... is this a new word to be brought into 'meeja' use? [ Ducks whilst
PE explodes ;-) ]

Martin.


It's hardly new, Martin. When I worked at BP Research in the 70's my
colleagues all knew of my interest in weather and if it looked a bit thundery
they would ask, as a facetious catchphrase, "freak storm, Mr Hughes?" to which
the reply would be something like "yeah, possibly, Mr So-and-so".
Alas, the newspapers - what can we do?

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.