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Entry #1948 · Public Archive · TML 449.4 / SLG.B

The Old Russian Flipper

First filed 22 January 2021 · Re-filed 22 January 2021 clerical re-stamp.

Top Definition

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Sometimes you go to a hotel abroad, and you realise that they have got Russian guests in the place because of what's being sold in terms of men's fashion. And you get like a purple suit, yeah? Like a purple suit with a green shirt. And then at the bottom will be these unfeasibly long shoes that have to be long because they go so thin at the end that you... That's the old Russian flip. Yeah, you're about six inches. You can't... The last six inches of the shoe, you can't get any toe in there. Well, unless you've got one very long big toe. and sort of sneak in. Or middle toe. Yeah. And also, it's a purple shoe made of ostrich. Wow. It costs like eight grand. Yeah. That's a Russian flipper.
Submitted by: [redacted] Contributor Record Sealed · 22 January 2021

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-217 · clerk J.B.

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This definition: 1 · Entry total: 20

Endorsements logged to TML-1948/D01

See also TML-1159 (q.v.) · TML-0421 (q.v.)

File index · TML-1948 · 20 records · select a ref to view
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Alternate Definitions

D02

It's either just a beluga whale or a very stocky, short Olympic judo champion.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. P. Akande · TML/F-201 · clerk M.L.

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D03

When you hear about MPs doing something sort of bent, like with mortgages, yeah? And you think, no, what they did was, because they leased it back to the original loan, and that way they claimed the VH back. And they didn't actually own it. They put it in their wives' name, and they put it there. You go there, and that means effectively they get the tax back from the government once they've got, because of the taper relief on the capital gain, so they end up literally millionaires. When it's one of those things you just don't understand.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. E. Tindall · TML/F-204 · clerk P.W.

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D04

It's the Russian equivalent to a lollipop lady. I don't think they have one. I'm honest.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-217 · clerk R.O.M.

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D05

When you answer the phone at work and immediately sense it's going to be an awkward call. So you pass them on to one of your least favoured colleagues.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. M. Vassiliou · TML/F-204 · clerk R.O.M.

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D06

The name of that fancy throw-in footballers attempt to take.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. P. Akande · TML/F-217 · clerk H.M.

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D07

The large and unstable individual insists on standing up to move seats in a small dinghy or canoe.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. E. Tindall · TML/F-201 · clerk G.L.S.

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D08

That moment of film when they zoom in to see someone talking Russian, and then it goes to English.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. E. Tindall · TML/F-204 · clerk J.B.

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D09

The acrobatics you try and perform outside the pub when you've had too much vodka. Absolutely right. Any move. No, I can do a car wheel. I can do a car wheel. Women particularly go for this. Because they could. 20 years ago. That's right. And when they were sober.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204b · clerk R.O.M.

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D10

It's just the middle finger.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. J. Marston · TML/F-201 · clerk R.O.M.

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D11

That last vodka shot that sends your mate over the edge.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. J. Marston · TML/F-217 · clerk J.B.

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D12

A friend in a pub that, after a few vodkas, agrees with both sides of his arguing pals. Yeah, but I can see what he's saying. You've got to see what he's saying as well. No, you're right as well, Jim. The funny thing is you're both right. Now, shut up.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-217 · clerk R.O.M.

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D13

That fish finger at the back of the freezer that must have been there for at least five years.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-201 · clerk G.L.S.

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D14

The foot of any striker who puts it over the bar from six yards out.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204b · clerk J.B.

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D15

A shoe with a poison spike in the tongue.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. P. Akande · TML/F-204 · clerk D.E.H.

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D16

The bloke you knew back then who shows up back in your life following on from some career success with a new wife far more attractive than the life.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. M. Vassiliou · TML/F-201 · clerk A.D.

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D17

That slightly rusty fish slice in your big cutlery drawer. The one that's been there forever, and no one remembers where it came from.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. R. Hollis · TML/F-217 · clerk R.O.M.

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D18

The ice-cold foot your partner puts on your back for no reason in the middle of the night.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. M. Vassiliou · TML/F-204b · clerk B.J.W.

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D19

Your mate that demands you flip a coin to see who gets to go first at anything.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Dr. M. Vassiliou · TML/F-204 · clerk D.E.H.

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D20

Vladimir Putin's body double.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 January 2021

verified Mrs. P. Akande · TML/F-217 · clerk B.J.W.

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  1. Variant spelling recorded in Vol. II; not consolidated.
  2. Cross-reference deferred to next revision.
  3. Use disputed between two regional registers.
  4. Cross-reference deferred to next revision.
  5. Region note pending confirmation from contributor.