Some Notes on Slang

Gepetto’s Wood – A lie told about anything sexual in nature

Mingetucker – Australian slang for cunnalingus, as in “Godda go home early tonight, mates. Godda get me some mingetucker”.

Bovine Tightrope – used to describe the situation of someone who pushes weights so often that he/she is endangering his/her health.

Howitzer Sunrise – A hangover brought about by the successful completion of a yard of ale without subsequent vomiting.

Mantle Snare (also known as a performing a Topshelf Ingram) – Distraction technique whereby an ornament broken by a visitor to a house is replaced by an object similar in size and shape to the broken object. The visitor can then seek an alternative replacement in the hope that the replacement ornament will not highlight the broken ornament’s absence.

Osama’s Lunchbox – Stealing and devouring all of a colleague’s lunch, but leaving the apparatus on which it is served, with no trace of the lunch itself and providing no clues whatsoever as to its whereabouts.

Bungle’s Trust Fund – a platonic relationship in which one of the party is obviously a potential physical threat to the other, yet between whom there is no tension whatsoever.

Ghandi's Loot - The prize of stealing a blanket lent to you when staying over at a friend's house.