a) The opposite of an ovation - a special moment where nobody claps. b) A legal term for the replacement of an old contract with a new one. c) The act of getting egg on your face.
a) The opposite of an ovation - a special moment where nobody claps. b) A legal term for the replacement of an old contract with a new one. c) The act of getting egg on your face.
officially it's b) but in the case of the mancunian wankpuffin shyster very much c)
Word of the day is running a little late due to all the excitement on the TS and BS threads, but here we are as promised with @NornIrishAddick's Pettifogger.
Is it:
a) As mentioned above, a first cousin of the mountebank. b) A small device used to emit dry ice at stage shows and discotheques (compare with grandfogger, a somewhat larger device used for Ibiza raves, Pink Floyd concerts and Vincent Price films). c) A pouch of potpourri which is sewn into a ladies petticoat to counter the effects of flatulence, dry gusset, wet gusset, stink creek and associated maladies.
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From the Brandsmiths to Southall letter. Cited by @Henry Irving and others on the Southall - Bassini thread.
Is it:
a) The opposite of an ovation - a special moment where nobody claps.
b) A legal term for the replacement of an old contract with a new one.
c) The act of getting egg on your face.
Making its 3rd appearance today courtesy of @McBobbin on the Brexit thread, just two days after its previous mention by @NornIrishAddick on the same thread. Its debut was brought to us by @ColinTat back in July on the Birmingham v Charlton Post Match Thread.
Is it:
a) A financial institution operated by the Canadian Mounted Police.
b) A small mountain named after a monocled boxer.
c) A charlatan or swindler.
Which is, of course, a first cousin of the pettifogger (or in Mr. Farnell's case, pettifogging viper).
Word of the day is running a little late due to all the excitement on the TS and BS threads, but here we are as promised with @NornIrishAddick's Pettifogger.
Is it:
a) As mentioned above, a first cousin of the mountebank.
b) A small device used to emit dry ice at stage shows and discotheques (compare with grandfogger, a somewhat larger device used for Ibiza raves, Pink Floyd concerts and Vincent Price films).
c) A pouch of potpourri which is sewn into a ladies petticoat to counter the effects of flatulence, dry gusset, wet gusset, stink creek and associated maladies.