OT: Brits: What's a woodie?

mandag den 26. juli 2021 kl. 20.46.56 UTC+2 skrev Don Y:

A make of crayon.

Don Y snipped-for-privacy@foo.invalid wrote in news:sdmvup$7p7$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Let's just say that the last "orange woodie" some goddamned large bunch of utter idiots failed to vet and put into office did a real good job of f****ng things up around here and at the global level as well.

Color of the wood and species is 'important'.

Just spittin' out words to see where they splatter. --John Wayne

Ah! So like our aadoption of brand names as representative of the product (e.g., a "Xerox" is a photocopy)

Thanks! I'll let her sort out if there is a US equivalent...

Crayola

I don't think so. The description (URL cited) suggests it is a cross between a watercolor pencil, wax crayon and regular colored pencil. (e.g., I know she has each of these in her art drawers). Rather than risk coming to a wrong conclusion, I'll throw it on *her* to sort out what is intended!

Maybe an orange stick? Sticks of soft orangewood are used for various purposes, perhaps blending pastels or charcoal with a stick is what is intended.

Not quite. It's not common parlance but would be known by art teachers, for example.

Ah! So, I'm lucky to have an art teacher posting here? ;)