Friday, March 5, 2010

Slithy toves in portmanteaux


Huge thanks to Business Balls for their clear and concise explanation of this particular fascinating aspect of our bizarre language!
Anyone with 5 minutes to spare, and good eyesight (or a magnifying facility in their browser) could do worse than checking this out.
Like, it's sort of related to work 'n' all, isn't it? At least, you could very likely make a good case to support your contention that you aren't really goofing off or wasting company time and resources. Good luck with that, and let me know how you get on ...