Monday 28 January 2008

Funny newspaper phrases

Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is only one. Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

Here are some classic funny newspaper knobbly monsters (compiled by Tom Churchill of The Scottish Sun)

Safe: the small metal lock-up (The Sun)

Loch Ness: the mysterious Inverness-shire waterway (News of the World)

George Michael: the spliff-toting gay warbler (News of the World)

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