green gilbert

green gilbert
n
British
a thick piece of mucus from the nose. A schoolchildren's term which has been in use since the 1950s and is now con-sidered respectable enough to be said on television. The choice of Gilbert is due to the supposed inherent comicality of the name and to its echoes of gobbet, glutinous, etc.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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