Incredible plan falls apart because you goofed up on something stupid.

Example: Bob: All righty, I'll run down the hall drawing thier fire whilst you guys cover me.

*starts running, trips on shoe lace is hit by umpteen paintballs*

Bob: But... But I'm a tactical genius, this can't happen to me.

@but.:= This is a submission and a question. The submission is: “but.” There is a long-accepted use of a terminal but... in English. Thus, He said, 'Yes, but....' to mean a thought the listener can complete or the like. My question is not about that use of but. The but I am interested in does not leave any room for the listener to complete anything. It stands on its own as a fact or opinion or sentiment of the speaker. I've encountered the expression mostly in British detective shows and in British novels. For example, from Reginald Hill's Dalziel/Pascoe novel _On Beulah Height_: Mebbe. Not a daughter, but. They just had the one. Mary. It nigh on pushed the father over the edge, losing her. (Copyright 1998 by Reginald Hill, paperback, Dell Books, September 1999, p. 40.)

This use of but usually has the but at the end of the sentence and is not followed by an ellipsis.

My question: I would like to

1. know if this is Yorkshire slang or an accepted Yorkshire way of speaking.

2. (if available) locate some references (both of its use as above in Hill's novel and any commentary on this use of but.).

Doug Haden

California, USA

[e-mail]

[Ed. The editor sent Mr. Haden a response June 17, but the response seems to have stuck in the editor's outbox.]

Example: More Reginald Hill examples, all from Hill, Reginald. Pictures of Perfection, © 1994 Reginald Hill. Dell Books/Random House”:

p. 70: “You’ll have a piece of cold pie, but?”

p. 82: Doesn’t like him, but, thought Wield.

p. 84: “His wife seems a nice lady, but,” prompted Wield.

p. 138: “It doesn’t have any flowers around it, but,” said Wield.

@Butabi:= The last name of the guys from _Night at the Robury_.

Any male having the characteristics of the typical night club dancing loser.

The majority wear, but are not limited to wearing, tight velvet shirts with zippers, spiked and frosted hair; and

may have hoop ear rings and shiny black wingtip shoes.

Any bar that typically caters to the afformentioned crowd of guys, not a bar but a club.

Example: Aren't you looking butabi tonight--are you ready to dance? (sarcastically) OR I hate going to The Drink. It's so butabi. OR

That place is butabi. (Very versatile.)

@butafugo:= A person's bottom, esp when associated with latin dancing

Example: That long mambo made my butafugo sore.

@Butanol:= To be used in place of beautiful.

Example: It's a butanol day!

@butcept:= Combination of but and except.

Example: I wanted to go to dinner and a movie, butcept there wasn't time for both.

@butch up:= Something a woman needs to do to keep up with a group of physically fit people, when she herself is not physcially fit.

Example: To a woman who is lagging behind her group of friends kayaking: Hey Lisa, why are you way back there? Butch up!

@butt fuzz:= The unexplicable fuzz that sometimes forms on your chair, usually from sitting for 8 hours a day.

Example: Jerry's butt fuzz is getting out of hand, he should get out more.

@butt munch:= To be used when someone screws up or does something really stupid.

Example: Why did you do that? You're such a butt munch.

@butt rock:= A term for a type of music--the musicians in the band have long hair and ripped jeans

with cheeks exposed. Usually from the 80s heavy metal era.

Example: You listen to butt rock don't you?

@butt rush:= The short time used to smoke cigarettes between classes or work breaks. Also used as a noun to describe an outdoor location to smoke.

Example: Hey, I'll meet you at butt rush.

@buttarcticold:= Extreme cold weather. Used especially if you forgot to wear warm enough clothing.

Example: It is buttarcticold out here. I knew I should have worn something warmer.

@buttcrack of dawn:= Also butt-crack of dawn. A very early hour of the morning.

Example: I had to wake up at the buttcrack of dawn to take the SATs.

@butte:= To experience excessive lag on Internet Relay Chat due to poor adsl service in Butte, Montana.

Example: I can never keep up with a conversation because I keep getting butted.

@Butter Eater:= An unwanted houseguest, especially one who eats your food. Sopecifically, my friend's roommate's boyfriend. He's over at their house ALL the time and since my friend's roommate doesn't eat butter, he eats all of my friend's butter. He also doesn't replace it.

Example: Your roommate's boyfriend is such a butter eater.

@butterbum:= A very lucky person. It's a translation from the Dutch expression met z'n gat in de boter vallen--to fall with his bum in the butter. into English.

Example: Frank's a butterbum. He has a super sucrй girl.

@butterface:= A really ugly girl with a nice body. Everything's good...but her face.

Example: I thought I saw my future ex-wife today, but it turned out she was a butterface.

@buttergunder:= Toast crumbs or other such foreign matter that finds its way into the butter or margarine container.

Example: If you don't keep your knife clean, you'll end up with a tub full of buttergunder.

@butterlicious:= Food item having a large quantity of butter or buttery flavor. (Does not include butter substitutes.)

Example: Get me a napkin. This popcorn is mad butterlicious.

@butternugg:= Gross goo mix of sweat and cheap hair styling products.

Example: Why is my head dripping with butternugg?

@butters:= Physically undesirable, repellent. Derived from butt-ugly.

Example: What's Dave's new missus like--hot? No, mate, absolutely butters.

@buttfly:= Person who is acting especially oblivious or stupid.

Example: Hey, buttfly, what are you doing with my car keys?

@butthurt:= Hurt and angry.

Example: I forgot my girlfriend's birthday last week and she's been butthurt about it ever since.

@buttish:= A person or thing that is annoying, irritating, inferior, etc.

Example: Those guys that you hang out with are so buttish. This is the most buttish restaraunt I've ever seen.

@buttnugget:= Any old, unrepairable item.

Example: Q: Can you fix this tire off my John Deere? A: No, that buttnugget is shot.

@button box:= The infra red remote control for any one of many different types of electrical home entertainment appliances.

Example: Pass the button box so I can see what's on the other channels.

@button masher:= Someone whose success at video games comes from hitting the buttons as quickly as possible, or a video game that requires no skills other than hitting buttons at random. See twitch gamer.

Example: That game was too easy and pointless...just another button masher.

@button pisser:= Someone who takes things to the extreme. Originally used to describe Civil War reenactors who would get the proper tarnish on their brass buttons by soaking them in urine. Antonym: farby

Example: There are an awful lot of button pissers at this Star Trek convention.

@butty:= A spoof on Betty--an attractive female with an expansive derriere.

Example: Overheard at the reunion: Wow, did you see Jane? Back in the day she was a real Betty; but two kids later, she's more of a butty.

@buy-ologist:= A buying consultant.

Example: Her expertise in buy-ology makes her a buy-ologist.

@buyopia:= A condition that allows one to overlook either the shipping costs or tax on an item just purchased.

Example: Honey, those three 99 cent CDs costs us $10.00. Didn't Doc warn you about buyopia?

@Buzzkill:= Everything is going great...and then something sours the mood, and atmosphere.

Example: Does your roommate always have to be the buzzkill of the party.

@buzzup:= To add more slang or buzzwords to a piece of writing, usually derogatory.

Used most often in marketing communications writing.

Example: The stupid client wants me to buzzup this brochure to make it more appealing to teens.

The jerk wants to add the word dude to every third sentence.

Doesn't even realize teenagers us dude every second sentence.

@bvvrds:= Bothered.

Example: Oh, I can't be bvvrds even speaking properly anymore.

@Bwahahaha:= to laugh evilly

Example: she just bwahahaed at me

@byesigh:= The sigh of a woman saying bye; woman who sigh = saying bye.

Example: A woman who sighs while making love is giving her partner the byesigh, which is another way

of her saying she is bored, and therefore…..goodbye.

@byhandual:= Not right- or left-handed, has no dominant hand. Ambidextrous.

Example: Leonardo DaVinci was byhandual.

@byriad:= One hundred million. In other words, ten to the eighth power. Ten byriads make a billion.

Example: I got twenty-eight byriads on the new pinball game.

@BZ!:= Stands for Bravo Zulu. Naval term meaning Good Job,Excellent Work, or Congratulations.

Example: BZ to new Chief Petty Officer Megan Sweetnloving22.

@bzlog:= To bzlog is add some link to bzoing's weblog.

Example: I have bzlogged your truly nice dictionary.

@bzoing:= A bzoing happens when a person in a chatroom drops a private sentence publicly when it was supposed to be read only by one person.

Example: Maria: Paul, just give me back my panties.