The Duke, who helped defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and became British PM, has often been condemned for the insulting
putdown. But 47-year-old Michael will not care about his gaffe.
TV legend Cilla says: "When I do my
putdowns on Blind Date I'm only joking, but when she does it you can tell she means it.
The third and most important category of Spy
putdown focuses neither on Donald Trump nor on the Ritz-eaters in the RV park but on rivals for power and prestige within the great American meritocracy, Informally speaking, any society in which people make it on their own is a meritocracy, and on that level Donald Trump would qualify.
Charles's
putdown came in a memo after secretary Elaine Day suggested it should be easier for royal staff to rise up the ranks.
IAN Hislop has a serious
putdown for Tony Blair - more people trust him than the Prime Minister.
As queen of the
putdown they thought she'd be ideal to cut some of the performers down to size.
Robinson, dubbed the rudest person on TV, uses the
putdown to despatch losers from the hit BBC show.
"But when things went wrong this weekend the old acid-tongue and killer
putdowns were back.
and other coolly sarcastic
putdowns and ego-poppers.
Tom Tyszczuk Smith, right, felt the brunt of Paxman's razor-sharp
putdowns during last week's clash with Bangor
Collins' forte was her
putdowns of the pretentious Rossiter and the ads were compulsive viewing.
Putdowns are rarely as artful as the author thinks.
An awkward mix of angry rock-riff
putdowns (Alone In My R0oom) and stripped-back settings (Nothing But), it falls between two stools.
The Brighton teenagers songs are based on incidents on buses, bedroom mishaps and adolescent
putdowns.
Strolling through Haight-Ashbury in 1967, it was George Harrison--the quiet Beatle, for God's sake, and the one with the sitar!--who delivered one of the most caustic
putdowns of hippies ever.
