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I've just added a new word to my vocabulary! KansDem Feb 2012 #1
me too DURHAM D Feb 2012 #2
Fine. But what, precisely, IS "codswallop"? aquart Feb 2012 #8
More than one theory: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #15
Memory lane dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #27
as in shanti Feb 2012 #33
Very droll dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #26
I always bother about origins. aquart Feb 2012 #32
absolutely shanti Feb 2012 #34
Well if you want the definitive guide dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #37
That's odd. I don't have a single Partridge. Probably always too pricey. aquart Feb 2012 #45
When it gets to first day of Christmas this year dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #46
The Brits have a way of telling you that you are full of $#!* and you enjoy it. liberal N proud Feb 2012 #9
They do indeed! With so much more dignity! calimary Feb 2012 #24
as do southerners shanti Feb 2012 #35
One of my favorites. aquart Feb 2012 #36
Spot on UrbanKhoja Feb 2012 #43
my mom always used to say that the Irish TorchTheWitch Feb 2012 #44
Heck I've been using it since I read it in Harry Potter tech_smythe Feb 2012 #19
I've watched 50 episodes of 'Shameless' on Netflix... DCKit Feb 2012 #20
Truely an amazing people and language XD tech_smythe Feb 2012 #21
Mind you, The Wire did a whole scene muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #30
Thanks for the NSFW tag at the bottom of your post. I'm now unemployed. DCKit Feb 2012 #31
And not forgetting ... Nihil Feb 2012 #40
'Codswallop' is rather old-fashioned Ebadlun Feb 2012 #28
Nice work June... Magoo48 Feb 2012 #3
Good for Mrs. Hautot! LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #4
He's just following orders, is he not? DCKit Feb 2012 #13
Actually, I think it's more Cameron who is following Lansley's orders on this LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #18
Dwindling support for Cameron.. UrbanKhoja Feb 2012 #41
good for you, Mrs Hautot xchrom Feb 2012 #5
+1 Fearless Feb 2012 #6
And IS HE "privatising the health service"? annabanana Feb 2012 #7
Yep. harmonicon Feb 2012 #12
Trying to. LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #17
Here's a picture of her mugshot lunatica Feb 2012 #10
reading the comment section dana_b Feb 2012 #11
So health care insurance xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #14
Personally dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #25
Abolishing the NHS is somewhere up there with arming primary schoolchildren with AK-47s Ebadlun Feb 2012 #29
+1000 LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #38
"supported by key health service professionals" was always wrong muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #16
Brilliant - you tell 'em June. Smilo Feb 2012 #22
Kick LongTomH Feb 2012 #23
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) dfhjkyulyu Feb 2012 #39
"I take umbrage at your codswallop!" yellowcanine Feb 2012 #42
Handbag is now a verb? I want to handbag someone now. BlueIris Feb 2012 #47
Yes and accompany the swipe to the cry dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #48
Yes, and the origin is political - Thatcher: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #49
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