Love Island introduced the quadrant
Georgia on Love Island had announced that she was in “a bit of a quadrant”, apparently while trying to describe a quandary. Scott and Chris loved the confidence with which the wrong word had been used and asked listeners for similar examples.
The responses included someone planning to “go off on a tandem” instead of a tangent, a “hairy dog” rather than hair of the dog, and other phrases that had been confidently altered without their speakers noticing.
Lana Del Rey needed translating
Lana Del Rey’s new song “Summer Bummer” left Scott and Chris wondering what the title actually meant. They called their American friend Amy for a translation.
Amy explained that “bummer” simply meant something disappointing, unpleasant or likely to bring the mood down, with “bummed out” carrying a similar meaning. The explanation was less exotic than the title had initially sounded.
Brian Belo’s men’s semis returned
The annual Wimbledon tradition involving Brian Belo and the phrase “men’s semis” returned despite Scott admitting he had briefly considered quietly dropping it. The joke had been running for years and the team decided it had become too established to abandon.
Mistajam joined Real or No Real before presenting the Official Chart. One of the true facts concerned Bill Murray, who famously did not use a conventional agent for film offers: filmmakers instead had to leave a message on a voicemail service and hope he liked the idea enough to respond.
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