Facts,
verifiable statements.
Fax,
facsimile transmission.
FAQS,
frequently asked questions, acronyn, Internet.
Send the facts by fax, and look up the FAQS
on the net.
Faker,
forger.
Fakir,
religious man of the East.
The fakir was a faker.
Faint,
fearful.
Faint,
to pass out, not from an academy,
but from lack of blood to the brain.
Feint,
sham attack.
Feint,
thin, unclear, lightly marked.
Fair,
light.
Fair,
just.
Fair,
amusement park.
Fair Isle,
island.
Far Aisle,
corridor.
Fare,
food.
Fare,
charge for conveying.
It was a fair day, and after reading the bill of fare,
he took a cab to the fair, and the fare was fair.
Fairy,
delightful mystic creature.
Ferry,
means of transportation.
The fairy took the ferry.
Fan,
an object or device to cause a breeze.
Fan,
to use the above.
Fan,
an enthusiast.
Which of the above was Lady Windemere’s?
Ferry tales,
stories about ferries.
Ferry tails,
the wake left behind a moving ship.
Fairy tales,
children's stories.
Furry tails,
Irish fairy tales.
Fairy tails,
small rear facing appendages
Falls,
rapid uncontrolled decent.
Falls,
waterfall.
False,
untrue.
It was false that Houdini falls over Victoria Falls
every friday.
Fall in,
military.
Fall in,
accident.
Fall in,
love.
Fall out,
military.
Fall out,
love.
Fall out,
atomic.
Fallen,
women.
False Doctrine,
given the wrong medicine.
Feel,
understand, believe.
Feel,
touch.
I can't feel anything, but I feel a presence.
Feeling,
a sense.
Filling,
to fill.
He had a feeling of filling.
Felloes,
parts of a wheel.
Fellows,
men.
Fellers,
men (sl).
Fellers,
tree cutters.
Them three fellows was tree fellers making felloes.
Felt,
material. Type of woolen cloth.
Felt,
(pt) feel.
Veldt,
South African grass lands.
Request by lady to shop assistant.
"Tell me, where can I get felt".
or
Half way across the veldt they felt the felt.
Fencing,
swordplay.
Fencing,
enclosure.
Fencing,
disposing of stolen goods.
They practised fencing within the fencing.
Fiat,
make of car.
Fiat,
vendetta.
His Fiat was destroyed because of a fiat in Milan.
Figure,
number.
Figure,
to determine.
Figure,
body of a person.
Figure,
model/ miniature.
Figger,
on who grows figs.
File,
a tool for smoothing.
File,
part of a storage system.
File,
a line, often of North American Indians.
Phial,
a glass container.
File behind,
put into correct position at the back.
File behind,
use a tool with multiple steel cutting teeth
to remove excess material from the rear.
File behind,
children, stand in line at the back.
Filing,
fine scraping action.
Filing,
saving information.
Filing,
small part scraped away.
Filing,
putting away files (v) saving information.
Fill in,
to provide information.
Fill out,
to complete a form (also fill in).
Fill out,
become more fleshy - mature.
Filling,
making full.
Filling,
(n) substance used to fill a tooth.
Film,
transparent covering.
Film,
movie.
Film,
a vehicle for the retention of a negative image (usually).
Fillum,
Irish for movie.
Fill Em,
order to barman for two repeat beers.
Fine,
agreeable.
Fine,
imposition.
Fine,
thin.
Fine,
good quality.
Fine (vb)
to filter (wine).
Finish,
the end, the last part.
Finnish,
of the Finns.
The Finnish will always finish.
Fir,
type of evergreen tree.
Fur,
hairy covering.
Flag,
type of iris.
Flag,
paving stone.
Flag,
coloured cloth attached to a pole.
Flag (vb),
to tire.
Flaky,
style of pastry.
Flaky,
breaking away.
Flaky (sl),
of person, unpleasant.
Flannel,
material.
Flannel,
wash cloth made of above.
Flannel,
trousers made of similar material.
Flannel,
excuse.
Flap,
loose fold.
Flap,
part of control surface of aircraft.
Flap,
panic.
Flap,
up and down movement.
He caught the flap on his sleeve on the aircraft control
stick, the flap went down and he got in a flap as
the plane began to flap.
Flapper,
dancer from roaring '20s.
Flapper,
young bird learning to fly.
Flat,
level.
Flat,
uninteresting.
Flat,
without fizz.
Flats,
stage backgrounds.
Flats,
apartments.
Flats,
marshland.
Flaw,
imperfection.
Floor,
supporting surface of a room.
The floor had a flaw.
Fleet,
swift.
Fleet,
collection of ships.
The king had a fleet fleet.
Fleeting,
passing quickly - swift.
Flew,
(pt) fly.
`flu`,
(abbr.) influenza.
Flue,
chimney.
Flight,
exodus, escape.
Flight,
aerial excursion.
Flite,
family in “Brideshead Revisited.”
He took flight on the first available flight to visit the
Flites.
Float,
buoyed up by air or water.
Float,
ice cream between wafers.
Float,
decorated cart in procession.
Float,
money in cash register.
Flout,
take advantage of.
Flock,
group of birds or sheep.
Flock,
material for stuffing mattresses or spraying
on the walls of Chinese restaurants.
A flock of sheep was depicted on the
flock wallpaper.
Flogged,
sold (sl).
Flogged,
whipped.
He flogged the regimental silver, was caught,
and flogged.
Flour,
ground grain.
Flower,
part of a plant.
As a vegan he only ate flower seed flour.
Flow,
movement of mass.
Floe,
floating ice block.
Flo',
diminutive of Florence which is English for Firenze.
Flo' drifted through Scapa Flow on a floe.
Fly,
wide awake, crafty.
Flies,
winged insects.
Fly,
opening.
Flies,
sides of a stage.
Fly,
like a bird.
The fly flies flew from the flies to the fly.
Flyer,
one who flys.
Flyer,
fast moving.
Flyer,
a leaflet.
Fluke,
whale's tail.
Fluke,
unusual occurance.
Flux,
change.
Flux,
flow.
Flux,
fusion.
Flux,
illness.
Flux,
eastern intercourse.
Foil,
to thwart.
Foil,
thin sword like a weapon.
Foil,
a thin laminate or covering.
The fencer managed to foil his opponents attack and in
return penetrated his foil covering with his foil.
Foot,
extremity of leg.
Foot,
measurement of the King's foot, 12 inches.
Foot,
infantry.
I've got twelve inches but I don't use it as a rule.
For,
preposition.
Four,
between three and five.
Fore,
warning cry used in golf.
Fore,
the part in front.
He cried "Fore!", four times from the foremast.
or
Fore sail, for sale, four pounds.
Forge,
blacksmith's workshop.
Forge,
to cast.
Forge,
to dishonestly copy.
Fort,
defensive structure.
Fought,
(pt) fight.
All day they fought at the fort.
Forty-five,
a number.
Forty-five,
Colt - handgun.
Fortified,
strengthened.
Fortified at forty-five.
Fortune,
wealth.
Fortune,
luck.
Fortune,
overture or prelude.
Fortune,
after three tune.
Fortune,
favours the brave.
It was good fortune that he inherited the family
fortune.
Fowl,
bird.
Foul,
unpleasant.
Foul,
illegal move.
Foul, foul fowl!
Also from a menu in Khartoum, "Foul Sudan soup". (Sudan
fowl soup).
Franc,
old unit of French currency.
Frank,
open, not underhand.
Frank,
person from an early European tribe.
Frank,
man's name.
Frank,
cancel, stamp or mark.
Free,
without payment, gratis.
Free,
unoccupied, at liberty.
Free,
(vb) to set at liberty.
‘Free’,
sarf London trio.
Fresh,
new and clean.
Fresh,
cheeky.
Friar,
monk.
Fryer,
cook.
Fryer,
young chicken ready to be cooked (US).
The friar was the fryer.
Frog,
amphibian animal.
Frog,
French person, derogatory (sl).
Frog,
hollow part of house brick.
Frog,
leather or webbing attachment for bayonet or sword.
Frogs eat frog's legs. Need all for amphibians...
Fudge,
confectionery.
Fudge,
deceive, avoid.
Don’t fudge the question, make the fudge.
Fuggit hall,
the country seat of Lord and Lady Fuggit.
Fuggit it all,
expletive.
Fawkham Hall,
the country seat of Squire Fawkham.
Fork Em all,
expletive.
Funny,
odd, peculiar.
Funny,
amusing.
He was quite funny in a funny sort of way.
Function,
dinner.
Function,
to work.
He functioned as a waiter at the function.
Furs,
expensive clothing.
Furze,
type of shrub.
CHINESE WHISKERS
Fair hair,
a blond.
For here?
this position? To eat in a takeaway.
For hire,
to rent.
Fat Boy Slim,
a popular singer of the ‘00’s.
Fat boy’s limb,
an obese arm or leg.
Felixstowe,
town in Norfolk.
Felix' toe,
foot finger belonging to Felix.
Felix tow!
Pull this Felix!
Felix stow!
Pack this Felix!
Finnish thirst,
Norse dryness.
Finish thirst,
end dryness.
Finish first,
winner.
Fin King ,
pescatorial centre at the Elephant & Castle, London.
Finking ,
how they pronounce the practice of thought in the same area.
Firm folds,
bankrupt company.
Firm folds,
rigid bends.
First tee shot,
golf commentary.
First tea shop,
premier source of refreshment.
Fish and chips,
English meal.
Fission chips,
computer parts use in nuclear industry.
Fluctuations,
rises and falls, often of values.
Fructuations,
offensive term applied to easterners.
A fly past,
usually military aircraft in formation.
A fly passed,
an insect flew by.
For ideas,
ask Charley.
Fried ears,
in olive oil.
Foreheads,
fronts of heads.
Four heads,
are better than three.
Fork handles,
four candles.
Foul play ,
fowl play.
Foreign Sick,
forensic.
Fortunes,
luck, wealth.
Four tunes,
four pieces of music.
The family made their fortunes from
just four tunes.
Formats,
the style of layout.
Four Mats,
multiple underfoot small carpets.
Forfeit,
to relinquish.
Four feet,
About a meter and a third.
Four feet,
a horse has -.
For feet,
corn plasters.
Forte,
strength.
Forty,
four tens.
Forte,
loud (music).
Forte,
Charlie – restauranteur.
For tea,
at tea time.
French leave,
not a holiday in France.
French letter,
not correspondence from France.
French kissing,
not a usual affectionate greeting
to a French cousin.
French ships,
friendships.
Frees us,
sets us loose.
Freezers,
refrigerators.
Fruit,
fry't. Pron. Froot. The "i" is silent.
Furbelow,
trimming on clothing.
Fire below,
‘Did you turn the stove off in the basement?’
MALAPROPISMS
Indian tribesmen dance round the factotum pole.
He had to use a fire distinguisher (extinguisher).
Dad says it's just a pigment of my imagination (figment).
NAMES
Frank Incense (Perfumery).
Frank N. Stein.
Frank O Phile (loves French).
Frank Furter (a butcher).
ODDS
Fester,
quicker.
FIAT,
Fabbrica Italiana Automobile Torino, a
description rather than a name or title.
If one accepts that tough and rough are pronounced tuff and ruff,
then gh should = f. The same argument applies to women, where the "o"
is pronounced "i", wimen, thus o should = i. Similarly in nation, ti
should = sh. Using this pronunciation fish could be spelled ghoti.
SPOONERISMS
Dr. Spooner was a somewhat eccentric master at a famous public school
in the Victorian era, constantly reversing the inital letters of
early and subsequent words in a sentance.
Fits and starts, became tits and farts.
He was rusticated for fighting a liar in the quad, should have
been...........lighting a fire..........
And a new vacuum cleaner sucks without fail while a lecherous,
retired admiral...without sail.
Fighting a liar,
lighting a fire.
With a quait and inexplicable twist someone who knows nothing about a
subject is considered to know “Fuck all” about it. A foreign film
director, working in England in the ‘50s is, in a moment of anger,
reputed to have shouted at his cast that he didn’t know “fuck all”
but did know “fuck everything” about film making!
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