Definitions
Etymologies
- Uncertain; dwile, flonk and other obscure words used in the game appear to be deliberate coinages. The first documented game took place in 1966. (Wiktionary)
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The Oddympics
Unjustly obscure traditional games (and others that aren't so traditional just yet...)
rhubarb thrashing, dwile flonking, conga cuddling, aunt sally, bat and trap, ringing the bull, cheese rolling, gurning, dry foam flinging, snail racing, hockern, finger jousting and 65 more...
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
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British Cant & Slang, Old & New
Mostly, the cant words come from my reprint of Francis Grose's 1785 dictionary of 'The Vulgar Tongue', while the more modern slang has been found at various online sources, e.g. this online diction...
bog-standard, bumbaclot, brown trouser moment, bingo wings, bobfoc, babber, sweating, tantadlin tart, taplash, timber toe, tray trip, twiddle-diddles and 209 more...
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vanishedone 'Dwile Flonking, involving two teams a pole and a beer-soaked dishcloth.'
How do you play? How do you win? What's a dwile, and how does one flonk it? Jun 30, 2008