TORONTO (n.)
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Generic term for anything which comes out of a gush despite all your careful efforts to let it out gently, e.g. flour into a white sauce, tomato ketchup on to fried fish, sperm into a human being, etc.
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BEDFONT (n.)
A lurching sensation in the pit of the stomach experienced at breakfast in a hotel, occasioned by the realisation that it is about now that the chamber- maid will have discovered the embarrassing stain on your bottom sheet.
A lurching sensation in the pit of the stomach experienced at breakfast in a hotel, occasioned by the realisation that it is about now that the chamber- maid will have discovered the embarrassing stain on your bottom sheet.
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Rbz wrote...
Is that the japified version of the word torrent?It is a sleepy little village in the small nation of canada.
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neko-chan wrote...
Rbz wrote...
Is that the japified version of the word torrent?It is a sleepy little village in the small nation of canada.
I'm sorry you are both wrong it is a generic term for anything which comes out of a gush despite all your careful efforts to let it out gently, e.g. flour into a white sauce, tomato ketchup on to fried fish, sperm into a human being, etc.
GLOSSOP (n.)
A rouge blob of food. Glossops, which are generally streaming hot and highly adhesive invariably fall off your spoon and on to the surface of your host's highly polished antique-rosewood dining table. If this has not, or may not have, been noticed by the company present, swanage (q.v.) may be employed.
SWANAGE (pl.n.)
Swanage is the series of diversionary tactics used when trying to cover up the existence of a glossop (q.v.) and may include (a) uttering a highpitched laugh and pointing out of the window (NB. this doesn't work more that twice); (b) sneezing as loudly as possible and wiping the glossop off the table in the same movement as whipping out your handkerchief; (c) saying 'Christ! I seem to have dropped some shit on your table' (very unwise); (d) saying 'Christ, who did that?' (better) (e) pressing your elbow on the glossop itself and working your arms slowly to the edge of the table; (f) leaving the glossop where it is but moving a plate over it and putting up with sitting at an uncomfortable angle the rest of the meal; or, if the glossop is in too exposed a position, (g) leaving it there unremarked except for the occasional humorous glance.
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Dear English person
Why ever would you want what passes and is misnamed English or American English?
It is not English. It is American. A language unto itself which is a polyglot conglomeration of virtually ever tongue spoken on the planet
Did you know that the Dutch only have one word that has been bastardized into American? It is Cookie
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_name_cookies_come_from
I believe that you over the pond call them biscuits. Wont even go into what Americans call biscuits
My suggestion to you is to protect your English with all the might of the British Empire, If by chance you should happen to run into someone speaking American, Be sure to ask them to speak slowly and clearly. It may be difficult but Stiff upper lip and all that
Why ever would you want what passes and is misnamed English or American English?
It is not English. It is American. A language unto itself which is a polyglot conglomeration of virtually ever tongue spoken on the planet
Did you know that the Dutch only have one word that has been bastardized into American? It is Cookie
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_name_cookies_come_from
I believe that you over the pond call them biscuits. Wont even go into what Americans call biscuits
My suggestion to you is to protect your English with all the might of the British Empire, If by chance you should happen to run into someone speaking American, Be sure to ask them to speak slowly and clearly. It may be difficult but Stiff upper lip and all that
