haemorrhoids

  • 91Emma Freuds — n pl British haemorrhoids. An item of rhyming slang popularised by the comic Viz in its fea ture Nobby s Piles . The name is that of a female TV presenter …

    Contemporary slang

  • 92farmers — n pl British haemorrhoids. Rhyming slang from Farmer Giles: piles. The eponymous farmer is a common personification of bucolic heartiness. The longer version, Farmer Giles, was heard, particularly among schoolchildren, until at least the late… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 93nauticals — n pl British haemorrhoids, piles. An item of jocular rhyming slang (on nautical miles ) used in Viz comic in the 1990s. Ooh, me nauticals! …

    Contemporary slang

  • 94pile — [[t]pa͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ piles, piling, piled 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides. ...a pile of sand. ...a little pile of crumbs... The leaves had been swept into huge piles. Syn …

    English dictionary

  • 95Annabel Giles — • Modern Rhyming Slang for piles (haemorrhoids) …

    Londonisms dictionary

  • 96Chalfont St Giles — • Modern Rhyming Slang, usually shortened to Chalfont s meaning piles (haemorrhoids). Chalfont St Giles is a town to the north west of London …

    Londonisms dictionary

  • 97Emma Freud's — • Modern Rhyming Slang for haemorrhoids. e.g. Oooh my Emma Freud s are narrf playin up …

    Londonisms dictionary

  • 98farmer Giles — • Rhyming Slang for piles (haemorrhoids) …

    Londonisms dictionary

  • 99Depression: Emergence —    The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 100Depression and Mood Disorders: Emergence —    The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry