Words or phrases people say

Going back to the discussion around "woke" etc - I'd like to nominate the use of "do-gooder" as an insult.

How is that an insult? If you're not a do-gooder, what does that make you??
 
S7DiscoDown said:
Gammon / woke and snowflake..... Where did the definition of words come from? They all do my head in

You look on twitter and they are everywhere daily.
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Snowflake was used as a way of putting people down for getting involved or upset at things going on. Woke was born out of being awake to what is going on, but is now used as a pejorative to put someone down in the same way as snowflake. If you’re woke; you must be a wet blanket and not 💪🏽 like john who drinks pints.

Gammon rose to popularity after brexit supporters continually used remoaners instead of remainers, despite both sides complaining a lot.

A lot of this stems from needing to be on the side that “won” so you can mock the side that “lost”, but in most theses situations we as a nation have lost when you step back and look at it properly.

Division constantly sewn, almost like someone drives it...
 
TheFair86 said:
Snowflake was used as a way of putting people down for getting involved or upset at things going on. Woke was born out of being awake to what is going on, but is now used as a pejorative to put someone down in the same way as snowflake. If you’re woke; you must be a wet blanket and not 💪🏽 like john who drinks pints.

Gammon rose to popularity after brexit supporters continually used remoaners instead of remainers, despite both sides complaining a lot.

A lot of this stems from needing to be on the side that “won” so you can mock the side that “lost”, but in most theses situations we as a nation have lost when you step back and look at it properly.

Division constantly sewn, almost like someone drives it...
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Yeah I think the won/lost thing is illuminating. It shows the inherent I'm all right Jack selfishness of your average brexiteer. Wanting to claim "victory" against someone from the same nation and therefore technically on the same said, points to a certain selfishness of mindset. Or more specifically a lack of thought for others.
 
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I hate anyone who starts a Facebook post with... 'Note to self'....

I also detest people that I know for a certain fact that are thick as mince...telling everyone to 'Wake up' on FB and cease being sheep to the corrupt government.
 
Laughing said:
On that subject Artie, it used to annoy me people using the phrase "one trick pony" I was convinced it was "one trap pony", which actually makes much more sense, if you use trap in the sense of carriage. I investigated this a few years ago, and it is "one trick pony" I am still absoloutely positive it derived from one trap pony, as that is the only one of the two phrases that makes any sense.
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One trick pony is derived from circus horses that were taught to do tricks in the ring. One trick pony is someone with one special skill or ability.
 
Woke isn't derogatory. Comes from erykha badu, though maybes that just what the guardian says. Can be used in a derogatory fashion but then so can liberal socialist Tory etc.
I think woke gammon snowflake virtue signalling are all valid terms for common behaviour in the viral age. You don't have to be woke to think someone a gammon, and you don't have to be a gammon to think someone is a snowflake.
Viral age is a term I've coined for the post covid era. It's going to be all over the place in a couple of years or so. It'll probably get credited to Charlie Brooker or John craven or someone. But it's all me.
 
Andy_W said:
Not really a phrase, but when people cheer when someone drops a glass in a pub. It's not so bad if it's your mate and you're taking the pi$$, but when it's one of the staff who has to put up with it every day it can get a bit boring for them, I guess.
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swiftly followed by shouts of "Sack the Juggler" ..
 
HarryVegas said:
Oh and one I see from time to time on twitter: 'Libtard'. Now that really is quite offensive. Used solely as an insult to describe anyone whose politics are anything to the left of Thatcher, handily adapting the outdated word '*****', to include part of 'Liberal'.

Ironic really, as such use betrays a complete lack of understanding of what Neo-Liberalism actually is.
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Republican Americans are very often quick to denounce Democrats as 'The Left' or 'Communists'

But they never refer to themselves as 'The Right' or 'Fascists'
 
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