Words and phrases you only see in news articles and mags.

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..and never hear people use in real life.

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“Sent temperatures soaring” - turned up to the beach with a bikini on.

”Hideaway” - a house inhabited by a new couple.

”Said ‘I do’ - got married. See also ‘Tied the knot’, ‘Sealed the deal’ and ‘Became husband and wife’.

”Looked proudly on” - attended an event.

’Shame’ - whenever anyone’s caught doing anything, whether they’re ashamed or not.

A "jobbing" actor.

a cold snap

an arctic blast - all very Daily Express.

every bloody actor is a national treasure. Give me strength.

when someone dies it's always "peacefully " (makes me think of the alternative, thrashing around in bed - um no it never happens like that).

And they're always "surrounded" by their family. Bugger that, I can't think of anything worse, leave me in peace you bunch of hangers on

And "a reliable source close to the Royal Family"

yeah some obsequious but underpaid RF butler getting a backhander in a brown envelope from the Daily Fail.

Gulf newspapers are the best. They still say things like " the rogues were duped by the cops"

"Jetting off" on holiday, not simply going on holiday

"Revellers" at a party, never just guests

I'd just love to be invited to a "wild cocaine-fuelled party" - sounds so much more interesting than a beige buffet and a few bottles of cheap plonk.

Slim pins.

Fresh-faced.

Axed.
Probed.

Slammed always makes me think of body slammed

Oh yeah, "Dramatic Clampdown."

Clapped back - for replying to or denying a statement

No-one ever loses a privilege or title.

They are ‘stripped’. Sometimes ‘brutally’, as part of a ‘bitter feud’.