Flangepiece Slang term used when referring to someone as a dolt or buffoon. "Oi, Menuhin, put your ******* bow down. This movement's supposed to be ******* pizzicato you ******* flangepiece." Sir Edward Elgar 1927
Flangina n. medic. Any form of physical or emotional pain caused to a man by the nagging of his female partner. "I know I said I'd be back by ten and now it's Tuesday, but for ****'s sake give it a rest will you woman. You're bringing on my flangina."
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Thu 13 Nov, 2014 08:05 am
@timur,
No, I don't. Fingers are also called phalanges. Now how this fits with the OP query, I don't know.
It is not, (well perhaps,) the collective noun for a group of baboons, that's troop, but flange has crept in due to this sketch. (That's Rowan Atkinson in the gorilla costume.)
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