feed of what???

[Joel S. Berson]

But these don't explain the "feed of arse up/in a sycamore tree", do
they?  In the song, the "buggery" can't mean "hooey".

Joel

At 10/23/2009 09:35 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Very plausible - or Hyde may just be guessing on the basis of the song. If
>the phrase "meant" anything in particular, it's surprising that GB shows
>(virtually) nothing else.
>
>A few recent posters to Internet groups use it to mean "an extreme
>annoyance" and "a line of hooey."
>
>http://www.hmasshropshire.com/fr_chapter07_2.htm  dates it pretty reliably
>to WWII but provides no interpretation.
>
>JL
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>On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 10/22/2009 02:33 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > >The other perhaps relevant hit is "What a complete and utter load of
> > >bollocks. I was in the RN for sixteen years you numpty. I have never
> > >heard such a complete feed of arse in all my life."
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> http://dailyreferendum.blogspot.com/2009/03/disgusting-hate-of-our-soldiers.html
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> > I see that (some say) "buggery" can mean "Something one says when
> > faced with something one does not like. Also see boredom and
> > crap."  [Urban Dictionary]   So perhaps the above can be explained as
> > "feed of arse" = (anal intercourse) buggery = (nonsense)
> > bullshit.  (There must be a technical term for this kind of progression!)
> >
> > Joel
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