We disparaged modern and incomplete forms: gormless and garbled jargon, graffiti, advertising, text-messaging.

NEWYORKER: The King of Sentences

"It is not the case any longer that vegans are socially clumsy, gormless loners living in a caravan and growing vegetables, " he says.

BBC: Vegan dating: Finding love without meat or dairy

Also involved are the analyst's adulterous wife, played by Swinton, and a couple of gormless gym instructors played by Pitt and Frances McDormand.

BBC: Pitt and Clooney at Venice debut

Here and there, water buffalo stumble about rice paddies, chomping on foliage and occasionally looking up to offer gormless looks to passers by.

BBC: The perfect trip: Vietnam