Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refer someone to the reply given in arkell v pressdram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: refer- -some-one -to the re-ply -given in arkel-l v -press-dram
IPA

74

Scrabble Score

45

Letters

10

Syllables

18

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tell someone to fuck off.

British usage; Humorous

Example Sentences

"I'd be tempted to refer them to the reply given in Arkell vs Pressdram."
"Go on then, fatso. May I first refer you to the reply given in Arkell vs Pressdram"
"Greg Tillis mentioned that he'd once tried to barter dessert privileges in exchange for her cooperation, and she referred him to the response in Arkell versus Pressdram."
"One can picture Kelly responding in the style of hard-bitten newspaper hacks of old: “see you in court”. Or perhaps even referring the caller to the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram."

Etymology

Coined in 1971 from an incident in which Pressdram, publisher of Private Eye magazine, received a legal letter from a solicitor acting for a Mr Arkell. Pressdram's reply stated: We note that Mr Arkell's attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of our reply and would therefore be grateful if you would inform us what his attitude to damages would be, were he to learn that the nature of our reply is as follows: fuck off. The phrase is written as a pseudo-legal citation, as if Arkell v Pressdram were a real court case, although the proceedings never actually made it to court.

Usage

British usage
Humorous

Inflected Forms

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Questions

What does refer someone to the reply given in arkell v pressdram mean?: To tell someone to fuck off.
Where does refer someone to the reply given in arkell v pressdram come from?: Coined in 1971 from an incident in which Pressdram, publisher of Private Eye magazine, received a legal letter from a solicitor acting for a Mr Arkell. Pressdram's reply stated: We note that Mr Arkell's attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of our reply and would therefore be grateful if you would inform us what his attitude to damages would be, were he to learn that the nature of our reply is as follows: fuck off. The phrase is written as a pseudo-legal citation, as if Arkell v Pressdram were a real court case, although the proceedings never actually made it to court.

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