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Thread #105437   Message #2924850
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
10-Jun-10 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Those handy UK expressions...
Subject: RE: BS: Those handy UK expressions...
I'd say it's more likely nthat "bounder" comes from being someone who behaves outside the bounds of decent behaviour, an outsider.

Not a term that is very commonly used these days, though the behaviour that would have been implied is common enough. The same goes for a word with a similar meaning, cad. Both would now only be used in a joking manner. For serious comment we'd have to use a term such as "a shit"