Word of the Day

Sadly, the series was finally cancelled when Michael Aspel was hospitalised during Una Stubbs' attempt to set a new record for The Four Hundred Blows

Record researcher Samantha has made one of her customary visits to the gramaphone library, where she runs errands for the kindly old archivists, such as nipping out to fetch their sandwiches. There favourite treat is cheese with homemade chutney, but they never object when she palms them off with relish.

Humph. Gawd bless 'im

Drugs kicked in Mr Platini?

You are on fine form this evening.

Drugs kicked in Mr Platini?

You are on fine form this evening.

I can't really take the credit though. It's the genius that was ISIHAC.
That said, it is time for bed, though us invalids don't have to get up in the morning. Finishes the Rioja

Insomnia - means I can´t sleep.

Bump

(n.) **

1. ** A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
   or**
   
2. ** Slang A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
   

Bump

(n.) **

1. ** A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
   or**
   
2. ** Slang A shot of hard liquor, sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.
   
   

1. Rikki Fredo's belly when he's pregnant with devil spawn.
   

Why did you turn everything to lower case? ;)

Nearly everything, that is. Rikki's name devilishly stayed upper case.

Spigot.

Surely you know this?

Wckr Spgt - Francis Mitterand - YouTube

http://www.wckrspgt.com/spgt/name.html

For those who know French:

Balavoine vs Mitterrand - YouTube

Pompous doesn't begin to describe Mitterand.

Juniorising.

Yep. Just heard it used in a conversation about hiring yoof and firing not yoof

Maybe there's another thread for this sort of masturbation of the English language.

Crap buzzwords >>

I reckon 'neptocracy' should be a word, but it isn't.
Is there another term for this that I am not aware of?

As in Neptune ruling everything?

Rule by nepotism

Just learned this one today

Cavil

(intransitive verb) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

(noun) A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

Ephemera

Enshittification

also known as platform decay,[1] is a way to describe the pattern of decreasing quality of online platforms that act as two-sided markets. Enshittification can be seen as a form of rent-seeking.[2] Examples of alleged enshittification have included Google Search, Amazon, Bandcamp, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.

Antediluvian

Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.