Meanings
plural Archbishops of Banterbury
- humorousslangA person full of witty banter.
No way, dude! I'm the Archbishop of Banterbury! You must be confusing me with that other Steve, G8IZY, the dipshit from Croydon.
2015 September 9, Stephen Thomas Cole, “Re: What do YOU want this NG to be?”, in uk.radio.amateur (Usenet)1 more example
[…] it's still the perfect pint for when ur smashing it wiv your brev Gaz who is a total ledge and the Archbishop of Banterbury, but for the twenty-first-century lad, who doesn't really think of himself as a lad any more anyway, come to think of it, it's not […]
2017, Pete Brown, Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer, Unbound Publishing, →ISBNSynonyms: Bantersaurus Rex
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person full of witty banter.
Origin
Blend of banter + Archbishop of Canterbury.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Archbishop of Banterbury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Archbishop%20of%20Banterbury
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