[SA Chris]

Radio 1 DJ read out a text and said "self-depreciating". Not sure if the text was wrong, or her. Probably her, it was that really dozy one.

[fatneck]

Overheard in team meeting this morning;

"its a case of the horse door and bolted!!"

[Steve R]

I hope everyone here (except pete) has signed that partition

[Oldmanmatt]

Radio 1 DJ read out a text and said "self-depreciating". Not sure if the text was wrong, or her. Probably her, it was that really dozy one.

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I may have missed something there, but...

“Self Deprecating”, might be the better form, but “Self Depreciating ”  is a valid phrase of similar meaning:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/self-depreciating

[SA Chris]

I stand corrected! Never ever heard it used.

[Oldmanmatt]

I stand corrected! Never ever heard it used.

I nominate myself for pedantic arsehole of the day....

[SA Chris]

Second that.

[mrjonathanr]

Nasal gazing?
https://mobile.twitter.com/PropertySpot/status/1101074031569178624

[SA Chris]

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/04/hardest_crack_line_yet_for_the_wide_boyz_-_black_mamba_514b-71917

In terms of sections, it breaks down into a 10m hand crack into a short Bombay horizontal body slot

Bomb bay surely? as in the slot in the bottom of a bomber's fuselage where the bombs fall out.

[andy_e]

I reckon so, but you just never know with some of the terminology that lot come up with.

[tomtom]

Like the spicy mix of nuts and crispy bits that WW2 airmen took into the skies to keep themselves going?

[Oldmanmatt]

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/04/hardest_crack_line_yet_for_the_wide_boyz_-_black_mamba_514b-71917

In terms of sections, it breaks down into a 10m hand crack into a short Bombay horizontal body slot

Bomb bay surely? as in the slot in the bottom of a bomber's fuselage where the bombs fall out.

I believe there were often a lot of horizontal bodies in Bombay, though I understand that sanitation has improved.

[SA Chris]

Like the spicy mix of nuts and crispy bits that WW2 airmen took into the skies to keep themselves going?

Maybe because you need to Duck at that point?

[mrjonathanr]

It’s French:
‘bombé’ means bulge. eg ‘Le bombé bleu’ above la Plage at Buoux- still not done?

[cheque]

It’s bombé if you’re describing a bulging overhang that looks like this this but if you’re describing a bottomless chimney that looks like this it’s pretty obvious that it’s bomb bay. One use developed in France, one in the states, neither in India. 

[SA Chris]

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/05/jim_pope_-_through_and_through-71957

With mentors Gaz Parry and Gavin Symonds in toe

Sounds uncomfortable.

[JamieG]

My wife just had a good one from a German colleague. A ‘different cattle of fish’.

[Will Hunt]

In googling to check that "Shot across the bows" was a very minor eggcorn, Google autocomplete threw up an entirely different order of mistake.

"Shot across the bowels".

[galpinos]

In googling to check that "Shot across the bows" was a very minor eggcorn

It's not, is it?

[SamT]

No

[Will Hunt]

I think, strictly speaking, you should probably be saying shot across the bow. Ships only have a single bow and I presume that each warning shot fired would be against a single ship. Matt will be along in a moment to correct me on both of those points, I expect.

[Duma]

there's a port bow and starboard bow - something passing in front would be referred to as crossing the bows

[tomtom]

What if it were a catamaran?

[Will Hunt]

Shit!

[tomtom]

Shit!

Thats generally done in the heads. I'm sure thats a plural - no idea why.... OMM?