outmoded expressions

[Marine Boy]

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Well I think Joey was a cerebral palsy sufferer - what used to be called spastic. The thing is, cases vary in type and severity. For example, my neice has the condition but she does not have the uncontrolled movements and speech difficulties.

Yeah, "spaz" has always been a horrible word.

But I wasn't offended by your post, Flash, as I'm sure you didn't intend offense. I am always grasping for words and often pick the wrong one

[Flash Gordon]

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ooops, sorry, that's quite offensive, my appleogies

[Flash Gordon]

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Snap

Yes Joey Deacon was on Blue Peter, I think they were probably trying to educate kids about disabilities but all they did was create a new insult.

Before my time, but even I have heard the expression "Joey".
This is terribly intollerrant of ...um... what's pc?
I know you can't say spazz (un-pc)

[Flash Gordon]

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[QUOTE=Richard1978;122346]When I was at one primary school if anyone wanted to show they didn't believe something they had just been told, they would stroke their chin & say "Chinny Winston" in a silly voice.

Very annoying, especially if it was something totally true just told them.

I never heard it anywhere else.

That's very interesting. I'm thirty, and when we were kids, whenever someone was telling a tall tail, we would rub our chins and say, "Chinny chin chin"

[chrisredditch]

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How about - 'Nice one Cyril'.

Remember that?

It grew out of an advert for "Mothers Pride" Bread where a baker presented his loaf to a managment type who replied "Nice one Cyril"

At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur, had a player called Cyril Knowles (now RIP) the song grew from the terraces, finally making the charts in 1973 courtesy of The Cockerel Chorus

[kazboot]

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I didn't think you were old enough to remember that Mike!

I couldn't think what ad this slogan was for before the football song, so I looked it up and found it was for Wonderloaf.

[HG]

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Nice One Cyril
Nice one son
Nice one cyril
Lets have another one

[kazboot]

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How about - 'Nice one Cyril'.

Remember that?

[Aidanagain]

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People where I'm from say, instead of 'It goes without saying' :
"There's no use in saying it !"

[chrisredditch]

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The term "Gender-Bender" isn't used as much now (if at all) like it was in the early 80's.
What with Boy George, Marilyn and Pete Burns playing up on the airwaves it was always a good starting point for the tabloids.

[HG]

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We used to do the chin rubbing thing and to prove our disbelief at something we'd just been told, say "oh yeah, Jimmy Hill"

We also used to refer to each other as "Joey" and do that awful "tongue behind the botom lip thing". This was because there was a poor guy in the 80's called Joey Deacon who had some kind of disability - spina bifida or something. How AWFUL, thinking back! I think he shot to fame on Blue Peter or something.

Snap

Yes Joey Deacon was on Blue Peter, I think they were probably trying to educate kids about disabilities but all they did was create a new insult.

[Richard1978]

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My brother spent a good chuck of the 1980s doing that tounge under lower lip thing, often making a noise like Roland Rat with a serious brain injury, often when I did something stupid.

No mention of Joey Deacon though, I didn't who he was until a few monthy ago.

[Teejay]

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We used to do the chin rubbing thing and to prove our disbelief at something we'd just been told, say "oh yeah, Jimmy Hill"

We also used to refer to each other as "Joey" and do that awful "tongue behind the botom lip thing". This was because there was a poor guy in the 80's called Joey Deacon who had some kind of disability - spina bifida or something. How AWFUL, thinking back! I think he shot to fame on Blue Peter or something.

[rossobantam]

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Similar to that... If you said something but you were disproved, whether it was true or not, you were 'necked'.

"I heard you were round the back of the bike sheds with Alison!"

"Yeah? Well, how could I have been when I was down the tuck shop with Nicky and Jamie, eh? Aaaahhh!!! You're NECKED!!!" Cue obligatory pulling the skin under the chin...

'necking' was something totally difernet of course

[Richard1978]

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Thanks, I've never heard of those expressions before.