| green ink letter | письмо от человека, одолеваемого разного рода навязчивыми идеями или "вечно недовольного" (The term refers to a particular kind of letter writer–most often to newspapers–who claims that he is the victim of some injustice, or who composes long and vehement complaints against a person or an organisation, or who believes that a numerical calculation based on the name of the Prime Minister shows he's an agent of the devil, or who is sure that invisible rays are being beamed into his house by his next-door neighbour to cause him injury, or who puts forward a thesis which, if adopted, will lead inevitably to world peace  worldwidewords.org Antonio) |
