Related: Turn of phrase: EU referendum result may come down to wording of question Farage said he questioned whether Conservative Eurosceptics would vote with their party or for what they believe in.
The indefensible acceptance of money from a surrogate donor is being exploited by Christopher Huhne as a part of his Liberal Democrat leadership campaign.
The latter phrase is certain to displease Moscow, which wants Ukraine to be part of a customs union that would rival the EU and bolster Russia's influence.
Unsurprisingly, McDonald's itself argues strongly that work in the service sector is valuable – it tried to have the phrase McJob removed from the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007, and in December 2011, McDonald's UK chief executive Jill McDonald told the Guardian the word "undermines the hard work and achievements not only of our people but of all those working in the food service industry".
Q: The BBC uses the phrase bedroom tax.
Those millions for $150bn Disney, on the other hand, that's apparently money well spent –whoever coined the phrase "taking the Mickey" must have worked for HM Revenue.
In fact, Brighton's new music site the Recommender has even coined the phrase "Neon Gold pop" in its honour.
In the medieval church, the curate, centuries later made famous by George du Maurier's 1895 Punch cartoon that coined the phrase "curate's egg", occupied a junior and, according to Du Maurier's cartoon, sycophantic position.
In the Commons on Tuesday, Michael Fallon, the UK defence secretary, fell back on a well-worn ministerial phrase saying he "did not recognise" the £100bn figure.
The League Managers Association stepped up in August to comment on Malky Mackay's "gay snake", "fkn chinky" and "fat Jew" texts, issuing the year's defining press release phrase: "These were two text messages sent in private at a time Malky felt under great pressure and when he was letting off steam to a friend, during some friendly text message banter".
It was a new linguistic dance – "going to run" was a new turn of phrase – from the US progressive base's favorite politician, who has been fending off calls to run for the White House almost since she was elected to the Senate two and a half years ago.
