In the UK we have a Radio 4 show called Sorry I haven't a Clue. One of the games played is Uxbridge English Dictionary. The game is simple, give a standard word and its alternative meaning, here are some examples: - Cursory - A place where children learn to swear. Halitosis - Bad breath bought on by a comet. Canape - Scottish inability to pay. Binmen - Post-op transexuals. Armish - similar to an arm. Thesauras - A disorder following the eating of a curry. Lip sync - Womans intimate wash basin (my favourite) Malady - Bit like a duck. Midwifery - part way through breaking wind (second favourite). Okay, you get the picture. Your alternatives to common words please.
My faves from the show: Radar - an attack by pirates Bazarre - Barry the pirate Countryside - killing Piers Morgan Mitch
Nice on Mitch. You must be a fan, the first two were from the show aired last week. I remember the countryside joke, even the cast thought it a bit close. Steven Fry at his best. Titilate - delayed puberty. Homophobe - someone who doesn't like the Simpsons. Xenophobia - fear of Buddhists.
It's the best show on Radio He's done a series of pirate definitions on recent shows, I'm trying to remember the others! Perhaps it's time for a Mornington Crescent thread?
Still trying to get my head around the Mornington Crescent rules. Cormorants - Blimey, more ants. Baltic - Involuntary testicle spasm. Defunct - have sense of rhythm removed. 47Martial Man will spontaniously combust when he sees this thread.
Kipling- a fish doing pullups. Funny only to those who do crossfit and know what a ling is, I appreciate. But I'm doing my best.
I do love the show, though I've never managed Mornington Crescent, so I'm staying well away from that thread (5 pages at time of writing - it doesn't take them that long on the show!) I've tried to make some MA related ones. Excuse the badness of some puns :hat: The Deadly - deceased founder of JKD Kali - A bit Marxist Arnis - belonging to Mr Schwarzenegger Right Cross - Very upset Left Cross - Upset and abandoned Roundhouse - An igloo Submission - Orders for the U-Boat captain Hip throw - a trendy rug Inosanto - not guilty Zen - when I had a German accent Hammer Strike - Can't touch this 3 wheeler :bang: MN
I don't want to spoil the secret but you do all know the trick regarding Mornington Crescent? Spoiler there ARE no rules,it's all made up as you go along,you just ACT like you know what your doing,thats the big joke
:hammer: Childhood - young ganster. Disconsolate - record played after midnight. And just for you KE. Evanescent - A welshman who glows in the dark.
Thanks dude, but you have posted this in the incorrect thread. Mornington Crescent has its own thread.
Awesome! That would have meant nothing before, but now you're a Global Mod I'm just going to bask in the glow. While I'm basking you can fill the trophy with champagne. There will be a trophy won't there???
Thanks (though I'm not bringing in an apple). Instead I'm going to risk the other pupils firing spitballs at the back of my head by suggesting some even MORE tenuous ones: Sabre - Just posh, not drunk Escrima - this isn't milk senor kyokushin - soft furnishing goes for the knockout sword and staff - boss has a new motivational style Samurai - Frodo's Japanese friend is not telling the truth Hakama - laugh at Indian philosophy Goju - Cheer on the Israeli Shuriken - of course he'll do it Dim mak - Less intelligent Scotsman Sparring - Two boxers competing for the best massage Boxercise - The window on a boxer's soul And as if those weren't bad enough - here's some I could't even finish properly: Epee - Canadian 'Ep' Ninja - to nnnnnnnn hurt someone Bujinkan - Readily available substitute for fresh 'Booj' Surprising how quickly you can run out of common MA words! Off to try some more. MN
I am impressed once more Mr Martial Novice. Biro - to purchase fish eggs. Herpes - what my wife wins prizes for at the local show. Scandal - footwear you should be ashamed of. Cruise control - scientology.
Some more. Harlequin - one in a set of 5 motorbikes. Satire - seated in an elevated position. Digression - welsh fighting talk. Euthanasia - young people in China. Impending - death of a pixie.