clapham

Eventually the archaic use becomes a rhetorical device as much as jargon and neologisms are viz. the phrase ‘the man on the clapham omnibus’ now has a meta-meaning above and beyond ‘man in the street’, as ‘the view that the sort of person who uses the word ‘omnibus’ has of the man in the street’ which can be quite useful.

Should you use jargon in your Focus leaflets? Alix Mortimer 2009

August 11, 2008 10:57 PM on the clapham omnibus said...

Chakryn Forest - Virtual nature by Andrek Lowell, or the real reason I still have a Second Life Bettina Tizzy 2008

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website acox 2010

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website nana 2010

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website Sarahp 2010

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website nana 2010

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website nana 2010

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website acox 2010

I used to go to sajna in clapham and this is as good.

London SE1 community website Sarahp 2010

The average punter, whether the mythical man on the clapham omnibus, the ethiopian mentioned by David or kids on the street in Shanghai, will all be familiar with "Wacko Jacko".

Word Magazine - Comments 2009