Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)

[Philip A]

11 weeks to go in this series.

Standings so far:

1 Harry Savage 8 939
2 Ben Bazzard 8 822
3 Paul O'Brien 8 781
4 George Baker 8 734
5 Rachel Copley 7 712
6 David Edwards 7 700
7 Hywel Jones 6 585
8 Adrian Clarke 5 490

[Philip A]

R2: TUTORAGES
R8: ZOONITE

[Stewart Gordon]

No definition of ATTABOY was given. This is bizarre.

[Philip A]

No definition of ATTABOY was given. This is bizarre.

Why is it bizarre?

[Stewart Gordon]

No definition of ATTABOY was given. This is bizarre.

Why is it bizarre?

Because normally when DC give a word people are likely to be unfamiliar with, they do give one, of course.

[Philip A]

No definition of ATTABOY was given. This is bizarre.

Why is it bizarre?

Because normally when DC give a word people are likely to be unfamiliar with, they do give one, of course.

Could be that it’s considered a common expression and it’s not a new word? (Contraction of ‘that’s the boy’, apparently). Way back in the Series 7 final, no definition of ATTABOY was given then either so not the first time it’s gone undefined.

[Stewart Gordon]

Could be that it’s considered a common expression

Considered by whom? To me, it's neither common nor an expression.

and it’s not a new word?

So what? Newness and obscurity have little to do with each other.

Way back in the Series 7 final, no definition of ATTABOY was given then either so not the first time it’s gone undefined.

Not sure you can compare the two instances. Different people were in DC. And even I was quite little then so can't really say whether the word was well known to the general adult population of the time.

[Gavin Chipper]

There's no committee meeting about it. DC gets the word, and Susie decides on the fly whether she needs to give a definition. Sometimes the decision might not be the one someone else would make. That's all it is.