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I'm having difficulty reconciling toad-in-the-hole and haute cuisine in the same sentence, but on the whole I'd agree with the sentiment that the food's a lot better than it's reputation.
As to word formation, it's a bit of a speciality - you can string together most things if you wanted to, however as you say they're usually more or less unprintable. 'Jifflebottom' was always a childhood favourite though.
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it all my fault HEV-- a thread about word for the staff of life (bread, rolls, biscuits, crumpets, the whole lot, )turned into a recipe swap.. with the fine points of sweet vs sour (butter)milk, and grades of flour, thrown in for good measure. it went on, and on, and every once in a while talked about a word..
notice how no one is complaining about the limericks? vittle are out.. but bawdy is always in!
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>'Jifflebottom'
Priceless, ..I won't ask what it's meant to mean.
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>'Jifflebottom'
Priceless, ..I won't ask what it's meant to mean.Perhaps it belongs in the Struttin' Your Stuff! thread? 
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Food i.e. deglutition, gluttony, rumination etc....
Mmmmm, doughnuts... I mean ... such tasty words. Thanks for the explanation!
I gather you've been away so maybe I can use my colourful WELCOME in a WELCOME BACK! kind of way  !
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but it's self-explanatory....
someone who jiffles about on their bottom is someone who can't sit still for more than two ticks.
or is that not obvious if you weren't in my family??
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Here I be, just a-suckin' on a LemonHead, Havin' nothin' more to dread, Was that a dirty word I said? Great green gobs of jolly-olly LemonHead, Right up in my mouf'... I be glad to gitonback where I belong, Singin' silly-illy songs, One's about a billabong; That bee's ting, it's never gonna do me wrong, 'Cause I love it so... Catchin' up is what I been a-doin' here, Woody-oodies in my ears; There's the one I hold so dear; Rocky Top is sounding oh so loud and clear, Made me smile all day! 
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Rocky Top is sounding oh so loud and clear,
Made me smile all day!Well I'm just gobsmacked and tickled pink to see ya back to lighting up the board again! Guess the modesty of acknowledging your citation in the OED made you break out into jolly-olly song for us, huh Jackie? Keep them tunes a-comin'! I can hear that fiddle music now!... gobbledygookOnce had a long discussion with someone on another board who insisted this was gobblygook. I've seen gobbledegook, but never without the -dy or -de in the middle.
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A related word, according to my Irish slang source ( http://www.loughman.dna.ie/general/4mymofo.html) is "gobdaw", which is reportedly used to mean "a fool, or an idiot". the example they use is "That fella's a right gobdaw". Perhaps Rubrick can verify this for us ~ and while you're at it, whence "daw"?
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I'd be most likely to say it with a slight Liverpool accent as that is where I think I've heard it most.
PS Just read the link which appears to agree.
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