On Nov 29, 10:41*pm, "Ridge Runner" wrote:
The dreaded word has made it to the BBC South Today TV news no less than
four times in one report this evening.....aaarrgghhhh.

Robbie (Off for a pint)

I really can't see the objection to this usage. it doesn't
bother me in the slightest. There are far more irritatingly elaborate
phrases used in R 4 forecasts, eg "the eastern coastal fringes" = "the
east coast", and "as we head through the overnight period" =
"overnight".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.