France’s Public Finances are as Precariously Balanced as a Drunk on a Tightrope
This phrase was used in the second leader of The Times today. I like it.
The leader also goes on to use that wonderful English word; pootle.
My Concise Oxford English Dictionary doesn’t have the word. I think it must be a London word, as C often used it.
But it is in the online version of the OED and is defined as.
move or travel in a leisurely manner
It was a strange word though for a serious piece in a serious newspaper.
The Anonymous Widower 
Not a London word, used a lot up here too.
Comment by Liz | April 12, 2012 |
I’ve found a lot of people who use it.
But it’s not what you’d expect in a leader in The Times
Comment by AnonW | April 12, 2012 |