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An old favourite from the Douglas Adams stable, well-known to anyone familiar with Pants MC. The game of giving dictionary definitions to place names. Please define the place provided by the previous player, and then post one of your own.
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The traditional cry of someone whose hot teacup has overflowed while they were holding it.

Langwathby

An extra long napkin used on the laps of those who are prone to Auchtermucties.

Wauna

Like a sauna, but lukewarm and with considerably less steam. Generally used when it isn't cold enough to snow outside, either. Believed to be a peculiarly British invention. Angmagssalik
The unintelligable sounds made when you suddenly discover that the drink you've just had was a lot stronger than expected

Totford

Unable to pay bills, due to excessive procreation in recent years.

Egremont

A euphemistic catchphrase-type word for shit.

Pimlico

Posh alcholic ice-cream product.

Knokke-Heist
(German) A description for the *polite* type of bank job. The kind that DOESN'T blow the bloody doors off.

Brisbane

A cocktail of laxative products designed to clear out the most stubborn of bowels.....Also the slang term used for an out of work Bristish ex-pat forced to survive via the Australian social security system!
Sandbach
A quantity of builder's materials

Exeter
What was once a word meaning to dissuade the user from employing the letter 'd'. (Come on, think about it...) Pickering
Sorry, still getting used to this...
Disgusting habit involving klingon removal

Flookborough
A wart protruding downwards from a facial extremity by more than 4 millitres. Stanstead
The feeling you get when alone in the dark and see a shadow move... and then realise it's you own.

Gweek
Where Jonathan Ross goes on holiday

Crudwell

Any space where rubbish tends to accumulate and is too much trouble to ever clean properly: behind the cooker, underneath the wardrobe, and the entire interior of a family car.

Barrow-in-Furness

A hired gardener's excuse for the fact that, after you've left him to do a day's work in the garden, nothing appears to have changed at all apart from the fact that all the weeds are one millimetre taller.

Ankara

An area of land made available to those seeking sanctuary from the daily grind of life (or the tax man). The isle of man was once described as the great ANKARA of the northwest! Lords is also an ANKARA, but only when its raining and no cricket is being played.

Papworth

Nice teats.    I'm leaving, ... yes ... now, really, ... now .... *sound effect of door closing*

Fleetwood

North Country expression meaning to escape from the forest.

Hagley

Prone to bargaining

Bukit Timah
The hat placed by a beggar or street musician to collect donations.

Schleswig-Holstein

A type of Bavarian cow which produces cheese or cream straight from its "Papworths". Its hide is also much sought after for the production of wigs. The type used in court rooms!

Hexam

To cast an evil spell on others.

Kidderminster

A cathedral which serves only young goats. Missisippi
Missisippi
The spouse of a social drop-out or new-age traveller.

Brinksworth

One who never bargains, haggles or compromises, on anything. You cannot have a discussion with such a person, only a flaming row. (cf. Paisley, the opposite of Hagley (see above).)

Chewton Mendip

A superfluous piece of flesh hanging off the face of a very old person.

Omagh

South US exclamation. Raak] Lovely!

Ipswich
Trendy method of turning on the lights Basildon
Damn.

Basildon
Barry is well again.

Shipley

In a nautical manner.

Maidstone

A charm for protecting one's virginity.

Dun Laoghaire

(Pron. "Dunleary"): Technical term for someone who is so drunk they can't even ogle.

Tralee

(Pron Trali) Australian wheeled cart used in sheep stations for removal of fleeces after sheering


Chapmanslade
Jelly used to relieve "athlete's itch."

Tuscaloosa

Elephant dentist.

Lisbon

The complimentary sweets left on your hotel room pillow. Often foul tasting and made of mocolate (pretend chocolate).

Tintwistle

Yorkshire dialect for "It is not a whistle"

Nottingham
New non-invasive form of vasectomy.

Brasted

One of those plastic thingies used in lingery shop windows to display female underwear.

Acton Turville

Pretending to be a great Welsh baritone. (Softers) Unfortunately it's "Bray-sted". :-(

Craven Arms

The feeling of really really needing a hug.

Selma

The name of a brand of salt substitute consisting of small white crystals but otherwise having nothing in common with salt.

Midgeley

A village half way between Uppergeley and Lowergeley.

Acton Turville

You've just done that, you old codger. 'Ave anuvver go, mate. :-)
Have I? Showing my age. :-(
Let's try:
Upper Seagry
Losing the contents of one's digestive system through the upper end, due to seasickness. The more inconvenient Lower Seagry is fortunately less common.

Tirstrup

A narrow band of cloth used to bind the feet after removing after removing an inconvenient thorn, drawing pin or Stickle Brick. The middle of the band is wrapped around the affected area of foot, then the loose ends are criss-crossed around the ankle and lower leg to above the point of the calf where they are knotted. A tirstrup is sturdy (it won't come off even if worn under heavy boots) and can act as a tourniquet if necessary (should the would be the result of snake bite, say).

Derwent

The technical definition of a long hike in heavy rain, usually through inhospitable moorland or over inconveniently large hills, either done by an organised group of people (almost invariably the Ramblers' Association) or over a route well-known enough to have become famous as a long-distance hike in its own right (e.g. the Pennine Way). Ian Botham's famous derwent from John O'Groats to Land's End raised masses of money for leukaemia research, but caused him to do enough long-term damage to his legs and lower back so as to pretty much ruin his cricket career a few years later. He was never the same player again.

Madrid

Thad fit of peak whereby you throw out a load of junk during a tidying session, only to regret it later.

Pinkney

The knuckle of your little finger.

Murmansk

A satisfied semi-somnolent noise made while partaking of a glass of pleasantly strong liqueur in front of a blazing fire on a winter evening.

Edeltoft

The filling inside the most expensive and luxurious of Norwegian duvets.

Garway

A border town so named at the turn of the 17th Century due to the townsmens vocalised dislike of visitors.
Chiswick (Sorry senior moment)
A scented candle used during esoteric Chinese therapy sessions.

Yatton Keynell

A sudden panic experienced when you arrive home from a three-week holiday in foreign climes, and realise that you have no idea where your house keys are.

Ootacamund

Prone, due to heavy drinking.

Vagliagli
An Italian culinary cure for impotence.

The Mumbles
A minor disease, caused by impotence.

Nacton
An micro particle, made up of nuclear/radiocative salt. In its natural state it is deemed to be quite harmless but once processed becomes unstable! In this form it is used as the main flavouring for Knick-Knacks!

Edale

Cheese flavoured with beer.

Kirk Yetholm

A retirement home for starship captains.

St. Dogmaels
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