"TudorHgh" wrote in message
...
... 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?


.... it was the way it was *typed*: as one word (i.e. 'Freakstorm') that
I was amused by ... quite a useful word for your smiling, sexy,
sizzling, soaraway Sun ;-)

Martin.