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- noun An
uninhabited island, especially one in thetropics
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chained_bear commented on the word desert island
Tower Records used to have (probably still does) "Desert Island Discs" or DID's, in which people list the ten records (that's how long ago this was) they couldn't live without, if stranded on a desert island. (Surely making lists of stuff one can't live without predates that by a few hundred years, but that's when I first heard of it.)
Anyway it struck me this is a useful euphemism.
And here's a list (not mine).
August 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word desert island
I think Tower might have got the idea from BBC Radio 4's long-running show - or maybe the other way around.
August 29, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word desert island
The 'Desert Islands Discs' programme began in 1942. Here's a list of the top requests over the years, of which the topmost is the finale of the Choral Symphony.
. . . Euphemism for what?
August 30, 2008