When I got to the supermarket there was a stall giving away free yogurt outside – something you don’t find at Morrisons. Trying one of the yogurts, I was asked my opinion by one of the pair of people running the stall.

“It’s a bit gloopey”, I replied. They looked blankly at me.

“What do you mean?” asked the girl behind the stall, looking puzzled. Now, I swear I’m not making the word gloopey up. I’ve heard it somewhere else, surely. Even if I had, it’s not like it would be impossible to guess what it could mean in relation to yogurt.

On the other hand – and I don’t want to be rude here – but if you spend your day giving out free yogurt to people, I’m pretty sure you don’t want a breakdown of how words are created from onomatipea. And honestly, I was pretty afraid of explaining the word ‘onomatipea’, which I only learned because I had to do an English AS Level in 2000.