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Neologism of the week from loiswakeman 483 days old
"well, it's anecdotage" - Greg Campbell of Mishcon de Reya, interviewed on Working Lunch today He was being asked if there was any evidence that the ...
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Silly job title #2 from loiswakeman 893 days old
Seen on the local TV news at lunchtime - a stuffed shirt with the job title "Public Service Portfolio Holder" pontificating about the cost of fire services ...
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No parrots injured in coach crash from loiswakeman 1040 days old
Please forgive me commenting on a tangential aspect of what was a horrible road accident on the M25/M4 interchange yesterday. I was watching the BBC ...
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Feeling discouragified! from loiswakeman 1068 days old
"This will help disincentivise polluting activities" - report on the Chancellor's PBR, BBC1 lunchtime news Anyone who uses ugly neologisms like 'disincentivise' ...
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ClichésDirect.com from loiswakeman 1134 days old
Sports commentaries are always a rich source of amusement for those of us with an interest in English, and yesterday's coverage of the Chinese Grand ...
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Devaluing the currency of language from loiswakeman 1167 days old
I am lucky to live in part of the country where we only have four terrestrial TV channels and digital reception is poor: who wants hundreds of channels ...
