tea

A british obsession

Us brits have more words for tea than eskimos have for snow.

Tea, char, brew, rosey, cuppa.... the list really is endless.

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osmium

1) A heavy metal with several industrial applications.

2) Something, normally musical, that can be described as very heavy.

I saw motorhead last night and Lemmy's base sound was just osmium.

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Hollywood History

A bias slant on historical facts cooked up by american film makers in an attempt to rewrite history with a pro US slant.

The Longest day, Mephis Bell, Battle of the Bulge, U-541, A Bridge Too Far, Return To The River Kiwi, (the list is endless)

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bangers

UK usage

1) Small fireworks designed to make a loud bang, popular with children.

2) Sausages, normally served with mash

We threw some bangers at the local bobby and went to me mams house for bangers and mash.

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bright eyes

A rather naff ballad sung but Art Garfunkle and featured in the film 'Watership Down'.

"Bright eyyyyyesss
burninnnnng li-ike fiiiire...."

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Duck

Cricketing term:-

To be 'out' after scoring no runs.

"And that's another Duck for Jack Russel"

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euro metal

A form of heavy metal that evolved in continental europe (especially in Germany and Scandinavia) in parallel with and influenced by NWOBHM. Early members of the Euro metal movement were bands like Golden Earing (NL), The Scorpions (D), Jane (D) and Trust (F), but by the mid 1980's had evolved into a distinct brand of thrash metal.

Mercyful Fate (Den), Helloween (D), The Destroyers (Pol), Baron Rojo (Esp) and Bathory (Nor) are all good exapmles of how Euro metal evolved.

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