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TermMeaningExplanation
A GOOD jobGet Out Of Debt jobA Get Out Of Debt job. A risk-free role which will see you through the storm on a decent salary, used regularly by city boys facing job losses
Code 35BrokeThis comes from the code which appears on the gates at London Underground stations if you have insufficient credit on your Oyster Card.
404CluelessDerived from the technical term ‘404 Not Found’, an error message seen on a web page to indicate a website cannot be detected. In common use, this means that you or the person you are referring to is clueless.
RABA massive faux pasComes from ‘Ross And Brand’ (as in ‘he’s done a RAB’) – and means committing a massive faux pas like Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand did on BBC Radio 2.
COSFatThis comes from the term ‘Customer Of Size’, which was originally used by airlines to identify passengers who are likely to take up more than one seat.