05 Jan
Winning by proxy
Just a little amusing note. My wife, the beautiful Christina, has won the Numby Award for “Neologism of the Year” after coming up with this little number for Mr Brignell:
Acairasthenephobia, Ah-kai-ras-then-eh-phobia, n, a fear of falling ill out of hours (Gr negative prefix A; cairo (or kairós) - right time; asthenes - ill; and phobia, qv).
Since she’s in Sweden right now I gratefully accept the award in her behalf, and will tell her about it just as soon as I’ve had my name engraved over the top of hers and received the large sums of money that must inevitably come with such a prestigious honour.
