Colm O'Regan: I have a few words of my own that I’m waiting to bring into polite conversation

Fine words butter no parnsips. That is true, but if your parsnips are already well-buttered, there’s nothing wrong with fine words. Those words that you hear someone say and immediately everyone in the room feels a bit smarter. You don’t even have to know what they’re saying. It’s the luxury of them as if someone has walked in with a pyramid of Ferrero Rocher.

Fine words don’t have to be long. They could just sound fancy, have an ology or they might be a bit Greeky with a few ks or xes.