20 OF THE BEST FROM THE DICTIONARY OF WEIRD WORDS

 

Author: Lewis Claridge (Professor Plum) – 27 June 2003

 

Welcome folks, here are 20 of the best weird words from the famous Dictionary of Weird Words (WWD), complete with reference

 

Next dictionary update – TBC, probably near August/September 2003. (When I get time!)

 

Enjoy!

LJC

 

1                  Jackstick - Dave found crisp packet toy in side of settee. It was called a Jackstick - he then threw it at me, we found the word rather amusing and thus the crazy dictionary was born in late 1999

 

8                  Levvy - Wigley booking the Millwall tickets: "The names? Right, it's Alan Wigley, Dave Levvy, sorry Verrall....". Also a famous Israeli tennis player (Harel Levy), a member of the House of Lords (Lord Levy), also means to charge taxes

 

15              Cincinnati - Watching a Champions League game with Stalky. All of a sudden he goes: Hertha Berlin, what's their sponsor? Is it "Cincinnati Tyres?" Correct answer was "Continental" you muppet!

 

43              Gottle Of Geer - Classic ventriloquism: B equals G here (Example - can I have a gottle of Gecks?) Provided much entertainment on the piss

 

52              .......... Levvy - Dave language for example Jelly Levvy = Dave ate loads of Jelly. Basically anything that ended with "Y" got put before his name.

 

57              Jammies - Utter genius by me. NatWest advert - little smiley orange people walking aimlessly about, then one of them spots a fishing line with the bank's logo fly across. This Jammy's face then drops and so does his ice-cream. The ad also had a catchy tune. Part of a "Don't Blame it on the Sunshine" cover tune: "Don't blame it on the Jammies, don't blame it on the Jelly, don't blame it on the Levvy, blame it on the Jackstick".

 

122          Get Down On Your Knees And Eat The Cheese! - Actually goes way back to 2^nd year at Brannigans, Neil and myself found this slogan there rather funny. Reprised recently (2001) when Stalky confessed to being a fan of Blue (Colin thinks he looks like one of the singers) and S Club 7. All rise!!!!

 

123          Drill And Bus - Classic. Probably the most long-lived of the weird words, it has survived through conception in the early days to the dance floor in the present era. Drill symbolizes my "Pneumatic Drill" style dance when I go ballistic to a tune. Bus is Levvy's style, as when he dances it looks like he's driving a double-decker. Other styles worth mentioning here include Wigley - Gorilla; Deeks - Ruck; Adam - hands in the air; Firth - Dances with bird

 

150     Do You Think I'd Leave You Dying... - Got to be Adam's favourite. Refers to an old Rolf Harris ditty and the time when a seriously hammered Wigley was left to sleep off the booze on the garden outside Windsor Hall. I just couldn't lift him!!! Needless to say he got up before dawn, when he would have awoken to see the whole hall eating breakfast and watching him wake up!!! I was not the most popular person that next day. December 2002 - update!!!! Adam jumped on the tube, leaving a forlorn looking Neil on the station while everyone inside the tube Adam was in pissed themselves.

 

164          Rrrriiiigggghhhhtttt!!! - Adam does a wicked impression of Roy Walker, the host of Catchphrase. Walker's catchphrase itself occurred whenever the contestant got the final answer correct. This caused Walker to blurt out at the top of his voice, "Rrrriiiigggghhhhtttt!!!" Mr Pymble used to always say, "It's good but it's not right". This used to happen especially when I got pissed off at everyone putting the dinner condiments on my tray!

 

165          New Mates - This was said to anyone who was seen talking or sat at dinner with anyone not recognised as a Top Boy. Also occurred with the ladies: For example, I recall a couple of times when Gario was talking to Choppers about Chemistry and got slated after, much to his displeasure.

 

169          Hook, Line And Sinker - In 1^st year, Bario was cycling back from work via Foxhill when he rather unfortunately came across a tight fishing line tied about 5ft in the air across the cycle path. This piece of line tripped him up and Angrio swiftly told us the story at dinner that evening. It even got in Spark, the union paper. Afterwards whenever someone fell for a joke we all looked at Gario and said "well you fell for that Hook, Line and Sinker didn't you?"

 

170          ...........io - I know "Oldio" is already in but the concept needs an explanation. It's rather like the "Y before Levvy" concept ie "Jelly Levvy"/"Lazy Levvy" etc etc. With this, Dario is referred to as opposed to Dave. Recent ones include Dutchio (Gario went to Amsterdam), Smokio, Thickio, E-mailio, Illio, Ignorio, Cocknio and Angrio.

 

184          Fairweather Friend - Has applied to all of us at some stage. Basically happens whenever any of us do something and fail to involve the others. Anyone remember the Brian Lara Cricket tournament that I was refused entry to? Neil? Adam? Levvy?

 

195          Math - You do "the Math" Dario! Relates to the Euro 2004 qualifiers, played in October 2002 and the games between England and Macedonia (2-2, Seaman lobbed from a corner) and Wales versus Italy (2-1 to Wales).  We were all obviously peeved at England's failure to beat Macedonia but Dario, losing to Wales? We ripped it out of him on e-mail but he responded with some line about Wales being better than Macedonia and for us to do the "Math" between the two games. Being a stickler for accuracy, I asked Dario if he was turning American as only they spell "Math" this way. Stalky also waded in on the argument, saying that we'd struck a chord with Danny Baker. Dario responded, mentioning that we were at home while Italy were away and lost to Wales who had "great athletes".

 

211          See You In The College Arms, 8.30pm? - This line was said whenever we planned to go out and didn't know where the venue was. This happened virtually every night as we were so indecisive! I think also this line was initially said as a trick to anyone who was gullible enough to believe it and go to the College Arms alone, looking like a muppet.

 

216          Snooker Ball - This is one of the rare weird words that I have no clue about but nevertheless deserves its place. Refers to a time when some of the boys were playing snooker/pool and Adam smashed a shot in anger. He was playing Neil, who obviously wasn't paying much attention as the ball struck him clean on the forehead. Apparently his face was a picture as he fell to the ground in agony. I wish I'd seen it!

 

263     Mr Cod - Chip shop on Basingstoke Road. Firth likes to go in there and say cunt to the guy behind the counter. "Cod and chips please, cunt" "How much, cunt" "Cheers, cunt". The server never notices though!!!

 

298          Summer Of '99 - Adaptation of Bryan Adams' hit "Summer of '69", always played at Brannies. Well it was the top Boys' first summer, after all. And a good one at that. Happy days!!!

 

302          Tramp - Nellie D's nemesis! Happened on the same night as the "Mind the gap" incident. Neil and Adam were strolling around in the West end, minding their own business when some dirty tramp came out of nowhere, went up to Davies and bellowed at him! Stalky, to put it mildly, shat his pants. Wish I'd been there to see it! I'd have been in stitches (again)!!!