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

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Real-life examples
  • They moved out to the sticks for the cheap rent, but now it is an hour's drive just to catch a film.
  • They moved out to the sticks for the peace and quiet, now it is a forty-minute drive just to buy a pint of milk.
  • Signal is useless out in the sticks, I had to stand on a fence post to send a single text.
  • He grew up out in the sticks, so popping to the shop still means getting in the car and making a whole journey of it.
  • We rented a cottage in the sticks for the weekend and even the sat nav looked like it was having second thoughts.
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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