This Week's Words and Phrases

Cameron on the ten past: "I won't rule it out of hand". Presumably conflation of "rule it out" and "...out of hand" --- then quoted on the 9am bulletin.

James Allen --- who allegedly has an English degree from Oxford --- on the F1 commentary yesterday: "[driver] is eking towards [driver]". Presumably an over-exploitation of "eking out".

Woman walking around Edgbaston reservoir yesterday morning: "...with my cardery of friends". I'm guessing a conflation of "cadre" and "coterie", but it's rather a nice word anyway.