how's your father

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#1·5h ago

(countable, slang, British) A whatsit; a thing which the speaker is unable or unwilling to specify more precisely.

I popped round Mary's for a bit of '''how's your father'''.

Origin: A popular catchphrase of the 1910s popularised by music-hall entertainer Harry Tate, who used it for comic effect to change the subject away from one about which his character was ignorant (hence sense 1) or a taboo subject (hence sense 2). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(uncountable, slang, British, euphemism) Sexual intercourse.

I mean what a buzz, man, me four fans, an’ I'm on the fookin’ telly! They love it! So suddenly it's knickers off and '''’ow's your father'''.

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