Surely not…..
Ricochet
A failed first attempt at needlework.
Paradox
The National Ambulance Service.
Influence
The practice of sending a child up a chimney.
Calculus
The procedure followed in order to conduct the national census.
Imminent
‘Yes, I work in television, don’t you know?’
Fluctuate
Dyspeptic regret.
Ramshackle
A form of restraint required to keep the tup away from the ewes until the appropriate time.
Salivate
Some of the lettuce and tomatoes I consumed at lunch.
Hypothesis
Fear of needles.
Gentry
A self-referential class of people with an entirely unjustifiable superiority complex who, in truth, put their trousers on one leg at a time – just like the rest of us.