And the entertainment channels are referring to “Poshkat”, i.e., Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes shopping together.
To be fair, those patterns aren’t exactly “your mother’s cardigan”.
I had a boss in his 40s who wore a sleeveless v-neck cabled cardigan (buttoned) as a sweater vest. After I referred to him as “Grandpa” a couple of times, he retired it.
So a fleece is what, a track suit top?
When do we get to revoke the entertainment press’s license to use (or should I say abuse) the English language?
I never knew Nigella’s name origin story until now. I thought it had something to do with the herb Nigella sativa which is used in Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine. Or simply that nigella means ‘little black girl’ in Latin.
Sort of. It’s a jacket made of a type of synthetic fleecy material. Example
I now have the theme tune for Top Cat running through my head. Thank you so much.
(I suppose it makes sense, Victoria Beckham would be much more plausible as a cartoon … )
As Terry Pratchett explains, in which volume of his prolific output I misremember, it’s a name that means “oops, we wanted a boy”.
Apparently the happy couple is considering a $43.000.000 (did I use those decimals correctly?) 36-bedroom megamansion in some rich valley in CA. That feels something like a cartoon.
Not for British or American usage, no. We generally use commas in that position (assuming you mean forty-three million dollars, that is).
I love these threads where we “yanks” get condemned for our use of the “English” language, only to sit and listen while non US citizens argue about what an item is called. Personally, I think it’s great that there’s such diversity in an otherwise common language. If y’all could only get it straight then we could really jaw amongst ourselves.
Sweaters, jumpers, t-shirts and ponchos… wait a minute, do they wear ponchos in the UK? If so, what the hell would they call 'em?
While y’all figure that out I’m gonna go fix me some bangers and chips w/ picante sauce for breakfast. g-day 
damn limeys