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NAAS (n.) :
The windmaking region of Albania where most of the wine that people
take to bottle-parties comes from. NACTION (n.) :
The 'n' with which cheap advertising copywriters replace the word
'and' (as in 'fish 'n' chips', 'mix 'n' match', 'assault 'n' battery'),
in the mistaken belief that this is in some way chummy or endearing. NAD (n.) :
Measure defined as the distance between a driver's outstretched
fingertips and the ticket machine in an automatic car-park. 1
nad = 18.4 cm. NANHORON (n. medical) :
A tiny valve concealed in the inner ear which enables a deaf grandmother
to converse quite normally when she feels like it, but which excludes
completely anything that sounds like a request to help with laying
the table. NANTWICH (n.) :
A late-night snack, invented by the Earl of Nantwich, which consists
of the dampest thing in the fridge, pressed between two of the
driest things in the fridge. The Earl, who lived in a flat in
Clapham, invented the nantwich to avoid having to go shopping. NAPLES (pl.n.) :
The tiny depression in a piece of Ryvita. NASEBY (n.) :
The stout metal instrument used for clipping labels on to exhibits
at flower shows. NAUGATUCK (n.) :
A plastic sachet containing shampoo, polyfilla, etc., which is
impossible to open except by biting off the corners. NAZEING (participial vb.) :
The rather unconvincing noises of pretended interest which an
adult has to make when brought a small dull object for admiration
by a child. NEEN SOLLARS (pl.n.) :
Any ensemble of especially unflattering and particular garments
worn by a woman which tell you that she is right at the forefront
of fashion. NEMPNETT THRUBWELL (n.) :
The feeling experienced when driving off for the first time on
a brand new motorbike. NETHER POPPLETON (n. obs.) :
A pair of P.J.Proby's trousers. NOTTAGE (n.) :
Nottage is the collective name for things which you find a use
for immediately after you've thrown them away. For instance, your
greenhouse has been cluttered up for years with a huge piece of
cardboard and great fronds of gardening string. You at last decide
to clear all this stuff out, and you burn it. Within twenty-four
hours you will urgently need to wrap a large parcel, and suddenly
remember that luckily in your greenhouse there is some cardb... NUBBOCK (n.) :
The kind of person who has to leave before a party can relax and
enjoy itself. NOTBOURNE (n.) :
In a choice between two or more possible puddings, the one nobody
plumps for. NYBSTER (n.) :
Sort of person who takes the lift to travel one floor.