Wordwizard

This question was posted in November of last year, and remains unanswered. Out of curiosity in Australia the word "Fanny" or as it is also colloquially termed "the map of Tassie" (Tasmania being reminiscent in shape) refers to that part of female anatomy or 'front bottom' as Robert kindly touched on...

Well I just thought that using a silly pun as a heading would parse muster and then parse into obscurity.

Surely by definition a Suicide Blonde has to be dyed by her own hand?

Without going too deeply into the topic, I thought frigging was a euphemism for female masturbation.

This is interesting, because Dystopic does have a meaning in medicine. It is something that is in the wrong place as well being better knownas a sort of negative image of Utopia. But, in exactly the same way that we talk of a Utopian society, I can personally see no reason whatsoever not to speak of...

Many thanks both. Ken's post summed up my confusion a treat.

Good name for a band though, except it could sound like the vehicle that the Brothers Gibb used to travel to gigs. Bee Gee Bus.

Please get me out of a mental block. If you were to parse the sentence “He flew to London by aeroplane”, what is "by"?

I would agree with Fowler's last sentence.

I brought up my children, I would probably not use either of the two other options, although I would not queston their use by someone else.

We have long grass over here, and when I was younger I had lots of fun I had in it I vaguely remember.

I had a trip to the Supermarket today, not a single Brussel, all sprouts were Brussels.

And there was me thinking that “crud” meant uselessly horrid.

"You're welcome", is obviously a contraction of "You are welcome", which could be substituted for "It's a pleasure", "Don't mention it", "Not a problem" etc.

The word itself is pretty ancient, meaning, I'm pretty certain, that it is a pleasure to see someone arrive.

Bozo, I'm still with you. Chaucer couldn't spell anyway! I must say the rest of the evidence seems convincing though.

Personally, I'm a "whet" man, and I think you are right, you want to sharpen your whistle, not drown it.