The Uxbridge dictionary

[Dorsetmike]

Pursuant on an email from a gentleman of this parish I was reminded of this;

http://www.alspcs.com/main.html

Suggest you don't get too fixated on it, maybe a couple of dozen words a day, or try one from each letter of the alphabet each day, could be addictive!!

I liked this one

Bicycle
A sexually confused mode of transport.

Some quite subtle ones, like Bathos, > Superman's hoss, (although the definition was a bit more obscure so you had to stop and think or repronounce it)

 

[teddy]

How about FOOLSCAP - a jesters hat.

Nice one Mike.

teddy

 

[Dorsetmike]

Godspeed
It's raining.

Matrimony
How much a wedding costs.

Maximum
A very large mother.

Porbeagle
A phrase never used in ICI Laboratories.

 

[Dorsetmike]

(Requests for elucidation to be submitted on the back of a £5/€6/$10 bill)

 

[Corno Dolce]

What is an "Uxbridge Dictionary" - I haven't a clue:shake::shake::banghead::banghead:

 

[Dorsetmike]

The standard Uk dictionary is the Oxford; some people when talking about the two major UK universities, Oxford and Cambridge, call them collectively Oxbridge, so Uxbridge which is on the outskirts of London is a bit of a play on words. The "Uxbridge dictionary" is basically a big joking play on words, some admittedly a bit obscure to those whose native language is not English, or who don't have the warped sense of humour we English pride ourselves on.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Ah-ha, I see...Warped sense of humour - Thats one area I seem to be lacking in...

 

[teddy]

Oh CD, qnd I had such high hopes for you.

teddy

 

[Corno Dolce]

So sorry to disappoint you Br.Teddles.............

 

[Dorsetmike]

Methinks what is needed CD is a steady diet of Goon Shows, Fawlty Towers and similar nonsense, digest a few of those and you may see things as we do.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Fawlty Towers, Last of the Summer W(h)ine, Have you been served?, Emmerdale, Glenbogle, As time goes by - Oh yes! I keep myself in stitches.............:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[teddy]

Open All Hours?

http://youtu.be/fo-ZliEgGqs

teddy

 

[JHC]

And one of my favorites

 

[marval]

That is very good Mike.

Has anyone used one of these, or are they just for the animals?

Zulu - a toilet at an animal park.

 

[teddy]

Rola coaster Fast moving sweet

teddy

 

[EddieRUKiddingVare]

The only "Uxbridge" i'm familar with is below: