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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! #49313 12/07/2001 2:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 96 Blackpool England duncan large journeyman duncan large journeyman Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 96 Blackpool England "nobbled" - my earliest memory of hearing this word was my scouser ( native of Liverpool) grandad tearing up his betting slip as his selection trailed in last "THAT BLOODY HORSE HAS BEEN NOBBLED, SEND IT TO THE KNACKERS YARD'" the Knackers yard being where they killed old or crippled horses, giving rise to the expression "knackered" meaning useless or exhausted the Duncster ( lethal bones) the Duncster Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Watch out for Flying Fish! Wordwind 12/03/2001 11:48 PM This thread is DOA TEd Remington 12/04/2001 12:00 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! wwh 12/04/2001 1:28 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! doc_comfort 12/04/2001 5:47 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fists? tsuwm 12/04/2001 10:57 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fists? Wordwind 12/04/2001 12:37 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fists? tsuwm 12/04/2001 3:02 PM Re: somehting fishy? Keiva 12/04/2001 5:02 PM Re: somehting fishy? Wordwind 12/04/2001 5:21 PM Re: Watch out even more for flying cows! Keiva 12/04/2001 4:49 PM Re: Watch out even more for flying cows! Keiva 12/04/2001 4:50 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fists? Keiva 12/08/2001 1:53 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fists? Wordwind 12/08/2001 2:30 AM Re: Watch out for Flying FishFists? WhitmanO'Neill 12/08/2001 6:04 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Bingley 12/04/2001 1:03 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! milum 12/04/2001 3:59 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Wordwind 12/04/2001 4:57 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Veeblefetzers!! tsuwm 12/04/2001 6:14 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Veeblefetzers!! Wordwind 12/04/2001 7:18 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Veeblefetzers!! tsuwm 12/04/2001 8:16 PM Re: Veeblefetzers!! Faldage 12/04/2001 8:37 PM More Madness wofahulicodoc 12/09/2001 1:22 AM Re: More Madness Wordwind 12/09/2001 3:05 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! milum 12/05/2001 9:43 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Wordwind 12/05/2001 10:08 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Wordwind 12/06/2001 1:17 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Geoff 12/06/2001 1:59 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! wwh 12/06/2001 8:21 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! tsuwm 12/06/2001 8:39 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Jackie 12/07/2001 2:24 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! Wordwind 12/07/2001 9:36 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! duncan large 12/07/2001 2:32 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! of troy 12/07/2001 2:52 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! of troy 12/07/2001 2:57 PM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! WhitmanO'Neill 12/05/2001 4:50 AM Re: Watch out for Flying Fish! stales 12/05/2001 5:11 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,395 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,216 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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