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Author Topic: What is a 'bunny boiler'? Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-18-2004 04:18 PM                        I was in a meeting today with a very aggressive person who didn't help things one bit. Over a pint in the station pub afterwards, one of my colleagues commented that 'she's a right bunny boiler!' My first thought was that this was a Yorkshire dialect expression meaning lesbian, but (i) I have lived in Yorkshire for the last five years and never heard the phrase before, and (ii) the lady concerned is married with three kids, and my colleague knows that. Any ideas on the etymology of this one?  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2004 04:41 PM                     Are you a Bunny Boiler? Also, a bit more scholarly definition: Peevish.co.uk Dictionary of U.K. Slang.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-18-2004 05:05 PM                        Eek! Given her interaction with someone else in that room (don't want to say anything else, given that any of these people could potentially be reading this), nearly all is revealed. And the rest is on its way, thanks to a DVD order from amazon.co.uk...  |  IP: Logged Christopher Duvall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Denver, CO Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-18-2004 06:52 PM                     Sounds like your friend was referring to FATAL ATTRACTION. Glenn Close boiled a pet rabbit because she was a crazy bi-atch...  |  IP: Logged

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