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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
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You get on my wick = you get on my nerves = you are a pain in the a..

The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick" means if it is alone?
Pawel
  

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[nq:1]The expression is pretty obvious. [/nq] The wick is the part of a candle that you light. Regards, Einde

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  • [nq:1]The expression is pretty obvious.
  • [/nq] The wick is the part of a candle that you light.
  • Regards, Einde
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[nq:1]The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick" means if it is alone?[/nq]
The wick is the part of a candle that you light.
Regards, Einde
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[nq:2]The expression is pretty obvious. However, could you explain what "wick" means if it is alone?[/nq]
[nq:1]The wick is the part of a candle that you light.[/nq]
Also a euphemism for *****.

Dave Fawthrop
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[nq:2]The wick is the part of a candle that you light.[/nq]
[nq:1]Also a euphemism for *****.[/nq]
So is a candle. In fact, appropriate context provided, just about anything might be a euphemism for *****, even Fawthrop.

http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/colour/2g-0.htm
Green Magic
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Cockney rhyming slang "Hampton Wick ( a part of London) = **** (*****)
"Littlehampton"

The Understanding that in rhyming slang Hampton could also be a euphemism for..
and Littlehampton is a place on the south coast..

and Little hampton means.. the bathwater must be cold.

David
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