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simonjmr

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"Faraged" - to be literally and actually hoisted with ones own petard

"Portillo" - the moment when smug satisfaction turns into grim realisation that you fears are actually real.

"Jacqui" - a feeling that things can't get any worse, then the DVD rental bill arrives.

"Osborne" - everything can be fixed by a sub from Mater

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At the risk of being pedantic, it should be 'hoisted with ones own petard'.

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Scroat

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Equally at risk, it should be 'hoist.'

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"Goldsmith" (vb)- to operate under a different moral code from the rest of us as a direct consequence of excessive poshness.

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"Cameron" (vb) to make friendly overtures to gain a foothold on power, before screwing out of existence.

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"Clegg" - to throw away all your political ideology and convictions at the first whiff of power.

"Adam Boulton" extreme political bias that results in the loss of ones composure, ultimately shouting "Don't tell me what I think"

"Campbell" to exasperate and chide a TV presenter into committing an Adam Boulton

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Re: Act 3 Scene 4. I contend that originally it was "by" and not "with". Ask Claudius, he'll know.

"My Darling": term of false endearment often aimed at ones partner after they have squandered your fortune and left you in hock.

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"Campbell" (alt) : Church bell that has a pink muffler on its whimbling iron during practice.

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Scroat

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Oooh Sooty, you are awful!

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andhrimnir

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I suspect a little of Larry Grayson in you there, Scroat.

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"Triesman" - to ruin, destroy, hinder the best laid plans with unfounded gossip and speculation.

"Triesman" - to engage in extra marital liaison, under the expectation that you won't be found out in a spectatular fashion

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Cable (vb) - to know more than someone with more power than you that everyone wishes would give you the job

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clegg, (old eng.) from clegg-nuts, little bits of shit that hang around an arsehole.
also, winnits, (geordie equivalent)

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mandelsonn; ladies front bottom before clitorectomy; a complete cunt.

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"Laws" - to reach the pinnacle of your career only for skeletons in you closet to force a hasty resignation. To rise and fall quicker than the Syrian Empire.

"Birdy" - quietly unassuming psychopath who wouldn't hurt a fly, but would massacre at least 13 people.

"Walcott" - tabloid excuse for Capello's World Cup failure also see Beckham, Rooney and Walcott

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Cameron (verb) - To unsuccessfully gain the attention of a lady therefore forcing you to team up with others in order to fuck someone.
"I say, Holmes isn't having much luck with Lady Carstaires. Oh it's alright he's persuaded Watson to help him pull a Cameron on her."

EDIT: Whoops, Apologies to Scroat... Didnt see your post when I wrote this.

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To darkbill (vb) - To run a satirical news website ostensibly for amateur contributors, yet sneak in your own stories when the best writers have all got bored and wandered off.

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Clegg - to Clegg is to drastically change your opinion and electoral polices once in power.

Cable - a once respected or venerated person, who through lack of backbone losses all respect from their peers, and is on the verge of becoming an Opik.

Clifford - the international measurement of guilt.

Roaul - psychopath and friend of Gazza.

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The SI unit for rate of spin in any dynamic system has been standardised as the Mandelson, or Mandy for short.

as in

"We have predicted the Higgs Boson should be spinning at almost 14 kilomandys if the Standard Model of particle physics is correct."

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'Blatter (vb)' - To render people speechless by proposing something outrageously hypocritical.
eg "He blattered his critics by offering to personally oversee a new FIFA anti-corruption committee"

'Ponting (n)' Mass sulking after being roundly thrashed at cricket.
eg "The Australians ponting was plain for all to see during the recent Ashes series"

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An Assange is a secret that is so exciting that you can't resist sharing it with everyone you know, even though you know you really shouldn't.

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We could have a new left hand column here methinks?

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Parker-Bowles: The range of expressions of complete outrage at being set upon by louts.

"The Duchess's face displayed the complete gamut of Parker-Bowles as she was first jostled and then poked with a stick"

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Ancelotti (n.) from the Italian for dog's breakfast
eg "Chelsea's season had become a complete Ancelotti."

Similarly, Hodgson(vb) To make a sows ear out of a silk purse
eg "The manager had completely Hodgsoned up Liverpool's season."

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Wales - SI unit of area.

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Gove (n.) prat - Basically someone who is a major idiot, or is delusional and dumb. Acts against logic and thinks he is self-righteous.

eg "That Minister for Education is a right gove"

Kate (n.) hot totty, pretty young lady, eye candy.

eg "That Middleton girl is a right bit of kate."

Kate (n.) Cockney rhyming slang for Skate - Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays.

eg "Kate, chips and curry sauce please mate"

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Milliband (n) to elicit a blank, uncomprehending stare followed by the question 'who?'. e.g "I told Bob that I saw Glenn McGrath in Tescos the other day - he was totally Millibanded."

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Cowell (verb) - To make vast sums of money through recycling insubstantial material

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Blatter - the sound an anus makes at the realisation that you've just wasted millions of pounds on a dead horse.

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Following on from De-Scribe's earlier comments and we could also add in perennials such as Badger Fisting, Puffin Twatting, Flounce, Evil Island etc

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