elfin safety
English
Etymology
Rendering of health and safety with Th-fronting and H-dropping.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛlˈfɪn ˌseɪf.ti/
Noun
elfin safety (uncountable)
- (Britain, informal, derogatory, humorous) occupational health and safety, or the Health and Safety Executive
- 2007, Jonathan Ray, "My new best cellar", The Spectator, Spectator (8 December 2007),
- Heaven knows what Elfin Safety would say.
- 2007, Jonathan Ray, "My new best cellar", The Spectator, Spectator (8 December 2007),