http://www.worldwidewords.org Copyright 1996-2011 Michael Quinion World Wide Words examines the English language from a British viewpoint. It discusses word histories, new words, the background to words in the news and problems of English usage. webmaster-rss@worldwidewords.org (Michael Quinion) rss@worldwidewords.org (Michael Quinion) Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT en-gb 1440 http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-dev1.htm devo-max.]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:01:00 GMT http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-dev1.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-two3.htm don’t come the raw prawn and don’t piss in my pocket.]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:02:00 GMT http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-two3.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-yal1.htm yale is better associated with two colleges of Cambridge University.]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:03:00 GMT http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-yal1.htm