Absurdism
The conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any.
Au fait
In touch
Birthday Honours
Titles given on the British sovereign’s official birthday
Black Magic
A brand of chocolates
Blind man's buff
A game in which a blindfolded person has to catch and identify others not blindfolded
Faites vos jeux. Rien ne va plus. Rouge et noir.
Place your bets. No more betting. Red and black. (French)
Foghorn
A fog signal that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards or boats of the presence of other vessels of foggy conditions.
French windows
A pair of windows, reaching to the ground, that open like doors between room and garden
Grub Street
Grub Street in London was inhabited by hack writers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Kinetic
In motion
Lads
Boys; in this context, other theater critics
Minister's Humber
The model of the car assigned to the minister
"oil my gun"
Slang for using the bathroom
Queen Anne
A style of home built in the reign of Queen Anne or in the architectural style of that period
Red herring
Something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting
Settee
Medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
The paint and the motley
Theater (literally, greasepaint and the particolored costume of the jester)
Turn-ups
Trouser leg cuffs
Twelfth men
Reserve players on cricket teams (comprised of eleven members)
Workshy
Lazy and disinclined to work
