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The state of being utterly destroyed, incapacitated, and profoundly unwell as a direct result of heavy drinking the previous night. A condition so severe it feels entireley unrectifiable.
Read full entry →The uniquely British act of seething with violent indignation while maintaining absolute silence and occasionally tutting.
Read full entry →A subtle space-invader who slowly inches so close behind you in a queue that you can feel their breath on your coat, mistakenly believing that violating personal boundary space will make the queue move faster.
Read full entry →An exceptionally tall individual whose immense height is paired with bizarre, uncoordinated movements, awkward social energy, and a general lack of spatial awareness.
Read full entry →A aggressively loud individual who pathologically fabricates stories, ensuring that every lie they tell is delivered at maximum volume so nobody else can speak or question them.
Read full entry →A term for someone who thinks they're hard at everything, shows off and acts a prick. They also take things way too seriously.
Read full entry →The furtive act of peering into a public bin to determine if it's full before approaching it with your rubbish, usually to avoid the embarrassment of having to carry it back.
Read full entry →To announce the obvious state of the weather as an opening to conversation.
Read full entry →The act of delaying a decision until after making a cup of tea.
Read full entry →A remarkably understated account of events that were, in reality, absolute chaos.
Read full entry →The automatic British response of downplaying positive circumstances.
Read full entry →Diluting obvious suffering with traditional British understatement.
Read full entry →A polite observation indicating that someone has made an extraordinary error in judgement.
Read full entry →The optimistic British tradition of firing up the barbecue at the first faint hint of warmth, regardless of the actual weather.
Read full entry →The pathetic, pride-saving attempt to casually carry a mangled, inverted wire skeleton as if it is a bold new fashion statement.
Read full entry →The British stoicism required to tap your card on a reader for an extortionate London beverage without openly weeping.
Read full entry →A brief, semi-serious physical and verbal struggle to be the one who covers a small, low-stakes bill.
Read full entry →A rare, perfectly timed pastry victory achieved by nothing more than sheer good fortune.
Read full entry →A brief, unearned surge of patriotic optimism that always evaporates the moment the voting actually begins.
Read full entry →The public act of a queueing motorist expressing displeasure via horn at someone's ongoing spatial-awareness failure.
Read full entry →A lost British ritual of standing perfectly still, watching a hatch, hoping today is not the day it comes back 'out of stock'.
Read full entry →A dignity-free act of consumption completed within eleven steps of the counter, usually accompanied by crumbs on your coat.
Read full entry →The stubborn British refusal to admit that sitting in a beer garden without SPF 50 was a massive, painful mistake.
Read full entry →A resounding, two-handed strike upon the denim of one's own legs, functioning as a non-verbal warning that you are about to stand up.
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