Thursday, 10 January 2008

Knobbly monsters

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)

Tent: The tiny canvas home (The Sun)

Rolf Harris: The didgeridoo-wielding Antipodean superstar (News of the World)

Mercedes: The sleek piece of Germanic engineering excellence (News of the World)

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