Nick, nick: A verb AND a noun

Jim Davidson's (British 80's stand-up comedian) catch-phrase used to be "nick,nick".  You'd hear him say it more than a few times in a show.
You see, he often got nicked himself, and I don't necessarily mean with a razor blade.
When you get nicked, you get taken down the nick. 
Furthermore, some people get nicked for nicking things.
Usage [...]

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Me, Juvenile? Never!

Without language so much humour would be lost. Mainly juvenile humour.
Most of you will already have seen what's coming here, either because you're juvenile or once were. Perhaps you've just seen it and detest defacement.
I was itching to reach for the can of spray paint when I saw this estate agent's sign the [...]

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Scud Tharriz

It's good that is.
Actually, some people say "it's mint" or "last night was mint".
It's an expression that has finally started to bug the crap out of me, but folk around here are saying it all the time. I've no idea where it comes from. Can anybody help?
What pisses me off more is when the [...]

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Language and Psychology

WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY
Language and psychology go hand in hand, especially in marketing.
The other day I picked up the travel version of a popular board game. Let’s take a look at the the picture on the front of the box:

All nice words, nice and pleasant: cruise, train, friends, relax. There, that last one: relax. [...]

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From The French

I’ve learned a new word from my black female co-workers.
“Bouji.”
It’s a way to describe someone who is materialistic, polished, caught up in the things that seemingly signify status.
Usually, it’s used to explain to a man who is just a regular guy that a girl he might be interested in is simply too “bouji” for him.
The [...]

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The Full Gamut

There seem to be these words that are used for one purpose and one purpose only.
Take the phrase “high-strung,” to describe someone who’s constantly in a state of agitation.
So, if someone isn’t “high-strung,” would they then be “low-strung?”
We use the term only in one sense. In many ways, it works, because it’s the best way [...]

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Holy exclamation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are many ways of expressing surprise.
Recently I was asked what I meant when I said ‘fucking spiders’ for no immediately obvious reason. I’ve no idea what the origins of this exclamation are but would hazard a guess that it has something to do with the surprise of seeing spiders copulating (a rare sight) or [...]

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