Too English to laugh out loud reading this wonderful book on the tube so I had to wet myself instead. Great to see so many overused words skewered. Could I add a couple?
Love child: what I can’t be as my loving parents were married
Unsettled (of a footballer): greedy, probably with an even greedier agent
Iconic: something we’ve heard of (thanks for nailing this one – now have a go at curated)
Influential group of MPs: a Select Committee – a Select Committee, for goodness’ sake
…gate (suffix): a new scandal some hack (but no one else) needs to find a name for
Notorious: any prison outside the UK (as opposed to the glorious hotels we’re all queuing up to get into here)
Top (e.g. cop, doctor, etc): 1. Someone important who’s said something to embarrass the Government. 2. Someone we want to pull off a pedestal. 3. Both 1 and 2.
By the way, ‘hero’ also refers to any American who dies, anywhere outside the US of A.
Too English to laugh out loud reading this wonderful book on the tube so I had to wet myself instead. Great to see so many overused words skewered. Could I add a couple?
Love child: what I can’t be as my loving parents were married
Unsettled (of a footballer): greedy, probably with an even greedier agent
Iconic: something we’ve heard of (thanks for nailing this one – now have a go at curated)
Influential group of MPs: a Select Committee – a Select Committee, for goodness’ sake
…gate (suffix): a new scandal some hack (but no one else) needs to find a name for
Notorious: any prison outside the UK (as opposed to the glorious hotels we’re all queuing up to get into here)
Top (e.g. cop, doctor, etc): 1. Someone important who’s said something to embarrass the Government. 2. Someone we want to pull off a pedestal. 3. Both 1 and 2.
By the way, ‘hero’ also refers to any American who dies, anywhere outside the US of A.