- 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...
- 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...
- content,
Hastings suggests, gave the
public a
fixed image of Waugh: "stout,
splenetic, red-faced and reactionary, a
figure from
burlesque complete with cigar...
- (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1903). This
pamphlet is a
collection of (
splenetic)
letters in
which Sprengel defends his
priority in the use of
picric acid...
- 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...
-
Metal Machine Music (pre- or post-Suicide opus?),
Captain Beefheart, the
splenetic Dada
master who
blended rock and jazz, the
nasty Garage scene's golden...
- misunderstandings,
which find
humour in the
opposing temperaments of Walter—
splenetic, rational, and
somewhat sarcastic—and
Uncle Toby, who is gentle, uncomplicated...
-
since 1926"
whilst Michael Foot
thought it "rowdy, convulsive, vulgar,
splenetic". A
series of left-wing
motions were p****ed.
Bevanites took over the constituency...
-
Marco Rossi of
Record Collector said that "1971's
Galactic Zoo
Dossier is
splenetic and
heroically unravelled acid-rock,
which occasionally snaps into focus...
