oracle's definitions

smoking

Way of paying large amounts of tax.

Dont talk to me about income tax... i smoke

by oracle March 12, 2004

rhubarb

Complete and utter bollocks.

"Stop talking rhubarb"

by oracle March 12, 2004

jobs a goodun

See jobs a good'un.

Only seen it in print once, in Time Out London, and thats how it was spelled.

by oracle March 12, 2004

tube tannoy

System of stiff, pre-recorded announcements on the tube. Bastard annoying repeated at every stop every morning and evening.

"The next station is Charing Cross. Change here for the Northern Line and National Rail services. Alight here for Trafalgar Square"...Train stops..."This is Charing cross"...continues as before..."This is a Bakerloo Line train for Harrow and Wealdstone. This train is ready to depart- stand clear of the closing doors"... BEEP BEEP BEEP

by oracle March 12, 2004

aston expressway

Truely hard core road in north Birmingham, officially the A38(M). 7 lanes of mayhem, with tidal flow and no divider, which all ends up at Spaghetti Junction. Class.

The title screen of "Fifth Gear" on channel 5.

by oracle January 25, 2005

back of a bus

Ugly, eg "Face like the back of a bus".

Hes got a face like the back of a bus

by oracle March 12, 2004

summon a bus

To light a cigarette while waiting for a bus at a bus stop. Derived from the belief in murphy's/sod's law, which states that a bus (on which smoking is not permitted) will always arrive shortly after a cigarette is lit.

(Man waiting for bus): "Ill just summon the bus.."

by oracle March 7, 2005