# Ambridge Reporter Shorter English Dictionary **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [3 December 2017 14:39 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804 "2017-12-03T14:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [25 June 2018 15:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/61 "2018-06-25T15:35:50Z")
**Ungulate** An unpunctual executioner **Tawny Owl** Exclamation following damage to anterior or posterior cruciate ligament **Hipster** _Panurus biarmicus_ ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [25 June 2018 16:39 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/62 "2018-06-25T16:39:28Z")
> [@joe](#): > > Panurus biarmicus Oh, very good. But… who’s the smartarse now, joe dere? ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2018 20:47 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/63 "2018-07-02T20:47:43Z")
**Maeterlinck** : the umbilical cord; attachment to apron strings (_fig_.) **Badinage** : of traits that should have been beaten out of an individual in his formative years ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2018 20:55 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/64 "2018-07-02T20:55:08Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > who’s the smartarse now, joe dere? And who the Pelléas… ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2018 21:14 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/65 "2018-07-02T21:14:07Z")
**Brasserie** : the casual wit, banter and anecdote exchanged by artists of the valve and slide. sometimes collected and published in slim volumes by sneaking eavesdroppers (usu. violists) ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2018 22:49 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/66 "2018-07-02T22:49:13Z")
And never by drummers, what with being stone deaf and everything. ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2018 23:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/67 "2018-07-02T23:10:49Z")
> [@Fanta](#): > > And never by drummers Or to continue with the French theme, the _batterie_. ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2018 04:04 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/68 "2018-07-03T04:04:23Z")
Tumultuous = To eat a lot. Tremendous = Who repairs & restores woodland ? Catastrophe = Prize-winning moggy. ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [3 July 2018 04:26 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/69 "2018-07-03T04:26:55Z")
Microphone = A very, very small telephone Loudspeaker = the man at #27 ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [14 September 2018 15:14 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/70 "2018-09-14T15:14:54Z")
**Erudite** : epoxy adhesive for fixing knowledge to the brain **Araldite** : distance above sea level in 'Arold 'Ill (Hessex) ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [30 September 2018 12:22 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/71 "2018-09-30T12:22:56Z")
**Impend** (1) Posterior of e.g. a gnome; (2) to commit bratocide ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [10 October 2018 18:43 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/72 "2018-10-10T18:43:49Z")
**Commodious** : honking of piss ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [10 October 2018 18:49 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/73 "2018-10-10T18:49:37Z")
Einstein … just the one beer frauline, bitte. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 00:44 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/74 "2018-10-11T00:44:46Z")
**Multitude** : has fallen prey to moths or, as it might be, termites. ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 09:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/75 "2018-10-11T09:50:29Z")
Truculent - to let someone borrow your HGV ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 09:52 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/76 "2018-10-11T09:52:09Z")
Tremendous - what arborculturists achieve ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 13:15 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/77 "2018-10-11T13:15:42Z")
**Portcullis** : Cumberland Sauce ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 15:58 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/78 "2018-10-11T15:58:09Z")
Portmanteau - a tug ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 16:01 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/79 "2018-10-11T16:01:50Z")
Divination - France ---
**Author:** ![Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/armrest/32/171_2.png) [@Armrest](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Armrest)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2018 16:03 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/ambridge-reporter-shorter-english-dictionary/804/80 "2018-10-11T16:03:01Z")
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