Are you a Dink?

[Lancer]

If so, what are you? If not, do you know what one is? Also, what is a 'git'? I think that's Britspeak.

What are some aussie slang terms? I know there's alot...

I have a pretty good idea of what the term '****er' means, but what does 'putz' mean?

Can you think of any slang I sould know about or that you want to know the definition of?

[Lancer]

WoW, 'vvank' has made it to the big time...it's a no-no at Poly!

[Nivek]

A 'git' is a nasty person - used as an insult in the same way as b*****d.

We have a few local Liverpool terms,

A 'Bizzy' is a policeman.
A 'jigger' is an allyway.

One term which has caught on nationally is 'moggie' - the cat equivalent to 'mongrel'.

There's probably loads more.

[Urban Ranger]

A putz is a clumsy person IIRC.

Dink = double income no kids. In other words, a yuppie couple. That's the only "dink" I know.

[Zkribbler]

Re: Are you a Dink?

Originally posted by Lancer
what does 'putz' mean?

Jewish slang for "penis." Usually used as a insult to describe a man who is stupid, petty or vindictive.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Dink = double income no kids. In other words, a yuppie couple. That's the only "dink" I know.

Or gay or lesbian couples.

[Stefu]

All those British terms sound so quaint and innocent. Like "wanker". It's so British it shouldn't even be censored.

[Nivek]

The Beatles used the Liverpool version of 'git' in 'So Tired'

"And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid GET"

[chequita guevara]

Bugger means to have anal sex. This comes from the French word, bougre, which means Bulgarian. So, why was anal sex associated with the Bulgarians? Because the Cathars, a religious sect who believed that everything material was evil, felt that having children was immoral. Thus, they practiced anal sex as a form of birth control. The Cathars originated in the Balkans, which, at that time, were controled by the Bulgarian Empire. So Bougre was a slang term for the Cathars, and then for their "backwards" sex practices.

[Alinestra Covelia]

www.viz.co.uk has Roger's Profanisaurus, which is an entertaining charivari of vulgar expressions and expletives - ideal for use at home and in the office.

[DanS]

I guess I'm an Oink.

[Bosh]

The Cathars originated in the Balkans, which, at that time, were controled by the Bulgarian Empire.

Or to get even more pedantic they were big in Bosnia until they converted to Islam. However before Bosnia there were in the Armenian region and they got to the Balkans by being resettled by the Byzantine Emperor, after which they converted a good bit of the locals IIRC

[Flubber]

Currently a dink but not for much longer. When the baby comes ( in May) its one kid and one income.

How about some slang from my home region in eastern Canada


hangashore (explanation below)














A hangashore was a generally lazy person who did not go out fishing like the rest of the the adults ( or even older teens) in the community. Hanging about onshore would be generally frowned upon when there was work to be done out in the boats. A hangashore would be not quite as bad as a good-fer-nuthin . . .

[Provost Harrison]

I have a single income and no kids. Does that make me a sink?

[Stuie]

One Income Three Kids and a Wife.

OITKAAW.