- The
spleen (from Anglo-Norman espleen, ult. from
Ancient Gr**** σπλήν, splḗn) is an
organ found in
almost all vertebrates.
Similar in
structure to a large...
-
stealing the
whole **** show.
Every sneer,
every eye-roll,
every flourish of
splenetic exasperation is a joy to behold.
Whether he's
cancelling Christmas or...
- In 2003, the
Independent critic Andy Gill
wrote that "those jarring,
splenetic razor-slashes of
distorted guitar ... kick the song up
several gears,...
- content,
Hastings suggests, gave the
public a
fixed image of Waugh: "stout,
splenetic, red-faced and reactionary, a
figure from
burlesque complete with cigar...
- I am to give a talk in his name doesn't
leave him
spitting spiritedly splenetic spoonerisms in
comedy heaven. The Washington, D.C.
political comedy group...
- (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1903). This
pamphlet is a
collection of (
splenetic)
letters in
which Sprengel defends his
priority in the use of
picric acid...
- had an
enlarged spleen. At the time,
Gaucher thought it to be a form of
splenetic cancer, and
published his
findings in his
doctorate thesis,
titled De...
- misunderstandings,
which find
humour in the
opposing temperaments of Walter—
splenetic, rational, and
somewhat sarcastic—and
Uncle Toby, who is gentle, uncomplicated...
- song
three out of five,
describing it as "the
Generation X-flag-wavers'
splenetic slice of Bay Area punk". John
Mulvey from NME wrote, "Long-time heroes...
-
Another house mate,
actor Michael Feast,
described MacKerrell as a "
splenetic wastrel of a fop",
whilst Robinson has said he was a "jack of all but...
