Wardour Street

 
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːdə/

noun

  • 1used allusively to refer to the British film industry: the slogans worked better than anything dreamed up in Wardour Street
  • 2 [as modifier] denoting the pseudo-archaic diction affected by some modern writers of historical novels: historical romances in Wardour Street prose

Origin:

the name of a street in central London, formerly occupied mainly by dealers in antique furniture and more recently by the central offices of the British film industry