@secondmentions.com Stephen Pinker gets a bit overexcited and calls bullfighting “the deadly contests between matador and beast” in this book I’m reading.

From instagram, a classic Second Mention @secondmentions.com

@secondmentions.com “The sentient wheelie bin”

@secondmentions.com “the gravelly voiced , Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star”

@secondmentions.com "The gravel-voiced singer"

New Horizons: "the plucky probe" @secondmentions.com www.space.com/space-explor...

@secondmentions.com "furry, buck-toothed attacker"

'Galactic phenomenon' via www.museumofcomedy.com/count-binfac...

Second mentions for Count Binface? So glad you asked... 🗑️ the self-described intergalactic space warrior 🗑️ the novelty contender 🗑️ the perennial joke candidate 🗑️ the spaceman dressed as a giant rubbish can 👇 Let us know if you can do better

"Der bei zahlreichen Nachwahlen antretende Scherzkandidat" is a great @secondmentions.com, auch.

- the Judy to Donald's Punch - the so-called Clacton MP - the UKIP GOAT - the thinking man's Tommy Robinson

From John Oliver: "three-time cover model for Punchable Face magazine"

While we wait for Nigel Farage to make a statement, here are some of our favourite second mentions from over the years... 👉 the perma-tanned populist 👉 the yellow-trousered ashtray 👉 the nicotine-stained man-frog Feel free to share your own 👇

FAO @secondmentions.com “Gorging gastropods”

@secondmentions.com Canned pickle juice = "the saline sip"

@secondmentions.com Buckingham Palace - “the iconic residence”

“Moustachioed collective farm leader” @secondmentions.com

@secondmentions.com 'the desert-dwelling felid'

@secondmentions.com the headline writers are getting wise to you - now they do the second mention as a FIRST mention!

"the chaotic, bright pink and yellow-spotted character" BBC News - Mr Blobby costume sold at auction in Bristol for £8,500 - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@secondmentions.com Ice lollies are “the cool treats” in today’s Mirror.

Berlin Wall: "the Cold War relic" From @thetimes.com

@secondmentions.com I love what you do, and many more do. I didn't realise there was a book!! 'The enjoyable tome'? 'The lexicographical cornucopia'?

@secondmentions.com “favourite spineless species”

@secondmentions.com "The wool-on-linen artwork" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The Bayeux Tapestry, “The 11th Century embroidery”, “the 70m-long masterpiece.” @secondmentions.com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@secondmentions.com ‘the wool on linen artwork’

@secondmentions.com "feathery haired frontman" faroutmagazine.co.uk/1968-album-p...

Durians: "the prickly, pungent fruit" BBC News - Why $20 durians are now being sold at half price - or given away for free www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The generously eared crisp enthusiast” is a fine @secondmentions.com www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Britain is about to get its seventh prime minister in a decade, after Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation this week.

I don’t know if ‘second mentions in shopfronts’ is really a thing, but I like “threaded fasteners” for “screws, bolts and nuts”. @secondmentions.com

He's hairy. He's tall. He's good at scoring goals. Yes, Erling Haaland has done it again with another two goals against Senegal. Here are some of our favourite second mentions for "the Norwegian goalbot"...

The Norwegian meat shield

He's hairy. He's tall. He's good at scoring goals. Yes, Erling Haaland has done it again with another two goals against Senegal. Here are some of our favourite second mentions for "the Norwegian goalbot"...

cc @secondmentions.com

the music-lover

The Everton season ticket holder

The former Manchester Mayor..

The Billy Bragg fan.

"Awaiting the most famous passenger on the 10:54 from Manchester Piccadilly" big fan of this @secondmentions.com on BBC News just now

getting in early with “the last ever Labour prime minister”

Farewell to Sir Keir Starmer, forever known as "the toolmaker's son" at second mention Share your favourite second mentions for Andy Burnham. We'll start: "the telephone engineer's son"

A timely reminder of when Liz Truss resigned... From 'The Little Book of Second Mentions'

Ranch dressing: "the beloved condiment" www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Also includes a poignant @secondmentions.com: "that increasingly overworked piece of street furniture" for the Downing Street podium.

FAO @secondmentions.com Pirates = “wooden-legged rascal seafarers”

So nearly one for @secondmentions.com "Moutet, the crafty, idiosyncratic and combustible Frenchman, swore seven times in less than a minute..."