Yet more of the clever word juggling and definition bending offerings of English words as given to the world by the participants of the BBC Radio Show, "I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue" since it burst onto the airwaves in 1972.
The list comes from a great compilation by a particular fan of the show plus a few enthusiastic additions.
I apologise to actual students of English for this bit of humour which is irreverent, politically incorrect and downright confusing.
The B's
Beaverbrook- a nude bathing area
Beatitutde- pose adopted by an insect prior to pollinating a plant
Baptist- a junior hamburger chef
Banshee- a typical golf club committee member
Balderdash- what you have to do when your wig blows off in high winds
Baloney- disappointing skirt length
Boutique- protest against environmentally unfriendly hardwood
Biology- the study of why women shop
Bordello- unenthusiastic greeting
Bedlam- very favourite sheep
Bloodless Coup- an anaemic pigeon
Bulldoze- fall asleep during a Party Political Broadcast
Bouffant- surprising typeface
Blame- walking with a blimp
Buttercup- face down
Barricade- helpline for soldiers
Brandish- meal with high roughage content
Bigotry- lumberjack boast
Bacteria- returning more upset than when you left
Bigamist- denser than usual misty weather
Bishoprick- unpopular clergyman
Barometric- European standard garden implement
Bile- Australian hay
Biopsy- organic gypsy
Biro- act of purchasing caviar
Boa Constrictor- truss worn by a South African of Dutch ancestry
Brouhaha- a jolly tea party
Bustard- a rude driver of public transport
Buttress- interrupting woman
Buzzard- energetic TV quiz game
Boomerang- show displeasure of a soft dessert
Baltimore- second helpings in an Indian Restaurant
Bacchanalian- support for Martians
Bin Men- sex change waste operatives
Buggery- a study of insects
Biosphere- scared of writing your own personal profile
Binge- where Sean Connery puts his rubbish
Bigamy- proud to be stout
Bloater- Japanese straw hat
Benign- what it will be after 8 O'Clock
Baltic- lice on the testicles
Biceps- sexually ambivalent mushrooms
Bias- street vendor cry
Beforehand- losing a finger
Battleaxe- constipation medicine for bats
Baghdad- type of satchel for males
To be continued................................
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