Its a PackED lunch.

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All those threads at the start of the new school year recently. All those mentions of making 'a pack lunch' or 'pack lunches'.

When you are making the lunch, you pack it, into the lunchbox.

When all the contents are in, its a PACKED lunch.

Never thought of that :) I say pack lunch but would write packed lunch

It's neither. It's a pack up lunch. ;)

Pack up

The same applies to 'Box Set'. It's a boxed set thank you very much.

In my house it's a case of "oh just have a school lunch today"

When I was in primary school I had a Postman Pat lunch box and was convinced for years it was called a Pat lunch

Oh thank god, Yoni - thought I was the only one who did that!

With you, sister.

My boss refers to the 'share drive' on the computer. ShareD drive, shareD drive, shareD drive.

Past Participle Protection Now! Then!

Does this fall into the same category as "Chester draws"?

Love Pat box!

I mean Pat lunch...!

A box set would be a set of boxes, surely. Not DVDs or whatever.

I think the OP got off very lightly missing an apostrophe in the title of a thread in Pedants' Corner!

Toiletry Bag......surely 'toiletries bag'?

Oho yes, missing apostrophes.

It might just be a short form people use/say, not necessarily incorrect.

Is this the wrong time to mention my ire regarding so-called 'female toilets'? Gah

I say packed lunch! I hate seeing threads about Pack Ups..... Pack UP what?

You know what really gives me the rage though... 'draw' instead of 'drawer'. Just no.

There is so much in this thread that has not tweaked me before my blood-pressure is going to suffer.

Love the 'Pat' lunch, though.

'chester draws'? Oh dear God that is awful.