CommonFreddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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No.I don't use the N-word, ever. I might describe them as wannabees, chavs and thugs, but certain words are very much off-limits because of their connotations.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:00,
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Despite the possibility of flaming, I would like to saywhite-wannabe-black kids are occasionally referred to as 'wiggers' over here.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:49,
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That's a common term here as well.But as it's a contraction of "white nigger" it's generally considered to be extremely politically incorrect, and is borderline taboo. For that reason I've started referring to them as chavs over here, as the chavs over there have basically adopted chunks of the American urban gangsta hiphop culture.
Besides, it's a slightly more obscure term here.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:54,
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