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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
rich-joy	BS: Ridiculous terms of abuse (100* d)	RE: BS: Ridiculous terms of abuse	29 Nov 09
re Amos' comments on Nov 20th re "no problem " instead of "you're welcome" : It's taking over Down Under too : this "No probs / not a problem / no problem". We used to say "No Wurries"(Worries), or alternatively, "She's right, mate" .... "Dickhead" has long been a very common descriptor in Oz (er .... does that mean we have a lot of them?!). ... and to a lesser extent, "Knobhead". "Bloody Nong" used to be common in the 50s. Then "you little Twerp" and "Twit" were popular in the 60s. "Piehead" and "Pillock" also. "You bloody sod" I think goes back to at least WWII .... "Fishbrain" or "Fishwit" seem to have been taken over by "Dickbrain" and "Fuckwit" - or perhaps it's just the circles I move in?? :~) Slight thread creep here, but I hafta say how much my partner and I hate "Buddy" : it's OK for Nth Americans, and it's OK for Scuba Divers, but to be called Buddy in Oz reeeeeally grates!!! Cheers! R-J

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