TRY NOT TO SLIP
The word “slip” is both a noun and a verb. The grammarian tells me that a noun is the name of a person, place or thing. A verb is some kind of action. Here’s a classic example of the word in both forms in a single sentence. “He let slip the slip of paper from his clumsy hands”.
Why am I harping on the word “slip”? It has many meanings, idioms and connotations that have a bearing on our current state of political affairs. I shall list them before delving deeper.
1. Pardon, your slip is showing
2. A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind
3. There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip
4. Mind your step lest you slip on a banana peel
5. The prisoner managed to slip away under cover of darkness
6. The boss gave his employee the dreaded pink slip
7. The chairman sent a slip to the loquacious speaker to conclude
8. The F1 racer followed in the slip stream of the car ahead
9. Ten million Indians suffer from a slip disc
10. The aggressive batsman was caught in the slip cordon