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croydon, ppl. a.

Crushed, broken or otherwise dysfunctional.

e.g.This station is croydon. My PCR failed; the Pfu is croydon. I took my car to the garage but the mechanic said it was completely croydon.

cf. croydon-sanguine

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Hilarious site! google-ga-ga'ed across at 0300 hrs looking for (any) aboriginal word for DAD... (found 1 - beenena). Thanks for the laugh!

*grin* thanks Ann! Enjoy!

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