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Some faves so far:

Arsenal are at home euph. Nick Hornby's bird is chasing the cotton mouse; has the painters in, etc. Arsenal can be replaced by any football team who play in red. Scotland Aberdeen etc.

aunty's round euph. girlspeak A visit which, not unlike having the painters in, can affect a girl's social life. As in "Sorry love, not today. Aunty's round. But I can play tennis if you like".

bastard n. A football referee.

bairn's sock, trying to get a roll of carpet into a sim. To emphasise a large penis

bearded clam Aus. Vag-ina; fanny. As in "How did you get on Bruce? Did you spear the bearded clam?"

(there used to be an Adelaide band called the Bearded Clams :)

bimbo n. Joanne Guest.

bimboid adj. Appertaining to Joanne Guest.

bint n. Derogatory term for a silly old slapper; a bird; Joanne Guest.

(UKers ... who's Joanne Guest?)

Allowing for the possibility that they might be pulling our legs, I think all the Murricans who claimed they would never be in need of an English-to-English translator ought to be humbled by these.

nick bent adj. Temporarily travelling on the other bus (qv) whilst staying at Her Majesty’s pleasure.

nether throat n. In farting, the poot chute; botty bugle. As in “Pardon me while I clear my nether throat”.

“Beckham really pissed on his chips when he kicked that Argie”.

Unfortunately the profanisaurus isn't a reflection of real slang. It's a place where slang comes from. Jo Guest is/was a Page 3 Stunna.

The best profanisaurus entry is "Crafty Butcher: On who takes his meat round the back".

Just been doing some catching up SPOILERS, UnAMs:

Apocalypse Nowish

Max Payne Wesley!!!!!!!! Cool. Liked the Lilah Fred kinky. Otherwise; end of the world, I love you, yadda yadda yadda. Bored now.

Showtime

Thunderdome funny.

Potential

Nice Xanderspeech. Thank God Dawn isn't.

The Killer Inside Me

Neat setup - nice to see Amy. Not sure about Kennedy AT ALL.

Jim, can't wait for the next batch of tapes! (I only just skimmed the spoilers, honest....). I've still got the first part of the 2-parter waiting to be watched as well.

When did you send out the last batch? Nothing arrived here yet.

Glad the tapes arrived safe & sound, Jim!

Robin Cook (Leader of the house of Commons) has resigned. Which means we'll be at war by morning.

Shit. Elucidate for Parliamentary-impaired people?

Oh dear oh dear oh dear

And dear old BBC. Explains most of the situation.

Does he still hold his seat in the house of commons? Is it only the cabinet position from which he's resigning?