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dead as a doornail

Goes way past brain death, if your are dead as a doornail prepare to become a 'hotel for worms'.
Dodos perhaps are the only creatures with a similar lack of animation; see dead as the dodo.
On the morticians slab both Qusay and Uday were laid out cold, both dead as a doornail, they looked so peacfull that it made me really happy to see them lying there.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Short arm inspection

The part of a medical inspection when the doctor asks the (male) inspectee to cough.
Get the platoon lined up in front of the medical officer for short arm inspection.
by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004
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yuppie

A Young Upwardly Mobile Professional Person;
Bastard offspring of Thatchers 1980's Conservative Britain, suckled on her extreme form of capitalism the yuppies prime goal in life was to make as much money as possible in as short a time as possible.

Concepts such as morality, fairness and honesty were alien to the yuppie philosophy in his/her insatiable drive to become rich as possible before the age of forty.

The yuppie had complete disdain for people with little or no money and could spend the equivilent of a manual workers weekly wage 'doing lunch' in a wine bar.
Onlooker: Look at that poor bag lady over there, she has collapsed with hyperthermia.

Friend: Yes and is that a yuppie pissing on her!

Onlooker: Yes it is, but that's only because his friend set light to her first.
by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004
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Cassock lifter

Clergyman from any number of different Christian sects who introduce young alterboys and choirboys to the mysterious inner working of the church by the secret ceremony of the lifting of the cassock.
Choirboy: The Reverend has asked me to stay behind and help him to find some coins that fell off the collection plate and rolled under the alter.

Alterboy: Don't do it, trust me dude, he's a total cassock lifter.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Flavour of the month

Used in an ironic way by a person who views many objects or values produced by society with little value or as throw away, disposable assets that plebs may find temporarily attractive.
Bill: Sparkies great he has all the lates CD's and wears the latest clothes.

Bo: Yeh! it's just whatever's the flavour of the month with him though.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Chocolate teapot

UK: Insult used in the military when a recruit is either accident prone, clumsy, just plain slow or a combination of these.

Variations include:
Chocolate kettle
Chocolate fireguard.
PRIVATE you have left your safety catch of AGAIN...YOU ARE A SLOB, you are about as much use as a fekin' CHOCOLATE TEAPOT!, etc, etc....
by Blue Cawdrey November 22, 2004
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Lager Voucher

UK: Derogative term describing fortnightly British social security cheque paid to the unemployed.
Lets go and cash the lager voucher and get pissed.
by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004
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