Childhood Name-Calling

[Matt_B]

I was reading a Bill Bryson book the other day and he mentioned it, amazing when useless knowledge pays off!

 

[Melton Fox]

I was reading a Bill Bryson book the other day and he mentioned it, amazing when useless knowledge pays off!

But I was right My definition came before the prozzas used it.:icon_wink

 

[Matt_B]

But I was right My definition came before the prozzas used it.:icon_wink

Really, I just read the pros thing, then saw it on wiki so didn't read the rest!!

 

[Melton Fox]

Really, I just read the pros thing, then saw it on wiki so didn't read the rest!!

The primary meaning of the word gay has changed dramatically during the 20th century—though the change evolved from earlier usages. It derives via the Old French gai, probably from a Germanic source.[1] The word originally meant "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy" and was very commonly used with this meaning in speech and literature. For example, the title of the 1938 ballet aptly named Gaîté Parisienne ("Parisian Gaiety"), a patchwork compiled from Jacques Offenbach's operettas, illustrates this connotation.

 

[homer]

Couple of bummers

 

[Matt_B]

Damn it, I was so certain I was right aswell!

 

[Joe_Fox]

primary: prat, twat, spaz, spaz attack
secondary: bell-end, gaylord
university: mong, flid (thalidomide), sausage jockey, shirt-lifter
lately: cock badger, ****tard, ass-hat

Shit! I know people often say they "just spat their tea out" when they've read someone funny but I doubt they actually did. Well, I actualy just spat a big gulp of coffee out when I read that.

Operation clean-up now then - thanks Darth.

Don't have a spaz attack! HAHAHAHA!!!

gimp, shaft, bell wipe,

 

[fosseboy83]

cock smoker

 

[Joe_Fox]

cock smoker

knob jockey

 

[fosseboy83]

knob jockey

starfish tickler

 

[indierich06]

one I've heard alot of quite recently is 'pe-narse'.. what's that all about?

Vinnie Jones says it in either Snatch or Lock Stock. I assume it's a combination of penis and arse? Still, sounds funny when you say it!

 

[RHYDAL]

Actually, my understanding is that the original use of the word gay was to mean a prostitute.

Punk too. Do you feel lucky.

Personal favourite insult is/was Chutney Ferret.

 

[Spanky Fox]

the word biffter, safee miss, wank stain, prick, shit head, blad, brv, all these were used to abuse others, the good times, also ja-nooo, na meaaan

 

[Spanky Fox]

When you see a couple of girls walking together you couldnt resist screaming its the " Hoooooo Train choooo cooooooooo"

 

[Singth]

If someone was lying we would rub our chin and say "chin-on, I've got a green beard growing". No idea what that meant.

Queer was another one and that was also followed by "you back-shot your brother you queer..."

As has been mentioned already, spag, flid, spacker, mooey the toenail (???), gay-bo and others were all terms of abuse at my school.

 

[MKFox]

If someone was lying we would rub our chin and say "chin-on, I've got a green beard growing". No idea what that meant.

Jimmy Hill...

 

[Lako42]

when i was a little lad my favourite insult was the word ****


so there

 

[Melton Fox]

when i was a little lad my favourite insult was the word ****


so there

Always has, and always will be my favourite.

 

[Lako42]

Always has, and always will be my favourite.

it's the look of disgust on everyones faces, brilliant.

 

[Melton Fox]

it's the look of disgust on everyones faces, brilliant.

I still will never understand why so many people find it more offensive than the other swear words that denote the sexual reproduction and urinary area.

TBH, I don't care. If they choose to take greater offence at being called a "****" than anything else, then I'm more than happy for them to do so.