Author Topic: The (Deeper) Meaning of Liff  (Read 18671 times)

Tony

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The (Deeper) Meaning of Liff
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2001, 08:18:49 PM »
>>> On 15 December 2001 03:15:01 UTC, Gavin Lambert wrote:

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FRING (n.)
(The noise made by light bulb which has just shone its last.)

Filament's Rattled - It's Not Glowing
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How about "Riven" - it means broken or split, as in "riven in two", which is what happens when a filament blows :)

Nice word, but I wanted to include a reference to "The noise made by...."

FEAKLE (vb.) To make facial expressions similar to those that old gentlemen make to young girls in the playground.

Facial Expression Akin-to Kiddie-Leering Elder's

Tony

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« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2001, 08:38:31 PM »
HOFF (vb.)
(To deny indignantly something which is palpably true. )

Haughty Outrage Feints Falsehood


LUDLOW (n.)
(A wad of newspaper, folded tablenapkin or lump of carboard put under a wobbly table or chair to make it standup straight. It is perhaps not widely known that air-ace Sir Douglas Bader used to get about on an enormous pair of ludlows before he had his artificial legs fitted. )

Leg's Unstable? Deploy Lump Or Wad


LUTON (n.)
(The horseshoe-shaped rug which goes around a lavatory seat. )

Lavatory's Upholstered To One's Needs

Angela

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« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2001, 12:07:21 AM »
Well, now that I've added Tony's latest Liff-isms, the actors & actresses Rico sent me, and the anonymous ACRONYM, there are 19 more acronyms in the stack than there were a few hours ago when I updated the site and sent out The Acronym Times. That makes 100 new acronyms in the three days since the update before this one. We haven't had such an influx of acronyms since Tony did the Shakespeare characters! I've never had to update the site twice in such a short time.

Maybe it has something to do with the 'silly season' - acronyms are pretty silly.

Tony

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« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2001, 08:35:09 AM »
Maybe it has something to do with the 'silly season' - acronyms are pretty silly.

The northern hemisphere's 'silly season' is long past, but that doesn't stop the newspapers printing rubbish!

JARROW (adj.)
(An agricultural device which, when towed behind a tractor, enables the farmer to spread his dung evenly across the width of the road.)
Jactate Across Rural Road's Overall Width


KALAMI (n.)
(The ancient Eastern art of being able to fold road-maps properly.)
Korean (?) Artistry Leaves A Map Immaculate


MEATHOP (n.)
(One who sets off for the scene of an aircraft crash with a picnic hamper.)
Meet Each Aircraft Tragedy & Have Obscene Picnic


NAAS (n.)
(The windmaking region of Albania where most of the wine that people take to bottle-parties comes from.)
Noxious Albanian Alcohol's Source


NYBSTER (n.)
(Sort of person who takes the lift to travel one floor.)
Not You, But Short-Trip-Elevator-Rider


OSBASTON (n.)
(A point made for the seventh time to somebody who insisits that they know exactly what you mean but clearly hasn't got the faintest idea. )
One Should Beware A Seven-Times-Over Nincompoop


OSSETT (n.)
(A frilly spare-toilet-roll-cosy.)
Ornate Spare Secretes Extra Toilet Tissue


POPCASTLE (n.)
(Something drawn or modelled by a small child which you are supposed to know wait it is.)
Piece Of Precocious Child's Artwork - Say "That Looks Excellent!"


PITSLIGO (n.)
(Part of traditional mating rite. During the first hot day of spring, all the men in the tube start giving up their seats to ladies and staphanging. The purpose of pitsligo is for them to demonstrate their manhood by displaying the wet patches under their arms.)
People In Tube Straphang - 'Look, I'm Gently Oozing!'


PLEELEY (adj.)
(Descriptive of a drunk person's attempt to be endearing.)
Pickled Lush's Elaborately Endeavours Looking Endearing - Yuk!


SCAMBLEBY (n.)
(A small dog which resembles a throwrug and appears to be dead.)
Small Canine Appears Mat-like By Looking Extinct Beside You


SCORRIER (n.)
(A small hunting dog trained to snuffle amongst your private parts.)
Snuffling Canine - Often Revolting - Rootles In Embarrassing Regions


SCRAMOGE (vb.)
(To cut oneself whilst licking envelopes.)
Small Cut Received After Mishap On Gummed Envelope


SCREGGAN (n.banking)
The crossed-out bit caused by people putting the wrong year on their cheques all through January.
Small Criss-crossed Region Erroneously Generated - Generally After New-year


SIMPRIM (n.)
(The little movement of false modesty by which a girl with a cavernous visible cleavage pulls her skirt down over her knees.)
Skirt Is Modestly Pulling Reveals (Immodestly) Mammaries


SNITTER (n.)
(One of the rather unfunny newspaper clippings pinned to an office wall, the humour of which is supposed to derive from the fact that the headline contains a name similar to that of one of the occupants to the office.)
Small Newspaper Item Twit Thought Exceptionally Ribald

Angela

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« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2001, 09:43:08 PM »
Those were excellent! I felt I couldn't reply without a few of my own, so:

HASTINGS (pl.n.)

Things said on the spur of the moment to explain to someone who comes into a room unexpectedly precisely what it is you are doing.

Hardly Anything Suspicious - The... Icing Needed Glazing, See?

FROSSES (pl.n.)

The lecherous looks exchanged between sixteen-year-olds at a party given by someone's parents

Folks Really Organise Stupid Stuff, Eh Sista?

or

Folks Really Organise Such Stupid Events... Seeya!

FRANT (n.)

Measure. The legal minimum distance between two trains on the District and Circle line of the London Underground. A frant, which must be not less than 122 chains (or 8 leagues) long, is not connected in any way with the adjective 'frantic' which comes to us by a completely different route (as indeed do the trains).

Fellows Restlessly Await Next Train

Tony

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« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2001, 09:15:28 AM »
HATHERSAGE (n.)
(The tiny snippets of beard which coat the inside of a washbasin after shaving in it.)

Horrible - All That Hair Everywhere. Rinsing Should Assure General Epilation

Angela

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« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2002, 08:37:55 PM »
Naction: The 'n' with which cheap advertising copywriters replace the word 'and' (as in 'fish 'n' chips', 'mix 'n' match', 'assault 'n' battery'), in the mistaken belief that this is in some way chummy or endearing.

NACTION: Not And, 'Cause Truly It's Only N