Obscure British References on ILM: Classic or Dud ?

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Brock - a reference to the Pokemon character? He doesn't look particularly ugly to me though (although poss. nerdy..would that fit you and your friends?). The other obvious thing would be a badger (and badgers are ugly, arguably) but that seems far too old fashioned.

― David (David), Monday, 24 November 2003 12:43 (twenty years ago) link

'brock' means 'broken' or 'to break out' - possibly 'spread out' or 'wide' - i'm guessing here

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 24 November 2003 12:45 (twenty years ago) link

To brock or bruck someone up is to beat them up, so I'd go for it possibly meaning 'horrifically disfigured' as well.

― cis (cis), Monday, 24 November 2003 12:53 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, we thought it was fairly unlikely to be bager-related. shame, really. i'm assuming brock/bruck comes from break/broke, show your workings steve/cis ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 24 November 2003 12:59 (twenty years ago) link

Slightly related (to being broken): 'busted' ('cuz, those vocals sound busted'..the word busted said with feeling, explosively) lame, feeble (makes Busted's choice of name a bit unfortunate).

― David (David), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:01 (twenty years ago) link

show you my workings? how dare you sir

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:04 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...

havent heard squashed for 3 yrs or so, i really like that one!

these kids i used to work with were alwyas going "work? squash that, man" with the most awesome scorn ever. no one else seems to have heard it tho.

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 11 April 2005 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link

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