Newspaper Words [Split]
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Newspaper Words [Split]
Does anyone use the word 'orgy' anymore? That's so 1970s tabloid.
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Likewise. 'three-in-a-bed romp'. Does anybody ever use such phrases irl?
Time for a big fat one.
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If any of the MSM also go to swingers parties and kink clubs it will soon be in the hetero population.
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There's the whole bit in Pratchett's The Truth about newspaper words: fracas, rumpus, etc. The scandal sheets have their own selection of words, of course.
Top of The Guardian right now is "soaring costs".
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I used to have a very old fashioned boss who used 'eye-watering' at every opportunity. Also 'jaw-dropping'.
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I often wonder whether anyone says 'pooch' or 'moggy' other than journalists told not to use 'dog' or 'cat' in two consecutive sentencesTessa K wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 12:29 pmI used to have a very old fashioned boss who used 'eye-watering' at every opportunity. Also 'jaw-dropping'.
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Topic split from monkey pox.
If truth is many-sided, mendacity is many-tongued
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I think only tabloid writers use orgy and then only as a second mention for three-in-a-bed romp, or possibly vice versa.
Move-a… side, and let the mango through… let the mango through
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Also,
Regrettably* the opportunity never seems to arise.
Move-a… side, and let the mango through… let the mango through