I was listening to the radio yesterday when I heard a new phrase describing the Bodice Ripper genre of romantic novels as a Bonk Busters! Interesting use of words particularly when it was on BBC radio Four.
I thought that this might be a new combination of word usage, but was surprised when I looked further there was a use cited for 1988 in The Guardian of all places! Unless anyone knows an earlier use! I tried to look at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) entry, but now that the BBC Balderdash and Piffle free log-on has finished I was not able to see what they have, though there is a reference to it on the current Guardian web site.
It’s good so see that the English language is still expanding, which can’t be bad thing.
Tags: Bodice Ripper, Bonk-Buster, Guardian, Romantic Novels, OED, BBC
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