Words of the Day for January 2024
People leave us lovely words in the amusingly named dick, along with short, factual and concise definitions. No really. Here's this month's words so far...
Tuesday January 30th, 2024
Ramsey, Gordon
A man who needs his mouth washed out with soap. He also needs to leave his clothes on when he is on the TV. In fact, all of the time he needs to keep them on. I mean always. Eurgh, he’s dirty.
Oh, and he’s a chef.
Sunday January 28th, 2024
elf
’elf.
The ’elf (as in National ’elf)
National institution devoted to the sick and dying, manned (sorry personned) by a few Doctors and Nurses and a vast army of Bureaucrats.
Saturday January 27th, 2024
Willow
The only sexy lesbian witch there is! She could convert me!...but only because she’s so adept and would use an anti-woofter spell.
Friday January 26th, 2024
Cheese Toastie
One of the nicest and easiest to make foods on the planet.
Apply butter to two slices of bread. Slice/grate cheese onto one and sandwich them together. Grill for a few minutes (works well o na George Forman grill).
Really good with a dollop of ketchup on the plate to dunk in. Or moyannaise. But not both.
Monday January 22nd, 2024
chariots
Decidedly dodgy set of “Health Clubs for gay men” one of which is about 5 mins from Scott’s flat
Sunday January 21st, 2024
circus2iraq
A small group of performers and activists are currently in Iraq performing and running circus skills workshops for the kids.
During the war, one of the most powerful things was playfulness when the bombs were falling – a birthday party, a football game, singing, blowing bubbles.
Anyone with skills, experience, donations or ideas to offer is welcome to get in touch.
Saturday January 20th, 2024
Milton Keynes
“Wouldn’t be nice if all cities where like Milton Keynes”.. *grab Red Balloon"
Friday January 19th, 2024
Mobile Phone
A way to keep employees from having any real time to themselves.
Thursday January 18th, 2024
botch
Verb. 1. To build or repair in a makeshift manner.
2. To do something badly.
Noun. 1. A makeshift construction or repair.
2. A thing done badly.
* All the meanings and uses of ‘botch’ are informal. Cf. ‘bodge’.
Wednesday January 17th, 2024
angel
Spin off from Buffy that went on for 5 seasons and eventually grew into its own show with its own backplot and everything
Thursday January 11th, 2024
Computing
Strange weekly magazine.
Used to be about 3 different magazines mostly funded by Job ads. Then all the jobs went away and they all merged into one magazine called Computing.
It’s very thin these days, and dull, seems to consist mostly of public sector computing project cock-ups.
In order to qualify to receive it, you have to complete a seemingly endless series of questions. I just lied and put down that I have command of a 7 million a year budget on printer toner and that seemed to work.
Wednesday January 10th, 2024
lady grey tea
The liquid that poured from Lady Jane Grey’s neck after she was beheaded
Monday January 8th, 2024
Brussel sprouts
Also known as ’The Devil’s Own Vegetable’. Green things boiled to mush and served up as something you can eat – I mean c’mon!!!
Sunday January 7th, 2024
defenestration
The other tenth may know through academic studies, including, for example the Great Defenestration(s) of Prague.
Also appears in the novel /Hannibal/
Friday January 5th, 2024
vanilla
Soft gay sex, not involving vaginas; Spanish, Latin or otherwise.
Tuesday January 2nd, 2024
Nurses
People who are apparently meant to care for the sick and infirm. Going on experience of some nurses over the phone, I wouldn’t trust them with my Teddy...
Monday January 1st, 2024
Cyndi Lauper
She just wants to have fun, show her true colours, time after time...