Days 11 and 12, Friday and Saturday October 21st-22nd, 2011. Slang of the day: barm. Origin: Probably England, I don’t know. Definition: A bun with flour on it. Used in a sentence: I had a sausage barm for dinner in Manchester. I had the whole day to kill before my bus … Get hard
Day 10: Thursday October 20th, 2011 Slang of the day: Sponge. Origin: England. Definition: idiot, moron. Used in a sentence: After a week and a half of travelling I felt like a sponge. As recommended by Dodge, I checked out a breakfast place called Truffles. The Welsh rarebit (pronounced rabbit confusingly) … Get hard
Day 9: Wednesday October 19th, 2011 Slang of the Day: Chockers (spelling?). Origin: Australia. Definition: busy, crazy. Used in a sentence:Revolution is absolutely chockers on a Wednesday night. I spend the morning in the nice Cardiff Library which actually has free internet and computer terminals. This is actually a rarity, I’ve … Get hard
Day 8, Tuesday October 18th, 2011. Slang of the day: tosspot. Origin: English. Definition: an insult directed at a wanker/loser/drunkard/etc. Used in a sentence: I felt like a tosspot waking up with urine soaked boxers. Because I had a desire to see Wales, having heard that it was beautiful and “good … Get hard
Day 7, Monday October 17th, 2011. Slang of the day: halfie. Origin: Australia. Definition: half an hour, though probably half a chub too. Used in a sentence: I’ll be lucky to last a halfie while watching Rihanna music videos. The previous day Sacha and I had connected on the “book of … Get hard
Day 6, October 16th, 2011. Slang of the Day: grog. Origin: Australia. Definition: anything with alcohol in it. Used in a sentence:I drank so much grog last night that it made me wanna snog anything with elbows. Apparently I remembered more of the previous night than I do now after consulting … Get hard
Day 5, October 15th, 2011. Slang of the Day: Knackered. Origin: British/England. Definition: Tired. Used in a sentence: I was positively knackered after my pub crawl in London. I woke up two hours early to get to the train to Oxford, with hopes of going back to my old hostel to see … Get hard
Day 4, Friday October 14th, 2011 (Continued). I get to the first bar of the pub crawl and receive a white shirt and a pen. I’m wearing a dress shirt and a shirt underneath it already, so I feel like a right wanker. To top it all off, I’m semi late … Get hard
Day 4, October 14th, 2011. This morning I woke up and had coffee (meaning she had coffee and I had nothing) with a fairly attractive Swiss girl named Maggie. No big deal. She had to go meet a local friend, and I had whatever it is I had planned that day … Get hard
Day 3: October 13th, 2011. It’s a weird and horrible feeling to wake up not knowing where you’ll be sleeping next, and that’s the first inkling I got that what I’m doing the next few months is basically being a glorified homeless person, or at least one going from one soup … Get hard