What's the difference between tony and towy?

Tony


Definition:

  • (n.) A simpleton.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "We have peace in Sierra Leone now, and Tony Blair made a huge contribution to that," said Warrant Officer Abu Bakerr Kamara.
  • (2) The greatest stars who emerged from the early talent shows – Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett – were artists with long careers.
  • (3) Tony Abbott has refused to concede that saying Aboriginal people who live in remote communities have made a “lifestyle choice” was a poor choice of words as the father of reconciliation issued a public plea to rebuild relations with Indigenous people.
  • (4) In his biography, Tony Blair admits to having accumulated 70 at one point – "considered by some to be a bit of a constitutional outrage", he adds.
  • (5) "Tony Blair has become Sisi's éminence grise and is working on the economic plan that the UAE is paying for.
  • (6) Tony Abbott urges Europe to adopt Australian policies in refugee crisis Read more Given that Obama – whatever one’s views on his strategy – is not advocating a bigger military contribution, the only difference is that Abbott is “urging” the US and others to do more, which sounds resolute, and Turnbull says he would consider any request if it was made.
  • (7) That, roughly, was the theme of the Wednesday Play, Cathy Come Home, (BBC1) directed by Kenneth Loach, produced by Tony Garnett.
  • (8) A "visionary leader," said Tony Blair; "one of the greatest leaders of our time," echoed Bill Clinton.
  • (9) All this has been going on while 150 remote communities in Western Australia face the possibility of closure, thanks to Tony Abbott’s “lifestyle choices” mentality.
  • (10) Indeed, the BBC’s own recent Digital Media Initiative was closed by Tony Hall, having lost £100m.” The document is entitled “BBC3: An Alternative Strategy – Realising Value for the Licence Payer”.
  • (11) While his citizens were being beaten and tormented in illegal detention, spokesmen for the then prime minister, Tony Blair, declared: "The Italian police had a difficult job to do.
  • (12) New offensive coach Tony Sparano was also a fan of Wildcat packages when he was head coach in Miami.
  • (13) Napthine chose not to directly criticise Tony Abbott – it’s not his style – but the coolness was clear.
  • (14) In Niki Savva’s book The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government, Credlin has even been compared to Wallis Simpson, a deeply weird analogy.
  • (15) But he added: “It’s also true that extremely low oil prices, adverse changes in currency rates, and a further decline in power prices are having a significant effect on our business.” Tony Cocker, the chief executive of E.ON UK, said milder weather and improved energy efficiency in British homes were behind the fall in power use, hitting sales.
  • (16) It occurred again in 1997 for Tony Blair and New Labour.
  • (17) On Thursday, Dutton had scaled his language back, instead using a phrase to describe Labor’s policy borrowed from former prime minister, Tony Abbott.
  • (18) I threatened Tony Abbott to shirtfront him about this issue,” Lazarus said .
  • (19) Chilcot’s statement came the day after the Guardian revealed the inquiry is expanding the focus of its criticism beyond just Tony Blair and his inner team and will include a wide range of ministers, intelligence officers, Whitehall officials and senior military staff.
  • (20) When he was prime minister Tony Blair asked Peter Mandelson to tell the Prince of Wales to stop his "unhelpful" attempts to influence policy on GM and Mandelson accused him of being "anti-scientific and irresponsible".

Towy


Definition:

  • (a.) Composed of, or like, tow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He adds: "Educating Essex was all part of that explosion of all things Essex – Towie and fake celebrities.
  • (2) It’s more important than ever to be quicker to the punch,” notes Lee, “to have better scouts and have a better line in to what’s buzzworthy in the UK.” However, it remains unclear whether a bigger corporate deal for ABC or its parent Disney is in prospect, like those made by other US companies this year (MTV owner Viacom’s Channel 5 acquisition, Liberty Global and Discovery buying Hollyoaks and Towie producer All3Media).
  • (3) For most countries, non-native content is nothing unusual, as anyone who has found Towie improbably belching itself out of a hotel telly abroad can confirm, but the assumption had reigned for many years that anything featuring foreign tongues would make Britons squirm away in horror.
  • (4) Scott Mills: Weekend Anthems is available from iTunes now Mick Norcross (Towie) Photograph: Rex Towie's answer to Brian Potter 1 Nando's vending machine Chicken on Tap!
  • (5) It's almost saying you can be like this, you don't have to look glossy and like you're off Towie [The Only Way is Essex]."
  • (6) Also in his sights are the game's governing body ("Just received my weekly warning letter from the FA headquarters"); and the likes of Alan Sugar, former QPR manager Neil Warnock and the entire cast of TOWIE .
  • (7) Wrestling perfected staged reality years before Towie GH The most offensive thing you can say to a wrestler is that wrestling is fake.
  • (8) "And in any case shows such as Towie and Geordie Shore are popular for the same reason as Big Brother – characters."
  • (9) A place that reveres not achievement-free celebrity, but astonishing skill, granite determination and good grace, the land not of TOWIE but of Bradley Wiggins, Nicola Adams and Laura Trott.
  • (10) Going TOWIE Low on animal costumes and high on fake tans, rarely will you see a better turned out, carefully coiffured and perfectly made-up crowd than at Chelmsford.
  • (11) W hat I like about this site,” says Grayson Perry as he surveys a scrappy bit of land in Wrabness, north-east Essex, “is they wouldn’t film Towie here.” Flagrant structured-reality slander aside, the largely excellent Grayson Perry’s Dream House follows the process of building a fully habitable and rentable house to Grayson’s artistic specifications, as commissioned by Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project (but don’t let that put you off).
  • (12) 3 Gaffer tape To put over some of the TOWIE cast's mouths when they talk in a rude manner.
  • (13) It's not "enhanced" reality, in the sense that Towie (The Only Way is Essex) is, it's just plain reality; but there is a sense of hyper-reality about it.

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