2009年7月13日星期一

crap , piddle, spanker, Oh Crap!


Oh Crap! My Parents Joined Facebook

By Dan Fletcher

There's no buzzkill quite like getting a friend request on Facebook from Mommy and Daddy dearest



“Crapstone,” the neighbor said forthrightly, Mr. Pearce related, whereupon the person on the other end of the telephone repeated it to his co-workers and burst out laughing. “They said, ‘Oh, we thought it didn’t really exist,’ ” Mr. Pearce said, “and then they gave him a free something.”

In the scale of embarrassing place names, Crapstone ranks pretty high. But Britain is full of them. Some are mostly amusing, like Ugley, Essex; East Breast, in western Scotland; North Piddle, in Worcestershire; and Spanker Lane, in Derbyshire.


piddle PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
noun [S or U] INFORMAL
urine, or an act of urinating:
There was piddle all over the floor.
One minute - I just need a piddle.

spanker
One who administers a spanking
SPANKING
adj.
  1. Informal. Exceptional of its kind; remarkable.
  2. Swift and vigorous: a spanking pace.
  3. Brisk and fresh: a spanking breeze.
adv.

Used as an intensive: a spanking clean shirt.

n.

A number of slaps on the buttocks delivered in rapid succession, as for punishment.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]



piddle PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
exclamation INFORMAL
an expression of slight annoyance:
Oh piddle! I've broken another glass.

piddle PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
verb [I] INFORMAL

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crap (EXCREMENT) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
noun [S or U] OFFENSIVE
excrement, or when an animal or person produces excrement:
I stepped in a pile of crap.
That dog's just UK had/US taken a crap on my lawn.

crap PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
verb [I] -pp- OFFENSIVE
The dog crapped right in the middle of the street.

crapper PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
noun [C] OFFENSIVE
a toilet

1.
n. - 擲兩個骰子出現的輸的數目

2.
n. - 拉屎, 屎, 胡言
v. intr. - 拉屎

  1. Excrement.
  2. An act of defecating.
  3. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
  4. Cheap or shoddy material.
  5. Miscellaneous or disorganized items; clutter.
  6. Insolent talk or behavior.
intr.v., crapped, crap·ping, craps.

To defecate.

interj.

Used to express anger or displeasure.

phrasal verb:

crap up

  1. To make a mess of; bungle.

[Middle English crappe, chaff, from Old French crappe, from Medieval Latin crappa, perhaps of Germanic origin.]


crap2 (krăp) pronunciation
n.
  1. See craps.
  2. A losing first throw in the game of craps.
v., crapped, crap·ping, craps.

To make a losing throw in the game of craps. Usually used with out.

phrasal verb:

crap out Slang.

  1. To fail to keep a commitment or promise: crapped out on me when I needed him.
  2. To fail to function properly: The old TV crapped out again.
  3. To leave: crapped out of the meeting early.

[Back-formation from CRAPS.]




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