Spurious words in advertising

[NOG]

Na I buy the cheapest washing up liquid I can find and wash every thing in it...the pots, the dog, the car and me....

Sometimes I go to work Pine fresh and sometimes I smell of a country meadow.

[seasprout]

Flange is one of my fave words ever. So is 'pants'.

I prefer Plinth and Crevice.

[everdream78]

The ad for President emmental where the little girl eats the baguette made me go out and buy a huge chunk of emmental the other day and now I'm sick of eating it! lol

[Flummery]

I prefer Plinth and Crevice.

Didn't they dress up as women and sing comic songs?

[Paulottie]

Flange is one of my fave words ever. So is 'pants'.

I was watching QI(i think it was)... Evidently after the not the nine o'clock news sketch a 'Flange' has actually become the academically accepted collective noun for Baboons.

'Pants' is a useful term of derision. But 'Toenail' to describe/insult rude and reckless road users who cross my path works well for me.

[Madasafish]

I don't watch adverts....they are designed to separate idiots and the credulous from their money.

[Alison]

....how else do you explain that the first ingredient in your shampoo etc - is 'aqua' (i.e. water) and the second one 'sodium laureth sulfate' (i.e. soap)

Sodium Laureth Sulfate is most certainly not soap, it's a very cheap foaming agent that is added to shampoos, bubble baths, toothpaste and many other products which the ad agents have persuaded us should have a ridiculous amount of foam associated with them. It didn't used to be used at all and is totally uncecessary but as I said very cheap and therefore l loved by the manufacturers. In addition, it may cause long lasting health benefits. Personally I products with it in as I know they tend to cause my skin to be very dry, whereas others without it don't. Work on the principal even if it isn't doing me long term harm, avoiding it means I can save time not having to moisturise my legs every day is enough of a reason to use something else!

[SarzWix]

I was watching QI(i think it was)... I love QI ! Stephen Fry is a legend. Evidently after the not the nine o'clock news sketch a 'Flange' has actually become the academically accepted collective noun for Baboons.

'Pants' is a useful term of derision. But 'Toenail' to describe/insult rude and reckless road users who cross my path works well for me.

My favourite word for idiot drivers etc is "doylem", (well, favourite when the kids are in the car anyway ) although no-one seems to be sure where the word came from or it's proper meaning, it seems to be associated with L.U.F.C. which is not a good thing...