The Dictionary Of Received Ideas

The Blizzard

"JOHN TERRY (Updated, 2012 edition) Refer to his “strong personality” and “bravery”.

LA MASIA The incubator of Spain’s golden age. Point out that it means “the farmhouse”.

LEADS 2-0 is the most dangerous.

LEFT FOOT The only human extremity capable of becoming "cultured”.

LITERALLY Figuratively."

Thanks to Brian Phillips and Episode Sixty Seven of the Blizzard Podcast, you too can learn to speak like a pundit. In the 'Dictionary of Received Ideas', first published in Issue Seven in December 2012, he brings to life the meaning behind the words uttered by our favourite TV and radio-based talking heads.

After years of study "mostly conducted from a crouching position behind the rearmost seat of Mark Lawrenson’s Nissan Qashqai", we bring you the first definitive manual on how to think like a pundit.

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