Iliff-King phrasebook
definition
Forderism noun
A strangled conceit of the kind much employed by Rev H Forder to leaven his sermons
Example
● “Mulligan’s Tyres” for Mull of Kintyre
● “Weather is here, wish you were wonderful” on a holiday postcard
● “Why do you have a big K on your t-shirt? Because I’m konfused”
● “Every handsome man is slightly sunburned, and every sunburned man is slightly handsome”
Collector
Iliff family – 1960s
Mark’s family growing up
See also
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