The language of Love Island. We’re talking about interjections and filler words. Do they get on your nerves? Or do they serve a purpose? Featuring the school that banned the word ‘like’, the origin of lovely, a light dusting, the fanny flutters, bev, the science of umms, starting sentences with ‘So...’, Cleo Laine, the origin of the Green Room and Gyles’s Word Jail. A Somethin’ Else Production.
Susie’s Trio of Words:
Sockdolager: the decisive winning point in an argument or debate.
Recumbentibus: a knockout punch.
Twazziness: a centuries-old word for a state of feeling bad-tempered, peevish and snappy.
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