | – |
| oh bother! | exc | Things are not going well | Dad | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:15:53 | 26 Jan26/01/2022 11:19:25 |
| oh dear… how sad… never mind | exp | I acknowledge your unhappiness, but consider it overstated | M & N | 14 Jan14/01/2022 12:44:45 | – |
| old bagaloon | n | Humourless older woman | Naomi | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 13:40:02 | – |
| old folk joke | n | A joke that is so old it tickles no-one, but must be trotted out when a suitable setup is given by another | Pa | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:18:36 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 23:15:17 |
| omzetbelasting | exc | Imprecation that sounds ruder than it is | Dad | 27 Jul ’2127/07/2021 21:17:29 | – |
| on the way to Meeting, I saw a butterfly and it reminded me of God | exp | Ministry at a Quaker Meeting at Sidcot School, executed for a bet | Clare | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:48:29 | – |
| One I love, Two I love, Three I love, I say | song | Callback to:
One I love
Two I love
Three I love, I say.
Four I love with all my heart
Five I cast away.
Six he loves
Seven she loves
Eight they both love.
Nine he comes,
Ten he tarries,
Eleven they court,
Twelve they marry.
Thirteen they quarrel
Fourteen they part
Fifteen one dies of a broken heart | Granny C | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:28:11 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:08:40 |
| one more shirt will do me | exp | Don’t wash or iron me any more shirts as I’m going to drop dead any moment now | Bel | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 22:28:35 | – |
| one up, one down, one polisher | exp | British Army heuristic for lavatory paper usage | Mark | 29 Jan29/01/2022 14:37:28 | – |
| ontray! | exc | Special version of “come in” for room service when in France… because the food comes on a tray | G | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 22:15:43 | 10 Apr ’2110/04/2021 13:30:07 |
| oomagoolie | n | Umami, the one of the five basic tastes that didn’t have an English word (so we took the Japanese one) | Naomi | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:15:10 | 11 Feb11/02/2022 01:10:56 |
| op | n | Any edible liquid/paste/stew | Healiff clan | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 16:37:49 | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 13:45:06 |
| operator | n | One practised at getting her/his/their own way | John T | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:32:35 | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:33:10 |
| orpathedic | adj | Orthopaedic | JM | 29 Jul ’2129/07/2021 12:07:05 | 19 Dec ’2119/12/2021 14:42:33 |
| osh | n | Generic term for sauces, soufflés, jellies, dips, pastes, pickles and other comestibles of a similar consistency | King family | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:59:41 | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 16:38:44 |
| our friend who travels on his belly | n | Snake | Pa | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:59:38 | – |
| ours | adj | Our | Joy | 13 May13/05/2022 01:10:32 | – |
| ouzo | n | Ozone | Riverbankers | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:26:44 | 19 Dec ’2119/12/2021 14:25:46 |
| Oyé | n | Evelyn’s name for herself when she was known as Joyce (which was up to her late teens) | Evelyn | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:39:41 | – |
| p-o-tat-oes | song | Callback to a song:
p-o-tat-oes O OOOO O OO | Dad | 19 Mar19/03/2022 14:28:28 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 14:29:13 |
| PAC | n | 1) Pissing awful coffee.
2) Pa’s awful coffee
…depending on the audience | King family | 13 Apr ’2113/04/2021 13:18:36 | – |
| Page Nine | n | The Italian violinist & composer Niccolò Paganini | King family | 14 Jan14/01/2022 12:32:32 | – |
| pang! | exc | Like bang, but clangier | Clare | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 14:59:19 | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 00:05:31 |
| par cark | n | Car park | Iliff family | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:31:06 | – |
| park-anywheres | n | Vehicle hazard warning lights (aka four-way flashers) | Aoife | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:25:14 | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:57:41 |
| parroty error | exp | When your parrot says “pieces of seven” | M & N | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:04:13 | 02 Mar02/03/2022 22:21:37 |
| paucey | adj | Limp, pale or unprepossessing | Granny D | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:29:05 | – |
| peelywally | adj | Unwell, washed out, under the weather, pale & uninteresting | Granny D | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 21:13:33 | 19 May ’2119/05/2021 14:26:49 |
| peelywally baggie | n | Part-baked baguette | Mark | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 21:15:49 | 16 Feb16/02/2022 16:20:17 |
| peepy-eyed | adj | Frowzy, especially if eyes swollen from lack of (or too much) sleep | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 27 Feb27/02/2022 14:53:56 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 14:51:43 |
| perslongings | n | Possessions | Mark | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:08:40 | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:30:36 |
| PhD point | n | A subtlety in a creative work so obscure that it will pass unnoticed, unless it becomes the subject of a PhD one day | Mark | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 22:23:03 | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:53:49 |
| pick a note or go home | exc | I am pained by your excessive use of vibrato and/or coloratura | Mark | 07 Feb07/02/2022 22:59:39 | – |
| pick up fagends | v | Pay attention to snippets of others’ conversation, particularly without the full context, often with a view to joining in | Mark | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:19:55 | 30 Mar30/03/2022 01:05:43 |
| pictureskew | adj | Picturesque | Iliff family | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:26:48 | – |
| piece of chelief | n | Chief of police | Mark | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:41:51 | – |
| pince mie | n | Mince pie, the Christmas comestible | Riverbankers | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:44:54 | – |
| pingams | n | Belly button | King family | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 23:53:57 | – |
| pinghole | n | Microwave oven | Mark | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 16:08:49 | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 16:09:21 |
| playback | n | The luggage area of an estate car | Mum | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 16:11:41 | 28 Jan28/01/2022 16:55:22 |
| plug | v | Conceal item in the rectum | Naomi | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:34:59 | – |
| POETS day | n | Piss off early, tomorrow’s Saturday (or, for sensitive ears, Push off…) | Mark | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 00:16:34 | – |
| poffle | n | Pop filter for a microphone | Mark | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 15:40:49 | – |
| pointèd stick | n | Pointed stick | M & N | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 18:16:01 | – |
| poo tickets | n | Toilet roll, lavatory paper, bogroll, torchecul, bum fodder… call it what you will | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:06:15 | – |
| pornograph | n | Imaginary appliance for displaying pornography | Pa | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 13:44:00 | – |
| potato sock | n | Sock with several holes | Naomi | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 13:18:57 | – |
| poverty model | n | Bottom-of-the-range option, especally where the cost savings are conspicuous | Uncle Tommy | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 15:03:58 | – |
| practise beforehand which ruins the fun | song | Take preparation seriously. Callback to Flanders & Swann’s A song of patriotic prejudice:
And all the world over each nation’s the same
They’ve simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they’ve won
And they practise beforehand which ruins the fun | M & N | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:21:23 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:09:58 |
| prat flaps | n | A particular type of men’s open leather sandal, especially if large, droopy and worn with socks | Riverbankers | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:35:37 | – |
| prickly pig | n | Echidna, the spine-covered egg-laying mammal sometimes misleadingly known as spiny anteater | Win | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:26:51 | 06 Mar06/03/2022 11:11:42 |
| priest car | n | Morris Minor | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 15:40:20 | – |
| priestage | n | Prestige | Granny D | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 15:42:42 | – |
| propelleper | n | Propeller | Felix | 08 Jan08/01/2022 00:40:47 | 10 Jan10/01/2022 11:31:51 |
| puffin break | n | When climbing, a puffing break with a pretext | Naomi | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 13:03:59 | – |
| pugsaw jizzle | n | Jigsaw puzzle | Mark | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 22:44:30 | – |
| pump | n | Nonsense | Mark | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 15:44:51 | 24 Dec ’2124/12/2021 14:37:56 |
| pumpkin time | n | Bed time | Naomi | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:09:27 | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:50:33 |
| punctuality is a politeness of kings | exp | Don’t be late | Mark | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:08:03 | – |
| pune or play on words | n | Pun or wordplay | Riverbankers | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:33:03 | – |
| purple-headeds | n | Mountains | G | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:24:06 | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 00:06:25 |
| p’daahlo | n | Pedalo | Mum | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 15:39:14 | – |
| rabbit of negative euphoria | n | One who is unhappy | Riverbankers | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:18:48 | 21 Mar21/03/2022 00:06:49 |
| ready-ready | adj | Ready, this moment, to do the next thing (as opposed to starting to think about bringing the previous activity to a close… at some point… probably, which is some people’s idea of “ready”) | G | 09 Aug ’2109/08/2021 15:38:36 | 09 Aug ’2109/08/2021 15:43:02 |
| rectal floss | n | The type of swimming attire that disappears up the wearer’s bum crack (intentionally) | Mark | 23 Apr ’2123/04/2021 23:11:31 | – |
| rent to the ideal | exp | The cost of trust | Naomi | 04 Feb04/02/2022 15:17:11 | 04 Feb04/02/2022 15:18:24 |
| respectawiggle | adj | Respectable | Naomi | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:03:28 | – |
| richtigetonneohnenachbarnprüfenstolz | n | The pride felt at putting out the right bin without first checking what the neighbours have done | Mark | 14 Apr14/04/2022 01:38:48 | 14 Apr14/04/2022 10:36:01 |
| roastby spuds | n | Roast potatoes | Iliff family | 08 Jan08/01/2022 00:32:29 | 08 Jan08/01/2022 01:25:42 |
| rough as a badger | adj | Rough (in the sense of not smooth, but not in the sense of approximate) | Mark | 17 Sep ’2117/09/2021 21:47:02 | – |
| RTFM | exp | Read the manual (instead of bothering me) | M & N | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:06:24 | – |
| rumble-tumble | n | Anglo-Indian dish comprising scrambled eggs, onions and whatever stuff needs eating up | Pa | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:24:04 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:54:14 |
| saganaki! | exc | Goodness me, what low-hanging testicles that chap has been blessed with! | M & N | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 13:15:27 | 25 Feb25/02/2022 16:40:09 |
| said Aunt Helga | exp | response to anyone saying “tis” (or “it is” without sufficient care) | Gareth | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:28:56 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:14:54 |
| Saint Sean | n | The French composer Camille Saint-Saëns | Mark | 14 Jan14/01/2022 12:30:16 | – |
| salad pie | n | Quiche | Mark | 13 Apr ’2113/04/2021 13:06:02 | – |
| samting, nating | exp | Not worth worrying about (or remembering or noticing) | Clare | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:20:37 | 28 Feb28/02/2022 16:21:10 |
| sat in a tyre | exp | Reference to the phrase Dressed in silk and satin attire | King family | 19 Jan19/01/2022 23:45:11 | – |
| sausinge | n | Sausage | Naomi | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 16:28:41 | – |
| sealion | adj | Senile | King family | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 00:53:30 | – |
| second coffee | n | Weak brew made by re-steeping grounds that have already been used to make the nice coffee | Clare | 28 Jan28/01/2022 01:11:13 | 29 Jan29/01/2022 00:28:16 |
| senseless man | n | Census man | Naomi | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 13:39:32 | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:40:03 |
| shabby and miscellaneous | adj | Disappointing | Riverbankers | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 13:21:45 | – |
| shenzi | adj | Below standard, no good | Clare | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:15:50 | – |
| shith-ooze | n | Seat of ease, convenience, lavatory | M & N | 13 May13/05/2022 01:14:20 | – |
| shivery bite | n | Biscuit or sweet issued after a swim | Mum | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:50:18 | 28 Mar ’2128/03/2021 13:05:29 |
| short arms, deep pockets | adj | Mean, stingy | Mark | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 16:04:48 | – |
| shot a bunny | v | Passed wind | JM | 29 Mar ’2129/03/2021 23:58:54 | – |
| shrapnel | n | Small change, especially foreign coins that would be worthless on returning home | Joy | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:35:13 | – |
| shrimp-wrapped | adj | Shrink-wrapped | Mark | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:40:39 | – |
| shut up and give your arse a chance | exp | You appear to be talking nonsense | M & N | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 21:07:15 | – |
| sickly cake | n | Individual cake of the indulgent type served for afternoon tea at the right sort of hotel | Granny D | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 16:21:43 | 21 Dec ’2121/12/2021 11:45:23 |
| Silliam William | n | Intentionally pompous version of the mild put-down Silly Billy | Mark | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 15:09:20 | – |
| Sister / Brother | exp | Useful device for addressing someone when you’ve forgotten their name | Pa | 08 Mar08/03/2022 20:37:07 | – |
| slap it in the middle and we’ll all get a bit | exp | I propose (or threaten) to serve this jelly, rice pudding, trifle or other osh by striking it in the middle with a ladle | Granny D | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:30:12 | – |
| slimy ming fruit | n | Avocado | Felix | 28 Feb ’2128/02/2021 14:38:25 | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 19:05:44 |
| sloppies | n | Loose-fitting clothing worn inside the home. Daylight PJs | Riverbankers | 10 Feb10/02/2022 15:13:11 | – |
| smells like coffee, looks like cocoa | n | WW1 army tea | Pop | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 13:42:07 | 14 Mar ’2114/03/2021 13:46:13 |
| Snablats | n | St Albans | Mark | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 12:49:31 | 03 Jan03/01/2022 15:26:40 |
| sniggle | v | Like snigger, but with less implied criticism | Al | 05 Jul ’2105/07/2021 12:44:47 | 05 Jul ’2105/07/2021 15:34:26 |
| snorker | n | Sausage | Mark | 23 Nov ’2123/11/2021 23:00:17 | – |
| snortelly snips | n | Sleep, especially in anticipation | Naomi | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 21:13:01 | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 11:12:58 |
| snot harpoon | n | Nasal swab | Mark | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:35:47 | – |
| snotty gobbles (or snot block) | n | Vanilla slices | Clayhoffs (aka Westerdons) | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:43:15 | – |
| so you do that | exp | Response to an inaudible PA announcement | Iliff family | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 14:34:13 | – |
| sof | adj | Like soft, but softer | Joy | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:35:02 | – |
| some people really work at being miserable | exp | Gosh, s/he doesn’t look for the silver lining! | M & N | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 14:53:38 | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 14:54:57 |
| sooky | adj | Timid and/or apt to complain and/or resistant to fun | Clare | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:23:46 | – |
| sound as a pound | adj | Highly reliable. Also: In very good health | Riverbankers | 05 Feb05/02/2022 15:59:33 | – |
| soya sturvya | exp | I am sorry to disturb you | Riverbankers | 03 Apr ’2103/04/2021 13:16:28 | – |
| spacemen drop-off | n | Specimen drop-off | Felix | 27 Mar ’2127/03/2021 15:22:00 | 09 Jul ’2109/07/2021 11:31:47 |
| sparkling plugs | n | Spark plugs | Iliff family | 27 Apr ’2127/04/2021 13:43:00 | – |
| sparrow piss | n | A rain shower so nugatory that it doesn’t even wet the grass | Win | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:56:12 | – |
| sparrowfart | n | Very early in the morning | Granny D | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:30:38 | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:56:45 |
| spider werb | n | Spider’s web | Joy | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 15:49:31 | – |
| Spindleshanks | n | Dad’s pet name for Jane-Marie, and later for Bel | Dad | 28 Jan28/01/2022 01:02:01 | – |
| splash and dash | n | Quick foray to the grocery shop | Riverbankers | 01 Jan01/01/2022 14:52:24 | – |
| splash me boots! | exp | Excuse me while I make a visit to the gents’ lavatory | Mark | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 21:17:27 | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 22:39:03 |
| spose | n | Spouse | Mark | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:32:29 | – |
| square eyes | n | One who watches a lot of TV | Iliff family | 02 Feb02/02/2022 00:42:48 | – |
| squashed fly biscuits | n | Garibaldi biscuits, the ones with currants squashed between two thin rectangles of biscuit | King family | 06 Mar06/03/2022 23:49:05 | – |
| squeamful | adj | Like squeamish, but less indefinite | Mark | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 13:08:30 | – |
| St Reatham | n | Gentrified pronunciation of the London district Streatham | Brian | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 15:25:30 | – |
| stabbing | n | Blood test. Can also refer to an injection | Mark | 23 Mar ’2123/03/2021 23:03:32 | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 11:55:21 |
| Stinkyniger | n | Rhosneigr, the seaside village in Anglesey | Dixon family | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 22:13:50 | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 22:20:05 |
| Stirling Moss, chica/chico! | exc | Goodness me, you seem to be driving exuberantly today | Carmen | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 12:56:35 | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 16:20:15 |
| straight-straight-straight | exp | Straight on | M & N | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:23:45 | – |
| stuck in me clack | exp | Stuck in my throat | Granny D | 01 Mar01/03/2022 15:21:59 | – |
| stumps (or call stumps) | exp | Declare the end of play – call a halt to an undertaking with no defined end, or simply decide it’s bedtime | M & N | 13 Mar ’2113/03/2021 16:35:59 | – |
| sun, sea, sand and, er…, palms | exp | Manual self-stimulation | Riverbankers | 28 Jul ’2128/07/2021 18:43:39 | – |
| surface filing | n | A system of filing that involves leaving everything on the desktop, ie no system at all | Mark | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:46:09 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 12:27:03 |
| Suss-ar-ekal! | exc | Pa’s take on his father’s take on a Sikh battle cry | Pa | 09 Mar09/03/2022 22:12:35 | – |
| susu | n | Breast; breast milk. | Clare | 01 Mar01/03/2022 20:02:57 | 01 Mar01/03/2022 20:04:51 |
| susu bilong bulmacow | n | Cows’ milk | Clare | 01 Mar01/03/2022 20:04:20 | – |
| swooshbox | n | Dishwasher | M & N | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 16:09:00 | – |
| tadpoles | n | A musical score | Mark | 02 Mar02/03/2022 22:58:22 | 02 Mar02/03/2022 23:02:05 |
| takes the skin off your teeth | exp | An effect of eating rhubarb | Bel | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:15:23 | – |
| talkie-walkie | n | Walkie-talkie | Mark | 27 Apr ’2127/04/2021 13:39:44 | – |
| tarramadiddle | n | Like taradiddle, but taradiddlier | Naomi | 06 Jul ’2106/07/2021 14:56:37 | – |
| tassel | n | Penis | Mark | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:15:11 | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 11:56:56 |
| teaching wolves to chase sledges | exp | Misguided negotiation technique of making a concession without requiring the other party to do the same | Mark | 03 Mar03/03/2022 16:21:10 | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:14:34 |
| Teetee de Boof | n | Tête de Bœuf restaurant in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire | M & N | 05 Mar05/03/2022 15:53:27 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 15:56:26 |
| tell it not in Gath | exp | Between you and me… | Mark | 06 Mar06/03/2022 23:18:39 | – |
| tentacles | n | Testicles | Mum | 28 Jan28/01/2022 01:06:00 | – |
| Teshco | n | Tesco, the supermarket chain | Pa | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:11:18 | – |
| testiculae loquans | adj | Talking bollocks | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 15:43:28 | 07 Dec ’2107/12/2021 12:04:19 |
| testiculate | v | Employ expansive gestures whilst talking bollocks | M & N | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 00:39:02 | 11 Aug ’2111/08/2021 12:23:39 |
| thalassa! thalassa! | exc | After many hours’ travel towards the seaside, there at last is the actual sea!
(thalassa = θαλασσα = sea) | Naomi | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:50:39 | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:54:33 |
| thank you Mrs Lowsborough Goosborough | song | Thanks for nothing | Granny D | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:26:27 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:14:02 |
| that man did smack me with a needle! | exc | Toddler Mark’s blubbing reaction to an inoculation which he had not expected | Mark | 16 Apr ’2116/04/2021 14:35:07 | – |
| that’s an acquired taste: you either like it or you don’t | exp | I don’t like it | Clare | 08 Mar08/03/2022 21:22:24 | 09 Mar09/03/2022 14:53:32 |
| that’s small onions | exp | That is the end. We have done all that we are here to do | Joy | 11 Feb11/02/2022 11:36:49 | – |
| that’s the badger! | exc | Ah, *that* is the object/technique/problem/solution we were looking for | Mark | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:20:33 | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:27:52 |
| the artist is making a joke | exp | Its creator intended this to be funny or clever | Riverbankers | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:48:35 | – |
| the camels are coming hurrah, hurrah! | song | Pa’s jingle, delivered in an Anglo-Indian lilt, to go with jiggling a small child on his knee | Clare | 05 Mar05/03/2022 16:28:47 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 21:47:03 |
| the chop | n | A vasectomy | Naomi | 10 Feb10/02/2022 15:10:33 | 10 Feb10/02/2022 23:29:10 |
| the customer is always the customer | exp | The supplier’s job is to satisfy the wants of the customer, however unhinged they might appear | Mark | 12 Apr12/04/2022 00:18:19 | – |
| the door’s not shut on my genius but… | song | I’ll eventually prove to be brilliant | Naomi | 08 Mar08/03/2022 20:42:08 | – |
| the full catastrophe | exp | Everything; all of the thing we’re discussing | Naomi | 08 Mar08/03/2022 20:54:03 | – |
| the job’s a good ’un | exp | We have achieved our objective | Mark | 12 Feb12/02/2022 21:27:37 | – |
| The Whizzer There Was | n | The Wizard of Oz | Joy | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:24:05 | – |
| then on Friday… no, tell a lie, it was the Saturday | exp | Caricature of that particular variety of storytelling that is long on irrelevant detail and short on, well, story | M & N | 22 Mar ’2122/03/2021 23:38:07 | – |
| there was a young man of Tralee | song | Callback to the Limerish:
There was a young man of Tralee
Got stung on the nose by a wasp
When asked “Did it hurt?”
He said “No not a bit
Thank goodness it wasn’t a hornet” | Naomi | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:55:58 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:14:34 |
| there we are then! | exc | What a silly person! | Bel | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:13:39 | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 16:13:56 |
| there’s a ghost, there’s a ghost, throw a flannel at its face! | exc | I see you have a flannel on your face. I am about to throw another at you. The flannel already on your face will make this a shocking experience | Riverbanklings | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:00:30 | 04 Mar04/03/2022 00:13:57 |
| there’s no show without Punch | exp | Jobs don’t get done when the person who normally does them is away | Pop | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:36:33 | – |
| they are curlews of the fenland! | song | Call and response upon seeing a seagull. | Naomi | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 16:30:32 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:15:25 |
| they’ll never sell ice creams at that speed | exp | An emergency vehicle is passing with its siren going | Iliff family | 11 Feb11/02/2022 01:30:30 | 19 Feb19/02/2022 21:18:42 |
| those aren’t bananas they’re plantains | exp | A baffling and unfounded denigration of bananas | Granny D | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:20:09 | – |
| three ha’p’orth of gawd help us | exp | Disorganised, uncoordinated, a shambles | M & N | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 13:52:40 | 08 Feb08/02/2022 21:27:00 |
| three-ee blice | song | Three blind mice
…from the nursery rhyme | The Sisterhood | 26 May ’2126/05/2021 12:27:10 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:16:03 |
| thunderwobbler | n | Spin dryer, or washing machine when spin drying | Mark | 11 Mar ’2111/03/2021 23:39:33 | – |
| tibbit! | exc | Shout to be given if first to sight a yellow hydrant during a car journey | G & A | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 22:42:25 | – |
| ticky tacky | n | Shoddy building material | King family | 16 May ’2116/05/2021 23:47:48 | 25 May ’2125/05/2021 21:41:26 |
| tight as a crab’s arse under water | adj | Unduly economy-minded | Mark | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 15:59:03 | 10 Feb10/02/2022 15:04:42 |
| time to put clothes on | exp | Time to get up | M & N | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 22:18:34 | – |
| tisswiss for Mummy | exp | Cue phrase for emptying a sleepy child during the night | Evelyn | 13 May13/05/2022 01:07:22 | 13 May13/05/2022 11:46:06 |
| toasty bombola | n | Heated car seat | Mark | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:43:30 | – |
| tolerably early night | exp | An early night, which the children involved would likely find intolerable and the adults highly tolerable | Granny D | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 16:04:33 | – |
| too much admin | exp | Mark’s objection to eating crab, artichoke, pomegranate, shrimp etc | Mark | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:27:07 | – |
| trivium | n | An incidental fact of little importance | Mark | 09 Mar09/03/2022 15:11:18 | – |
| trowers | n | Trousers | Joy | 11 Feb11/02/2022 01:32:05 | – |
| trypo | n | Intentional typo for typo | Mark | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:16:09 | – |
| Turd & Cabbage | n | Slug & Lettuce, the restaurant chain | Mark | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 15:58:21 | – |
| two minutes’ silence for the joke that just died | exp | That was a terrible joke that deserved to fall as flat as it did | Mark | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:34:31 | 04 Mar04/03/2022 15:35:38 |
| ump and tions | exp | What assumptions make an ass of | Mark | 20 Aug ’2120/08/2021 21:57:34 | – |
| undercrackers | n | Underpants | Mark | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:38:15 | – |
| undercrunk | n | Strip of pebbles just below the waterline on an otherwise sandy beach | Mark | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:46:38 | 07 Mar ’2107/03/2021 12:05:26 |
| uninvited guest at every conversation | n | TV | Granny D | 05 Jul ’2105/07/2021 18:08:16 | – |
| unleaded | adj | Decaffeinated | Pa | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 21:50:33 | – |
| unmatched pointer | n | A loose end; an unresolved issue | Naomi | 18 Mar18/03/2022 00:36:34 | – |
| up to a point, Lord Copper | exp | No | Paul H | 27 Jun ’2127/06/2021 15:46:16 | – |
| up your end | exp | Phrase used when passing vegetable dishes around a dining table | Arthur family | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:38:24 | – |
| Useless | n | James Joyce’s Ulysses | Riverbankers | 13 May13/05/2022 00:59:08 | 13 May13/05/2022 01:00:08 |
| vacs up nice | adj | Responds well to treatment with a vacuum cleaner | M & N | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 12:28:45 | – |
| vauum | n | The sound of a vacuum-flush lavatory | M & N | 04 Mar ’2104/03/2021 13:07:31 | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:42:24 |
| village aunty | n | Vigilante | Iliff family | 19 Aug ’2119/08/2021 12:48:38 | – |
| vladivostok | exc | (Exclamation for covering a belch ) | Granny D | 17 Mar ’2117/03/2021 21:11:27 | – |
| vulture capitalist | n | Venture capitalist | Mark | 05 Dec ’2105/12/2021 15:51:48 | – |
| wadundudundu | n | Sleeping policeman or speed bump | King family | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 14:45:08 | – |
| Waly Disneq | n | Walt Disney | Mark | 07 Nov ’2107/11/2021 23:09:50 | – |
| wankpanzer | n | Flamboyant agricultural vehicle when used by city dwellers | Mark | 12 Apr12/04/2022 00:14:28 | 15 Apr15/04/2022 11:17:12 |
| warned in a dream | exp | Take a different route | M & N | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 01:00:55 | 06 Sep ’2106/09/2021 01:07:54 |
| warning-warning | exp | Everything is fine | M & N | 05 Feb05/02/2022 21:31:39 | – |
| Warr-Doorr | n | Wardour Street in London, a centre of the film industry | M & N | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 01:22:56 | – |
| wash horses | v | Wash hair | Naomi | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:45:30 | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 13:55:02 |
| washing machine | n | A water’s-edge game: while able to stand, hold hands facing inwards in a ring; float & kick legs to make a splash, and if possible get some rotation going. For 4+ participants | Mum | 28 Jul ’2128/07/2021 14:00:33 | 28 Jul ’2128/07/2021 14:08:04 |
| we are the cockyolly birds all red and green and gold | song | Fragment of a song Evelyn suddenly burst into after it sat dormant and unsung in her memory for 40 years | Evelyn | 07 Mar07/03/2022 00:24:35 | – |
| wee board | n | The pastry base of a tart | Uncle Frank | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:44:27 | – |
| wee knights | n | Week nights | M & N | 02 Feb02/02/2022 00:39:54 | 02 Feb02/02/2022 10:53:01 |
| wellcome home | exp | Welcome home | Bel | 16 Mar ’2116/03/2021 14:23:23 | 16 Mar ’2116/03/2021 14:29:21 |
| we’ve squeezed the goodness out of that | exp | All the interesting or entertaining aspects of this topic have now been exhausted | M & N | 01 Mar01/03/2022 14:59:24 | – |
| whackers | n | Lies | King family | 02 Mar ’2102/03/2021 00:01:29 | – |
| whackysticky | n | Border morris dancing, the flavour of that noble art that involves the percussive use of staves | Mark | 03 Mar03/03/2022 14:03:02 | – |
| what a fall of royalty! | exc | Goodness, those picture cards were badly defeated! | Granny D | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 18:04:02 | – |
| what mind is here o’erthrown | exp | That is an uncharacteristically ill-considered remark, decision or action | Pa | 23 Mar ’2123/03/2021 23:02:04 | – |
| what will you have? said the waiter | exp | A callback to this ditty:
“What will you have?” said the waiter, pensively picking his nose
“Two boiled eggs, you scoundrel – you won’t get your fingers in those” | Dad | 12 May ’2112/05/2021 21:54:45 | 29 Dec ’2129/12/2021 12:24:28 |
| when a man is tired of Bracknell… | exp | Callback to:
When a man is tired of Bracknell he has been there 20 mins | Riverbankers | 10 Mar10/03/2022 18:25:10 | – |
| when I was a little girl like you… | exp | Pa’s teasing approach to storytelling:
Pa: When I was a little girl like you…
Small ♀: You weren’t a little girl!
Pa: Then, when I was a little boy like you…
Small ♀: But I am not a little boy!
↻ repeat until one party cracks | Pa | 09 Mar09/03/2022 16:13:18 | – |
| when you get to the final you win | exp | When you make it to the final of a competition you expect to win | M & N | 18 Apr18/04/2022 00:44:45 | – |
| where we have been no-one shall find, For not a trace have we left behind | song | Reminder to all, when leaving a spot they had spent time in, to look back to check they have taken all their stuff with them.
Callback to:
Where we have been no one can find,
Not a trace have we left behind.
Only the people we’ve helped today
Know that the Brownies have passed this way. | Evelyn | 08 Mar08/03/2022 22:59:52 | 09 Mar09/03/2022 13:12:15 |
| where we have been, no-one can tell | exp | We have left this picnic spot, beach or other location as we found it – well done us | King family | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:28:52 | 06 Mar ’2106/03/2021 14:14:02 |
| where’s the yucky bowl? | exp | This meal is not entirely palatable | Laurie | 23 Apr ’2123/04/2021 23:17:43 | – |
| while you’re on your feet… | exp | By standing up you have made yourself liable for any tasks that I want doing (such as bringing us all a cup of tea) | Mum | 19 Mar19/03/2022 15:33:18 | – |
| white horse | n | A perfect guest | JM | 21 Mar21/03/2022 00:58:39 | – |
| white seals | n | White folk swimming in the Thames, especially before the suntan season | Riverbankers | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 15:32:16 | – |
| whocares | n | County when filling in a web form | Mark | 03 Apr ’2103/04/2021 13:36:41 | – |
| who’s died? | exp | Your flies are undone | Win | 30 Mar30/03/2022 00:54:24 | – |
| who’s going round the roundabout? | song | (Rhetorical) | Uncle Tony | 19 Mar ’2119/03/2021 15:42:18 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:17:46 |
| who’s “she” – the cat’s mother? | exc | Refer to women by their names, not pronouns! | Granny D | 03 Apr ’2103/04/2021 13:21:19 | 03 Apr ’2103/04/2021 13:37:13 |
| winnebago | n | A Milwaukee brand tape measure | Naomi | 30 Mar30/03/2022 01:24:26 | – |
| wishywashy place | n | The under-bed compartment that serves as a laundry basket at Heron Island | Riverbanklings | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:16:29 | 21 Nov ’2121/11/2021 13:09:57 |
| wisp | n | Whist | Joy | 30 Mar ’2130/03/2021 21:14:10 | – |
| wi’ oor knickers hangin’ doon | exp | Obligatory rejoinder to “we’re off tae toon” | Naomi | 24 Mar ’2124/03/2021 15:49:47 | – |
| wobblevoice | n | Singing with vibrato, especially when taken to excess | Mark | 04 Sep ’2104/09/2021 13:13:35 | 11 Feb11/02/2022 01:18:00 |
| wobulence | n | Mild turbulence | Mark | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:23:14 | – |
| WOMBAT | n | Waste of money, brains and time | Mark | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:19:07 | 05 Mar ’2105/03/2021 14:44:08 |
| wut‽ | exc | Like what‽, but whattier | Riverbankers | 16 Apr ’2116/04/2021 14:39:43 | – |
| yam all right our kid? | exp | Do you fare well, sibling? | Mark | 20 Mar ’2120/03/2021 16:04:23 | – |
| yellow is mellow, but if it’s brown flush it down | exp | Flush poo but not pee | Pa | 08 Mar ’2108/03/2021 14:11:13 | – |
| Yizanastikov the Russian | exp | He has a nasty cough | Granny D | 30 Jan30/01/2022 13:16:53 | – |
| you are my sunshine, my only sunshine | song | The song:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you!
Please don’t take my sunshine away! | King family | 04 Mar04/03/2022 16:21:20 | 05 Mar05/03/2022 22:18:24 |
| You are very ugly today, Pa / Ma Ubu! | exp | A gently loving greeting to one’s spouse in the morning | Clare | 28 Feb28/02/2022 15:59:35 | – |
| you can go off people | exp | A person I have hitherto admired has done or said something reprehensible | Mum | 27 Apr ’2127/04/2021 13:36:54 | – |
| you daft ha’p’orth! | exc | That is entertainingly silly | Granny D | 07 Apr ’2107/04/2021 21:50:47 | 08 Apr ’2108/04/2021 09:34:43 |
| you must give me the recipe | exp | That meal was appalling | Pa | 20 Mar ’2120/03/2021 16:05:58 | 21 Mar ’2121/03/2021 15:49:53 |
| your egg’s broken | exp | One of the things I’m cooking is less perfect than the other and I’ve decided to give it to you | M & N | 27 May ’2127/05/2021 14:48:51 | – |
| your tiny hand is frozen! | song | Your hand (not necessarily tiny) is frozen | Naomi | 09 Mar ’2109/03/2021 16:26:46 | 19 Mar19/03/2022 22:38:55 |
| yow cor wack it | exp | That would be hard to beat | Mark | 18 Dec ’2118/12/2021 14:56:54 | 31 Dec ’2131/12/2021 13:37:17 |
| zizzer-zoof seeds | n | Features, especially in software, “which nobody wants, because nobody needs” | Riverbankers | 03 Mar ’2103/03/2021 13:25:12 | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 16:13:19 |
| zlotniks | n | A wedgie | Mark | 12 Mar ’2112/03/2021 15:21:41 | 29 Dec ’2129/12/2021 12:45:06 |
| ’twill fit!! | exc | Despite signs to the contrary, this jigsaw piece WILL fit! | Granny C | 08 Mar08/03/2022 22:44:53 | – |
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