What does it mean: “Storm off”, “a doo-wop band”, “a horrible Jack Osbourne do”, “a pair of Marigolds”? Who is Eamonn Holmes.
All these words and name are from “Smashhits” Oct 1- Oct 14, 2004.
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Eamonn Holmes is a former anchorman of BBC1’s Open-Air program. More about him you can read at normanphillips.co.uk/eamonn_holmes_bio.htm. Or just Google.
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storm off means to leave a place angrily (taken from usingenglish.com/reference/p … m-off.html)
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doo-wop is a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup
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a pair of Marigolds - possibly depends on the context in which it is used. Marigold Idustrials produces gloves (including protective gloves), though I doubt that it is what you need. There is a band called Marigold (see their website marigoldgo.com/
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Hope this helps.
Good luck!
Hello everyone.
I’m sorry, but I can’t find anywhere ,what means the word " SPRUMMER ". Can someone give me a little hint ?
Where did you find that word?
If you’re sure it’s correct, then is the context about the weather and seasons?
This is a made up word, rejected by the Oxford English dictionary, for a term when summer and spring time seem to be mixed up, usually hot one day then cold the next.
If this isn’t the context, then I suspect you have misheard or misread it… it’s not a real word at all.
I saw it on “youtube” ,maybe the term “sprummer” is it the unique time when is hot temperature eg in April .But why the author of this video identified 16th April as the first day of Sprummer ? But it doesn’t matter , Many thanks dear Beesnees for your hint.
As it’s not a ‘real’ word at all, the author is free to decide when he thinks it should begin, I guess.