Do one’s nut

Monday, July 22, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Do one's nut:  Phrase, British informal  Become extremely angry or agitated. "The words-- go splintering apart like supersonic noise pollutions and I can't make sense of a rhyme or a stanza (but yeah, to be fair I've never been able to rhyme) and I need a break I think…

Sprog

Thursday, July 11, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Sprog:  Noun, British informal, humorous  A child. "Grass tickles my toes and sunshine crowns me in its glory I'll most likely be covered in itchy red markings come morning time but I'm too busy screaming and running around for nonsense outside this very moment.   I construct stories reimagined…

Sunbed

Friday, June 28, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Sunbed:  Noun, British  A lounger used for sunbathing. An apparatus used to acquire a tan, consisting of two banks of lamps between which one lies or stands. "My reflection is not my own sinister sparkle among dead hazel eyes and pale skin lips sewed shut unable to smile or…

Newsagent

Thursday, June 20, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Newsagent:  Noun, British  A person or shop selling newspapers, magazines, or confectionery, etc.   "I am your deranged symphony cacophony of clambering percussions and whinging violins favouring high frequency vibratos as the softest song I shall sing from the depths of my soul brings to life my darkness an…

Cack-handed

Monday, June 17, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Cack-handed:  Adjective, British informal  Inept; clumsy. Left-handed. "Under the ocean's umbrella I have perforated my thoughts dropped them one by one like a lover picking apart rose petals loves me loves me not loves me ... and it occurs to me swift like the setting sun I may be completely…

Up sticks

Friday, June 14, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Up Sticks:  Phrase, British informal  Go to live elsewhere. "In a world of lilac skies and puffy, lavender clouds I am travelling too many winding paths and bleeding out mauve hopes battling anxiety in the hollow pit of my belly and lost to the caverns of my preoccupied mind enigmatic…

Look (something) out

Thursday, June 13, 2019. Daily Brit Wit. Look (something) out:  Phrasal verb, British  Look for and produce something. "You call me a hurricane a blinding wall of ocean greens washing away normalcy shoving secrets into sand and clinging to your shores in ebbing desperation. A natural disaster I am heavy lids and haywire senses heartbeat music…