Colloquial expressions...

[London Geezer]

(DISCLAIMER: Very Silly Thread. Reading this might cause you permanent brain damage. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)

I was having soooooo much fun reading the politics-related threads on here (yawny) that i thought i would just sum it up and bring the total level of human stupidity up with this thread. It actually has a very deep meaning...

Why is it that many expressions are intrinsecally sexist or racist?

Some examples:

"Set the record straight" or "Get it straight" - Why can't we set the record gay? or get it gay? Can't gay people set the record their own way?

"Being black with anger".... - Why black? Are black people on average angrier than the rest of us? Was there a study on this? Personally, i noticed the French are on average angrier than usual for some reason.


I had so many other expressions but i can't recall any of them now... anyone wanna help?

 

[Gerry]

Welshing.


Grrrr.

 

[London Geezer]

What's that again?

Ok don't answer that...

 

[RussSchultz]

I think it means not honoring a promise.

 

[Gerry]

What's that again?

Ok don't answer that...

Don't tease a poor welshman.

 

[Natoma]

Welshing.


Grrrr.

Wha? Felching did you say?

 

[cthellis42]

"Welshing on a debt" is bad enough... That you have just made me start auto-replacing "felching on a debt" has made me decide to hunt you down, pry your eyelids open, and make you watch Bio-Dome a few dozen times in a row!

 

[Natoma]

Wouldn't it be better if you simply beat the crap out of me with your gang of droogs rather than pry my eyelids open?

As if I didn't have enough need for Visine.

 

[London Geezer]

Oooooohh so it has nothing to do with the word sheep then.... Silly me... *Dirty mind!!*

 

[ByteMe]

Why do the brittish call cigarettes fags?

That then brings up the often repeated... Go smoke a fag!

 

[davefb]

it's WELCHING , not welshing !!!

can't they spell in the valleys

yeah, why do americans call homosexuals cigarrettes ?

*and* as for 'fanny bags' well thats just plain confusing .

-dave-

 

[London Geezer]

Why do the brittish call cigarettes fags?

That then brings up the often repeated... Go smoke a fag!

I could ask, why do the americans call gays "fags"... same thing... What came first, the egg or the chicken?

(This thread is going from bad to worse)

 

[davefb]

this should do for the uk reason...
http://www.wordpirates.com/index.cgi/F/fag.individual

basically it's coz the "fag end" was the coarse end of the piece of cloth . kids asking for bits of cigs would ask for the fag-end of the cigs when cadging for them...[ good old victorian values eh ]....

dunno about the h-s usage though :-/ , though there is also the fact that public school slang for a young kid who looks after the older one is also called a fag.............

-dave-

bah, only another couple of hours, then i can call it a day.... only bl**dy person in , and i havent even got any work to do ......err which is of course why i'm web0skyvving

 

[London Geezer]

bah, only another couple of hours, then i can call it a day.... only bl**dy person in , and i havent even got any work to do ......err which is of course why i'm web0skyvving

Tell me about it, i'm doing f**k all...

AH! Found another one...

for UKers:

where does the expression "F**k all* come from? (For US guys, F**K all means "nothing"... as in "I'm doing F**k all" = "I'm doing absolutely nothing")

 

[ByteMe]

bah, only another couple of hours, then i can call it a day.... only bl**dy person in , and i havent even got any work to do ......err which is of course why i'm web0skyvving

Take a break and smoke your fag.

-or-

Ask another man if you could smoke his fag?

"Excuse me... can I smoke your fag?"

Anti-smoker;

"Oh great, another fag smoker."
"Get away from me, you smell like a pack of fags'!"

USA gay tourist in brittish "red light" district to street vendor-
"Excuse me, how much do a pack of fags cost?"
Street vendor- "About 5 pounds."
Tourist thinking "Holy $hit, Im moving to England"



The brittish kill me. How could you not like the buffons.

 

[davefb]

probably just from "not doing a fucking thing" i guess :-/

i quite like how fubar is perfectly acceptable in normal use,, but what does it stand for ? FuckedUpBeyondAllRecognition.... ooops can't really say that one in front of the kids

-dave-
btw, dunno if you've seen about this book
http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/re-eat1.htm

lol and a few references to the way fuck can be used as verb/noun etc
http://www.kalpol.com/school/papers/profanity.pdf

 

[London Geezer]

hehehe

"F**k knows"...

"For f**k's sake" <--- that beats me, never got where it came from...


ByteMe, try substituting "smoke" with "have" in your examples

 

[davefb]

i dont get it ByteMe , whats wrong with all those phrases


anyway, we used the word first .

personally i'd say the us usage has come from the boarding school references...
this looks like a sensible text on it .
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mfaggot.html

oh well what the hell.............

-dave-

lol! [ err though not very pc]
http://www.takeourword.com/Issue034.html

"do you flog fags here" can be very confusing for a brit going to america..

[edit fags<>flags d'oh]

 

[London Geezer]

For you information...

The "Will they ban this idiot already" was a JOKE! It's in second place now behind KILER's option!!!

**everyone rushing to vote the "ban" option**


GUYS!!!

 

[davefb]

had this conversation when drunk with some wolfies (people from wolverhampton). they gave me a warning , never ever ask an american "can i bum a fag please" or "will you bum me a fag"......... which is perfectly acceptable ( if non-queens english) for "can i borrow a cigarette please"

-dave-

hmm , non-queens english.. i suppose i can't even say that now