Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Requiescat in pace – RIP

My Desktop PC

Trip to computer heaven

Dying a slow death


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Obscure words explained 64. – Spoonerism

SPOONERISM

Letters are transposed

Blushing crow for crushing blow

name from Miss Spooner


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Unusual U.K. Place Names 13. – Dull

DULL

There’s a place called Dull

in Scotland It is twinned with

Boring Oregon


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Obscure words explained 62. – gusto

GUSTO

Hearty enjoyment

as in eating or drinking

in action or speech


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Obscure words explained 57. – chutzpah

CHUTZPAH

Show flagrant boldness

Audacious propaganda

telling barefaced lies


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Obscure words explained 52. – # octothorpe

# OCTOTHORPE

the true name for # (hash)

a tag sign often called pound

great for Tic Tac Toe

Note: For British readers: Tic Tac Toe is the same as noughts and crosses


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Obscure words explained20. – Moxie

MOXIE

force of character

or a show of confidence

and cool headedness


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Obscure words explained 6. – bamboozle

BAMBOOZLE

Defraud, trick or cheat

bamboozlers always do this

Trump is a  master


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Beware: Ambassadors at Work

Yeah! Sir Kim Darroch

called Trump and his gang, inept

An understatement.


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The idiot

He’s an idiot

I am talking about Trump

We must vote him out