phrases

No one who works with migrants, no one who works on border security, would ever say the sort of words or phrases routinely in political slogans: “stop the boats” or “smash the gangs”.

A few years back he started singing words and phrases in his car at night, then had them sampled, looped and chopped up to form compositions.

That year, Edwards recorded the four short phrases — including “You’ve got mail” — that he had “a certain amount of trouble trying to escape” for the rest of his life, he joked in 2012.

“Great Gold Bird” instantly had its hooks in me, its writing echoing phrases I have said myself when in the throes of grief.

Once again social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat have a lot to answer for when it comes to the growth of new words and phrases, according to Collins.