"She must have some, er, interesting talents to get away with what she did."
Posted on 01/07/2006 1:19:19 PM PST by Stoat
Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK
| blag | Verb. To lie, or use clever talk with profit as an objective, to wheedle or persuade for gain. E.g."I blagged a lift to work with my sister but had to get the bus home." Noun. 1. A con, a 'scam'. 2. A violent robbery or raid. |
| rumble | Verb. To discover, to find out. E.g."She rumbled me when she overheard my conversation on the phone." |
| kit | Noun. Clothes. See 'get one's kit off'. |
(Variation of Kit definition in this context: "equipment")
A 17-year-old ball-buster. I like.
She must have some, er, interesting talents to get away with what she did.
So this blonde walks onto an army base...
I suspect she frequently rumbled without her kit.
Yeah, I'll bet they were if she was cute. :-)
"She must have some, er, interesting talents to get away with what she did."
I have the sneaking suspicion she was pretty.
A big set'a cans helps too.
LOL.
The use of the word blond in the title is interesting. Taken on its own, it could literally refer to an elderly blond man, but the headline writer seems to suppose it conveys the idea of a young female.
In any case, it makes her seem like a pretty cunning girl -- not the stereotypical "dumb blond."
But my point -- which I get to slowly -- is, this thread is useless without pictures!
I suspect there'll be a few squaddies catching hell over this...
Blonde with an -e denotes a female.
They should consider recruiting her for covert operations.
Somehow I doubt that a middle eastern male could pull this off. Blonds can be very persuasive. Assuming she doesn't have mental issues, I think the Army should rethink its decision.
I wonder: does "blag" rhyme with blog or flag? I'd like to use that word.
Free Republic... it's not just a web site, it's an education!! :-)
I'm assuming 'flag' but unfortunately the British slang dictionaries that I'm seeing so far don't offer much in the way of pronunciation help. There's also a chance that these slang terms, like many other words, vary in how they're pronounced based upon subtle regional variations, just as many words have regional pronunciation differences here in the USA.
I think that in this case it might be best to seek the help of one of our many British FReeper friends, unless a better online British slang dictionary can be found than the ones I'm seeing so far..
If this one involves a duck or a Rabbi, I've heard it.
Picture?
PICS. NOW.
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