Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[Pulcinella]

Hope to be in town on Wednesday so will try to drop in and check (if only for my own sanity!).

My partner had taken pictures of them: Olafs and Helgas.

Perhaps no wonder that I was so confused the first time I saw them!

[Serial_Apologist]

Or coworkers. I sometimes wonder what working a cow is!

Er, wouldn't it be written as co-workers though? I'd like to start a campaign for the introduction, or maybe re-introduction, of hypenated pre-fixes. Like that, see? It would do away with such awful constructions as "reuse" - which, whenever I see it - which seems to be more and more often these days - looks like some pretentious pseudo-French way of translating "ruse".

[vinteuil]

Er, wouldn't it be written as co-workers though? I'd like to start a campaign for the introduction, or maybe re-introduction, of hypenated pre-fixes. Like that, see? It would do away with such awful constructions as "reuse" - which, whenever I see it - which seems to be more and more often these days - looks like some pretentious pseudo-French way of translating "ruse".

... in the papers the other day Ken Clarke was described as 'dewhipped'.

A dew hipped Ken? The mind boggles...

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[Serial_Apologist]

... in the papers the other day Ken Clarke was described as 'dewhipped'.

A dew hipped Ken? The mind boggles...

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A rose hipped Ken Clarke might raise an image of him as a baby, which would be even worse - a Del Boy Roser!

[Padraig]

... in the papers the other day Ken Clarke was described as 'dewhipped'.

A dew hipped Ken? The mind boggles...

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That's 'Really surreal'. (heard on television programme)

[Dave2002]

Er, wouldn't it be written as co-workers though? I'd like to start a campaign for the introduction, or maybe re-introduction, of hypenated pre-fixes. Like that, see? It would do away with such awful constructions as "reuse" - which, whenever I see it - which seems to be more and more often these days - looks like some pretentious pseudo-French way of translating "ruse".

It wasn’t “working” but “orking”!

Re posts 5118 and 5116.

[oddoneout]

... if the women are Hildas, might the men be Bedes?

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Or Stans?

[Serial_Apologist]

It wasn’t “working” but “orking”!

Re posts 5118 and 5116.

My apologies - I thought it was a typo.

[Maclintick]

"Shout Out" . The encroachment of cheap'n'cheerful DJ-style effusions (I almost said "effluent") is on R3 regrettable. If I hear a presenter emit the aforementioned greeting to a listener or other who has Twittered them via the interweb, my instinctive reaction is to channel the character Edward from "The League of Gentlemen" & roar "WHAT'S ALL THIS SHOUTING ? WE'LL HAVE NO SHOUTING HERE ! "

[Wychwood]

Today Kate Molleson told listeners she'd "had a blast" presenting Essential Classics this morning and yesterday. What does this mean, and what are we to make of it?

[MrGongGong]

Today Kate Molleson told listeners she'd "had a blast" presenting Essential Classics this morning and yesterday. What does this mean, and what are we to make of it?

http://writing.upenn.edu/library/Blast/Blast1-1_Manifesto.pdf

[LMcD]

Today Kate Molleson told listeners she'd "had a blast" presenting Essential Classics this morning and yesterday. What does this mean, and what are we to make of it?

I believe it's something similar to a 'gas', M'Lud.

[cloughie]

Today Kate Molleson told listeners she'd "had a blast" presenting Essential Classics this morning and yesterday. What does this mean, and what are we to make of it?

From a little googling it means having a good time but I cant’t find the origin as yo who had a blast on what and why! The other question was how did she compare to other EC presenters?

[Bryn]

[LMcD]

A character in the 2004 film 'Saw' says 'I'm having a blast' - possibly ironically given his situation - and the term seems to have been the subject of online discussion for at least 10 years.