[Archived] The Uxbridge English Dictionary

[Mike E]

Inspired by the game of the same name on popular BBC Radio 4 programme 'I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue', what are some alternative meanings for words you've thought of?

Some of my favourites on the show have been:

Dispensation - This pen is from China.

Moisturiser - How Yoda asks if you've been crying.

Celery - A bit like a cellar.

[Jimbo]

Countryside - Murdering Piers Morgan - Not mine obv's, but a gem from SIHAC

[Mike E]

Merseyside: Murder in Liverpool.

[Dreyski]

Pasteurise - water too deep to stand in

(adapted from Benny Hill)

[darrenrover]

Ronnie Barker would have loved this thread!

[Mike E]

Bigamist: Heavier fog than usual

[Dreyski]

Article - caress the Mona Lisa (for example) with a feather.

[Mike E]

Twin: What a competitive yorkshireman wants.

Tart: What a yorkshireman looks at in a gallery.

Twerk: Where a yorkshireman goes on Monday morning.

Emu: What a cow from Yorkshire says.

[Mike E]

Fleeting: A Jamaican irritating insect.

[Mike E]

Brexit: Morning laxative; hard or soft depending on price of bacon.

[Mike E]

I don't care if it's only me, I'll keep going

Grating: Jamaican elephant.

Twig: Yorkshireman's tupée.

Chinchilla: Ice pack for a broken jaw.

[Mike E]

Email: What a Yorkshireman gets in the post.

[Mike E]

Still just me?

Perpetuate: How Korean restaurants charge customers.

Perspire: How Steeplejacks charge.

Perverse: How poets get paid.

Peroxide: How hair salons charge.

Pertinent: How Kiwi landlords charge rent.

[Neil Weaver]

OK, who's going to start a whip round for Mike.... book

[Mattyblue]

Why just Yorkshire men?

Don't us Lankys go twerk int morning?

[Mike E]

The t is more pronounced oer therr

[only2garners]

Should we have a game of Mornington Crescent Mike?

[Mike E]

20 hours ago, only2garners said:

Should we have a game of Mornington Crescent Mike?

I assume we're playing Sweet FA 1875 rules? Double points on stations related to football, triple if it occurs on a diagonal. Of course cheating is allowed but oh when not caught, and biting incurs a 6 match ban.

[only2garners]

OK I’ll start. Queens Park.

[Mike E]

Good start. I'll try a perky one... Upton Park

[only2garners]

48 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Good start. I'll try a perky one... Upton Park

Decent, but no bonus as it’s a building site now.

Putney Bridge (direct shot on th3 District line).

[Mike E]

Christ, you had me close to Nidd there. Have to go Parson's Green. I thought he was blue, but there you go.

[only2garners]

 Nearly huffed me with that one. I’ll go (blue and) White City.

Apologies for the delay in responding. I’m in New Zealand (24C today since you  asked). What with the 13 hour time difference and having to type upside down.......

[Mike E]

I'll play a double-white: White Hart Lane. Should spur me on to victory!

[philipl]

Mornington Crescent!

White goes wild after a week...