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apprentice
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:11 am
Post subject: you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a pain |
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The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick"
means if it is alone?
Pawel
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Einde O'Callaghan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:22 am
Post subject: Re: you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a |
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apprentice wrote:
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The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick"
means if it is alone?
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The wick is the part of a candle that you light.
Regards, Einde |
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David
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:23 am
Post subject: Re: you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a |
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In article <mt83n1l4im26iev1dqsuv14kcbfl9ce43e@4ax.com>, Dave Fawthrop
<invalid@hyphenologist.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:22:39 +0100, Einde O'Callaghan
einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote:
| apprentice wrote:
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| > The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what
| > "wick" means if it is alone?
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| The wick is the part of a candle that you light.
Also a euphemism for penis.
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So is a candle. In fact, appropriate context provided, just about
anything might be a euphemism for penis, even Fawthrop.
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http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/colour/2g-0.htm
Green Magic
Left Nostril of Ishtar
Genitals in the Clay of Death
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Dave Fawthrop
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:23 pm
Post subject: Re: you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:22:39 +0100, Einde O'Callaghan
<einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote:
| apprentice wrote:
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| > The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick"
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| The wick is the part of a candle that you light.
Also a euphemism for penis.
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Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
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chorleydnc@hotmail.com
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:33 am
Post subject: Re: you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a pa |
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Cockney rhyming slang "Hampton Wick ( a part of London) = dick
(penis)
One of the funniest moments in British television (IMHO) was in one of
spike Milligan's "Q" series when he arose as from a submarine in a
man's bathtub, pointed at him and said: "Littlehampton"
The Understanding that in rhyming slang Hampton could also be a
euphemism for.....
and Littlehampton is a place on the south coast....
and Little hampton means.... the bathwater must be cold.
David |
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