you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a pain in the a..

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

apprentice - 08 Nov 2005 22:11 GMT

The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick"
means if it is alone?
Pawel

Reply to this Message

Einde O'Callaghan - 09 Nov 2005 00:22 GMT

>
> The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick"
> means if it is alone?

The wick is the part of a candle that you light.

Regards, Einde

Reply to this Message

Dave Fawthrop - 09 Nov 2005 07:23 GMT

Also a euphemism for penis.

Signature

Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.

Reply to this Message

David - 09 Nov 2005 09:23 GMT

> | >
> | > The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what
> | > "wick" means if it is alone?
> |
> | The wick is the part of a candle that you light.

> Also a euphemism for penis.

So is a candle. In fact, appropriate context provided, just about
anything might be a euphemism for penis, even Fawthrop.

Signature

http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/colour/2g-0.htm
Green Magic
Left Nostril of Ishtar
Genitals in the Clay of Death

Reply to this Message

chorleydnc@hotmail.com - 23 Nov 2005 00:33 GMT

Cockney rhyming slang "Hampton Wick ( a part of London) = dick
(penis)

One of the funniest moments in British television (IMHO) was in one of
spike Milligan's "Q" series when he arose as from a submarine in a
man's bathtub, pointed at him and said: "Littlehampton"

The Understanding that in rhyming slang Hampton could also be a
euphemism for.....
and Littlehampton is a place on the south coast....

and Little hampton means.... the bathwater must be cold.

David

Reply to this Message

Discussion Groups / British English / November 2005

you get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a pain in the a..