Man Phrase’s
“it’s f..ked” – engineering diagnosis meaning “beyond further help”, regional variations do exist
“fix bayonets” – british military term, normally a situational summary, has several meanings, to the British these can include
“oh dear, Johnny Foreigner has us surrounded and we’re in the poo”
“oh dear, Johnny Foreigner has us surrounded and they’re in the poo”
To Johnny Foreigner hearing this phrase has only one clear meaning
“oh dear, the tommies have just fixed their bayonets, we’re in the poo – big time!”
Man Words –
Woodruff Key
Autolube
Dry Sump
Bodged
Stilson
Reciprocating
Suck,squeeze,bang,blow
