HIGH LIVING. To lodge in a garret, or cockloft

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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My kid just introduced me to “glaze” as in slang for empty over-praising/gushing to the point of making the recipient cringe.

At first I thought it was glaise, as in a portmanteau of praise and some gl- word, but it comes from glazing a cake.

I really like it, I feel like it fills a minor gap (I also really liked yeet for the same reason)

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It’s all in a name.

Adding to the long list of ‘check your market before deciding on a name’ is ‘Jobby the Lamp’ From John Lewis.

https://www.thenational.scot/business/24798419.scots-react-john-lewis-selling-jobby-cat-table-lamp/

(for those outside our fair country, I attach a link to the Collins definition of the word https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/jobbie - others are available 😂)

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