 A part of the forthcoming book, The Septic's Companion. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U VW Y Z   These are the last three beers people kinder than you bought me. Click on them to see more or buy me one. Feel guilty? Think of the children I might have, and such like. |
verge n shoulder. The edge of the road, populated by hitch-hikers, frogs and children urinating. That's "frogs" and "children urinating", not "(frogs and children) urinating". Glad I could clear that up. Let me know if you have any other questions. vest n undershirt. The item of clothing worn under your shirt. What Americans call a "vest", Brits call a "waistcoat". video 1 n VCR: "I left it in the living room sitting on top of the video". And yes, they do call the tapes "videos" too. These days the general concept of a video tape is fading into the distant past as DVD takes over. Perhaps eventually I'll remove this. 2 v record onto videotape: "Mary and I spent the weekend videoing the neighbours copulating".