I Never Knew There Was a Word for It - Adam Jacot De Boinod [153]
Can’t say exactly when
Time of day
Elevenses
Shouting the distance
Tip to toe
The Micmac calendar
Caribou calendar
Tea time
Halcyon days
Revolutionary
Stages of the Hawaiian moon
A time for celebration
What’s in a Name?
Angry bumblebees
Eyes like hard porridge
Silent foreigners
Skin and buttocks
First person singular
Speaking in tongues
Grand capital of the world
A to Y
Toujours Tingo
1. Getting Acquainted
Hamjambo
How is your nose?
‘And this is …’
Tongue-tied
Chatterbox
Keeping in touch
Tower of Babble
Baloney
Q and A
Mhm mmm
2. The Human Condition
Tightwad
Big-hearted
Ulterior motive
Obligation
Hat over the windmill
Number one
Warm showerer
Nose in the clouds
Impressing
Sucking up
Eejit
Salt in the pumpkin
Idiot savant
Pregnant birds
A piece of bread
3. Emotional Intelligence
Happy valley
In the coal cellar
Boo-hoo
Crocodile
Smiley
Tee-hee
No potato
Pulling your nose
Worry-wart
No balls
Spider on the ceiling
4. Social Animals
Hermit
Whacking aunt
Party spirit
Storm-free shack
After-parties
Looking over the fence
The sound of yoghurt
Wiggle your bucket
Duck feet
Keeping their bottle
Time, please
5. Having an Argument
Cold porridge
Being difficult
On the edge
Looking for the hair
Pig’s ribbon
Cracking up
Mexican rage
Picking a fight
Get lost!
Dumb as bread
Anger-hair
The blame game
Macho moment
The female is the deadlier …
The flapping of wings
6. The Rules of Attraction
No-pan kissa
Like a motorway
Double take
A face only a mother could love
Diving fish, swooping geese
You beautiful creature
And what do women want?
Double Valentine
My Japanese prints
Hit by a basket
Octopussy
Gooseberry
See-you-home wolf
No sweat
Peppery-hot
Mouth relaxation
Spider feet
The Paraguayan way
The little death
Secrets and lies
Thanks for the treat
Fried fish enthusiasm
Faded tomatoes
7. Family Ties
Matchmaking
Objecting
Camel life
Old hat
Bare branches
Stalker
Regular footing
Wedding lists
The bride wore black
Apron strings
Green hat
Recognized
Three’s a crowd
Hope springs eternal
Relative values
Dirt on the nest
Congo confusion
Auntie
Prodigal son
Family tree
8. Kids
Pragmatic future
Warped
Longings
A mark of frustration
Paternity leave
Those who comes divided
Breast water
We will rock you
Babygrow
Draggling
A desk job
Mother love
Cuckoo
Daughter in a box
Impossible child
Dolls’ house
Junken a munken
Cheese head
Learning curve
Target practice
Hanging out
Filial
9. Body Beautiful
Mugshot
Gobstruck
Lippy
Tsk tsk
Trouble gum
Smiling, squirting, stripping
Long teeth
Copping an eyeful
Bewitching
Cyrano
Lughole
Grass belong head
Octopus monk
Oeuf-tête
Well-armed
Handy
Digital
Doigt de seigneur
Expansive
Classified
Peppers and Parasols
Map of the world
Bum deal
Milk bottles
Thin as a rake
Bacon buoy
Illusory
10. Dressed to Kill
A memorable smile
Hairdressed to kill
Frigate
Berlin backsides
Sails set
Kangaroo teeth
Hand-me-downs
Designer knitwear
Fashionista
So village
Clodhoppers
Barely there
11. Stretching Your Legs
Presiding
Enviable
Upright
Pedestrian
Tip-tip-toe
The trees are blazed
That sinking feeling
Beard in the postbox
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