Words & Phrases: March & April 2011

Since I first started using my new computer last month I've been bookmarking a list of memorable words and phrases. It includes words and phrases which I already knew and those that I've heard for the first time. I'm hoping that this way I'll increase my chances of using them in the future, either in speech or writing. I haven't quite decided how often I'll share my favourite ones on here but it'll probably become a monthly feature.

01. Bread and circuses
02. Motherhood and apple pie
03. Meither
04. Thrutch
05. More's the pity
06. Trite
07. Insouciance
08. Sangfroid
09. Phlegmatic
10. Lachrymose
11. Frisson
12. Samovar
13. Obstinacy
14. Osculation
15. Emollient
16. Just deserts
17. Peroration
18. Cavilling
19. Prurience
20. Norks
21. There's lovely isn't it
22. I want doesn't get
23. Nickel and dime
24. Brassic
25. Monged
26. Too easy

-My favourite of the lot is the Welsh phrase in number 21 ("There's lovely isn't it").
-I was surprised to discover that "just deserts" (16) wasn't spelled the way you normally pronounce the latter word.
-"Meither" (3) and "thrutch" (4) are regional words used (to the best of my knowledge) only in certain parts of Lancashire, while "Too easy" (26) is an Aussie expression.
-I can't properly remember but I'm pretty sure I picked up "Bread and circuses" (1) and "Motherhood and apple pie" (2) from posts made by miss_s_b (or lizw).

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