Recurring alphabet thread

T

Tinkture

Definition: a medicine ~ made by dissolving a drug in alcohol ~ sold by a tinker

T

Taunton

Note: a town in Somerset, U.K., where the rhetorical art of mockery was invented.

U

Unhinged

Note: an adjective meaning out to lunch the use of which is frowned upon by psychiatrists but approved of by chefs who object to the weaponization of culinary concepts e.g. 'out to lunch', 'one sandwich short of a packed lunch', and so-and-so 'has been on the magic mushrooms again'.

U

Uboxitous

Definition: a situation where everyone around you seems to have used a drug to treat certain muscular conditions and remove wrinkles by temporarily paralyzing facial muscles.

See: ubiquitous

See also: botox

U

Ulaanbaatar

A city in Mongolia originally founded by settlers from the Ulan Bator housing estate in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, U.K.

V

Vivashoes

A style of women's footwear worn by someone who is attractively lively and animated.

V

Vulva

As in: "Say what you want about sexual insults in sports, but you don't see angry soccer players calling the referees vulvas."

W

Wnacker

A word that avoids the automod feature.

W

Weeny, sandwich (burnt)

Note: better than weasels ate my flesh

W

World peace, please

@torunn said
W

World peace, please

X

"X marks the spot"

Note: unfortunately, sometimes the X is so big and messy, you just can't read the map.

Y

Yellowbreezeblock

A National Park, mostly in Wyoming, that's the downmarket counterpart to Yellowstone.

Y

"Yellow Peril"

Note: [C21st] "...the movement that originated with French motorists from rural areas who had long commutes protesting against an increase in fuel taxes".

Y

Yington

The Yington Song
- The Goons; 1956