Shad Cab. Not a taxi with parasol, but Twitter speak for Shadow Cabinet. I'm not a big Twitter user, but I do occasionally glance at updates if I'm bored with my phone to hand. You're limited to x characters (cant quite remember how many - is it 94?) so you have to employ some creative linguistic talents to get the message across. I suppose 'shad cab' is better than SC, and I notice that some twitterers even leave out the space, making it 'shadcab'. Space averse.
I write this whilst excitedly waiting for the next live update of Labour's shadow cabinet reshuffle. It wasn't long ago that we had to wait for the 6 o'clock news to update us on these matters, but nowadays it's in your face in real time with 'experts' and Joe Public chipping in at will as events unfold.
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