.....and what's new this friday morning, dazzlenation?...the 'dreaded lurgy', according to ann fishwick - who had once coined the phrase, as far as i was concerned....although having researched it, albeit a tiny bit - she'd probably got it off of the 'goon show'....and upon reflection...hmmm....her understanding of it...."modified" replies BI online - then introduced it to us - as children, in the late 60s....anyway, the article below, reveals what somebody who has gone into it, a bit more than i have etc etc...lol.....go figure:

https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dre1.htm