ISLE BRIEFS
LOVE Island’s Kem and Chris are the new Shakespeare. An author claims that, just like The Bard, they are introducing fresh language to the masses with sayings such as “melt”, “muggy” and “pied off ”.
Elizabeth Day, who has penned three award-winning bestsellers including Scissors, Paper Stone, reckons the TV islanders are proving something of an educational treat.
She tells Radio Times: “Love Island can actually make you more civilised.
“Of course there’s lots of fake tan and white teeth and preposterous, silicone-enhanced body types and the occasional night-time shuffle under the sheets.
“And then there’s the language. Shakespeare is said to have invented more than 1,700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together. The Love Islanders continue this noble tradition in some style.
“I’ve been introduced to a whole new lexicon, including “melt” (someone being soppy, an idiot), “muggy” (making a fool of someone) and “pied off ”, which means to be rejected, often in favour of someone else. Shakespeare, ever the populist, would love it.” JONNY’s apology to Theo for calling him “a bellend” drew 2.1million viewers on Sunday. CASA Amor is for sale. The four-bedroom villa in Mallorca, where the lads were sent two weeks ago, is on the market for £2.5million. BELIEVE it or not, a viewer has complained to TV watchdogs Ofcom about the fact that the show only features “chiselled and gorgeous” contestants. And over the weekend, another 15 people moaned to Ofcom about ITV2 broadcasting clips of the islanders smoking all the time. CHRIS and Olivia had the quickest break-up and make-up on TV. They split on Sunday and 24 hours later they were back together. Olivia told him: “At the end of the day, you’re amazing.”