AKACroatalin's definitions

Uffish

It’s a neologism invented by Lewis Carroll nearly 150 years ago and means Grumpy, crotchety, ill-tempered or as Carroll put it “uffish is a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish." Carroll invented the word and used it in the poem Jabberwocky which appears in the book “Through The Looking Glass”. It’s still used occasionally in the South West of England.

He can be an uffish old sod at times.

by AKACroatalin April 28, 2015

Also Known As

This is a phrase used to introduce aliases, nicknames, working names, legalised names, author’s pen names and so on. Identical in meaning to the old English word Yclept, it is often abbreviated to AKA.

Politicians, also known as two-faced exponents of weasel words.

by AKACroatalin May 17, 2015

Damaging

Damaging is an adjective; it means causing physical damage or having a detrimental effect on someone or something. So if someone is given the cold shoulder or sent to Coventry it can be damaging to their health and well-being. If someone is given a smack in the chops for no reason, this can affect their emotional well-being as well as being physically damaging.

Malcolm’s temperamental bullshit is extremely damaging to both the project and his co-workers.

by AKACroatalin August 22, 2016

A Eunuch’s Ball Sack

This is an expression used to denote something that is irrelevant, useless or unfit for purpose. If you wanted to say someone was stupid, you could say “Her head is as empty as a eunuch’s ball sack.” If you wanted to say someone was useless, “He’s as much use as a eunuch’s ball sack.” Cowardly “If courage was balls you’d be a eunuch’s ball sack.” The expression is versatile and can be adapted to a wide variety of purposes.

Malcolm you are the epitome of a eunuch’s ball sack.

by AKACroatalin April 21, 2015

Squitter

Slang from South West England, a squitter is a thoroughly nasty, smelly, disgusting squirt of liquid or semi-liquid faecal matter. Usually used as a plural, the squitters is an attack of diarrhoea brought on usually by overindulgence in alcoholic refreshment. Using squitter in the singular form means a single squirt of repulsive, stinking, watery shit and by extension a repulsive, stinking, watery shit of a person. In both cases the best thing to do is flush the toilet with plenty of disinfectant.

"Malcolm, you're nothing but a two-faced squitter!"

by AKACroatalin April 16, 2015

Jibber Jabber

Jibber jabber is Incoherent and unintelligible rapid speech often in slang or patois. Used in the UK as a disparaging name for other languages such as French, Spanish or American.

“It was all jibber jabber. Couldn’t understand a dam’ word the wretched feller was sayin’, Jeeves.”
“But, Milord, he was an American.”
“Yes?”

by AKACroatalin June 4, 2015

Heale

Contrary to some theories, this is not a British adaptation of the American pejorative cognomen heel. In the USA it means someone who is a bit of a petty jerkoff but in Britain it is applied to people who are total shits, the wasters, skates, snotrags and OICs who plague society like festering sores. The word is said to derive from the British upper class pronounciation of 'hole' (heale) an abbreviation of the word 'arsehole' (awseheale). It was first used by upper classes in the early twentieth century when it became fashionable for flappers to use ‘bad’ language. For a long time it was virtually unknown outside fashionable cliques like the Cliveden Set and was frequently used to describe people they didn't like. It wasn’t until comparatively recently that it became more widely known due to the internet and period dramas. More people began using it although there is still some confusion with the American insult heel. A rather snide use is to use it to refer to someone, knowing that they know what it means, or that it will get back to them, strangely it usually seems to be women who use it in this way.

“That vile creature Malcolm is trying to give Kim hell because he heard she called him a Heale.”
“The fact he’s having a hissy fit and she’s smiling makes me think she got it right.”

by AKACroatalin November 30, 2016