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TWTD Glossary 22:08 - Mar 12 with 5930 viewsmonytowbray

Was just thinking after referencing Burnley earlier that happened YEARS ago with a former poster. I expect some posters newer here must get confused often.

So, let’s say someone needed to study TWTD’s history for a TV special, and you had to summarise a TWTD exclusive saying or contextual quirk in relation to it’s origin/meaning, what would you say?

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TWTD Glossary on 01:00 - Mar 13 with 855 viewsCoastalblue

TWTD Glossary on 00:19 - Mar 13 by WeWereZombies

Fish puns - why do we do it? Why? You get sucked in but there is no enjoyment in all these tedious word associations; however it just takes one and then they are all over the plaice.


Eel get upset with you if his thread disintegrates into 8 pages of puns for cod sake. He already thinks you're a bit of a sole.

No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
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TWTD Glossary on 01:16 - Mar 13 with 856 viewsfactual_blue

'Ahem'

Phil Ham's version of 'SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP, YOU [BLEEPING], MARDY-@RSED LITTLE [BLEEP].'

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
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TWTD Glossary on 07:05 - Mar 13 with 810 viewsKeno

TWTD Glossary on 01:16 - Mar 13 by factual_blue

'Ahem'

Phil Ham's version of 'SHUT THE [BLEEP] UP, YOU [BLEEPING], MARDY-@RSED LITTLE [BLEEP].'


Flashing Red Box - what Phil gives you if you have been naughty

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TWTD Glossary on 09:04 - Mar 13 with 786 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

The Glasgow Swerve - how to avoid answering a difficult question that has you bang to rights.

Blub - whining too long about about a particular subject. Can also be used as an insult against someone who hasn't really whined on about a subject too long, or can be also be employed as deflection, similar to the Glasgow Swerve.

The football is better - overused and unfunny insult employed by Badger to highlight that one or two people suggested relegation would be better than watching more McCarthy football.

Dinosaur - way to describe an older manager, or his style of football.

Shaka Hislop - an untrue goalkeeper-joining rumour, still employed for comic effect long after his retirement.

What's your favourite cheese? - the standard measurement for determining a new poster's eligibility to be welcomed.

Straw Man - the skill of answering a difficult question by answering a different, much easier question which is and usually a gross exaggeration of the original question.

SUQ - a light-hearted and affectionate call for silence, now banned due to homophobic connotations.

Where can I buy a suit? - an unfunny and only partially true slur on one of our most beloved posters. See also "Haribo is better for you than a McDonalds Meal" and any references to potatoes.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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TWTD Glossary on 09:08 - Mar 13 with 780 viewstractordownsouth

A good egg really = When you can't be bothered to defend the indefensible so you crack a joke instead

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TWTD Glossary on 09:19 - Mar 13 with 761 viewsKeno

TWTD Glossary on 09:04 - Mar 13 by The_Flashing_Smile

The Glasgow Swerve - how to avoid answering a difficult question that has you bang to rights.

Blub - whining too long about about a particular subject. Can also be used as an insult against someone who hasn't really whined on about a subject too long, or can be also be employed as deflection, similar to the Glasgow Swerve.

The football is better - overused and unfunny insult employed by Badger to highlight that one or two people suggested relegation would be better than watching more McCarthy football.

Dinosaur - way to describe an older manager, or his style of football.

Shaka Hislop - an untrue goalkeeper-joining rumour, still employed for comic effect long after his retirement.

What's your favourite cheese? - the standard measurement for determining a new poster's eligibility to be welcomed.

Straw Man - the skill of answering a difficult question by answering a different, much easier question which is and usually a gross exaggeration of the original question.

SUQ - a light-hearted and affectionate call for silence, now banned due to homophobic connotations.

Where can I buy a suit? - an unfunny and only partially true slur on one of our most beloved posters. See also "Haribo is better for you than a McDonalds Meal" and any references to potatoes.


Dolly - term of endearment given to a much missed poster

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TWTD Glossary on 09:30 - Mar 13 with 719 viewslowhouseblue

TWTD Glossary on 09:19 - Mar 13 by Keno

Dolly - term of endearment given to a much missed poster


doing a dolly - digging such a deep hole for one self that it leads to a period of self-imposed absence and a change of name.

And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show

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TWTD Glossary on 09:30 - Mar 13 with 748 viewsThe_Romford_Blue

Dolly’s banger and mash - When you’re making a point about the most expensive things in the world and need something to compare it with to work out it’s value.

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TWTD Glossary on 09:33 - Mar 13 with 739 viewsfooters

Dolly's Conjecture - a sub-GCSE pseudo-philosophy question posed as a novel, challenging proposition, when in reality it is baseless and uninteresting.

footers QC - Prosecution Barrister, Hasketon Law Chambers
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TWTD Glossary on 09:40 - Mar 13 with 723 viewsWeWereZombies

TWTD Glossary on 09:04 - Mar 13 by The_Flashing_Smile

The Glasgow Swerve - how to avoid answering a difficult question that has you bang to rights.

Blub - whining too long about about a particular subject. Can also be used as an insult against someone who hasn't really whined on about a subject too long, or can be also be employed as deflection, similar to the Glasgow Swerve.

The football is better - overused and unfunny insult employed by Badger to highlight that one or two people suggested relegation would be better than watching more McCarthy football.

Dinosaur - way to describe an older manager, or his style of football.

Shaka Hislop - an untrue goalkeeper-joining rumour, still employed for comic effect long after his retirement.

What's your favourite cheese? - the standard measurement for determining a new poster's eligibility to be welcomed.

Straw Man - the skill of answering a difficult question by answering a different, much easier question which is and usually a gross exaggeration of the original question.

SUQ - a light-hearted and affectionate call for silence, now banned due to homophobic connotations.

Where can I buy a suit? - an unfunny and only partially true slur on one of our most beloved posters. See also "Haribo is better for you than a McDonalds Meal" and any references to potatoes.


Given you an uppie for most of those but must take boring issue with your definition of a straw man, which is a term used seriously and often with venom in philosophy and logic:

'The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition. Straw man arguments have been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly regarding highly charged emotional subjects.

Straw man tactics in the United Kingdom may also be known as an Aunt Sally, after a pub game of the same name, where patrons throw sticks or battens at a post to knock off a skittle balanced on top.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man A subtle but important difference here on the way an argument is shifted to inflict an apparent defeat on the opponent.

And Shaka Hislop - see also Hassan Kachloul. Neither of whom were the full Ian Crook...[edit} but were each more believable than a Batistuta or a Philipp Lamm.
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TWTD Glossary on 09:52 - Mar 13 with 701 viewsfactual_blue

TWTD Glossary on 09:19 - Mar 13 by Keno

Dolly - term of endearment given to a much missed poster


Penge- the mythical kingdom where Dolly lives. Or possibly near where Dolly lives.

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
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TWTD Glossary on 09:53 - Mar 13 with 701 viewsKeno

TWTD Glossary on 09:52 - Mar 13 by factual_blue

Penge- the mythical kingdom where Dolly lives. Or possibly near where Dolly lives.


Sitters - legendary one shoed poster to whom nothing ever happens, although people stood next to get have a lot of fun

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TWTD Glossary on 09:57 - Mar 13 with 693 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

TWTD Glossary on 09:30 - Mar 13 by lowhouseblue

doing a dolly - digging such a deep hole for one self that it leads to a period of self-imposed absence and a change of name.


Lest we forget...

"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
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TWTD Glossary on 10:00 - Mar 13 with 682 viewsWeWereZombies

Nurse Coppinger - def info ITK indication that a signing is imminent, this one can run for years and years. See also Shopping in Tesco Copdock and Sainsbury's Warren Heath.

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TWTD Glossary on 10:02 - Mar 13 with 676 viewsKeno

TWTD Glossary on 10:00 - Mar 13 by WeWereZombies

Nurse Coppinger - def info ITK indication that a signing is imminent, this one can run for years and years. See also Shopping in Tesco Copdock and Sainsbury's Warren Heath.


I dont think there has been a definition of "Def Info' yet - def info

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TWTD Glossary on 10:03 - Mar 13 with 676 viewsfooters

TWTD Glossary on 10:00 - Mar 13 by WeWereZombies

Nurse Coppinger - def info ITK indication that a signing is imminent, this one can run for years and years. See also Shopping in Tesco Copdock and Sainsbury's Warren Heath.


Copdock Tesco's now stocking Lucky Charms and pop tarts.

Yanks imminent.
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footers QC - Prosecution Barrister, Hasketon Law Chambers
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TWTD Glossary on 10:04 - Mar 13 with 675 viewsbluelagos

J2s legendary egg culinary skills are surely part of TWTD folklore?

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TWTD Glossary on 10:08 - Mar 13 with 670 viewsblueislander

TWTD Glossary on 10:04 - Mar 13 by bluelagos

J2s legendary egg culinary skills are surely part of TWTD folklore?


Keno’s penchant for incarcerating ladies.
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TWTD Glossary on 11:07 - Mar 13 with 651 viewsBlueBadger

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TWTD Glossary on 11:12 - Mar 13 with 645 viewsWeWereZombies

Fire engines - fixation that some local newspapers have with placement of a fire engine in a photo to gain clicks on a story. Doesn't work...until the link is posted on TWTD as a way of calling out lazy journalism...by encouraging posters to read lazy journalism.

But Corbyn - usually found on page two of a ten pager, can be used pointedly (that's a microaggression, junior) or ironically.

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TWTD Glossary on 11:13 - Mar 13 with 643 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

TWTD Glossary on 09:33 - Mar 13 by footers

Dolly's Conjecture - a sub-GCSE pseudo-philosophy question posed as a novel, challenging proposition, when in reality it is baseless and uninteresting.


Footers: Tw@t.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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TWTD Glossary on 11:14 - Mar 13 with 639 viewsKeno

TWTD Glossary on 11:07 - Mar 13 by BlueBadger

Estate Agent in Woodbridge - local business serving the housing needs of ITFC players, managers and Alan Curbishley.
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Megson - mythical force with power to unify TWTD posters

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TWTD Glossary on 11:15 - Mar 13 with 638 viewsfooters

TWTD Glossary on 11:13 - Mar 13 by The_Flashing_Smile

Footers: Tw@t.


I'm not a tw@t.

Tw@ts are useful.

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TWTD Glossary on 11:18 - Mar 13 with 627 viewsBlueBadger

Bantz/Banta/Banter - offensive and utterly indefensible utterings, using of a racist, homophobic or sexist that are somehow OK because 'it's a joke innit' or being shouted at a football match.

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TWTD Glossary on 11:19 - Mar 13 with 621 viewsBlueBadger

Moose Industries: Any utterly legit and honest business.

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