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    [Noun]  | "clang*er" | \ ˈklaŋ-ər \


    1: a conspicuous blunder —often used in the phrase drop a clanger


    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Idiom]  | "drop a clanger" 


    1: to make a very bad or embarrassing mistake

    [Noun]  | "clanger" 


    1: an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... a newsreader who memorably dropped a clanger when she referred to Robert Burns as an English poet "



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     [ "clanger" ]

    1: When a player in Australian Rules Football makes an unforced error

      * e.g.,  ... Kane Cornes had 2 clangers today when he kicked the ball out of bounds and then passed to an opposition player 

     [ "clanger" ]

    1: A joke that dies terribly. Particularly if the person making it expected a big laugh, and got silence.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dave's told a real clanger about a dyslexic mormon, but Joe saved the day with his shopping bit. 

     [ "clanger" ]

    1: When a player in Australian Rules Football makes an unforced error

      * e.g.,  ... Kane Cornes had 2 clangers today when he kicked the ball out of bounds and then passed to an opposition player 

     [ "clanger" ]

    1: A suet pudding, from Bedfordshite. Similar to a Cornish Pasty, but with a savorury filling at one end (usually meat) and a sweet filling at the other (usually jam)

      * e.g.,  ... I ate a clanger for my tea. 

     [ "clanger" ]

    1: from the metaphor of a prisoner in jail 'clanging' on his bars. A clanger is someone who would get you in tossed in jail. Usually used in the same context as jailbait.

      * e.g.,  ... Stay away from that clanger or you'll be washing Bubba's back. 


     [ "clanger" ]

    2: synonym : jailbait.

     [ "clanger" ]

    1: an extremely funny moment, comment or joke. not just any funny, but the kind of funny that makes you piss your pants and lose your breath with uncontrollable laughter.

      * e.g.,  ... - 'hey clown, ben just dropped a clanger and you missed it' 


     [ "clanger" ]

    2: dropping a clanger is when someone has

      * e.g.,  ... - 'hey muj just beat kaney at scrabble - it was a total clanger' 

     [ "clanger" ]

    1: originates from clanger english for mistake

      * e.g.,  ... "oh did u get with hudson last night" 


     [ "clanger" ]

    2: a full on fuck up when giving the flange a good seeing to. a clanger can only be performed whilst giving head

      * e.g.,  ... "yeah he pulled a full on clanger" 

     [ "clangers" ]

    1: "Clangers" are two different things.

      * e.g.,  ... Example one: 


     [ "clangers" ]

    2: One is a 70's BBC children show where a family of Clangers lived on small moon with the soup dragon, the iron chicken and the froglets et al. When they spoke, they sounded like someone playing a swanee whistle. They ate blue string pudding.

      * e.g.,  ... Auntie Clanger: WoOowowowoOwOOOowoOOwooo wooo OOoo? 


     [ "clangers" ]

    3: The second definition is that one has made a mistake and "dropped a clanger". This is Cockney, not Mockney by the way.

      * e.g.,  ... Baby Clanger: OoO. 

     [ "Clanger" ]

    1: Penis

      * e.g.,  ... Mr Holmes when entering the glow of the freshly painted set unzipped his fly for the fluffer and stated triumphantly, "'Ere lass, wrap your laughing gear around my unfurled and twitching clanger if you will. 

     [ "Clangers" ]

    1: Affectionate term often used to describe ones testicles.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't know how Martin managed to talk with his mouth full of clangers. 


     [ "Clangers" ]

    2: Maybe due to the noise they make ?

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