You know the word "luvvie"?
Yeah?
What do you all feel about it?
I mean, I'm not going to get as upset as some actors do—some actors say, "We do a bloody hard job at work, we're serious people, we—you know, it's a coal face, doing a play! How dare they call us luvvies!" You know? I mean, that's a bit overdone. On the other hand, it's a bit tedious when the Daily Mail says "luvvie couple XYZ" or something …
Do you know what the first citation of it is in the OED?
No.
It's you.
gasps
[Whistles go off and the words "Luvvie Alarm" flash on the screen.]
No! I can't believe... Did I invent the word?
Yeah, it's you sometime in the 1980s.
Did I? I'm ashamed.
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