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You are adding to Bottom of the barrel. What is already there stays, we only add yours.

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Say it out loud, 3 to 60 seconds. Reading it is not the same as hearing it.

Explain in a street-style audio what it means and give an example of how it is used. That is all we need.

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Where is it said? Where the expression is used, which need not be only your own patch.

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Real-life examples
  • We interviewed five people and the best one still turned up late and forgot his laptop. Bottom of the barrel, honestly, for this hiring round.
  • By the time we got to the buffet it was bottom of the barrel, two curled sandwiches and a lonely cocktail sausage.
  • Scraping the bottom of the barrel for a fourth striker, the manager called up a lad from the youth team.
  • We left the flat hunt too late, so now it's proper bottom-of-the-barrel stuff: mouldy carpets, weird landlords, and rent that's still taking the piss.
  • By Sunday night on the dating apps, it feels bottom of the barrel. Man's out here choosing between red flags and dead chat.
The way it is really said, not the way a dictionary would say it.

What happens next

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    We check it We make sure people really say it and that it isn't already here under another spelling.
  2. 2
    It goes live with your name It enters the dictionary and your Magikito profile, setines included.
  3. 3
    And we polish it We add its tone, where it comes from when that's known, and its sibling expressions.

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