TrashCan: Oh! My! Stars!

Trash Towers Dictionary

a/c - art crap. CK's fond term for the means of assuaging my addictions.

BSD - Been Seen Done. Devised while travelling the Great Ocean Road on CK's first Australian trip. Every lookout point was as fabulous as the previous and we got a little bit magnificenced out so rather than pull in we would shout BSD and keep driving.

Now general usage for when a situation is over or beyond repair.

bob - noun. Princess Curly- Wurly's word meaning all sweets, chocolate and yummy things.

blurry - (pr. to rhyme with hurry) Sth African/Zimbabwean term and my favourite polite swearword. Means kind of like bloody but usuable in mixed company. See 'Feck' & 'Eejit'

eejit - Irish term meaning 'idiot'. Suitable for use in polite company. Used by my Aunt Marion.

feck - Irish term used by my Aunt Marion so it cannot be rude!

ho-ho -(pr. with a short o). Zimbabwean word for bugs.

lani - (sp?) Sthn African word - means posh, expensive, elegant, stylish.

La Villa de Lamaca - (translates from Ital. as The houseof snails. My 'green' house out in the garden with all my a/c (ref: above) stuff in it. Built by CK and Babyman for me. CK lost his fingerprints over it. I cannot actually get in there at the moment!

lubbard - derived from 'beloved'. Devised by my then two y.o. son b/c unlike his sister he could not say 'Mother Beloved'. Usually prefaced by a noun.

OfStEd - Office for Standards in Education. Bossy civil servants who would like to see every child in formal, full-time education from birth.

Q.I. - Quite interesting.

terence - sobriquet applicable to all small children. Originated with one 'borrowed' child who could not pronounce ' terrorist' .

TG - exclamation. Thank God! An interesting choice for the dictionary of a recovering Catholic but is a phrase used by my Irish family and is now deeply fixed in my conversational repetoire. (reference also PG - Please God).

TGTH - The Great Trip Home. Alt. known as 'How I spent Christmas and N.Y 2008.

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Oh! My! Stars!

Has anyone ever thought that the gods have a sense of humour? Just yesterday I was bemoaning on (I think it was) Little Cotton Rabbits that quite obviously the blogger pantheon had it in for me as I NEVER win in any of the 'celebrate with me ' competitions that go on.

Checked out my emails tonight and there was an invite to go here - mochimochiland -and choose one of those fabulous patterns.Trouble is - I don't know which one. Please help me!

8 comments:

trek said...: For some reason, Tubby appeals to me most.

Congrats.; 20 March 2008 10:27 pm
Patti said...: oooh, evolving punk!; 20 March 2008 10:40 pm
Jodie said...: They are all so cute - love the snake and tubby and the wee garden and the love gun...sorry not helpful at all.; 20 March 2008 11:14 pm
Alison Boon said...: All how to pick. I love tubby, but also Sausage dog. Put the names in a hat, it's the only way.; 21 March 2008 6:53 am
the vicious chicken said...: I always liked Rainycloud best, but only you can choose... perhaps names in a hat is indeed the best way (or you could try pin the tail on the computer monitor, but it might not work) ;o)
VCxx; 21 March 2008 9:17 am
Lucy Locket-Pocket said...: I think it has to be Tubby too - just gorgeous! Congratulations on winning!!! Lucy x; 21 March 2008 5:26 pm
Kitty said...: Oh what gorgeous patterns. Trust me to be different - I liked Hrumph!

Congratulations on your win!

Hope you and your family are enjoying a lovely Easter weekend. x; 21 March 2008 7:28 pm
Stine said...: Ooo, what fun. I like the tubby best also. Be sure to check out her FREE patterns as well. She has some cute snails & slugs in the free category!; 21 March 2008 10:37 pm