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five-finger discount, n. Stealing stuff.

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So as to ensure that our Bank Holiday Weekend wasn't a wholly unproductive blowout, some friends and I decided to do our bit for humanity by adding to the urban lexicon. Je m'appelle Dom Todger.

Wedgewood

Bone China

Mary Poppins (Ours is currently definition 7, so scroll down)

(Thanks to RN, KB and DD)

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legerdemain, n. sleight of hand

milquetoast, n. a feeble person, or push-over. From a character in HT Webster's The Timid Soul comic-strip, Caspar Milquetoast.

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procrasturbate, v. To screw oneself (figuratively) by not doing work when one should be. (Also, many more literal meanings).

[Thanks to AS]

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prawn, n. "a fit but ugly bird. Good body, but you need to pull the head off."

AA Gill, The Times.

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hypogonadism, n. technical term for defective plums.

[Thanks to House, series 1, episode 12, 10m58.]

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hellion, n. a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy or mischievous person (e.g. Hunter S Thompson).

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rake-hell, n. one who endeavours to subdue memory by means of drink and sex.

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curragh, n. boat: corracle

colleen, n. girl

gosawer, n. boy. From gasúir (Gaelic) from garcon

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jump the shark, v. when a (long-running) tv show loses its mojo and resorts to stunts and gimmickry. From an episode of Happy Days, in which someone did, in fact, jump a shark.

Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English - via dictionary.com

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lapidary, adj. characterized by an exactitude and extreme refinement that suggests gem cutting: a lapidary style; lapidary verse. From lapis (stone, Gr.)

Random House Unabridged Dictionary - via dictionary.com