Reply by Ben S on 31 May 2009 at 7:10pm
A misreprentation of estate agents? Sorry its not mine i nicked it from here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/new-words-for-mod...
below is a snippet of the article.
A gazump of estate agents
As in: "A gazump of north London estate agents are getting together to lower their fees." (Winner: Sarah Glascott)
If estate agents feel they are unloved, this competition will unfortunately only confirm the feeling, as most of the suggestions we received represented them as out-and-out villains. An exaggeration of estate agents was very popular, but we didn't feel it tripped off the tongue quite as well as gazump, which several people suggested. (The winner was the first such suggestion received.) Others included: a smarm; a commission; a trickery; a hyperbole; an unctuousness; a bijou; a ripoff; a shadiness; a misrepresentation; a voracity; a deception; a slick; a slither; a nest; a euphemism; a snare; a rapacity; a thievery; a duplicity; a cahoot; an embellishment; an embroidery; a coven; a con.
I'm restarting the previous discussion as replies were closed?
I like a potential for improvement of estate agents.