Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells

English Etymology An invented pseudonym of the supposed writer of a letter to a local newspaper in the archetypal Middle England town of Tunbridge Wells. Possibly first coined 1944 in the BBC radio series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh. Noun Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells en UK idiomatic A stereotypical vocal conservative curmudgeon. en 1979 Adrian Hope Kept Incommunicado New Scientist 1048 The Post Office bitterly resents the criticism that is constantly voiced in the British press, both by "Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells" and journalists. en 2000 British Journal of Photography It was refreshing that what raised the hackles of Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells had nothing to do with a colourful range of jumpers, nor a flighty Italian art director/photographer. en 2003 Colin Leys Market-driven Politics: Neoliberal Democracy and the Public Interest Verso 9781859844977 216 Of course 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' was never a Labour voter. en 2007 Jeremy Paxman The Political Animal Penguin UK 9780141937502 The Sussex Weald is all small towns and villages, 99 per cent white, gravel-drived, car-owning, the sort of place Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells would move to if he found Tunbridge Wells a bit too bustling. en 2011 Justin Webb Notes on Them and Us: From the Mayflower to Obama – the British, the Americans and the special essential relationship. Short Books 9781780720128 The inanity of the British attack is obvious from some of the words the early Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells complained about. en Conservatism UK politics en placeholder terms