Author: Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:29:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
First off - thanks for all your advice and suggestions. As a trial run, I jacked up the car using the floor jack under the pumpkin. Then I slid a 2X4 under the car just forward of the front (rear spr
Chuffed = Happy, pleased. As in: "Well chuffed", "chuffed to mint balls" or, As in: "Chuffin' Nora!" an exclamation of surprise. Usually, but not restricted to, a happy unexpected event. or, As in: "
While you're at it, Guy, can you explain the origin of one of my Chuffed = Happy, pleased. As in: "Well chuffed", "chuffed to mint balls" or, As in: "Chuffin' Nora!" an exclamation of surprise. Usual
Oh yeah, and while watching them fit the waist trim to the MGB, they had to drill the door. The host said that if the trim wasn't lined up correctly it would "look absolutely pants" WHAT??? I am wear
That would be when someone hauks a big greeny up in the air, it shows good hang time just before it "snacks" you in the face. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
Check out http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gob1.htm http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/gobsmacked?view=uk http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gobsmacked Origin hard to find, long URL's for Ed. Gilr
Interestingly enough, my "British English From A to Zed" gives the following definition: " This curious bit of Army slang has two diametrically opposed meanings, depending on the context. In case of