Abundance — A rival form of dance to that of Morris Dancing, often performed with food items as props (real meaning — plenty, large quantity).
Ajillytea — A type of hot drink valued by older people for improving their movements (see also ‘Mohbillytea’).
Annasteeja — Where people now store their tea bags, named after the first person to do so (not to be confused with ‘anaesthesia’, with a danger of losing consciousness, if thinking about it too much).
Banks-a-daisy — The phrase used by council officials when they realise that by ordering a wall to be repainted, they had covered-up a famous Banksy painting.
Beejive — Dance hall for bees.
Bindaloo — A choice of two places to dispose of any food that turned-out to be too hot or spicy for you.
Bumptious — A person who constantly bumps into other people or things (real meaning — Irritatingly self-assertive).
Calmber — Peaceful driving techniques on the curves of the road.
Catmandoo — A person of the male persuasion who looks after cats — not to be confused with any geographic location.
Crashcade — A large waterfall falling violently down a steep and rocky slope.
Delightfull — A fully charged torch — not to be confused with ‘Delightful’, which is the feeling you have when you have a Delightfull.
Delikate — All the Katherines in the world who work in a Delicatessen (not to be confused with ‘Delicate’ — whatever that means).
Ebullyonce — The label given to you upon a first conviction of cyber-bullying — not to be confused with ‘ebullience’ which is the quality of being cheerful and full of energy or exuberance — not something you are likely to be feeling, if found guilty of cyber-bullying.
Elicksher — The behaviour that happens when the love potion (Elixir) hasn’t quite gone to plan.
Embrogueation — A liquid polish available to rub into your leather shoes.
Feesible — How easy it is to raise prices.
Fecility — Intense happiness over the property you own.
Foolfilling — Feeling good about keeping your jester well-fed.
Gosummer — The kind of light clothing worn during the hotter months.
Graysfull — Reminding us that there can only be fifty shades.
Handsum — Beautiful arithmetic.
Hugh Millity — The first person to express a modest view of their own importance.
Imbrollyoh — A damp person having a confused and complicated sense of identity.
Incandyscent — A sense of wonder about the ingredients of a fragrance.
Jamflow — Being in start-stop traffic.
Kindrind — Easy to peel.
Lagloom — A stretch of salt water, separated from the sea by a low sandbar or coral reef, seen at night.
Langsquid — Low, relaxed and lengthy, Scottish Cephalopod.
Marshmellow — Very relaxed plants in a watery environment.
Marvel-lush — Extraordinary capacity to permanently remain inebriated.
Mohbillytea — A type of hot drink valued by older people for improving their movements (see also ‘Ajillytea’).
Nemesister — Long-standing rivalry with your female sibling.
Nourishdent — Eating food that is bad for you.
Onomatoplayah — Small children who are often found playing on a mat.
Optimemstick — Confident about what might be contained on your memory stick.
Panorrhoea — A remedy, supposed to fix all ailments, that has passed right through the body.
Paradice — The best casino ever.
Phoria — the way to experience a state of intense excitement, now that Brexit has occurred.
Quanticky — Clock running fast.
Quipple — A really tiny objection.
Rasturous — Feeling good about your dreadlocks.
Rat-a-too-wee — Mainly vegetable dish, with a delicate hint of rodent.
Solistude — In a class by oneself.
Sonarus — Detecting the sound of each other.
Ten-Ass-City — A place containing a determined collection of donkeys.
Towelerance — Putting-up with rough towels.
Umbrolly — Uncertain protection from the rain.
Unbashed — Not ashamed of not being attacked.
Varnation — Hard, shiny land.
Vestidol — A very small statue of a god.
Whollyness — Those pictures which depict the entirety of the Loch Ness monster.
Wireship — Sending a message to a god.
Xenopleb — Of the common people in another country.
Xyloemail — Electronically conveying the sound of musical instruments made of wood.
Yearnspheres — Longing for the marbles lost a long time ago.
Yesterweek — Last week.
Zealdeal — The enthusiasm of (only) politicians referring to post-Brexit trade agreements.
Zonealone — Having been ‘sent to Coventry’.
Fraser
April 2023