Author Topic: Call my Liff (Read 3129 times)

ravenbait · « **on:** 19 April, 2021, 06:02:28 pm »

Inspired by the grammar thread, a small but entertaining book by Douglas Adams, and one of the games on ISIHAC, here is a thread for words and their meanings.

E.g. Sprocket: A projectile driven by an engine that uses stored rocket propellants as the reaction mass for forming a high-speed propulsive jet of fluid, after gaining initial height by means of releasing the energy stored within a compressed coil of metal.

Sam

Jurek · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 April, 2021, 06:13:05 pm »

Ferrule (vb.)
Of Customs Officer, to don an examination glove and ferret around inside a suspected drugs mule in search of contraband.
Eg: I saw him leave the aircraft, walking with bowed legs, and made a mental note to ferrule him as soon as he enters the customs hall.

ravenbait · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 April, 2021, 06:22:37 pm »

Punch (n).
A play on words so egregious it makes the reader/hearer recoil.

Sam

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 April, 2021, 08:01:18 pm »

Rim tape (n)

A special interest VHS that may put you off chocolate ring doughnuts

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 April, 2021, 08:11:42 pm »

Four posts in and RZ has managed to drag the thread into the gutter

Someone in here suggested yonks ago:

athiest (adj.): Having an attitude to religion that goes above and beyond being merely dismissive. For e.g.

I am pretty athy, Christopher Hitchens was athier, but Richard Dawkins is the athiest of them all.

spesh · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 April, 2021, 08:24:13 pm »

diplomat (n)

A floor covering made from recycled further education certificates.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 April, 2021, 08:26:35 pm »

Freehub (n)

A community collective cafė where hippies hang out and recite beat poetry

John Stonebridge · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 April, 2021, 08:35:15 pm »

Bogendreep (n)

The bit left when an on bike snot rocket doesnt quite work properly.

Eugh. Sorry.

Jurek · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 April, 2021, 08:35:47 pm »

Episcopal (adv.)
Of gaze, the searching look of an anaphylactic shock sufferer who is unable locate their epi-pen.

ravenbait · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 April, 2021, 09:55:45 pm »

Dictionary (n).
A heavyweight boxer's enunciation style.

Sam

hatler · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 April, 2021, 10:01:18 pm »

Not mine, but too good to not include it here.

Rectitude (n.)
The demeanour adopted by one's proctologist immediately prior to an examination.

hatler · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 April, 2021, 10:02:42 pm »

Funny (adj,)
A mid leg joint that bends both ways.

Jaded · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 April, 2021, 10:05:52 pm »

Football

A painful condition that comes on after insulting someone's partner on a Friday night in a pub.

hellymedic · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 April, 2021, 10:17:44 pm »

Edgware
Nosings to protect stair carpet.

I thought these meanings of Liff were supposed to be place names...

spesh · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 April, 2021, 10:26:34 pm »

Crepuscular (adj)

Eg, of brothel creeper shoes that have particularly thick and chunky soles.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 April, 2021, 11:00:04 pm »

Fortitude (n.)

The courage one feels after having discovered the meaning of life.

Jaded · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 April, 2021, 11:08:06 pm »

Bletchley

The smell on your clothes the morning after you threw up into the wind.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 April, 2021, 11:22:41 pm »

Pons asinorum (n.): A person who is simultaneously a monstrous idiot and a great ponce. The canonical example is self-styled “journalist” Quentin Letts.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #18 on:** 20 April, 2021, 12:01:33 am »

Clitheroe (n.)

A Lancastrian man with a map.

Jurek · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 April, 2021, 08:32:10 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 20 April, 2021, 12:01:33 am

Clitheroe (n.)

A Lancastrian man with a map.

This is too subtle for my own good.

Pingu · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 April, 2021, 09:30:58 am »

Morose (n).

Carbohydrate present in addictive foods.

Giraffe · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 April, 2021, 10:02:30 am »

Ventelate - feeling after a really good fart.

Jurek · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 April, 2021, 10:08:26 am »

Quote from: Giraffe on 20 April, 2021, 10:02:30 am

Ventelate - feeling after a really good fart.

Shirley that should read 'A really good delayed fart'.

ravenbait · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 April, 2021, 10:55:33 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 19 April, 2021, 10:17:44 pm

Edgware
Nosings to protect stair carpet.

I thought these meanings of Liff were supposed to be place names...

The Meaning of Liff was just placenames. But Call My Bluff on ISIHAC used ordinary words.

Relinquish (v): Asking a Genie for more wishes as one of three wishes.

Sam

Paul · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 April, 2021, 11:12:30 am »

Rehearse (v): what you do with the coffin when the first hearse breaks down.

(Yes, I’ve plied this one elsewhere, but I think* I made it up, so I’m allowed)

(*I’ve thought this about other things, and been wrong)