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Freddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."

My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.

What stuff do you think is common?

(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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PPP
We call the American equivalent of chavs who come in and drop their 8th kid "PPP": Piss Poor Protoplasm.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 13:52, 1 reply)
A Couple I Also Liked Were
for people dying...

CTD - Circling The Drain

and

ART - Approaching Room Temperature

Cheers
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 13:55, closed)
I always liked
GROLIES - Guardian Reader of Limited Intelligence In Ethnic Skirt
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:34, closed)
Oh God...
A large part of the late 80's and early 90's were spent avoiding them...
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 14:45, closed)

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