Meaning of Liff: MATCHING GREEN to MILWAUKEE
(Liff words collected: 550)
MATCHING GREEN : (adj.) (Of neckties.) Any colour which Nigel Rees rejects as unsuitable for his trousers or jacket.
MAVIS ENDERBY : (n.) The almost-completely-forgotten girlfriend from your distant past for whom your wife has a completely irrational jealousy and hatred.
MEATH : (adj.) Warm and very slightly clammy. Descriptive of the texture of your hands after the automatic drying machine has turned itself off, just damp enough to make it embarrassing if you have to shake hands with someone immediately afterwards.
MEATHOP : (n.) One who sets off for the scene of an aircraft crash with a picnic hamper.
MEETH : (n.) Something which American doctors will shortly tell us we are all suffering from.
MELCOMBE REGIS : (n.) The name of the style of decoration used in cocktail lounges in mock Tudor hotels in Surrey.
MELLON UDRIGLE : (n.) The ghastly sound made by traditional folksingers.
MELTON CONSTABLE : (n.) A patent anti-wrinkle cream which policemen wear to keep themselves looking young.
MEMPHIS : (n.) The little bits of yellow fluff which get trapped in the hinge of the windscreen wipers after polishing the car with a new duster.
MILWAUKEE : (n.) The melodious whistling, chanting and humming tone of the milwaukee can be heard whenever a public lavatory is entered. It is the way the occupants of the cubicles have of telling you there's no lock on their door and you can't come in.
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