diva

A talented but imperious female performer. Originally used to describe opera starts, the word is now commonly applied to female performers in virtually any medium.

Celine Dione demands mint flavoured toothpicks in her dressing room at every performance...what a diva!

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Ficki

A fictional biography of a real person, usually written in the style of a Wikipedia entry - hence the term "Ficki" (Fiction + Wiki)

The ficki on my blog describes me as "a retired Anglican preacher who raises peonies": but in the real world, I'm actually a twenty-two year old Zamboni driver.

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ding a ling

1) Penis. Originally emerged in American black popular music, first made known to a wider audience by Chuck Berry in the song "My Ding a Ling".

2) Pejorative term suggesting stupidity.

1) "Y'all must be playin' with your own ding a ling!" Chuck Berry

2) So he tried for four hours to charge his laptop, and then realized that he hadn't installed the battery.

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skit

A short piece of theatre, often improvised.

The actors then performed an amusing skit about a penguin and a spiked tennis racket.

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blower

A telephone

I've got Arnie on the blower, and he wants to come over.

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jigging

In Newfoundland and Norther Canada, the practice of fishing without a rod by lowering a hook into the water and rhythmically jerking it upward until it encounters a fish.

"All sizes and figures with squid lines and jiggers, they congregate here on the squid-jigging ground."

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man about town

A sophisticated, suave male urban dweller; one who knows which bars to frequent, where the fashionistas dine, and which shows one must see.

The character of James Bond epitomizes the concept of a "Man About Town".

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