Thursday, 29 September 2016

InDefinition - 84

Wetherspoonerism, n. accidental transposition of initial sounds or letters, drink having been taken. E.g.
Late home for supper,
he mustn't seem drunk.
'The pob cluck,' he begins,
And knows he is sunk.
- Wendy Cope, 'Timekeeping'

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Thug life

"Your words are friendly, and I drink them in as grateful sherbet."
- Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug