Vinegar Tits

Australians are generally not very keen on fellow-countrymen and women who make good abroad, particularly when they’re Germaine Greer, who is frequently a topic of derision in the media, which keeps a close watch on her for material to stoke their sense of outrage.

It will be interesting to see the reaction to her latest reported remarks about Princess Diana, calling her "a devious moron." They’re not keen on the Royal Family here but I remember one Queensland shopkeeper telling me (without any prompting) that she used to like the Queen but went off her because “she was so vinegar tits about Di.” I don't expect them to take Germaine's side on this one, and we might even see that splendid epithet turned on her.