mate

His running mate Reaves, in the midst of a career year, is “one of the greatest offensive engines in this year’s NBA.”

As well as using it to motivate themselves, Dani and her course mates often use the locking in phrase light-heartedly.

"When the institution tried to correct this, it felt like being told you're pronouncing your mate's name wrong."

My old mate Gilly said Head's innings was the better of the two.

Late last year, she headed out on what was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, backpacking with mates in Laos, south-east Asia.