Meaning of Liff: BECCLES to BLEAN

(Liff words collected: 550)


BECCLES : (pl. n.) The small bone buttons placed in bacon sandwiches by unemployed guerrilla dentist.
BEDFONT : (n.) A lurching sensation in the pit of the stomach experienced at breakfast in a hotel, occasioned by the realisation that it is about now that the chamber- maid will have discovered the embarrassing stain on your bottom sheet.
BELPER : (n.) A knob of someone else's chewing gum which you unexpectedly find your hand resting on under a desk top, under the passenger seat of your car or on somebody's thigh under their skirt.
BENBURB : (n.) The sort of man who becomes a returning officer.
BEREPPER : (n.) The irrevocable and sturdy fart released in the presence of royalty, which sounds quite like a small motorbike passing by (but not enough to be confused with one).
BERKHAMSTED : (n.) The massive three-course midmorning blow-out enjoyed by a dieter who has already done his or her slimming duty by having a teaspoonful of cottage cheese for breakfast.
BERY POMEROY : (n.) 1. The shape of a gourmet's lips. 2. The droplet of saliva which hangs from them.
BILBSTER : (n.) A pimple so hideous and enormous that you have to cover it with sticking plaster and pretend you've cut yourself shaving.
BISHOP'S CAUNDLE : (n.) An opening gambit before a game of chess whereby the missing pieces are replaced by small ornaments from the mantelpiece.
BLEAN : (n.) Scientific measure of luminosity : 1 glimmer = 100,000 bleans. Usherettes' torches are designed to produce between 2.5 and 4 bleans, enabling them to assist you in falling downstairs, treading on people or putting your hand into a Neapolitan tub when reaching for change.

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