gruntfuttock

Gruntfuttock, Oxford University Slang, especially among the:

"Oxford University Society of Change Ringers"

1. A word of dissatisfaction used in polite company;

2. A measure of late/early striking when ringing.

origin: a character "J Peasemold Gruntfuttock" appearing in a British humour show "Round the Horne" with:

THE GRUNTFUTTOCK SAGA
Broadcast: 9th April 1967

which included:

Gruntfuttock of Arabia Captured by the Turks
Gruntfuttock 'tis of Thee

"Barney, half a gruntfuttock closer";

"Stop gruntfuttocking around".

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gruntfuttock

A word used in competition on a message board. Ambiguous.

Can be an insult, a noun, a verb...

the B is a gruntfuttock

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gruntfuttock

A corruption of "grandfather", meaning a bumbling, interfering, or irritating senior citizen/old man

Don't listen to that old gruntfuttock--he's harmless and has lost all his friends