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Maynard Fried-San 
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 Posted: 19 Jun 2016 at 2:15am |
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We've strayed into Cockney Rhyming slang now - my home territory. Gertcha!!!
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Helixing my inner beanie
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Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 4:09pm |
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Actually 'Brassic' doesn't refer to brass. It's rhyming slang - Boracic Lint = Skint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boracic_lint |
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Majormajor
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Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 2:53pm |
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"Brassic" - means you have no brass - i.e money.
So if you are skint in Yorkshire, you are "brassic" Or your colleague could simply exclaim "tha's got bugger all"......
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Bob Dale
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Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 11:38am |
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Snakes Alive! - and/or - Great Snakes! -- my goodness .
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Bob Dale
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Posted: 10 Jun 2016 at 10:45pm |
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'yankee ' -- used by an older self proclaimed southern belle I know to describe unsweetened iced tea, i am assuming not only is this because the farther north you go the less sweet the tea is (multiple wait staff in Nebraska would just hand you a sugar shaker and un-sweetened iced tea as though that some how was the same as sweet tea-- unacceptable!) but also to describe how , from a southerners perspective, some people from the north are much less 'sweet' in their disposition.
'MY! Well,pin a rose on your nose! ' -- big deal, no one cares 'the 64,000$ question' -- the crux, the point of whats being shared i don't know that this is an 'old saying' , but you're all familiar with certain acronyms like fubar and snafu --- i've been introduced to one at work by older employees where I work --- on the side of their tool boxes is an acronym they'll point to either in jest, or to spite whomever they directly report to : KMAICR -- 'Kiss my ass i can retire.' again, not an 'old' saying --- but in the vain of things I think. |
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Mr Black
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Posted: 03 May 2016 at 2:51pm |
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Flat as a witches tit.
This is a term an old boss of mind used to use. Ironically she was a bit of a witch herself but with pendulous old-lady boobs. |
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Double 0 Soul
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Posted: 03 May 2016 at 12:56pm |
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Pie Crust promise = Easily broken
A gnats cock = A very tiny measurement indeed (microns) Rough as a bears arse = Poorly made A load of tripe = A false statement (also see Codswallop) |
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Double 0 Soul
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Posted: 01 May 2016 at 12:57am |
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On' Blink = Television set keeps going off (turned back on with a thump)
On' Tick = Television set is rented, Radio Rentals would tick your hire agreement every week when you pay your bill, also see On' Never Never (you never own it out right) |
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badseed
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Posted: 30 Apr 2016 at 10:34pm |
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Good question.
My thinking was that compared to beautiful Chinese calligraphy the English language looked like shit. Your theory does sound more refined. I will offer your explanation when asked. My daughter has somehow started using "send a letter to the Queen" for the same situation. I am very proud.
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And the senses being dulled are mine
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oomslokop
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Posted: 30 Apr 2016 at 8:08pm |
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very interesting. (and this also in response to mr black's earlier inquiry) one of the sources where i've seen that expression used is in e. breton de nijs' classic indies/tempo doeloe novel 'faded portraits', set in mid-19th century batavia. the guy who used that expression all the time in the book was the patriarch of the de pauly family, one uncle... chen!—a half chinese, half french indo/mestizo! could it be that the expression has its origins in a chinese expression for everything that gives one a lot of pleasure (taking a nap, a dump)?
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