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Nursery Slope

  Though this expression is connected to a tragic event, I still like it.  It sounds very proper and British.  I think I read it in The Daily Mail, barely a newspaper, but sinfully satisfying.  I like it better than "bunny slope" for some reason.  The Brits make many things sound so dignified though they're just like you and me in real life, sometimes sloppy and sometimes stupid.

Tweethearts

I don't twitter.  I've toyed with the idea of twittering.  It just seems too timeconsuming.  I was reading some artice in Entertainment weekly about Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore twittering to each other about some subject while they were sitting across from each other at the breakfast table.  The article referred to them as "Tweethearts" which I love.  It's frakkin' hilarious!  I think they should put their blackberrys down and actually talk to each other while they eat.

The Fellmonger is coming to town

     "Fellmonger."  It sounds so scary, so medieval.   I love it.  I just read it today in a very sad article in The Daily Mail about pet horses that were being sent to slaughter because their owners could not keep them any longer during these troubled times.  Apparently fellmongers will pay 250GBP for a horse carcass.  You can lookup the definition of "fellmonger" on Wikipedia.   

Welcome to WordMonger!

First, thanks to all my friends who encouraged me to indulge myself by writing about my love of language.  I've always been fascinated by spoken and written language, especially idiom.  I hope that my selections amuse and delight you.  Thanks for reading!