There is a thread of words and sayings we find annoying - how about suggesting a good response to them all?
For example - if a friend said to me ‘it was like raining ...’
I could say in all innocence - ‘ oh do you mean it was hail, or sleet or snow... or was someone pouring a watering can over you? “
Estranged Son and Future Granddaughter
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic