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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
Ah, right. *ding* And the next word is: FLENGPLOB.
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
Flengplob is an archaic oath or swearword, used in the early nineteenth century to describe an item or person of dubious value, as in the phrase "I think that flengplob over there's sold me a flengplob." From the Russian "fleng", meaning "of little value", and the Greek "plob", meaning "lavatory".
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Tricky chick Posted Aug 10, 1999
tee-bee-dee-bee-deep!!...tee-bee-dee-bee-deep!!..skrr!..Hallo?..Ha-lo?
......HALLO!??!!?......sklang-skrr!!
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Lochangel Posted Aug 10, 1999
ummm interesting.
Next please!
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
A flengplob is a small bag or purse, used by travellers in the Himalayas to hold their maps, compasses and copies of "How To Recognise A Yeti".
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Lochangel Posted Aug 10, 1999
I think that this means we have achieved the exalted status of one of the five busiest forums!
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
Hello? Hello? HELLO?
Funny, there's nobody there. (Hangs up)
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TowelMaster Posted Aug 10, 1999
Flengplob is a small hamlet in Wales, it's right next to pontyccchhhhrggrrarhghhchhhprryydd, everybody knows that.
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TowelMaster Posted Aug 10, 1999
But what about a Krahrg ? Eh...?
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Lochangel Posted Aug 10, 1999
Right - and the last one?
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
So there we have it: an archaic swearword, a bag for Himalayan travellers, or a town in Wales near Pontyccchhhhrggrrarhghhchhhprryydd. Lochangel, it's your decision!
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
Easy, TowelMaster - we'll come to that once we've established what Flengplob means!
catching a girly strop
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
A flengplob is somebody who appears in the middle of a conversation and disrupts the flow so you're never quite sure which bit you should be replying to...
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
We now seem to have four definitions, which is a tad inconvenient.
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Lochangel Posted Aug 10, 1999
Well there are three convincing definitions but I think it is the ...... oh ummmmm ...errmmmm now I am not so sure. Well I will take my life in my hands and go for archaic swear word.
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
I don't believe it!
Hmmmmmph! One each!
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TowelMaster Posted Aug 10, 1999
Well if you ever want to go to Pontyccchhhhrggrrarhghhchhhprryydd don't come running to me...
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Aug 10, 1999
Aaaah, I know what it is... you're thinking of the picturesque village of Flongpleb! I went there once, it was closed.
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