Frances144 Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Aith (n)The single bristle that sticks out sideways on a cheap paintbrush. Fladderbister (n)That part of a raincoat which trails out of a car after you've closed the door on it. Grutness (n)The resolve with which the Queen sits through five days of Polynesian folk dancing. Skellister (n)A very old solicitor. From "The Meaning of Liff" and "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Those are great! Got any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dB Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Those are great! Got any more? There's loads. Get the books. SKIBBEREEN The noise made by a sunburned thigh leaving a plastic chair. SCRAPTOFT The absurd flap of hair a vain and balding man grows long above one ear to comb it plastered over the top of his head to the other ear. KINGSTON BAGPUISE A forty-year-old sixteen-stone man trying to commit suicide by jogging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Some more definitions. Good een Frances144. I'm sure the great Mr Adams wouldn't mind if the list was added to.. Eg, i'm pretty sure an olna (n) is a third nipple, or any extraneous bodily nipple type appendage, but i could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 I wish he had included more Shetland place names. I laughed so much at Skellister!!!! F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dB Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 I wish he had included more Shetland place names. I laughed so much at Skellister!!!! F Skellister's a great one. TOLOB (n.) (if du's auld enough tae remember da ridiculous spelling o Toab on da road signs) A crease or fold in an underblanket, the removal of which involves getting out of bed and largely remaking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 I wish he had included more Shetland place names. I laughed so much at Skellister!!!! F Skellister's a great one. TOLOB (n.) (if du's auld enough tae remember da ridiculous spelling o Toab on da road signs) A crease or fold in an underblanket, the removal of which involves getting out of bed and largely remaking it. Yes. I can see definite parallels between the two.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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