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)
Fossils: the valuable footprints from the past (News of the World)
UEFA Cup: the eight-sided trophy (The Sun)
Victorian bicycle: the rattly velocipede (Agency copy)
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