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Icy's Quiz - Comedy Coinage
You can call me TC Posted Aug 1, 2016
Oh! And I nearly said boom-tish for that one. Perhaps I'm not as expatriated as I thought.
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Icy North Posted Aug 1, 2016
Three to go, I reckon. Some clues:
1. Think "Porridge" rather than Goons.
2. Goes with 'Woolly'
10. May have inspired Monty Python's fish-slapping dance.
Icy's Quiz - Comedy Coinage
Icy North Posted Aug 12, 2016
I guess it's time to put you out of your misery. Answers to follow, so if you're still trying to work them out, look away now...
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1. [The Goon Show, 1954) - Foolish, objectionable, or insignificant person (4)
Nerk
2. [Round The Horne, 1967] - an abbreviation for a woollen garment (5)
Pully
10. [Hancock’s Half Hour, 1959] - Nonsense, drivel (10)
Codswallop
Smiley prizes:
Deke 
Bob, Gnomon 
TC, Recumbentman 
Thanks for playing! 
Icy's Quiz - Comedy Coinage
Recumbentman Posted Aug 12, 2016
Thanks for the accolade, even though I don't think I got any right. Have a go at my No.3 (just posted). 
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bobstafford Posted Aug 12, 2016
That was fun looking forward to the next. And thanks for taking the time to set the quiz
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You can call me TC Posted Aug 13, 2016
how could we not get that last one after that clue? 
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You can call me TC Posted Aug 13, 2016
And "pully" was on the tip of my tongue. It is in common use in German, far more than I would use it in English, along with their own invention the "pullunder" which by no stretch of logic at all, is a tank top.
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