Monday, 11 May 2020

Bursting for a P (English Lesson 16)

I apologised a couple of days ago after forgetting to post the April English Lesson of word definitions from the wonderful BBC Radio Series "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". 

To make amends for this shameful lack of concentration and consistency or more by way of a peace offering here is number 16 for the letter "P". 

As it follows on in quick succession from number 15 it may seem a bit like the dreaded double lesson from school days. 

In fact the letter P offers up a most prolific volume of comedic gold that I have split it into two groups with the another to be posted up towards the end of the month- if I remember to do it. 


Propaganda- a surgical aid for a one legged male goose

Psychiatric- guessing correctly 3 times in a row

Propane- non amateur S & M

Pile Driver- a suppository

Passover- a road structure in Israel

Posthumous- Greek mail-order food

Parsnip- Dad's Vasectomy

Placebo- a Spanish Tenor who does nothing for me

Portent- The Millenium Dome

Prophylactic- a college position

Picador- instruction to find your own way out

Picanniny- the voting system for the Tory Leadership

Piano- musical global shipping line

Pontificate- a lecture about french river crossings

Preach- soft fruit with a speech defect

Pumpkin - to interrogate a family member

Portly- shaped like a harbour

Plebiscite- web page for common people

Paradox- proud owner of famous brand of rubber soled shoes

Poppycock- a streaker on 11th November

Pistachio- trying to draw a moustache on a poster when drunk

Palmistry - the science of trying to find out who your Father was

Precipice- push button toilet

Pastiche- Sean Connery's favourite savoury Cornish food

Pile- Aussie bucket


(Source- Kevin Hales collection of ISIHAC contributions to the Uxbridge English Dictionary)






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