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TopshamThe practice of holding one's phone at a high angle in order to create a more flattering selfie
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amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:39,
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BotusflemingEmarassingly failing a captcha
"That was definitely a boat in the corner! What a botusfleming!"
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:35,
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WickThe poo which despite repeated flushing peeps out from the u bend.
See also : Wick St Lawrence, when a wick has a piece of toilet paper wrapped around it giving it the appearance of wearing a scarf.
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Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:35,
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RedditchThe number of times per hour one will click on the bookmark of a site that is blocked in your place of work.
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alistair, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:32,
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Winterbourne SticklandThe place teenage boys spend most of the holiday in after getting their first smartphone for Christmas.
"We haven't seen hide nor hair of Tarquin since he disappeared to his room with that new Samsung Galaxy S9. With any luck he'll be in Winterbourne Stickland until the New Year".
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:32,
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Fiddington SandsThe act of putting a USB in three times before getting it right, despite there only being two options.
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:31,
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ClipshamClipsham: a feebly intended Like on Facebook . “ it’s the twentieth baby picture she’s posted today, but her husband’s a mate so I gave it a Clipsham.”
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Bootsthealchemist is barred from the Masterchef Facebook page, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:29,
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DrumclogThe time it takes to remember a password due to them all being variations on a theme.
"After a ten minute drumclog I finally managed to log in to amazon"
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:29,
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BallochA regional swear word you'd never have heard were it not for social media.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:28,
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ThimblebySomeone who tries to make a political point but, upon cross examination, is revealed to have done little or no research into the subject being discussed
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:25,
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Timperley The small key-like object supplied with some brands of smartphone to open the sim card slot.
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Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:25,
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AgglethorpeThe amount of effort it would take to launch photoshop to make a fairly weak joke.
"These days it's hardly worth the agglethorpe"
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:22,
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Openshaw (n)The urge to press the 'door open' buttons on underground trains despite being fully aware that they do nothing and that the door will open anyway.
see also:
Spalding, the feeling of superiority over one who fails to resist their Openshaw.
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alistair, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:22,
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Catbrain (Gloucestershire)The trance like state of addiction you enter after 5 minutes of watching Kitten videos on Youtube.
Also (negative) the irrational rage felt by people who are forced to say "I'm more of a dog person" in the face of being shown one more cat video
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:19,
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SuisnishThe creeping suspicion you may have been muted by someone
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:19,
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Summerseat The sun loungers you end up using every day on holiday except the morning that bloke from Gateshead got his kid to move your towels while you were getting your breakfast and you didn't say anything because he was fucking massive.
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Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:18,
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Chirk (n)Someone who has thousands of twitter followers, despite never posting anything except links to The Guardian with no comment.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:18,
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Talybont ReservoirThe small handful of followers who can always be relied upon to like your weakest jokes
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:17,
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Talbot's EndWhen a popular tweet has died down and the only notifications you get on it now are when it gets quote tweeted by automated Porn accounts trying to latch onto its popularity
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:15,
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AskwithA nostalgia for the innocent type of filth that internet pornography has made redundant, eg the sex comedies of Robin Askwith, or a copy of Razzle found in a hedgerow.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:15,
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TafolwernSomeone who takes a joke from twitter and passes it off as their own original comment on Facebook
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:12,
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Tubbenden (v)sitting at the front of a DLR carriage and pretending to be driver.
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alistair, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:10,
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CromerLike Google's browser, but more so.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:10,
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MimbridgeThe period of time when you're weighing up the pros and cons of posting a really snarky reply
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christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:09,
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HorblingReversing along a very narrow track with a precipitous drop to one side, because the satnav hates you.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:04,
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MankinholesThe feeling in your chest that you get when an ex, with whom you lost contact ages ago, appears in the replies to post by a Facebook friend whom you didn't know was a mutual.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:01,
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CartertonThe neatly organised storage location of retail packaging for devices you have long since discarded.
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alistair, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:00,
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ChatterisWhen you've added an overlong and overtly wordy post that contributes very little to a thread full of short answers.
"That's a bit Chatteris"
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