Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Unusual U.K. Place names 8. – Trull

TRULL

Village near Taunton

Name is derived from trendle

a circle or wheel


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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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Unusual U.K. place names 2. – Lulsgate Bottom

LULSGATE BOTTOM

Bristol’s airport site

former Royal Air Force base

A great place to land


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Obscure words explained 58. – metronome

METRONOME

Device with sound clicks

Audible beats per minute

help for musicians


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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 56. – ipso facto

IPSO FACTO

By the fact itself.

One who is caught red-handed

commiting a crime

 


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obscure words explained 55. – lacuna

LACUNA

Some unfilled spaces

An empty heart without love

A book’s missing page


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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 explained51. – dabble

DABBLE

to splash or spatter

The moon over the water

dabbling the waves gold