The word is....

If you know that "super" means "over /above"and"sedere" is Latin for "sit" a mental pic of somebody (probably fat) sitting on top of someone else helps!

No matter how far you push the envelope it will still be stationery.
Speaking of those daft meeting phrases did anyone ever play "bullsh*t bingo" in meetings?
Not on the bingo card, but my favourite was when someone said "so long as we are all singing from the same menu".

mamie. Yes, we used to play "bulls**t bingo" in staff meetings at school. Hard not to snigger though!

Gracesmum -

At the moment, I am still spotting 'Going forward' and 'Hard working families'.

@em

"Fed-up of seeing 'Off-License' above shops."

Fed-up of? I have fed my horse of hay?

Fed up, or bored, with - puh-lease!

I think 'fed up of' something is normal usage.

Should be 'fed up with'. 'Fed up of' is awful!

Does anyone else find that as they get older their spelling, which they have always been proud of, starts going to pot!

I find I can spell ok when writing in the normal way, but typing - not so.

feetlebaum - are you em? I have been looking for you. (If not, apologies)

I agree greatnn

I'd say 'fed up with her complaining'

but 'I am fed up of having to repeat myself'.

Don't ask me though, I am a furiner.

I'd never say 'fed up of' or 'bored of'. It doesn't even sound right....

practice /advice/licence = nouns (c)
practise/advise/license = verbs(s)

Does this work for other noun/verbs?? but I say as long as you communicate I am never too bothered by an occasional spelling error..some people can some find it tricky!

I got resuscitate wrong too, gracesmum, but couldn't correct it. Nice to know that The Mysterious Beings make typos too

I would probably say 'bored by' something, or possibly 'bored of' doing something, but each to his own. 'Fed up of' or 'fed up with' both sound right to me, in the context which juragran has outlined.
It's not worth losing sleep over, is it? I am sure everybody will know what we all mean, whichever version we choose.

Of course they will. But this is Pedants' Corner!

And we have a reputation to maintain!

Yes agreed, but it makes it very difficult to teach! No good me telling youngsters that even the natives are not sure, lol

I'd definitely say 'I was sick of doing it over and over again'.

The thing is never to be bored or fed up and avoid the problem .

Or, if you are either of those dreadful things, not to mention it. Actually, I do think it's in bad taste to say you're bored, and even worse to say something is boring.

Oh, good, I can honestly say I am never bored - even when I have a long wait at airports I always have a book of sudoku with me. My problem is finding time each day to do all the enjoyable things available to me. I used to be bored when I was married because my ex used to get tetchy if I wanted to read or listen to Radio 4. I had to make conversation with him, usually about his hobbies.

'of' should not be used after bored or off!

I am bored of this music I am bored with /by this music

Get off of the grass Get off the grass

'of' is a preposition it can tell you where something /someone is from as in I am Bored of the Music and this is my friend Lord of the Manor!

Can you get Off of The Grass to play in the concert? etc etc!

Wonderful, nanaej!

As "fed up" is slang, can there be a correct form? Just asking...

You are quite right about 'off of' - a very strange use which I had never heard of until we moved to Kent. I don't think anyone here has suggested using it.

The sign 'get off the grass' always made my foreign students laugh (as they idea of 'grass' was slightly different.

My favourite English signs as a newcomer to the UK were:

'Heavy plant crossing'. I always joked that on April Fools day I'd dress up as a big plant and jump onto the road by that sign. But never dared!

The other ones which made me laugh were opposite each other on the A3 down to Guildford. 'soft verge' (verge in French is the popular name for the male member), and on the other side, a business selling sheds with a big 'free erection'.

Sorry