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In reply to the discussion: Queen Elisabeth expressed her opinion despite her duty of reserve :) [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,187 posts)43. No problem.
Yeah, you'll hear it, but for most of us, it's not an everyday occurrence.
I didn't want to get into terms like "less-educated" as in some ways it's a class issue, and that cuts across education, but then in trendier middle-class circles some people may use it for whatever reason, perhaps to seem "edgy" or "hip".
But it's not a word to use lightly in most company. At best, in a humorous or incongruous context, it might provoke laughter; in the middling ground maybe some gasps, rolled eyes or an uncomfortable silence; at worst, social shunning or a fistfight.
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Queen Elisabeth expressed her opinion despite her duty of reserve :) [View all]
syringis
Jul 2018
OP
Well done: Royal family 'snub' Trump as Queen left to meet the US president alone Daily Mail Onlin
Gothmog
Jul 2018
#45
Are you 3 unfamiliar with how the term is bandied about in the UK, and how it means something
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#8
You're right, of course! Sometimes this absent-minded ol' biddy forgets where she is! :-P
Petrushka
Jul 2018
#13
Last time I looked, this was there---now this is here---who knows where this might be tomorrow.
Petrushka
Jul 2018
#55
If you ever visit the UK, I'd advise being very careful of the contexts in which you use that word.
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#19
This is the internet ... thus 'here' in this context ... is not actually a place ;)
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#25
Please. If you want to find out where here is, download some child porn that's legal ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#28
I'm just saying, DU is not necessarily 'the US' ... people use it from all over the world
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#37
I didn't say "horribly offensive" I did mean totally dismissive of women. I think ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#46
I have visited though it was quite some time ago & also lived in HK when it was a BCC ...
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#40
I usually don't care for it (or alert on it!) here either, but in the context of that idiot, and
Kali
Jul 2018
#52
The Presidential Seal will need a little rework, but for the time being, it makes sense. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2018
#56