Why 'outside of'?

The phrase "gormless twerp reporter" comes to mind.

I absolutely agree with you Greatnan.

I also cringe at "arriving into", as in "We are now arriving into Paddington."

Estate Agents - 'this house comprises of' is another one

My current hate is 'returning back to' but it can change every morning depending on what is said on 'Breakfast'!

And 'reversing back' - as in 'she reversed back into a BMW'.

The queen "walked into dinner". Messy!

baggy isn't the gormless redundant?.

Possibly, jeni, but don't you think it adds something to twerpiness? I do. Besides, 'gorm' is a lovely word and so are its relatives.

Tell us, Bagitha?

Going forward - have we had that one? As in "going forward into the future". MPs say it all the time, it's just wordiness for the sake of it

I hope I have plenty of gorm!
I do get stroppy about journalists not being able to spell or use correct grammar - surely words are their stock in trade. I even notice them using unnecessary apostrophes when making words plural - e.g. dog's instead of dogs. (It happens on forums, too, but most posters are not professional wordsmiths)

Well, oxon, gorm or gaum is apparently from an old Norse word. Perhaps it is used mainly in the north of Britain for that reason. Here is the Chambers definition:
"gaum2 /göm/ or gorm /görm/ (dialect)
noun
Notice, heed, regard, attention
Understanding
transitive verb
To pay attention to, heed
To understand
ORIGIN: ON gaumr heed, attention
gaumˈless or gormˈless adjective
Stupid, witless, vacant"

Hey, I found seven different definitions of 'gorm' online and none of them fits....what does it mean?

'Gormless' in Lancashire definitely means stupid, witless. Another good term of contempt was 'barmpot'.

Sorry, I was a bit late there;
Always knew the word gormless, but never thought what the opposite was !
And wikipedia doesn't know it.

- Thanks!

Gormful?

Yeah, why not, anagram?

There are a few words that don't seem to have an opposite, or at least not one that is in use - when did you ever hear anyone described as 'couth'?
Then there is 'flammable' - which means the same as 'inflammable' and ought to mean the opposite.
I love word and phrases - The Wind in the Willows is my favourite. Gerard Manley Hopkin's poetry is full of beautiful word play.

Street speak: "I'm dead gormful, me!"

I use the word cough occasionally

That should be couth.

How about 'the ravelled sleeve of time' (---sp?)