Got it. No, I'm not planning to go to Phoenix. Marcia was the one asking about it and I'll see her in Germany.


>Nah! It means like a women who is pretending to be virtuous while she's knickerless (panty-less), and in reality - easy. In your case, protesting that you can't go till enough people encourage you to or beg you, while all the time you had every intention of going :-)
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>It's an old "scouse" expression - we love hyperbole.
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>Oops, btw, that should have been "handbag" - I think what you guys erroneously call "purse", which to us is a small case to put money in.