[Vocabulary] Dribblies and pofflesnu

[patran]

Dear teachers

Below is a dialogue in Blackadder, a BBC sitcom. I can't find the meaning of "dribblies" and "pofflesnu" in the dictionary. What does the expression "cringe my dribblies at your resplendent pofflesnu" mean actually?

From Blackadder:
Frondo: To you, Blackadder -- thrice-endowed Supreme Donkey of the
Trouserpod -- this much greeting [he raises a hand up to his
forehead and lowers it with two and a half vertical waves].

Pigmot: [speaks with American dialect] I, too, bold navigator [he gives
four vertical waves], cringe my dribblies at your resplendent
pofflesnu!

Regards

Anthony the learner

 

[SoothingDave]

This incident is from a Blackadder in the distant future, isn't it? Those words don't exist in our present time, which is why you can't find them.

 

[J&K Tutoring]

The inference is that both Frondo and Pigmot are paying their respects to Blackadder's large penis.

 

[patran]

Daer JK, why dribblies and pofflesnu are a metaphor for Blackadder's penis?

The inference is that both Frondo and Pigmot are paying their respects to Blackadder's large penis.

 

[bhaisahab]

Daer JK, why dribblies and pofflesnu are a metaphor for Blackadder's penis?

Only "pofflesnu" is being used in that way. Why? Because the author decided to use it.

 

[patran]

Hi Bhasiahab

What is a "pofflesnu"? Care to tell me?

Only "pofflesnu" is being used in that way. Why? Because the author decided to use it.

Regards

Anthony the learner

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi Bhasiahab

What is a "pofflesnu"? Care to tell me?



Regards

Anthony the learner

It's a word the author made up, it doesn't exist outside that piece of writing.

 

[JMurray]

What is a "pofflesnu"? Care to tell me?

The point is that the word "pofflesnu" does not exist in English, it was invented by the scriptwriter for this program. As has been mentioned, it is used here as another term for "penis" and the phrase "resplendent pofflesnu" relates to the earlier praise of Blackadder's attributes: "To you, Blackadder – thrice-endowed Supreme Donkey of the Trouserpod".

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