(idiomatic) Sorry; said as an apology. / (idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. / (idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance.

(chiefly science fiction) A conventional fictional alien from outer space in the form of a small humanoid with green skin. / (humorous) One of the supposed extraterrestrial occupants of UFOs.

(Tyneside) yes!

(preceded by definite article) A dance move popular in the late 1980s to early 1990s, characterized by running movements done in place with hands going in an alternating forward-backward motion.

As though stating a fact. / As though the situation is normal and not unusual; not dramatically or fancifully.

(cliché, idiomatic) (used imitatively) A cliché used to exaggerate an accomplishment or milestone.

One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.

The national postal service of the United Kingdom.

One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.

plural of magic bullet