From The French

I’ve learned a new word from my black female co-workers.
“Bouji.”
It’s a way to describe someone who is materialistic, polished, caught up in the things that seemingly signify status.
Usually, it’s used to explain to a man who is just a regular guy that a girl he might be interested in is simply too “bouji” for him.
The [...]

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Telling Off

Eric started off well on this cross-country race course during my absence, but after half a mile he stopped, parked his arse behind a tree and cracked open a beer (which frothed up everywhere, of course). So, should I give him a wigging?
No, because it’s the effort that counts and no man should judge [...]

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Buzz Words

When a politician says some little used word such as incontrovertible, the media jump on it, then you hear people saying it in the pub when they’ve no idea what it actually means.
“I got an incontrovertible car from the used-car dealer this morning.” Something I said for a laugh, just to see if anybody twigged [...]

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Officialize It

In today’s modern world, there is a tendency to feel as if the most sensible and basic words don’t measure up.
Everything must be … “officialized.”
Utilize.
Prioritize.
Desensitize.
If you read the classics, how many of these officalized words do you ever come across?
This is used (not utilized) by those who work in cubicles who are afraid that if [...]

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Looting In City ‘Out of Control’

So, if it were in control what would it be like?
“Excuse me, Sir, that shop has three looters inside already. Please try another one.”
Dear readers, I’ll be leaving you in the capable hands of Eric for a while as I’m going to mainland Europe, where I’ll be making pathetic attempts to speak different languages [...]

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How are you today?

Some of you will have heard of the expressions, “sound as a pound” and “pound as a trout.”
Those of you who haven’t, now have, and after you’ve finished reading this sentence you’ll know that they mean things are going well.
The woman I was almost stupid enough to marry used to say, “job as a fish” [...]

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