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Wow, those breasts weigh the same as me!

Today I was nearly flattened out by a cyclist who seemed to think that cycling on the footpath was a perfectly normal thing to do

seavixen32 said:

Jaidyn, a buzzword in the UK that I absolutely abhor is 'staycation'.

In these times of austerity people are being encouraged to holiday at home i.e. stay in the country for your vacation hence staycation.

English is a wonderful language and it makes me as mad as hell when words are butchered like this.

For us linguists, such blends, or portmanteau words, or examples of lexical interlocking are treasure troves and an expression of linguistic creativity ;-) Others, of course, consider such a phenomenon as contributing to the butchery and degradation of the English language. There are many ways of looking at it. I could go on about concepts of hybridity, but everyone would be bored to tears

boohbah said:

seavixen32 said:

mickey megabyte said:

i've got a cat called 'poppet', but she's a big fat whopper - so of course she's known as 'whoppet'.

i'll see if i can get a photo tomorrow. :) (which may be off-topic on a today thread...)

Talking of big fat whoppers Mickey, have you seen this?

Woman with world's largest natural breasts

looking for somewhere to park your bike fandy?

Athene said:

Today I was nearly flattened out by a cyclist who seemed to think that cycling on the footpath was a perfectly normal thing to do

Who prefers cycling ?

seavixen32 said:

Britton30 said:

Looks simply big, fat Andy.

Fat Andy? I suppose that'll be a Fandy then.

According to that principle all my ex-wives could call me Fudiot.

I don't like it.

Kari

seavixen32 said:

English is a wonderful language and it makes me as mad as hell when words are butchered like this.

+ Million

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Heh, we use "staycation" here, though it generally means taking time off but not even leaving your home. Usually getting stuff done to your home that you have no time to do because you are always working. I.e. yard work, special home projects, termite work, or maybe just enjoying your home for a bit without worrying about what all you need to get done this weekend etc...