Monday, 22 November 2021

Definitions

Definitions


*Peppa Pig: (compound noun) a new community which the PM is promoting

 
Levelling up: (phrasal verb) government’s social policy which ensures that those at the top stay where they are and those at the bottom stay where they are 

Northern powerhouse: (compound noun) a mythical construct promoted by politicians (see below) during electioneering then ignored once the election is won 


Tweet: (noun or verb) an inflammatory comment deleted by the person who when questioned denies any knowledge of it


Sleaze: what the governing party claim the opposition does


Hi-viz: (compound noun) varied attire representing a vast range of occupations worn spontaneously by the PM on pre-arranged photo ops


Lie: (verb intrans) an utterance produced whenever PM opens his mouth


Northern Powerhouse Rail: (composite expression) a venture characterised by overpromising and underdelivering


To shapp: (verb, ambiguous) to express misleading optimism in the face of contrary evidence 


Second Job: (adj+ noun) what an MP does


BBC: (compound noun) an organisation unwilling to hold power to account 


Cakeism: (noun) 

1) wanting to look good on climate change by withholding cash from the transport system 

2) wanting to spend big and keep taxes low. 

3) wanting to leave the EU and to keep Northern Ireland exactly as it was 

4) wanting to hold the red wall and to keep giving preferential treatment to their own blue-wall faithful


Social Care: (compound adj+noun) 

a way of helping the better off such that the £86,000 cap on lifetime care costs leaves tens of thousands of England’s poorest pensioners paying the same as wealthier people


Business: (noun) which the PM says should be f**ked 


Falklands: (noun) island in the south Atlantic where refugee migrants to the UK could be deported (see Home Secretary)

 

Moses: (noun) another name the PM uses to describe himself


*Peppa Pig: (compound noun) a new community which the PM is promoting


Shambolic: (adj) any one of the PM’s speeches


Taxation: (noun) an imposition which many wealthy individuals (even encouraged by some Tory MPs) find ways of avoiding 


Home Secretary: (compound noun) no entry




 

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