Wordwatch

Did you know that 'sausage' could be a verb as well as a noun?
I heard this on the radio this week:
"The choice was whether to re-house her or sausage her".
No, it isn't a new sexual euphimism. It was a pig breeder talking about one of her animals.

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Meanwhile, my newsagent is advertising for Paperboys. Except they're not. The sign says: "Home News Delivery Staff Wanted".
'Paperboys' is undoubtedly both ageist and sexist. But I'm puzzled as to why 'Home News' has to replace 'Newspaper'.
But I suppose it's a small miracle that, in the current climate of fear about children's safety, young children are still allowed to cycle round the houses at dawn and dusk.

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On Radio Four this week, a reporter managed to invent the word 'arbatorium' when what she meant was 'arboretum'. It would have been a sackable offence in the days of Lord Reith and Alvar Liddell.
Perhaps an 'arbatorium' is a place where dead trees are cremated?