Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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War fare in the blood

WAR FARE IN THE BLOOD

Coumadin tablets

anti-coagulation

it’s I-N-R time


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Obscure words explained79. – phubbing

PHUBBING

Are you phubbing me?

Be quiet I am talking

on my mobile phone

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 64. – Claxby Pluckacre

CLAXBY PLUCKACRE, Lincolnshire

Medieval village

Was deserted long ago.

Had church which fell down


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Obscure words explained 74. – thersitical

THERSITICAL

Scurrilous, foul-mouthed

words have  beauty all their own.

I say, bite your tongue


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Unusual U.K. place names 62. – Petty France

PETTY FRANCE, Gloucestershire

Not remrkable

not much history to tell

not written, that is.


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Icing on the lake

ICING ON THE LAKE

The red flag has popped

A Northern is on the line

Ice hole refreezes


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Obscure words explained 84. – toponym

TOPONYM

Word for a place name

Especially one derived

from local features

 


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Obscure words explained 83. – plethoric

PLETHORIC

Such as pompous speech

by the man who would be king

Turgid, inflated.


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Unusual U.K. place names 63. – Stow on the Wold

STOW on the WOLD, Gloucestershire

\Where the wind blows cold

Town’s patron was St. Edward

\Once called Edwardstow