Space Weasels!

Source of Anger and Frustration No. 2:

The cretinous mound of pedestrian horse flesh that is Jan Moir.
(For those of you who may be unaware of her existence - she writes lengthy, ill informed,  unsubstantiated and largely bigoted diatribes for a British tabloid 'newspaper' - her latest one about how women who cry in the work place are weak and pathetic and should all be more like unfeeling robots if they want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the men folk, really caught my attention)

Alternative words and phrases:

• Squawking Banshee
• Skittering Devil Woman
• Creature from the Tabloid Lagoon
• Screeching She-Witch

and now for...

'The Pixie's Word of the Moment'

Beguiling (adj)

Definition: Charming or enchanting - perhaps with an air of deceit or dishonesty.

Example:  The beguiling smile of the giant arachnid would entice the children in so he could gnaw on their tiny toes while they slept.

Real Life Example (as demonstrated by a certain Pixie nary a week ago in response to a comment made by a certain pair of sideburns about the lovely lady bassist in this band ):

Pixie: "Beguiling? Fucking Beguiling? I'll give you fucking beguiling. You have such a go at me about describing your work colleague as 'handsome' and you go and describe her as 'beguiling'?!?!? Beguiling is WAY worse than handsome. Fucking beguiling"

Sideburns: "I appreciate that I may be operating a bit of a double standard here"

Pixie: "I will fight you.  Fucking beguiling"

(Please note that this should be read aloud in a shrill and incredulous voice, except that last bit - that should be done in a low and sinister voice - it's best if you imagine you are in public while this is happening... for authenticity)



and now for a new feature....

'The Pixie's Guide to Words that are Not Really Words and Probably Shouldn't be used as such'

Irregardless

Definition: A ridiculous melding of regardless and irrespective - both of which are perfectly lovely and usable words that actually exist.  Now I am all for the evolution of language and fully support it, new words come into common usage regularly and this is to be applauded - however, adding two letters on to the front of a word that already exists and having it mean exactly the same thing, is not evolution - it's silly!

Thank you for your time.




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