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Phrases and words that you like

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MissAdventure Thu 11-Aug-22 07:12:04

I was just thinking about falling over being called "going for a burton". smile
I like that, but have no idea of its origins.

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JackyB Thu 11-Aug-22 07:21:14

I always understood it to mean, to be broken or tonnage broken down. Like "gone West"

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JackyB Thu 11-Aug-22 07:22:18

Not "tonnage" - where did that come from? - "to have"...

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MissAdventure Thu 11-Aug-22 07:22:49

Ah, thank you.
I suppose these phrases will die out and have no meaning at some point.
What a shame.

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MissAdventure Thu 11-Aug-22 07:33:16

Like a piffy on a barmcake, I liked, when I heard someone say it.

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Aveline Thu 11-Aug-22 07:48:28

You can go at it like piffy. Who or what was piffy?

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