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PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 7:14:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Baroana Balls up? Not an expression here. Does it mean the opposite of balls down? No, it means 'something of a rather awkward and embarrassing mess'. ;-)

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 7:15:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 Ok, granted I am an American. And there's nothing wrong in that at all, JLF! [:)]

Baroana -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 7:18:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: ORIGINAL: Baroana Balls up? Not an expression here. Does it mean the opposite of balls down? No, it means 'something of a rather awkward and embarrassing mess'. ;-) Can you give us an example of how the Queen would use it in a sentence?

hlen5 -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 7:39:44 AM)
Baroana, I don't think the Queen would (if your post was tongue in cheek, please disregard!)! Peon, What's a berk?

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:27:42 PM)
NM - double post

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:32:45 PM)
You are correct and I think Baroana was trifling with me with her impudent question. Berk is cockney rhyming slang - Berkeley Hunt = cnt. It's not as harsh as cnt as an insult; somewhat stronger than just 'idiot', though. [/quote]

jlf1961 -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:37:57 PM)
I am trying to get my mind wrapped around "sticky wicket" WTF is a wicket?

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:43:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 I am trying to get my mind wrapped around "sticky wicket" WTF is a wicket? One of the three sticks behind the batsman that the bowler aims at in cricket.

Baroana -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:49:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer You are correct and I think Baroana was trifling with me with her impudent question. Berk is cockney rhyming slang - Berkeley Hunt = cnt. It's not as harsh as cnt as an insult; somewhat stronger than just 'idiot', though. Don't you mean "having a laugh" or "taking a piss"?

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:52:08 PM)
Yep. That too. [;)] But taking THE piss.

Baroana -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 12:53:18 PM)
THE piss? OMG is there only one piss???? I'm going to be rich!!!

Politesub53 -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 4:24:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Baroana THE piss? OMG is there only one piss???? I'm going to be rich!!! Whys that...Is it special. [8D]

TAFKAA -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 7:47:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 I am trying to get my mind wrapped around "sticky wicket" WTF is a wicket? One of the three sticks behind the batsman that the bowler aims at in cricket. Normally, yes - in this context it actually refers to the cricket pitch. For our American friends, a sticky wicket is where rain has affected the cricket pitch and due to it still drying out, the bounce of the ball is uneven and difficult for the batsman to predict. So basically a sticky wicket is a difficult and/or unpredictable circumstance.

Baroana -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/26/2013 7:48:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Politesub53 quote: ORIGINAL: Baroana THE piss? OMG is there only one piss???? I'm going to be rich!!! Whys that...Is it special. [8D] According to a ton of guys on this site, yes it is!

Politesub53 -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/27/2013 10:23:58 AM)
LOL..... I guess I asked for that.

Moonhead -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/27/2013 12:00:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer It's not as harsh as c*nt as an insult; somewhat stronger than just 'idiot', though. That's more because most people don't know the provenance you've cited for the word than anything else, though. [;)]

LadyPact -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/27/2013 12:08:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: ORIGINAL: Baroana Balls up? Not an expression here. Does it mean the opposite of balls down? No, it means 'something of a rather awkward and embarrassing mess'. ;-) So basically the same thing as tits up? Not that "tits up" makes a lot of sense in the first place.

Moonhead -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/27/2013 12:11:14 PM)
Not exactly the same, but similar. As a rule, only a real noun can be said to go tits up, whereas almost anything that's gone badly wrong can be described as a balls up.

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/27/2013 12:12:37 PM)
True. But you know how it is, if a word's used without much venom behind it often enough, it becomes a word that just isn't that bad. The reverse happens, too, pretty frequently. 'Vagina' and 'cunt' can mean the same thing, but yobboes haven't traditionally spat the words 'You vagina!' at reviled enemies. Incidentally did you know that bollocks are the "The pulley-blocks at the head of topmasts"? (WordWeb) Which meaning came first - that of the the droopy, hairy things, or that of the nautical things? A question for us all to ponder this night.

PeonForHer -> RE: For the Brits on the boards. (1/27/2013 12:14:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyPact Not that "tits up" makes a lot of sense in the first place. Probably describes the position of tits if a woman's lying flat on her back, dead or unconscious.

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