Mrs A's favourite property programme is a constant source of delight. Referring to removal of flowery wallpaper one over-excited presenter gushed: "The kitchen's been de-flowered!"
However one exhausted self-builder in the show coined a portmanteau word that I rather like. At the end of a two-year project he was asked if he would consider selling his newly completed magnum opus. "Never," he replied. "This is my deathnest."
2 comments:
Your wallpaper story reminds me of an essay I set last year for my Year 11 boys to write. We had read the chapter in 'Catcher in the Rye' in which Holden Caulfield 'orders' a prostitute and then bottles out, asking her if she minds just having a chat. We had a long discussion about a suitable term for this and the essay I finally set them was entitled, 'Why does Holden Caulfield not take the opportunity to get devirginated?' They were more enthusiastic about this essay than about many others I set, if I remember rightly ...
I'm sure it did, Fran! The difference between you and that dotty TV presenter is that you coined an unusual word to good effect while the presenter simply used mouth without first engaging brain...
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