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Definition

A stereotypical vocal conservative curmudgeon.

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Origins

An invented pseudonym of the supposed writer of a letter to a local newspaper in the archetypal Middle England town of Tunbridge Wells. Possibly first coined 1944 in the BBC radio series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh.

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In Context

  • "The Post Office bitterly resents the criticism that is constantly voiced in the British press, both by "Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells" and journalists."
  • "It was refreshing that what raised the hackles of Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells had nothing to do with a colourful range of jumpers, nor a flighty Italian art director/photographer."
  • "Of course 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' was never a Labour voter."
  • "The Sussex Weald is all small towns and villages, 99 per cent white, gravel-drived, car-owning, the sort of place Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells would move to if he found Tunbridge Wells a bit too bustling."
  • "The inanity of the British attack is obvious from some of the words the early Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells complained about."