Couth

However, Dr Sam Couth, lecturer in audiology at the University of Manchester, warned that some earbuds on the market reach 120dBs, which is roughly equivalent to a chainsaw or a jet plane taking off.

It is obvious that his form of political speech is considered gauche to the elite political media: They like to be misled by someone with couth and elegance, like President Barack Obama.

If there happen to be jokes about seeming nice you’ll need to excuse some of the less couth among us.

Another was "'allo, cheeky face!", shouted into the microphone in the less-than-couth London tones of Buttercup Gruntfuttock.