define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Local Language – Drew and Jen go to London http://drewandjengotolondon.com Updates from Jen & Drew in the UK Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:51:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/header-150x150.png Local Language – Drew and Jen go to London http://drewandjengotolondon.com 32 32 gypsy’s warning http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2012/10/gypsys-warning/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:51:54 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=3330 A quiet word to an employee or aquaintance, suggesting that they’d best proceed with caution in respect of their current conduct or attitude, or they may be in for an unpleasant surprise. The details of which aren’t actually set out by the giver of the warning, who may or may not have control over their fate.
The guy was certainly out of line, there probably wasn’t sufficient grounds for disciplinary action, but he certainly got the gypsy’s warning.

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copper bottomed http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/08/copper-bottomed/ Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:53:49 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=3050 adjective Trustworthy, genuine.

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Swot http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/08/swot/ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:53:40 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=3048 noun Teacher’s pet, brown-noser.

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babygro http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/07/babygro/ Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:39:45 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=3011 noun. A baby garment commonly called a ‘sleeper’ in the US, usually with long sleeves and footed.

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Wind http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/06/wind-2/ Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:05:10 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=2972 1 noun. Gas. (Hard boiled eggs give me wind. Really, everything gives me wind; trapped wind is really uncomfortable. There’s more room out than in!)

2 verb. To burp [a baby]. (After each feed you should wind your baby.)

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Bubby http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/06/bubby/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:04:38 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=2970 Slang, noun. Baby. (See also Bub.)

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Bub http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/06/bub/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:37:52 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=2968 slang. Baby.

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Gobshite http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/05/gobshite/ Mon, 09 May 2011 11:24:38 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=2911 A person (idiot) who knows very little and talks a lot.

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Poptyping http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/02/poptyping/ Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:55:25 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=2863 pop-uh-tee-peeng (Welsh) microwave, i.e. the oven that goes ‘ping’!

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Skiving Off http://drewandjengotolondon.com/2011/02/2777/ Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:34:30 +0000 http://drewandjengotolondon.com/?p=2777 Avoiding doing something. (Thanks to Graham Lehr for the clarification.)

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