A regular feature in the show is the offering by the participants of definitions of words towards the Uxbridge English Dictionary.
For any student of the English Language this must be most confusing as although the donor word is a bona fide one the meaning as described is only intended to elicit laughter or gasps of shock and awe.
The letter D featured here has a heavy Welsh influence for which I can only apologise.
Here is a bit of a compilation of definitions either broadcast since its launch in 1972 or just held in a remarkable database produced by Kevin Hale, undoubtedly the greatest fan and authority on the subject.
The list is in no particular order; (see earlier lists under English Lesson 1, 2 and 3)
Dictator- a humourously shaped root vegetable
Disconsolate- definitely a particular Embassy
Disappear- to insult a member of the Upper House of Parliament
Dunderhead- what a sculptor says after he's completed the top of a bust
Dilate- live long
Dipthong- washing a flimsy undergarment
Dentist- a man who repairs damaged cars
Dissident- a foreigner pointing out the damage to your car
Disguise- pointing at the foreigner who is pointing out the damage to your car
Dilatory- how to make contact with a member of the Conservative Party
Doughnut- eccentric millionnaire
Dragnet- stockings for men
Delight- turn off at the wall switch
Dogma- a bitch
Diptheria- someone who is an expert on recessions
Diversion- translation into Welsh
Direction- an aroused Welshman
Drawback- problems associated with those who are not circumcised
Dyspepsia- Coca Cola is easily the best over other soft drinks
Direct- a destructive Welshman
Delectable- Teresa May on current performance
Derelict- erotic experience in Northern Irish City
Dandelion- a big camp cat
Defunct- losing your sense of rhythm
Deserted- someone stole the pudding
Domineering- an earing shaped like a domino
Decease- to stop stopping
Dover Sole- Kentish music
Dossier- a French tramp
Digression- Welsh fighting talk
Donation- the place where Homer Simpson is King
Damnation- Holland
Disdain- to be rude to a native of Copenhagen
Debasement- de room under de ground floor of de house
Deft- ebsolutely med
Demistifier- a retired magician
Diffident- novelty toothpaste
Discount- pointing out a member of the nobility
Dodo- a repeat of The Simpsons
Dukedom- birth control for aristocrats
Dubai- Debbie from Birmingham
Decrease- doing the ironing
Diversity- a Welsh seat of learning
Doodlebug- sketching an insect
Dynamite- taking a flea out for lunch
Defuse- a safety measure in de plug
Doldrum- entertainer of a queue at the Department of Social Security
Dismiss- being rude to a female teacher
Dialog- a very poor piece of wood
Demister- castration tool
Delaware- to have seen a episode of Only Fools and Horses
Dunstable - to have shaved
Dumbstruck- hit by a man in a white van
Disgruntled- a pig with a sore throat
Disarray- giving directions in China
Ditto- one of the Marx Brothers fired for being too "samey"
Downloads- description of share prices in a post-Brexit Britain
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