Are you even a copywriter if you don't spend a few minutes each week deciding whether to use 'faster' instead of 'quicker' or vice versa?

When you spend weeks crying and sweating over copy and the client just does WHATEVER THEY LIKE to it and slap it on their website with no regard for spelling, grammar or tone of voice guidelines.

Word of the day is ‘mulligrubs’ (16th century): a state of despondency or sense of doom.

“It’s next on my list!” There is no list.

"I'm sorry, they've just stepped away from their desk for a moment, can I take a message?" Yes, tell them I know they're still at their desk.

Word of the day is 'rantum-scantum' (17th century): reckless, disorderly, and chaotic.

Another juggler gives up on his dreams.

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1/8 It’s Children in Need season. I always feel like an absolute grinch critiquing it because it’s so beloved and obviously raises much needed cash. But my ick outweighs my discomfort at being impolite so here we go (a thread)

Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’ [mah-tu-toh-lip-ee-ah]: extreme grumpiness in the morning. From Latin and Greek, ‘suffering of the dawn’.

Them: We’re going to write the copy ourselves The copywriter:

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Happy New Year’s Eve divas 🎉

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Every single supermarket should be forced, by law, to have a huge sign at the entrance telling you where the eggs are.

Wordle 605 5/6 😒 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Shoutout to anyone who panics and uses whatever words come into their head when attempting the phonetic alphabet, whether they’re helpful words or not. On the phone just now I said, “It’s P for, um, Philadelphia… and Q for… queue… as in, you know, a long queue?”