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Yes sorry Sir Barman. Although most of them especially the students that work in Wetherspoons in Leeds do not deserve the title as they cannot pull a pint to save their lives.
Doesn't the word Fag come from Faggot which is a type of meatball made from offal anyway?I'm guilty of using the word 'puck' instead of cake, and tuck as well but I am pleased to be correct.
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I'd like to add a few more words that need to be reclaimed/used instead.
"Fag" a colloquial term for a cigarette, not an insult for a homosexual.
Many people seem to use the word "Season" to describe a duration of a television programme, the correct term is "Series".
Also "Apartment" instead of "Flat".
"Biscuit" is not some kind of staple in Southern Cuisine but a flat disc of goodness often found in a cylindrical tube with the word 'McVities' on the side (other brands are available); not all Biscuits are Cookies - the only biscuits that are cookies are ones with chocolate chips (or raisins), calling a Hob Nob or a Digestive 'A Cookie' is an abomination to the English language, it's a biscuit ffs.
There is absolutely nothing worse than an American affecting an English idiom. It is neither use nor ornament.There's no problem with Americans using American English.
For example iff your name is Chuck or Randy and you live in an apartment in Texas then it's fine to use the word 'Cookie' etc.
On the other hand if your name is Nigel or Keith and you live in a flat in Stourbridge then if you use the word apartment to describe your residence or cookie to describe a Fig Roll then one will be ridiculed, and rightly so.
Isn't that how your wife describes you to her friends?Doesn't the word Fag come from Faggot which is a type of meatball made from offal anyway?
As far as I know, both meanings of fag (ciggie and gay) share the same root, faggot being a bundle of sticks for kindling.Doesn't the word Fag come from Faggot which is a type of meatball made from offal anyway?
How very dare you? I will have you know I went to a fine public school and I never saw any Homosexuality ducky.As far as I know, both meanings of fag (ciggie and gay) share the same root, faggot being a bundle of sticks for kindling.
A cigarette looks like a lit stick, hence fag.
One of the duties of a fag in public schools was to light the fire, and boarding schools were/are notorious dens of homosexuality.
Sorry to hear that you suffer from visual impairmentHow very dare you? I will have you know I went to a fine public school and I never saw any Homosexuality ducky.
He hasn't got eyes in the back of his head!Sorry to hear that you suffer from visual impairment
Ha, "gopping" I have not heard or seen that word for many years, one of my army pals who was from Warwickshire was quite keen on the word and would use it to discribe food, women and anything else he found distasteful !I chuffing love Faggots! Fried Chicken, though ... gopping!
D.I? JonnyO, excuse me if I'm being a little tic but what is D.I. ?A ' gopping D.I. ', got a nice ring to it Paul. That one could catch on.
JohnnyO. o/
D.I? JonnyO, excuse me if I'm being a little tic but what is D.I. ?
Ha, "gopping" I have not heard or seen that word for many years, one of my army pals who was from Warwickshire was quite keen on the word and would use it to discribe food, women and anything else he found distasteful !( not all women, just the gopping ones!)
D.I? JonnyO, excuse me if I'm being a little tic but what is D.I. ?
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