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Etymology of brutish (and British)

Brutish obs. form of British. Oxford English Dictionary brutish, a. (ˈbruːtɪʃ) Also 5–6 brutisshe, -ysshe, 7–8 bruitish. [f. brute +…

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London, a city of the drab dead…

If Rome, a city of the vulgar living, had been depressing after Greece, London, a city of the drab dead,…

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94% of UK adults would rather live without sex than their mobile phone

Two thirds of young Britons claim they couldn’t live without their phone 65% of people asked said they couldn't live…

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This vile cunt-starving land

Now wand’ring o’er this vile cunt-starving land I am content with what comes next to hand. Earl of Rochester, Sodom

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Words at once true and kind

Nothing shows why at this unique distance from isolation It becomes more difficult to find words At once true and…

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How does an Englishman know his wife has died?

How does an Englishman know his wife has died? Sex is still the same, but the dishes are piling up…

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Sex-free regions

Yorkshire and the North-east are set to be sex-free regions, at least as far as independent television is concerned. David…

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Fear of sex

While the world’s extremists are quite open about their fear of sex, the British pretend to be utterly at ease…

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We are naturally a covered up nation

We are naturally a covered up nation, both mentally and physically. The ancient Greeks lived in Greece. We live in…

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We are not a physically confident nation

We are not a physically confident nation. When we think of ourselves making love we do not summon the blissful…

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