curiosity, got the better of me...

A "by-election" derives its name from the old English prefix "by-", which translates to "secondary", "subsidiary", or "side". This prefix indicates that the vote is an ancillary event rather than the primary national poll.

Here are more examples of the Old English prefix "by-" used to mean secondary, side, or subordinate:

Spatial & Physical Meanings

By-lane: A minor, secondary road or narrow lane off a main street.

By-path: A secluded, lesser-used side path or track.

By-room: A small, private side room leading off a main hall.

By-street: A quiet, subordinate street running parallel to a main thoroughfare.

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By-curious: A term used when an electrician shoves a multi-meter up his arse and becomes an ohm-asexual. I made that up btw. just in case. because.

Posted By: Tombs on May 14th 2026 at 18:53:00

Message Thread

Andy ! Andy ! Andy ! (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 14, 17:24:10
- News just in, Raynor was spotted in Streeting’s bushes with a pair of binoculars…. (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 14, 18:56:23
  - Can people please refrain from posting rumours regarding anyone's private life (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, May 14, 18:59:50
- Just wrong to be able to stand down like this (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 17:27:11
  - It's the news that will save the nation (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 17:34:45
    - Luke Tryl has him as (slight) favourite. (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, May 14, 19:17:14
    - Parody account 🤣 (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 14, 18:18:31
      - Racist cunt 🤣 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 18:19:35
        
        Innit. (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, May 14, 18:46:28
    - Cant see him winning in that seat. I think reform won all the wards there just last week (General Chat) - shoddy, May 14, 18:04:13
      - Latest prediction 98.7% ANDY ANDY ANDY (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 18:31:25
      - Latest prediction 45.3% Reform 24.9% Labour 13.9% Green (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, May 14, 18:17:10
        
        Where is everyone pulling these numbers from? (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 18:18:46
        
        Available stats (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 15, 00:17:04
        
        Objective data (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, May 14, 20:28:21
        
        see that hat? that old one over there, yes, on the table by the beer mats? (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 18:20:50
        
        😄 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 18:33:09
      - Nah everyone loves Labour (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 18:05:47
        
        well obviously. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, May 14, 18:07:15
        
        Surprised you missed it tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 18:08:59
    - He wont win the by election haha (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, May 14, 18:00:31
      - Back again? (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 18:04:18
      - BMTP (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 18:03:05
    - Not an easy win. Reform just won all the local seats in that area and were 2nd at GE (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 14, 17:43:58
      - Burnham is very popular up there though (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 18:00:24
        
        I can smell the stories not fielding a candidate (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 14, 18:06:07
        
        Tories obvs (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 14, 18:06:17
        
        Certainly be a fun by election (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 18:15:33
        
        curiosity, got the better of me... (General Chat) - Tombs, May 14, 18:53:00
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 20:32:36
        
        That would never happen (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 18:06:55
        
        burnham would make the labour party happier, but (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 18:16:04
        
        He’s the guy who said we should stop worrying about the bond market (General Chat) - Old Git, May 14, 18:26:36
        
        whichever way you look at this all, its a mess. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, May 14, 18:34:55
        
        tbf i haven't been worrying about it at all (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, May 14, 18:30:01
        
        Bond markets keep me up at night (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 18:35:11
        
        They should (General Chat) - Old Git, May 14, 18:50:55
        
        He never said the bond market doesn't matter (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 19:01:17
        
        Telegraph gonna Telegraph (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 19:55:23
        
        Keep taking the Copium Gareth (General Chat) - Old Git, May 14, 20:27:20
        
        But a massive fucking tory either way (n/m) (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, May 14, 21:04:48
        
        Well, thank you for your contribution, Mr Pioneer. (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 21:20:24
        
        I'm happy to go with the graun in this occasion old bean (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 20:24:33
        
        Astonishing ability to rewrite history (General Chat) - Old Git, May 14, 20:29:56
        
        Mate, I'm a macroeconomist (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 20:27:37
        
        Not a very good one though (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 14, 23:58:51
        
        He said this (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 20:47:50
        
        Yes, I well know what he said (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 20:53:17
        
        Well, I suspect he'll have plenty of opportunity to explain himself (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 20:58:05
        
        Indeed so. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 20:58:56
        
        Economists are generally full of shit (General Chat) - phrankin, May 14, 22:31:47
        
        Still better than uneconomists though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 14, 23:16:43
        
        interest on gov borrowing presently costs more than all but one department (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 19:00:28
        
        they might do one day (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 18:48:15
        
        they really won't 😄 (General Chat) - Tombs, May 14, 19:02:55
        
        probably literally as well, tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 19:04:14
        
        i'll turn down the opportunity to stress test that theory thanks (General Chat) - Tombs, May 14, 19:07:18
        
        You can’t beat Roger Moore’s eyebrow (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 18:47:04
        
        i know sean connery is widely considered to be the best but i did like pierce brosnans (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, May 14, 18:38:53
        
        quite (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 14, 18:29:06
      - and 87% chance of winning the seat .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 14, 17:53:46
        
        Both around evens in the early betting (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 18:07:09
        
        wanna bet on that? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 20:23:53
        
        Source? (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 17:57:08
        
        here .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 14, 19:05:31
        
        👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 19:14:20
        
        That doesn't take into account the identity of the candidates (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 20:19:12
        
        Yep (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 21:13:29
        
        how could it .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 14, 21:07:49
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 14, 20:51:55
        
        (so anyone who asserts Reform have an 80% chance of taking the seat now (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 14, 20:22:59
        
        i take it that was a dig at me ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 14, 21:09:29
    - Around 11/10 for next Labour leader (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 17:42:24
      - Which is basically the same (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 17:46:29
    - 13/5 favourite to be next PM (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 17:41:34
      - That must be out of date now (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 14, 17:44:56
        
        👍🏻 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 14, 17:46:23

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