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)
Simon Cowell: the acid-tongued talent scout(Gordon Smart, Sun, Dec 06)
Who's Who: the famous biographical reference book(their own press release, Jan 07)
Billy Boyd: the hunky Scots hobbit (Graeme Donohoe, Sun, Jan 07)
Smoothies: the crushed fruit concoctions(Emma Pomfret, PA, Jan 07)
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