Meaning Of Words

[thisiswhoweare]

Anyone ever used a word or thought a word meant something but didnt?
I.e

I'm walking on my todd/billy today.

I thought it meant im walking with todd/billy, but i know better nowadays since i asked loudly in a science class "whose billy?".

[titey]

Are you asking or saying?



Actually I have no idea what you're on about - never heard that expression before.

[alan36uk]

on my jack jones !!!

who the feck is jack jones ?

[titey]

I don't know him either!


Dammit!


Anyone care to explain these European expressions to a confused Yank?

[Guillaume]

From the slang dictionnary, Jack Jones = alone, so "on my Jack Jones" should mean something like "on my own"


Still searching the "Billy" stuff

[alan36uk]

Brb going for a "forest gump"

Is this some kinda cockney thing ? lol

[Ron]

Originally posted by alan36uk@6 August 2003 - 21:52
Brb going for a "forest gump"

Is this some kinda cockney thing ? lol

Is that the same as a Forest Dump?

[J'Pol]

I used to think entomology was the study of the roots of words.

How embarrassing is that.

[J'Pol]

You can imagine how I felt when I discovered it was etymology.

[titey]

Well, all you had to do was work the bugs out - then you were ok!