elfin safety
English
Etymology
Rendering of health and safety with Th-fronting and H-dropping.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (British, informal, derogatory, humorous) Health and Safety Executive; any reference to a perceived modern obsession with health and safety.
- 2007, Jonathan Ray, "My new best cellar", The Spectator, Spectator (8 December 2007),
- Heaven knows what Elfin Safety would say.
- 2007, Jonathan Ray, "My new best cellar", The Spectator, Spectator (8 December 2007),