# In message <9207071629.utk16844@SC9.intel.com>,
# Daren Stone writes:
daren> Okay, how's about this one; When I returned the
daren> borrowed van form the Mexican adventure (soon to be
daren> featured here), the next borrower e-mailed me that I
daren> had left my "brolly" inside. Now, normally I'd have
daren> been concerned, but I had no idea what the brolly was,
daren> except that I had left mine behind. Special points for
daren> the correct answer from a non-brit ;-)
Umbrella. Bumper-shoot. (I'm Norwegian-Italian-American)
daren> Also, lest we forget some other favourites;
daren> -pissed
drunk.
daren> -wanker
bozo. (in polite terms)
daren> -??????
Cor, what?
Now if you want to extend to cockney rhyming slang, I've got
quite a thesis started on that...
- MM
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