Don’t have a menty b about this bloggy p

An open linguistic question was raised recently on Bluesky by Darach Ó Séaghdha: What do we call those cutesie slang phrases that have become productive in the UK lately, like genny lec for ‘general election’ and menty b for ‘mental breakdown’? In response I wrote a short thread, which I already disagree with. So I’ll […]