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Denzil_DC

(7,187 posts)
43. No problem.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 11:57 AM
Jul 2018

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.

Long Live The Queen... Grassy Knoll Jul 2018 #1
Well done: Royal family 'snub' Trump as Queen left to meet the US president alone Daily Mail Onlin Gothmog Jul 2018 #45
is that melania in the nurse ratched uniform? nt msongs Jul 2018 #2
Now that you mention it, she does remind me of someone Rstrstx Jul 2018 #14
Not so big on using that word as an insult here. marble falls Jul 2018 #3
Ditto! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2018 #4
Make that three. pazzyanne Jul 2018 #5
Are you 3 unfamiliar with how the term is bandied about in the UK, and how it means something mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #8
This isn't the UK. (eom) Petrushka Jul 2018 #10
It's actually nowhere ... it's the internet :) mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #11
You're right, of course! Sometimes this absent-minded ol' biddy forgets where she is! :-P Petrushka Jul 2018 #13
Where is This? HipChick Jul 2018 #20
Last time I looked, this was there---now this is here---who knows where this might be tomorrow. Petrushka Jul 2018 #55
I'm familiar with it being a misogynistic term. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2018 #15
Strongly agree, 50 Shades of Blue! pazzyanne Jul 2018 #27
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 isn't GB...... marble falls Jul 2018 #23
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
When people want to call someone an asshole, they call him an asshole. Demit Jul 2018 #32
So what you're telling me is ... mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #38
"it doesn't have the misogynistic association when used by the folks there" Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #36
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 really don't need an apology! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #41
My friend, I never said it wasn't 'offensive' or not a terrible insult :) mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #48
Then did my computer malfunction and misdisplay your posting above, Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #49
I agree . . . and this makes four! (n/t) Petrushka Jul 2018 #9
Five. Tipperary Jul 2018 #17
+1000 stonecutter357 Jul 2018 #30
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
Not a progressive insult. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #6
What's IQ45 pointing at? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2018 #7
LOL! smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #12
Hi syringis ..love it.. HipChick Jul 2018 #16
Hi HipChick syringis Jul 2018 #18
Not only am I am not offended, but actually surprized HipChick Jul 2018 #21
What lack of knowledge? cwydro Jul 2018 #24
My entire family lives in the UK.... HipChick Jul 2018 #26
I was born in and live in the UK. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #31
Thank you. I frequently visit the UK and have friends there as well. Tipperary Jul 2018 #42
No problem. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #43
I just googled that word and all i got was a lots and lots of vaginas . stonecutter357 Jul 2018 #33
Love it! RandiFan1290 Jul 2018 #22
Agreed nini Jul 2018 #35
what a disgusting OP ! trashing . stonecutter357 Jul 2018 #29
Sometimes an insult fits nini Jul 2018 #34
She going to dip into the crown's benld74 Jul 2018 #39
Prince Charles and Prince William were unwilling to meet Trump, Gothmog Jul 2018 #44
Alex Jones was wrong. It's not about a 2nd Civil War syringis Jul 2018 #47
This should be deleted oberliner Jul 2018 #50
! Kali Jul 2018 #51
OT but did you see the back of Melanie's dress? WhiteTara Jul 2018 #53
Butt Cheeks representing the US? HipChick Jul 2018 #54
The Presidential Seal will need a little rework, but for the time being, it makes sense. nt Buns_of_Fire Jul 2018 #56
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