Antigropelos sounds a lot more like a medicine than it actually is. In fact, it's apparently an alternative name for waterproof leggings - supposedly the kind worn by fishermen or skiers?
The elusively named Carnreation is today's winner, with the brain stretching suggestion that antigropelos is someone who has a fear of being in a group with between 2 and 13 people in it. Excluding numbers over 12, under 6 and between 8 and 11.
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7 comments:
I think it's a tiny device you attach to your bra strap that gives a jolt to any overly grabby date.
There's also a junior model that parents can attach to their daughters' clothing to discourage young lotharios.
It's a spray to stop you picking your nose.
It doesn't work!
I think that it is someone who has a fear of being in a group with between 2 and 13 people in it. Excluding numbers over 12, under 6 and between 8 and 11.
Antigropelos is a product sold in the markets in Greece - it enables female tourists to give a 'zap' to unwanted advances from local men, usually taxi drivers.
A person who doesn't grope.........
It is any device used to keep gropelos (a species of horned ungulate) out of your garden.
Mechanisms include fences higher than 6ft and that go down at least 2ft under the ground; bags of dirty washing; and flaming bundles of ivy.
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