BetaRish's Words

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

slavery, without the historical significance

January 2, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

chaos, confusion

January 3, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

heart attack, pre-packaged

January 3, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Nick Cave

January 3, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Seriously, that was a light paw swot. Wouldn't have hurt the proverbial fly

January 10, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

news for cows

January 12, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Fear of having sex with/sleeping with someone of the star sign Saggitarius. Based on this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1991872,00.html

January 17, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Members of class, identified by working for left-leaning/liberal media organisations in the UK, those which are state-funded, or loss-making in the commercial market, eg BBC, Guardian, Independent, Times.

As defined by Paul Dacre, editor of right wing/leaning newspaper, Daily Mail, in a speech in London, 22 January 2007.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,1996644,00.html

January 23, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Dutch for 'wagging a tail'

January 24, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

The opposite of podcasting

January 24, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Chav taffeta

February 1, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

definitions as provided by Andy Partridge of XTC in last month's The Word magazine:

"dead wood, worthless wood"

"the anal playboy of the king-pin in prison"

February 6, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Russian: rule of the grandfathers

February 14, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Used in an interview with film director Michel Gondry:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2012641,00.html

February 14, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

the return of the dead

March 11, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

a panel sewn into a skirt for added swing

March 11, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

the buying and selling of sacred things

March 11, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

a newsletter

March 17, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

As used in David Peace's novel, 'The Damned United'; vb, to fool or fake an injury, eg, 'He's codding, is that Clough'. Assumed to be regional North-east England dialect.

April 11, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

evening; twilight

April 16, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

the practice of asking one's roommate to find somewhere else to spend the night

April 24, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

sex between couples who live in the same dormitory

April 24, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Accidental ommission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing

April 30, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

A book with white pages

April 30, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

having won a cap for England in football and cricket. See:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/05/01/farewell_milton_and_the_paradi.html

May 1, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

A kind of lychee

May 1, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

80% of people under the age of 25 working in advertising agencies in London don't know what these are.

May 1, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

A Bushism, defined by Simon Hoggart here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2073024,00.html

May 7, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

As used in Garry Wills 'Nixon Agonistes'

May 14, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

As used by Andrew Marr here:

http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2077445,00.html

May 14, 2007

uselessness commented on the list betarish-s-words

I enjoy your citations! Why not add them to the citation area for each word, so the associations aren't lost?

May 14, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

A different definition:

http://www.johnkay.com/strategy/317

May 21, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Is being used more and more as a synonym for 'presentation' or 'speech'. Probably because of the Apple software of the same name.

May 31, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

The non-invasive facelift

June 26, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Norwegian chocolate

July 25, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

New instrument invented by Damon Albarn. Used in his new opera 'Monkey'.

July 26, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

Sign forest

July 29, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

beacon

July 29, 2007

oroboros commented on the list betarish-s-words

BetaRish: see fanal

July 29, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

A combination of anorexic and sexy

August 17, 2007

whichbe commented on the list betarish-s-words

Er... is there any particular reason yr putting these comments/definitions here rather than within the words themselves?

August 17, 2007

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

(pedantrix): a woman who corrects every statement you make. She may derive an element of pleasure from doing this. Sim. to editrix (n).

http://beingbeta.blogspot.com/2008/03/neologisms-1.html

March 4, 2008

betarish commented on the list betarish-s-words

deixis A reference within a sentence that relies on the context being known to interpret correctly. Used here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/12/television2

August 12, 2008

plethora commented on the list betarish-s-words

Hello?

August 12, 2008