Things you were shockingly old when you learned

(or else it resumses it's offensive state) xp

darragh's going to get very cross at us as soon as he gets home from wrok

And the reason it's used as a term of endearment is because of it's offensiveness, not because it's a neutral term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IfoUM6a4bA

(I'm really just annoyed by people elsewhere who defend attacking women with that word by saying that it's not offensive in Scotland or Australia, when it is. Was especially common during the gamergate harassment period)

It's generally a safe bet to trust the utterer's opinion as to whether or not their gendered pejorative of choice is offensive. They tend to be pretty impartial about it, I find.

Possibly interesting to compare perception of misogyny, harshness/taboo of insult of cunt compared to twat, is there an etymological reason for that? Don't think I've ever heard anyone complain about twat being misogynistic.

Thinking of the gendered aspect, curiously I think it feels more manly to be called a cunt than a prick. Not that I want to be called either.

I called the woman I work for a cunt while talking to our HR woman last week during a moment of extreme anger. Was very happy when I realized that she hadn't heard me.

annoyed by people elsewhere who defend attacking women with that word by saying that it's not offensive in Scotland or Australia, when it is.

fuck up cunce

It's a strong insult but when you're dealing with a really reprehensible asshole sometimes it is the most fitting and effective choice and yes obv it's gendered but for me that isn't really an issue when it's used by a woman describing another woman etc.

that 2001: a space odyssey was an allusion to the homeric odyssey.

Nick b - lazy is a synonym of feckless so that usage is correct

That's how it's mostly used in the UK.

that 2001: a space odyssey was an allusion to the homeric odyssey.

Dang. Layers upon layers here.

https://i.imgur.com/jqXyoJc.jpg?1

I was shockingly old when I opened the Samantha Bee thread just now and suddenly discovered why we were discussing gendered pejoratives all day itt.

the origin of the term "soap opera"

melodramatic show that was largely sponsored by soap company adverts innit

um yeah i just didn't know where the "soap" part came from

That “Rudy” was short for rude boy until like, uh, last year. I just thought that Rudy was a common old fashioned guy’s name in England.

... Jamaica, you mean.

probably thinking of the specials tbf

True. It is a cover of a Jamaican song, of course!

haha

Rudeboy Giuliani

Rudeboy and the dweebs

That Minnie Riperton's daughter is Maya Rudolph, whom she addresses at the end of Lovin' You ("Maya, Maya, Maya").

yes! I think I learned that via pop up video

The specials yeah but also the clash.

lol I was thinking about a certain clash song after reading comments about the word “feckless” on ilx this week

wait

ye were focusing on feckless

lolz

what did ye decide out of prurient interest

rudy. probably could fail

I also thought about it immediately because of the “feckless” convo.

I knew it!!

I was going to make a Rancid joke, but then I remembered that song was called "Ruby Soho".

Ruboy

I'm not sure if this is a "wha?" or a "how could you not know?".

My partner (Canadian) and I (British) were talking about hypothetical dog names for our hypothetical dog, and I suggested Toby after the dog in A Study in Scarlet, and then she told me Toby was a racist slave name, but she couldn't remember why. Is this a thing? All I could find online was a dialogue reference from Eastbound and Down, and, more pertinitently, that Toby was Levar B's slave name in Roots (I haven't seen it). Anyway - Toby: yes or monstrous?

nothing other than Roots comes to mind

Toby was the dog in the Great Mouse Detective. "Toby, sic 'em!" or some such thing.

my friends' dog is called Toby. as far as I know they're not racists

Mr Punch's dog is called Toby

I think of Toby jugs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Jug), a Shakespearean character, Toby Keith, and a nickname for Tobias before I get to slave names.

that is the question

my grandparents had a dog named Toby

dammit Darragh I was just about to post a Toby or not Toby quip

look i hadnt all day and god forbid it was let slip yknow

My cousin, who is AA, named her son Tobias. Don't know if that disproves anything, but I think this theory is dubious at best.

"People hear the name Tobias and they think 'big black guy'"

t/s Tobias from Arrested Development vs Tobias from Animorphs

the word holiday comes from "holy day"