andyf
20-01-2002, 00:17
.. because it's better than reading ian's worthless comment on the 'spare a thought' thread.
Anyway, here are some definitions you may or may not be aware of...
large (L-arrrrrge) noun, [Latin: Ben Hur], giving it large refers to unnecessary or inappropriate acceleration resulting in partial loss of control of the car. Only appropriate to rear/4 wheel drive cars. Also verb: Larging . Larging it in a front-wheel-drive car is commonly known as 'driving like a nonce'
caning (Kay'ning) verb [Latin: canna, Greek: kanna, Essex: spank], Using the top end of the rev range. Usage: 'I was caning the nuts off it'. See also threwaconrod.
locost (lo'cost) noun [Humourous], Euphomism for a car that costs several thousand pounds to build.
diff lock (diff'lok) noun [Engineering], Key missing from my keyboard.
lunched (lunch'd) verb [French: onion soup], p. tense to have 'lunched' is to have gorged a large portion of fish and chips or to have damaged your transmission system spectacularly by changing into 1st gear instead of fifth.
ballast (fat'tee) noun (Olde English: Bunter). Polite reference to obese passenger. See also porkpieonwheels and dribblingfatblokeinmondeo.
******table (toss'er'tay'bull) noun, similar to the 'picnic' tables seen adorning some rear wheel drive supercars, the ******table is the oversized spoiler bolted on to the back of a front-wheel-drive hatchback that lifts the front wheels off the ground and prevents opening the boot. Usually in primer.
huggies (nap'ee) noun, collective term for the shoulder pads added to seat belts in old Novas. Also known as seat belt warmers.
hunchies (Kev'inn) collective noun referring to scrawy shirtless blokes who don't wear seatbelts and lean over their steering wheel to try and make the car go faster.
drivelwunhundrard (driv'il'wun'undr'd) noun (orig: Mike Brewer). The assessment of a car based on fatuous categories and a scoring system based on flawed arithmetic and an obsession with jelly and cobblestones.
publictransport (bus) noun, [Old Saxon]. Dirty, slow means of travelling between fixed locations nowhere near your home.
Anyway, here are some definitions you may or may not be aware of...
large (L-arrrrrge) noun, [Latin: Ben Hur], giving it large refers to unnecessary or inappropriate acceleration resulting in partial loss of control of the car. Only appropriate to rear/4 wheel drive cars. Also verb: Larging . Larging it in a front-wheel-drive car is commonly known as 'driving like a nonce'
caning (Kay'ning) verb [Latin: canna, Greek: kanna, Essex: spank], Using the top end of the rev range. Usage: 'I was caning the nuts off it'. See also threwaconrod.
locost (lo'cost) noun [Humourous], Euphomism for a car that costs several thousand pounds to build.
diff lock (diff'lok) noun [Engineering], Key missing from my keyboard.
lunched (lunch'd) verb [French: onion soup], p. tense to have 'lunched' is to have gorged a large portion of fish and chips or to have damaged your transmission system spectacularly by changing into 1st gear instead of fifth.
ballast (fat'tee) noun (Olde English: Bunter). Polite reference to obese passenger. See also porkpieonwheels and dribblingfatblokeinmondeo.
******table (toss'er'tay'bull) noun, similar to the 'picnic' tables seen adorning some rear wheel drive supercars, the ******table is the oversized spoiler bolted on to the back of a front-wheel-drive hatchback that lifts the front wheels off the ground and prevents opening the boot. Usually in primer.
huggies (nap'ee) noun, collective term for the shoulder pads added to seat belts in old Novas. Also known as seat belt warmers.
hunchies (Kev'inn) collective noun referring to scrawy shirtless blokes who don't wear seatbelts and lean over their steering wheel to try and make the car go faster.
drivelwunhundrard (driv'il'wun'undr'd) noun (orig: Mike Brewer). The assessment of a car based on fatuous categories and a scoring system based on flawed arithmetic and an obsession with jelly and cobblestones.
publictransport (bus) noun, [Old Saxon]. Dirty, slow means of travelling between fixed locations nowhere near your home.