June's OT Board Dictionary Launched (was Brittspeak)

[ovc88guelph]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "mstattersall" <cwood at t...> 
wrote:
  How about

Take away = Take out (as in food)
Car Park = Parking lot
Head, Headmistress, Headmaster = Principal
(Head is also a slang for toilet here)

   What are some slangs for pregnancy?  I had a 17 year old friend 
who went on a school trip to Australia. She was invited to a formal 
tea with a number of respectable senior ladies. When she was asked 
if she wanted any more food, she replied "No thanks, I'm stuffed" , 
meaning she was too full to have any more, but which was taken to 
mean she was pregnant!
    What are Dons? Are they the equivalent of Deans (ie head of a 
college within a university)?
    Finally, "bangs" wrt horses tails refers to a style of tail, ie 
the tail is level "--"  not natural " v " (that's the best picture I 
can produce on a keyboard).

MMcK