Olde insults

[oompah]

How about Lord Charles favourite," you silly ass "

 

[heatingman]

when I was a nipper I do re-call the terms scallywag, rascal and strangly herbert, don't know the history for the last one.

 

[slick50]

Dextrous ... what do you mean, like "you blaggard" Whatever that meant.

Yep, that's the ticket. Especially now that responses are becoming (inevitably) more extreme

Just trying to close that can of worms that I fear I may have opened. Alas, too late methinks

One thing about creating monsters is you can always tame them ...... or maybe not

 

[LastMagicBean]

Scoudrel.........

 

[conny]

LMB,

Scoudrel.........

Do you mean ,

Scoundrel



Sorry, I've had 4 cans of Expoet and a bottle of Cava! Hic!

That should read Export!

 

[LastMagicBean]

LMB,

Scoudrel.........

Do you mean ,

Scoundrel

It was there when I typed it ........

 

[conny]

LMB,

Scoudrel.........

Do you mean ,

Scoundrel

It was there when I typed it ........

Like my R instead of E!

 

[wotan]

you are a right "mary anne" this relates to a site on the now closed American base at Burtonwood...near Warrington

 

[dextrous]

How is "mary anne" an insult. What did she do?

 

[Homesafe]

have you ever been ' slighted ' , if so do you know what it means?

 

[dextrous]

have you ever been ' slighted ' , if so do you know what it means?

Is it a bit like being "dissed" (disrespected)?

 

[Homesafe]

have you ever been ' slighted ' , if so do you know what it means?

Is it a bit like being "dissed" (disrespected)?

In the 'gentlemans 'way it means 'dissed', Then Charles slighted himself by marrying horsemilla

 

[wotan]

How is "mary anne" an insult. What did she do?

Not so much an insult, more of a term of derision.

Wotan

 

[oompah]

flibbertigibbet.

 

[tim west]

and strangly herbert, don't know the history for the last one.

The term was used in a star trek episode "The way to Eden" i'm presuming it was an american 60's invention that found its way to these shores later?