Meanings: now and then

[Big Dave]

not sure if this is what you mean, but back in the day c**t was a big no no. very bad word. now days good c**t is an excellent compliment.

Yeah - that's valid.

[Monorail]

Yeah - that's valid.

i got snapped saying it by mum the otherday. which i got an earful for, seriously not cool.

[Big Dave]

i got snapped saying it by mum the otherday. which i got an earful for, seriously not cool.

According to George Carlin - Women do not use the c-word or say 'Piss'.

[MisterD]

According to George Carlin - Women do not use the c-word or say 'Piss'.

I think that Women probably do, but Wimmin and Ladies probably don't...

On your original subject though BD, "bent" is an interesting one...for a while there is was synonymous with the new meaning for "gay" now it appears to be back to being squiggly metal and/or criminal.

You luv it, you slag!

[Big Dave]

You old/good bastard.

[Usarka]

When you're with the Flintstones, have a yabba dabba doo time, a dabba doo time, we'll have a gay old time. ...

Tell me thats not about drugs.......

Speaking of which, boozers used to get "stoned" on beer. quite a laugh when my grandad told me he got stoned

[Big Dave]

Language from day one has been in a state of constant change, so in that regard..no, It hasn't changed, its always been this way.

'Very deep. You should send that into Reader's Digest, they've got a page for people like you.' - D Adams.

[Taz]

A faggot was a bundle of twigs/sticks or branches bound together.

[pete376403]

"Funky" was another way of describing "smelly" or "stinky" in the USA back in the slave days- "Ah's bin wokin in the fiel' alla long day, massa an' ahs real funky"
(ref: The various Mandingo novels of the '70s)

[xwhatsit]

Wicked.

[Kemet]

According to George Carlin - Women do not use the c-word or say 'Piss'.

on both counts.......

lucky for me I spelt count correctly.....

[Ixion]

A faggot was a bundle of twigs/sticks or branches bound together.

And still is. Also a porcine delicacy.

And funky still means smelly - congnate to funk, as 'in a blue funk' .

Those aren't changes

[Taz]

Eeewww a funky faggot............. I'm not picking one of those up!!

[Skyryder]

not sure if this is what you mean, but back in the day c**t was a big no no. very bad word. now days good c**t is an excellent compliment.

Yep but the pill changed all that.


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

A faggot was a bundle of twigs/sticks or branches bound together.

Faggot is singular as in a bunch of faggots.

Or the junior (turd) 'school person' who served his senors. It was the tradition in the English 'Public' schools.

Skyryder