Why 'outside of'?

For ages I have advocated the use of "gruntled", I think it should be adopted as a proper word!

I have also given some thought as to wether one might be able to be "gusted", but somehow it doesn't seem to work.

Before a meal my late FIL used to say "Stick in till you stick oot". It was very apt in his case...

me gusto/a works in Spanish!

phoenix I love gruntled and a favourite saying in our family is "I'm not very gruntled about that"

Husband and I went for a walk this afternoon, between showers, and as we were passing the pub at the top of the road we heard a young man in the smoking area bellowing into his phone "Will you stop f***ing eggnoring the phone when I f***ing ring you"

kittylester so glad that there is another"gruntled" fan out there!

Any thoughts on "gusted" ?

Next time someone gives you something lovely to eat, you could exclaim "Oh! how gusting!" or "I'm utterly gusted with this! Thank you so much!"

BTW, with regard to the OP, didn't Bertie Wooster talk about putting himself "on the outside of" food?

Bagitha, there could be a problem if the host/ess mishears....!

That makes sense though!

I used to be told 'Get outside of that!'

Wheniwasyourage , My dad used to say 'stick in till you stick oot' as well. He was by far the slimmest member of the family - unfortunately I inherited my mother's genes - and another of his favourites was (smugly) 'I know when to stop'.

Annobel