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What is the meaning of "huffing pottery enamel"?
https://youtu.be/PvfRqMgVpz8?list=PLiOo1m8_1y9ZhRCdUtTUcK5kMU40iOffG&t=52
And one more. What is the meaning of KNOBS?
"It's nobody's choice to be here, you knobs. "
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Oct 16, 2017 1:14 PM
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This all sounds like fairly vulgar language. 'Knob' refers to one particular feature of the male anatomy, so addressing people as 'you knobs' is rather rude way of saying 'you idiots'.
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October 16, 2017
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Some items (including pottery enamel), put a lot of chemicals into the air. Some people breathe in those fumes for the purposes of getting high; "huffing" is a slang term for deliberately sniffing/breathing those toxic chemicals for that reason.
October 16, 2017
Knobs is an old English term for an aristocrat or Lord. Its Your Knobs not You knobs. Its inferring that the children are acting in a spoiled manner
Aug 19, 2025 8:02 AM
"Knobs" used in this context, is a mild UK-English insult (similar in severity to the US word "jerks") literally translated as "dicks" - as in, penis... It is not exceptionally offensive, and usually used in British English among friends, colleagues or family as banter.
July 20, 2019
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