Cute Brunts - Idiomatic Phrase of The Day

ferroequinological jabber

2012-02-06

Common among commuters everywhere, ferroequinological jabber is that highly irritating phenomenon when as soon as someone gets on a train they immediately make a call on their mobile phone to say: "I've just got on the train..."

agnostic rewiring

2012-02-05

Lord Elpus's new mansion, Bedside Manor, was struck by lightning and burned down when God was less than happy with his agnostic rewiring.

hobbledehoy hobbling

2012-02-04

In the nineteenth century around Truro in Cornwall, if a gawky-looking fellow ran too fast for the young ladies of the town to get a good look at him to assess whether - despite his sallow, bog-eyed, spotty visage - he was suitable husband material they had the right under council by-laws to put a device around the legs to restrict his gait. This was known as hobbledehoy hobbling.

eyelash levitation

2012-02-03

Joan Collins (no relation) has teamed up with David Copperfield (no relation) to create a new magic act. This will include the infamous eyelash levitation illusion.

floppy yurt

2012-02-02

Igby the Mongolian goatherd was forced to walk all the way to Ulan Bator to see a therapist after his wife complained about his floppy yurt, despite years of mutual tent invigoration.

bog amazoning

2012-02-01

The workplace phenomenon of bog amazoning occurs when certain colleagues or senior managers utilise the toilet facilities to such an extent that the air temperature and humidity rises to a degree usually only ever encountered in sub-tropical forests.

Comes from the verb to amazon: to make an enclosed space seem like a smelly damp jungle.

sassy stigmata

2012-01-31

The phrase "sassy stigmata" can be traced back to Pope Runcible in 1214 who mysteriously and spontaneously started bleeding from his hands during his coronation ceremony. Onlookers were amazed to see that his reaction to these apparent stigmata was, rather than being shocked, to denounce their herecy and ask them to leave. The stigmata, again to everyone's alleged surprise, back-chatted the pope and paved the way to their being called sassy stigmata. These sassy stigmata are also alleged to have invented the phrase "you go girl!".