outmoded expressions

[sammysiz]

Slang

I'd love to remember the things people were saying.

For example, In Nottingham, we used to call just about everything 'maccy', meaning brilliant, in the 80's because of the footballer 'Super Mac' MacDonald!

We used to call sweets 'goobs' although I don't know why.

[kazboot]

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I hope you meant twit there

You choose.

[HG]

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LOL 'nit wit'! That was another one.

Have you been scarred for life by that tw*t of a teacher?

I hope you meant twit there

No, but if I'd ever seen him again...

[kazboot]

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Yep we used both of them. I think we used to say nit wit.

My first primary school teacher stood me under the blackboard and wrote twit with an arrow pointing down at me, bar steward that he was.

LOL 'nit wit'! That was another one.

Have you been scarred for life by that tw*t of a teacher?

[HG]

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Does anyone remember being called a 'nit'?

People also used to be called a 'twit' rather than replacing the 'i' with an 'a' nowadays.

Yep we used both of them. I think we used to say nit wit.

My first primary school teacher stood me under the blackboard and wrote twit with an arrow pointing down at me, bar steward that he was.

[kazboot]

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Does anyone remember being called a 'nit'?

People also used to be called a 'twit' rather than replacing the 'i' with an 'a' nowadays.

[Raymond Luxury-Yacht]

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When we were kids, anything inconvenient or unpleasant was Chronic. "How was school today, son?" "Chronic"

[Flash Gordon]

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There are loads of words acceptable in the playground because that's the way kids are. When you leave school and mature, you realise how wrong these names are and that they have no place in society.
I had a bad ankle sprain at school and had to go around on crutches for a while. Apart from being called Long John Silver and Sandy Richardson (anyone?) I was referred to as Cripple, Spaz, Mong. In fact some kids were calling me Sandy right up to my 6th form days!
I'm not saying it's right but thats how it goes!

Outmoded expressions are usually outmoded because the are offensive.
I remember a bloke at our school who had a terrible accident that left him with one leg shorter than the other. Everyone called him "Peg Leg", which drove him berserk, but because he had a dicky leg he couldn't catch anyone who said it.
His younger brother got really fat, and his name was Barry, so people started calling him, "Barrelly". (like a barrel?)
But if you are are feeling sorry for them, don't. They were bullies.

It's funny how these expressions are introduced to educate and inform, but, in reality, are just more ammunition. Like how Alf Garnetts' turns of phrase, meant to show his ignorance, merely provided more insults for rascists in the playground.

[sixtyten]

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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.

Despite my youthful charm I'm getting on a bit

I've always known it as a football song I think, with the names changed depending on the player. I always knew the original was Cyril though.

[chrisredditch]

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AHAHAhahahahahaa! Is that true?

Very much so. It was on the old regional news programme "ATV Today"

[Teejay]

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AHAHAhahahahahaa! Is that true?

[chrisredditch]

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Yep, Sandy Richardson was in Crossroads, he was played by Roger Tonge, who died at 35 from Hodgkins Disease. He was wheelchair bound and was the first disabled actor in a soap.

Ta-da!

Well played!
He was quite a funny guy. I remember him being interviewed once about the lack of lovelife his character had in Crossroads. He remarked "Im the only Guy in the world with 3 crutches and none of them get any action!"

[Teejay]

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Yep, Sandy Richardson was in Crossroads, he was played by Roger Tonge, who died at 35 from Hodgkins Disease. He was wheelchair bound and was the first disabled actor in a soap.

Ta-da!

[chrisredditch]

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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

There are loads of words acceptable in the playground because that's the way kids are. When you leave school and mature, you realise how wrong these names are and that they have no place in society.
I had a bad ankle sprain at school and had to go around on crutches for a while. Apart from being called Long John Silver and Sandy Richardson (anyone?) I was referred to as Cripple, Spaz, Mong. In fact some kids were calling me Sandy right up to my 6th form days!
I'm not saying it's right but thats how it goes!