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Etcetera - or "and the others" in English, rather than the early Italian that my school force-fed us between the ages of 12 and 16. With a motto of "Olim Meminisse Juvabit", the four centuries old establishment had shamelessly stolen a line from Virgil, and was determined to ensure the continuation of his original language.

Rag - to tease and taunt a low quality newspaper.

Agog-Wat I was on receiving my tax return!

Ogle - to do a RiS or Slasher when viewing large breasts.

LECHER what men are considered to be when they ogle women's breasts which are placed on display to be ogled.

Repeat - to resow a certain moss.

Attenuate - complaint that dinner was served far too late at night.

Tepish - sounds real good but doesn't seem to mean anythin'?

Shibboleth - a long standing belief or principle held by a number of people - like "Never trust a man who habitually cheats on his wife". Oh deary me, what have they done?

Thick- as two short planks.

cksum - abbrev used in Unix systems (checksum)

Umlaut - a dotty thug with a German accent.

"Utterly divine, darling", a line which could be taken from almost any of Noel Coward's plays

Lye - to tell a fib about a certain cleaning agent.

Yes-No, take your pick.

Escapade - an innocent adventure of the "jolly hockeysticks" kind, as enjoyed in Enid Blyton's Famous Five novels.

Degenerate- To turn the electricity down.

Tensiometer - an instrument for direct measurement of the tension in cables, guy ropes, hawsers, etc., where the value actually matters on safety grounds. For musical instruments like pianos, harps, guitars, violins, etc., the string tensions are assessed indirectly, by tuning the sounds made by their lateral vibrations.

Error - Sorry, my mistake.

Ordnance Survey - What, you want us to draw you a map? Google off!