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Words that Don’t Exist Outside of Tabloid Newspapers

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AuntyJanet · 02/02/2022 22:05

Just that really, what words appear in the tabloid press but are never used by people in everyday life.

I’ll start with:

Revellers
Tottered
Hit-maker

OP posts:
drigon · 02/02/2022 23:48

Have we had ' cavorted' yet? Maybe a bit of an oldish one, as it was usually used within a trashy kiss-and-tell kind of story.

Florenz · 02/02/2022 23:48

"Mandarins"

Happymum12345 · 02/02/2022 23:48

Plunge

foxgoosefinch · 02/02/2022 23:50

Cavorted.

Stunned - as in “Cheryl stunned in a parka and no makeup as she walked the dog…”

Hoity-toity

Revellers

Busty

FlapsInTheWind · 02/02/2022 23:50

Revealed

Breaks silence

waterlego · 02/02/2022 23:51

Monster or beast to describe a human who has committed an atrocious crime (a ‘frenzied attack’, for example), for which the ‘monster’ will then be ‘caged’.

FlapsInTheWind · 02/02/2022 23:51

Ground to a halt

Perfect storm

Malteser71 · 02/02/2022 23:51

Love this

FlapsInTheWind · 02/02/2022 23:52

Rocking a red lip - Fucks sake!

Blueotter10 · 02/02/2022 23:58

Refusenik
The pontiff

BrimfulOfBaba · 03/02/2022 00:04

"Poured her curves into a figure hugging dress"

PinkArt · 03/02/2022 00:10

Leads. As in 'Holly Willoughby leads stars on the red carpet/ writing tributes/ celebrating Christmas'.

Kapalika · 03/02/2022 00:12

Going hell for leather

Owlink · 03/02/2022 00:17

Donned - Kate donned a simple jacket.
Wowed onlookers - Laura wowed onlookers in a complicated jacket.

fibeee · 03/02/2022 00:20

Women “pouring their curves” into clothing

TotalRhubarb · 03/02/2022 00:20

Ample assets
Leggy
Toned pins
Sports/sporting (to wear)
Racy
Sizzles/dazzles
turns heads

Showed off, flaunted, showcased.... toned/shapely/curvy figure.... = left the house not covered in a burka

EightMonthsScared · 03/02/2022 00:32

Dangerous curves

Welsh warbler (used in relation to literally any Welsh singer).

GrimDamnFanjo · 03/02/2022 00:41

Lags

plominoagain · 03/02/2022 00:55

Hitmaker

‘Gorgeous gams ‘ - seriously?

Hit the next level by going Instagram official.

I’m getting too old for this shit .

Giggorata · 03/02/2022 01:04

Quizzed instead of asked

PepInYourStep · 03/02/2022 01:07

Ah. "Woman wears clothes." My favourite DM story. Not.

Cattenberg · 03/02/2022 01:08

Bid
Plot
Vows
Axed
Randy Rev
Sick perv

Arabellla · 03/02/2022 01:09

Hits out … e.g. ‘Wayne Rooney hits out at other teams’

Bohemianwannabe · 03/02/2022 01:21

Pair with
A trouser (no s)
Why do they write like this?

BashfulClam · 03/02/2022 01:21

When the weather is hot you always see people described as ‘Britons’ basking in sunlight…usually it’s just the south of England and here in my area of Scotland it will be drizzle and 14c.