Body dysmorphia “was invented by old psychologists who grew up in the Fifties and had NO problem to find a looksmatch [someone who is your counterpart in terms of appearance] or even better-looking wife”, noted another.

Bites by spiders, otherwise known as arachnidism, seem to hold a particular terror for humans. There is significant fear of these organisms (araneophobia), and yet few actually cause disease.

In various armies, major is the lowest field grade, full colonel the highest field grade.

Shure the Dog and the Cat both av thim was scairt, and the owld white-faced cow come a-runnin' an' jumped the bars to get aff av the road."