Dennis Price – appeared as Prince John in the Goons Christmas special broadcast of Robin Hood. [26] Vrb phrs. To do something foolish or risky. E.g."Pulling a stunt like that again will put you in serious trouble." {Informal} Noun. A thing that makes you feel better, or restores vigour, such as a drink. [Orig. U.S.] {Informal} Vrb Phrs. To beat someone to the finish by a small margin. Also pip someone to the post. {Informal} Noun. 1. A Pakistani, but also used as a general and particularly offensive term for any person/immigrant from the Indian sub-continent, such as Pakistan, India, Bengal, Sri Lanka etc. Offens.

Vrb phrs. Shut the door. A Northern phrase that dialectically is expressed as "put' wood in'thole". The expression is sometimes completed with either "...or were you born in a field?" and occasionally "...or were you born in a barn?" John Snagge – doyen of BBC newsreaders who, like Greenslade, also played himself in several episodes (usually in pre-recorded inserts), and was a great supporter of the show. Snagge had a prominent part in the 1955 episode The Greenslade Story, when he was present in the studio instead of being pre-recorded, and read his part in his best 'Here-is-the-News' voice. Adj. Trivial, insignificant, small. E.g."I'm starving. You should have seen the piddling amount we had for dinner." {Informal} Verb. Of objects or oneself, to put or place down heavily. E.g."He plonked down his bag and then plonked himself on the sofa exhausted." {Informal} Vrb phrs. To be an unwanted, extra person, usually in the company of a courting couple. See ' gooseberry'.

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Noun. Alcohol. Usually heard in questions such as "What's your poison?", meaning "What would you like to drink?" A "pink oboe' is an old army euphemism for a penis being fellated. It was also part of Milligan's plans to go around the BBC censors.

When there was a need, Secombe would often play the part of a Yorkshireman, usually unnamed. One example of Secombe's Yorkshire accent is in the episode Lurgi Strikes Britain, [7] where he plays a bus conductor in Oldham (although the town is historically in Lancashire, some of the outlying villages of Oldham were situated in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time), the first victim of the dreaded lurgi. He also uses the accent as a workman in The Last Tram (From Clapham), and as the Manager of the East Acton Labour Exchange in World War I. In The Macreekie Rising he plays a dim Yorkshireman on guard at the Tower of London, using the name " Fred Nurke".Fred Fu-Manchu, Chinese Bamboo Saxophonist. Appears as the eponymous villain in The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu. Makes minor appearances in a number of other episodes China Story, " The Siege of Fort Night" and The Lost Emperor. Charlotte Mitchell – stepped into the breach on the rare occasions when the script called for an authentic female. Noun. Cocaine. Named so, because this is the drug of choice for the wealthy members of society, see adj below. Verb. To eat fully and enthusiastically. E.g."Since he's given up on his diet he's been pigging out every day." Satisfactory, just right. E.g."There's nothing like a proper cup of tea first thing in the morning." {Informal}

Adj. Cold weather. A pun on ' there being a nasty nip in the air'... from nip(py) (cold) and ' Nip' (Japanese). E.g."Put on your scarf and hat, it's pearl harbour out there." [1990s] Vrb phrs. To tease someone, to deceive someone humourously. E.g." I was only pulling his leg, but he hit me. " {Informal}Vrb phrs. To put an end to (something). E.g."We all went home after their parents put the kibosh on the drinking." Cf. ' kibosh'. Vrb phrs. To play truant. Also play hookey and play hookie. E.g."If I hadn't played hooky for 3 years at school I'd probably have a decent job."

Verb. To urinate. E.g."As I get older I'm finding I'm piddling a lot more." Cf. ' riddle' and ' widdle'. {Informal} Noun. Essentially refers to Friday, although the expression sums up the general feeling of working on a Friday and the desire to leave work and get on with one's real life. Poet's being an acronym of Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.a b https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020054/http://goonshowscripts.afraid.org/raw/series07/s07e17.html. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 6 August 2006. {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help)