The type of trousers one wears when walking around one's home wearing nothing but a tee-shirt, are described as newsreader's trousers. This is because some newsreaders, whilst wearing smart jackets and shirts, may have been naked from the waist down whilst appearing behind a television studio newsdesk.
Michael Fish, a once prominent weather presenter on the BBC, was once rumoured to have presented the weather wearing a smart jacket and tie and only a pair of underpants, knowing only his torso was in shot. Hence: Michael Fish once wore newsreader's trousers.
by dewexdewex February 05, 2007
The type of trousers one wears when walking around one's home wearing nothing but a tee-shirt, are described as newsreader's trousers. This is because some newsreaders, whilst wearing smart jackets and shirts, may have been naked from the waist down whilst appearing behind a television studio newsdesk.
Michael Fish, a once prominent weather presenter on the BBC, was once rumoured to have presented the weather wearing a smart jacket and tie and only a pair of underpants, knowing only his torso was in shot. Michael Fish once eore newsreader's trousers.
by dewexdewex February 05, 2007
by dewexdewex August 29, 2008
A flashing device fitted to a pole near passport control units in airports, land border crossings, and sea ports, which halts illegal human traffic.
Implemented by government agencies, such as the UK Home Office, as a result of national immigration policy.
Implemented by government agencies, such as the UK Home Office, as a result of national immigration policy.
The large articulated lorry, with a container full of illegal north Korean immigrant labour, was forced to wait at some human traffic lights at Dover passport control when they showed red.
by dewexdewex January 03, 2010