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Originally Posted by rogueteens
I'm only really answering to get my sig in this thread but 'geezer' isn't an insult, it just means "man", often someone you don't know i.e. "look at that geezer over there" or "alright geezer" as a hello to someone you don't know the name of.
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Really? I always thought it meant something like 'old fart'. I remember Pete Townshend using it a lot to describe, well, old British farts. LOL Maybe it was just a sixties thing, or maybe it's evolved (since we're all old farts now, especially Pete).
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Originally Posted by Jel
true story: they only piss us off because they are used so wrongly by non-Brits  |
You Brits are so cocky. You act like you invented the language or something.
(I also like 'prat'.)
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Originally Posted by livexxx
What about the Irish Gypsies , or tinkers ?
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You mean U2? I think they're on tour now...