Late home for supper,- Wendy Cope, 'Timekeeping'
he mustn't seem drunk.
'The pob cluck,' he begins,
And knows he is sunk.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
InDefinition - 84
Wetherspoonerism, n. accidental transposition of initial sounds or letters, drink having been taken. E.g.
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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
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