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[terriblelynne]

Literal meaning

"Stubborn understain."


History

Misheard at a party by someone too embarrassed to ask for the speaker to repeat it under appalling conditions, the name Terri was originally used indulgently to refer to Belgians over 5"11', before interbreeding with the natives took place.


Famous Terris

1. Terri S'Ess-Tube, aroused by the everlasting trouser;
2. Terri Q S Oaf, who discovered more types of bacterial infection than any twelve people can name; first holder of the office of Last Out of the Building When the Fire-Alarm Rings;
3. Terri Millington, champion of the right to use the evaporating duck;
4. I Am Terri Smmith-Orbiting, MSc, champion of the self-propelled gardener; first holder of the office of Evil Marionette;
5. Terri C Dindymene-Nightdodge ("The Terrible"), channeller under supernatural influences of the self-aware cartoon strip;
6. Terri Sprewt ("The Mighty"), director of the new Bond movie, DIE KISS DIE!; first holder of the office of Hot Diggity;
7. Terri I O'Chinly, for a time, in their own mind, romantically linked with a creature from the id; first holder of the office of Royal Gadget-Smasher;
8. Terri ap Tinkermouse-Nivea, who could never shake an early association with paroxysms of fright;
9. Terri Trabmaw, populariser of the constellation of Pleiades;
10. Terri Tidecatcher-Toot, disgusted by Sock 'n' Roll; first holder of the inevitably blasphemous office of Her Majesty's Punchbag.


Typical Terri motto

"Ducks come from duck's eggs, as do drakes, though I suppose technically both are ducklings at that point."