Uxbridge English Dictionary

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Uxbridge English Dictionary is a recurring comedy segment from the BBC radio panel show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue," in which humorous, spoof definitions are given for existing English words.

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instanceOf radio comedy segment
recurring feature
associatedWith Barry Cryer
Graeme Garden
Humphrey Lyttelton
Jack Dee
Jeremy Hardy
Tim Brooke-Taylor
various guest panellists
basedOn spoof dictionary definitions
broadcastOn BBC Radio 4
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstBroadcastOn BBC Radio 4
format panel show game
genre comedy
wordplay
hasAudience radio listeners
hasMedium radio
hasTitleOrigin named after the town of Uxbridge in England
inspiredPublication tie-in Uxbridge English Dictionary book
notableFor surreal and witty alternative definitions
originalLanguage English
partOf I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
recurringIn episodes of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
relatedTo dictionary humour
parody reference works
typicalStructure panellists offer joke definitions for real words
uses double meanings
humorous redefinitions of existing English words
puns

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue typicalSegment Uxbridge English Dictionary
subject linked to: I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue