elfin safety

English

Etymology

Rendering of health and safety with Th-fronting and H-dropping.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛlˈfɪn ˌseɪf.ti/

Noun

elfin safety (uncountable)

1. (Britain, informal, derogatory, humorous) Health and Safety Executive; any reference to a perceived modern obsession with health and safety.
   • 2007, Jonathan Ray, "My new best cellar", The Spectator, Spectator (8 December 2007),

     Heaven knows what Elfin Safety would say.