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insulting australians

January 22, 2002, 6:38 pm

A friend of mine recently claimed that there is no national/ethnic slur that can offend an Australian. Although I called him on his generalization--there are obviously racial slurs that would upset an...

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January 23, 2002, 12:46 pm

I always just ask if the shackle and chain marks have worn off....

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January 25, 2002, 11:14 am

Hi, I'm a newbie here. Thought I'd add my two bob's worth. Aussies have a penchant for insulting each other and don't need the help of outsiders. If you don't know better, and have the good fortune to...

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January 25, 2002, 3:05 pm

> and don't need the help of outsidersThanks for the very amusing (and informative) post, harperde! And welcome to the board!!There's a Seinfeld episode where George has to meet with some clients...

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March 19, 2002, 4:45 am

Are any of these terms (Ocker, Sinker, Honker, ...) listed in any dictionaries?

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March 22, 2002, 3:13 am

I can't resist asking, and I'm not meaning to be insulting: what (if anything) are the literal meanings (or at least the etymologies) of the terms "whingeing pom" and "Rosbif"? For the life of me, I...

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March 22, 2002, 3:43 am

Isn't "rosbif" just "roast beef"?And "pom" as in pomegranite?

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March 22, 2002, 6:33 pm

"Pom" is an Australian slang word for a Briton. The adjective "pommy" appears in 1915, the noun "pom" in 1919. There is no evidence that it comes from pomegranate. Nor is it likely from "Prisoners of...

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March 22, 2002, 6:57 pm

>"Pom" is an Australian slang word for a Briton. The adjective "pommy" appears in 1915, the noun "pom" in 1919. There is no evidence that it comes from pomegranate. No *conclusive* evidence, I...

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March 22, 2002, 8:47 pm

Well done, Dr. T!

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March 23, 2002, 1:38 pm

the pommy bastard himself (and most others) takes pom as Prisoner Of her/his Majesty. None of us poms have any basis for this belief but it's been around as long as I (we?) can remember. Never heard...

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March 23, 2002, 6:58 pm

Please exlain the "whingeing" term, this seems to me far more interesting than "Pom" which has been well known Austrailan slang for a Brit for donkey's years.

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March 23, 2002, 7:25 pm

yeah. I don't get it. I'm getting just a bit fed up with it. I mean, it's not like we complain or anything, but what right do they have and I for one have had enough etc etc blah blah.

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March 23, 2002, 7:28 pm

Stop whingeing, you two!

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March 23, 2002, 9:53 pm

i've got a vote for how to insult the *intelligence* of an australian....do that politically correct, insist on the map of the globe being drawn upside down thing...(i'll admit, it was interesting to...

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March 25, 2002, 6:28 am

Just heard a news report that several restaurants in London -- including US chain Planet Hollywood -- are making customers sign legal waivers in order to procure rare burgers/steaks.Not sure what the...

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March 25, 2002, 7:07 am

E. coli isn't the worst thing to be concerned about. There is for example Toxoplasma gondii, the protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis (but raw mutton is higher-risk than raw beef, and most people's...

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March 25, 2002, 10:20 pm

I think that while we Brits can laugh at ourselves, and don't mind the odd sneer at the Aussies or the French, we see red when the tables are turned, even though we delight in our own eccentricity....

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