Ugandan: difference between revisions

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Browse history interactively
← Go to previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m templatize topical categories for langcode=en using {{C}}; combine templatized topical categories for langcode=en using {{C}} (2); templatize langname categories for langcode=en using {{cln}}
m rename {{non-gloss definition}} to {{non-gloss}}
 
Line 88: Line 88:
{{en-adj|-}}
{{en-adj|-}}


# {{lb|en|UK|informal|euphemistic}} [[sexual|Sexual]], {{non-gloss definition|highlights a [[double entendre]]}}.
# {{lb|en|UK|informal|euphemistic}} [[sexual|Sexual]], {{non-gloss|highlights a [[double entendre]]}}.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1975|magazine=Private Eye|issue=340–366|page=161|passage=Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...depicts this charming old gentleman, who often kisses young girls outside Annabel's, as a narrow-minded, boring '''Ugandan''' expert.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1975|magazine=Private Eye|issue=340–366|page=161|passage=Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...depicts this charming old gentleman, who often kisses young girls outside Annabel's, as a narrow-minded, boring '''Ugandan''' expert.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1975|magazine=Private Eye|issue=340–366|page=198|passage=Eight ladies with '''Ugandan''' associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1975|magazine=Private Eye|issue=340–366|page=198|passage=Eight ladies with '''Ugandan''' associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.}}

Latest revision as of 06:02, 5 October 2024

See also: Uganďan

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Uganda +‎ -an.

Noun

[edit]

Ugandan (plural Ugandans)

  1. A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent.
Hypernyms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

Ugandan (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language.
Derived terms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Back-formation from Ugandan discussions.

Adjective

[edit]

Ugandan (not comparable)

  1. (UK, informal, euphemistic) Sexual, highlights a double entendre.
    • 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 161:
      Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...depicts this charming old gentleman, who often kisses young girls outside Annabel's, as a narrow-minded, boring Ugandan expert.
    • 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 198:
      Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.
    • 1998 August 19, Peter Dewhirst, “Dewey's Monday update for 3rd August.”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st‎[1] (Usenet):
      They have a bit of a 'how was it for you' session referring to the night and/or evening before, and we are left not knowing whether they enjoyed Ugandan Relations between the sheets or not.
    • 2000 January 25, Baz, “Any birds want a good seeing to?”, in uk.local.birmingham‎[2] (Usenet):
      I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest?
    • 2001, Gerald Seymour, The Untouchables, →ISBN, page 345:
      Serif's question: where is Mister? The Eagle's answer: engaged in Ugandan practices.
    • 2013 April 8, Lord Powell, “The Margaret Thatcher I knew”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      I recall her once snatching a copy of the hated Private Eye, in which I'd been reading about the Ugandan activities of a prominent member of her party.
    • 2015, Rotten Boroughs, “Going for the Burn”, in Private Eye, number 1407:
      Jones denied last week that he was in a Ugandan situation with Morris, but did say "I am very fond of anyone who helps me lose six and a half stone..."
See also
[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Finnish

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Ugandan

  1. genitive singular of Uganda
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Ugandan&oldid=82271347"