Kim Thomas (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kimthomas) wrote,@ 2009-01-19 12:38:00 |
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My most amusing Christmas present...
...was the Uxbridge English dictionary, which consists of new definitions for old words. Favourites so far:
Aromatic – a gadget used by Robin Hood
Gripes – what Australians make wine from
Heathrow – Brief description of what a baggage handler does
Paucity - Liverpool
Pre-Raphaelite – one who leaves before the raffle
Soupçon – dinner’s nearly ready
Spectacular – a short-sighted vampire
Veneer – Flemish painter of floorboards
