tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1459994243944210044..comments2024-03-28T05:11:45.745+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Now The 'Mail' Is Inventing Words Too!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18506415161708086342012-06-26T07:08:00.637+01:002012-06-26T07:08:00.637+01:00"... 'hurrived' - an amalgam of hurry...<i>"... 'hurrived' - an amalgam of hurry and arrived - which has become a staple in family parlance for when you turn up late in a slightly dishevelled and breathlesss state."</i> <br /><br />:D<br /><br /><i>".. but it's definitely in the George W Bush edition of Merriam-Webster. "</i> <br /><br />Heh! Indeed!<br /><br />But, for all his word-mangling, I bet the Yanks would like him back, having had a taste of Obama.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-26150329551378720962012-06-25T10:27:10.535+01:002012-06-25T10:27:10.535+01:00Horrorify? Perfectly good word. Not common in Br...Horrorify? Perfectly good word. Not common in British English usage, for sure, but it's definitely in the George W Bush edition of Merriam-Webster. <br /><br />Or is that "definately"? I can never be sure, these days.Edwin Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639193560457674072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81158343765890107672012-06-24T21:52:28.956+01:002012-06-24T21:52:28.956+01:00Come to think of it, it rather reminds me of this ...Come to think of it, it rather reminds me of this from Pratchett's 'Witches Abroad':<br /><br /><i>'Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.'</i><br /><br />Hence her recipe for 'Bananana Soup Surprise' - in fact, in terms of preoccupations, Nanny Ogg and the Mail have more than a little in common...Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9545298574141066362012-06-24T19:44:10.564+01:002012-06-24T19:44:10.564+01:00The luxurbeautious 'horrorified' and '...The luxurbeautious 'horrorified' and 'hurrived' would have been super contenders at the last Oxford Dictionary review. In default of real competition, the panel were committed to accepting 'gaydar' and 'muggle' in order to justify profligate luncheons.A salt and batterednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31134188057054500242012-06-24T11:12:03.155+01:002012-06-24T11:12:03.155+01:00Actually, I quite like it: 'horrorified' -...Actually, I quite like it: 'horrorified' - for when 'horrified' just isn't enough.<br /><br /><i>(cute infant story alert - sorry!)</i><br /><br />The Urchin at 4 coined the portmanteau expression 'hurrived' - an amalgam of hurry and arrived - which has become a staple in family parlance for when you turn up late in a slightly dishevelled and breathlesss state.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com