Adj. Paranoid. E.g."I dont know why she has pink hair, 'cos she gets so prang when people are staring at her." [London use]

Verb. To beg or freeload. E.g."He's been poncing off shoppers up the high street, saying he's homeless."Adj. Out of shape, unorganised, wrong. Heard in the expression go pear-shaped. E.g."All our plans went pear-shaped after our funds were cut by the finance department." Camp person who makes infrequent appearances. Although one of the earliest established characters, he was absent from the show for a long period and reappeared in the middle of the show's run. Flowerdew is a dab hand with a sewing machine, especially when, as in The Nasty Affair At The Burami Oasis, [16] Seagoon tells him to run up a flag. Also appears in The Histories Of Pliny The Elder; [17] when he tells Seagoon to "Shut up! It was perfectly quiet till you came along!", Seagoon replies, "You're a sailor, and sailors don't care!". And in The String Robberies, Seagoon's train arrives in Scotland with a great blast of steam – Flowerdew is mortified: "There should be a law against trains letting off steam when people are wearing kilts!" Comparable with the characters Julian and Sandy from Round the Horne. Noun. A policeman/policewoman, a police officer. Generally archaic apart from use in Northern Ireland. From the name of sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), politician and founder of the London police force. [1816] Vrb phrs. To tease someone, to deceive someone humourously. E.g." I was only pulling his leg, but he hit me. " {Informal}

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