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lovelylad

egg

What's the derivation of the saying 'he got egg on his face'?
08:16 Mon 24th Sep 20012 answers, last by sgs 07:16 Mon 01st Oct 2001
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mother

flickers

Why do we say 'going to the flicks' when we're going to see a film?
21:06 Sun 23rd Sep 20011 answer, last by boatman 09:27 Tue 25th Sep 2001
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Birchy

Nausea Rhymes

Is the rhyming word of Cockney rhyming slang supposed to be said? When asking for a gin you'd just say "Vera" wouldn't you? I once heard that this slang was originally used as a type of code to...
08:43 Tue 25th Sep 20012 answers, last by boatman 09:22 Tue 25th Sep 2001
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cynthia dyke

Minimise

Who first coined the phrase minimise?
11:08 Mon 17th Sep 20011 answer, last by boatman 14:38 Thu 20th Sep 2001
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helenpilcher

Pound of flesh

What does 'a pound of flesh' refer to?
14:21 Thu 20th Sep 20012 answers, last by andy hughes 20:04 Fri 21st Sep 2001
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sgs

Who was that masked man?

And while we're on the subject of long words, what was that bit in The Lone Ranger by the group Quantum Jump? 'Tayami....' Someone out there must have memorised it.
11:06 Fri 31st Aug 20011 answer, last by boatman 10:10 Tue 04th Sep 2001
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lovelylad

Cornish pasty

I overheard someone saying something like 'with tree, pole and pen, so will you know Cornish men' (??). What were they on about? I'm from Cornwall and I've never heard that rhyme before.
07:08 Thu 16th Aug 20014 answers, last by sgs 13:42 Mon 27th Aug 2001
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boatman

Canine conundrum

We used to hear the phrase 'running dogs' (usually of imperialist capitalist reactionaries) quite a lot? Why are running dogs considered an insult?
07:25 Wed 01st Aug 20014 answers, last by pdn2p 15:33 Mon 01st Nov 2004
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Birchy

Propped Up

Has anybody ever mispronounced the word 'malapropism' in a humorous way?
10:40 Fri 27th Jul 20011 answer, last by boatman 19:56 Fri 03rd Aug 2001
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Birchy

A Tad Puzzling

Why do Americans call tadpoles pollywogs?
09:48 Wed 25th Jul 20011 answer, last by boatman 09:30 Thu 26th Jul 2001
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uttsmanager

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The film was adapted from James M Cann's novel. What's the title alluding to?
02:59 Thu 19th Jul 20012 answers, last by boatman 10:00 Mon 23rd Jul 2001
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Birchy

Sixth Sense

When - exactly - did media types first start pronouncing the word "sixth" as "sikth"? Or are pronunciation standards simply slipping?
19:04 Wed 04th Jul 20013 answers, last by Janetx 12:32 Mon 16th Jul 2001
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Birchy

Absolutely.....or not?

When - officially - did the word "absolutely" replace "perhaps", "hmm", "I don't know" and several other non-commital utterings? People today use the word to mean "anything but the absolute". At seems...
12:44 Fri 22nd Jun 20012 answers, last by Ed Ancona 21:55 Sat 24th Nov 2001
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bob.hayden

Watkins Pitchfork / BB

What did Watkins Pitchfork write under the nom de plume of BB
20:23 Sun 13th May 20011 answer, last by boatman 09:07 Tue 22nd May 2001
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sloth

John Prescott

Did John Prescott's recent burst of "self defence" impress or disgust people? Will it change the way anyone votes in the election?
09:38 Fri 18th May 20015 answers, last by netjet 20:15 Sun 27th May 2001

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