Ick Schtick, A Chef’s Kiss, And Porch Piracy
The Word Collector — Part 68
This is the latest in a series about new words and phrases, specimens collected during expeditions into the deepest, darkest literary and media wilderness, and displayed for your entertainment, elucidation, and enlightenment. These are new to me, but of course, you may know some or all of them already, in which case you are welcome to marvel at my ignorance, an inexhaustible seam of material to be mined. As a challenge, see how many you already know!
Sometimes I like thinking about how some of my favourites from these collections could combined.
So when a Scottish teenager is reprimanded for lying in bed too long, on coming downstairs they could have an argle bargle about a hurkle durkle in their huffle buffs. (This “translates” as have an argument about lying in too late while wearing old comfortable clothes!).
Moving swiftly on, here is the latest collection.
“Cinnamon Bun Strategy” — this phrase was seen in “The Observer” newspaper, to describe the Liberal Democrat election strategy in the UK, of targeting constituencies which have an outlet of the upmarket bakery “Gails” in them, on the basis that this is where the electorate may be most sympathetic to them!
