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Yesterday I allowed DS to take his supper upstairs as a particularly gruesome session of COD was in progress. Half an hour later I asked him to bring down his dishes as I was washing up. he told me not to bother, he'd do his himself.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered tonight that not only had he failed to do this, but had added his dirty dishes to a secret pile under his bed. He had no intention of doing them!

So AIBU to feel clegged, or should I be praising him and pushing him towards a career in politics?

So confused, please help!

Come on this is a real moral dilemma!

how old???

What is clegging?

'imagine my surprise'

Surely not.

You have been well and truly clegged.

you must put a stop to this behaviour immediately...before all young people think it's acceptable, and the country goes to the dogs.

Oh look, it already has!

yabu, how did you not notice a big pile of dishes was missing?

Nearly 14

Clegging is when you promise that you will do something and then do the complete opposite.

You've had a total clegging there. Family counselling?

Lynette, that is my worry!

Yep, you have been clegged for sure

Where can I send him for de-clegging, therapy? Or should I just accept it and bid him join the young Liberal Democrats?

You have been well and truly clegged (I like this - how long til it catches on nationally, do you reckon?).

Do you reckon it could even end up in the OED?

is he at a minor public school?

I love the expression 'clegging'! I will be using from now on.

Tell him that even politicians are not allowed to lie to their own mothers.

No, local comp Cereal, should I be considering sixth form at Duller Academy?

Merry, I think that many politicians would not be averse to selling their mothers, never mind lying to them.

There's nothing for it, OP.

You must call social services in forthwith to deal with him. Clegging is a blight on society.

A blight, I tell you.

SS it is, then. Let the de-clegging commence!

Thereisalight, there's every chance:

www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126668337344338

and

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clegg

(There's an MN working party refining the exact definition and etymology, obv.)

Katie, you mustn't blame yourself. It's for the best.

Oh that's great - though I don't know if I agree with the traitor meaning - I mean that's a bit forceful - the definition has to be much more wishy-washy than that, I feel.

Well you can do an Obama right back at him. Stand in the middle of the house yelling at everyone indiscriminately until things are fixed.

Sorry, I'm really out of politics at the mo but love this new verb. What was it that Clegg did? Is this about student fees?

You've been utterly Clegged.

Where might I find this working party madamimadam?

As a parent of a clegger, I'm sure their diagnosis woud be valuable.