| Pillock and plonker 10:06 - Aug 5 with 2586 views | SitfcB |
Harmless words that are underused.
Any more? |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 12:33 - Aug 5 with 840 views | Whos_blue |
Dimlow |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:05 - Aug 5 with 809 views | Pendejo |
Great name for a pub that |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:06 - Aug 5 with 808 views | Meadowlark |
| Pillock and plonker on 10:19 - Aug 5 by IndependentlyBlue |
Not of the same general meaning as pollock or plonker, in fact the reverse. As a kid if something was extremely good, I.e. Wes’s goal against Coventry it would be described as a Bramah. Was in very common usage in the 60s in North Suffolk where I grew up. Hadn’t heard of the word for years but I think someone used it on here recently. Meant to follow it up at the time but forgot.
Looked it up and its origins seem to be with someone of that name who made excellent timepieces back in the day.
Anyone else remember using it or hearing it? |
Yeah. Lowestoft thing. Opposite of a razzo. |  | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:09 - Aug 5 with 800 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| Pillock and plonker on 10:19 - Aug 5 by IndependentlyBlue |
Not of the same general meaning as pollock or plonker, in fact the reverse. As a kid if something was extremely good, I.e. Wes’s goal against Coventry it would be described as a Bramah. Was in very common usage in the 60s in North Suffolk where I grew up. Hadn’t heard of the word for years but I think someone used it on here recently. Meant to follow it up at the time but forgot.
Looked it up and its origins seem to be with someone of that name who made excellent timepieces back in the day.
Anyone else remember using it or hearing it? |
It's used in Ian Dury's song 'There Ain't Half Been Some Clever B*stards"
Noel Coward was a charmer
As a writer he was brahma |  | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:11 - Aug 5 with 798 views | Swansea_Blue |
A cad, a bounder, a rotter |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:18 - Aug 5 with 792 views | BlueBoots |
Bellend...by definition, a bit of a plonker |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:22 - Aug 5 with 786 views | GlasgowBlue |
Prig. |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:28 - Aug 5 with 768 views | BlueBoots |
| Pillock and plonker on 10:33 - Aug 5 by giant_stow |
While driving the other day, a cyclist drove out right in front of me from the side. I screeched to a halt, missed them, had the window down and all I could shout was 'Gorden Bennet' at them.
True story. Carry on. |
OT, but as you've brought up a road altercation, sharing one from the weekend; was cycling towards a roundabout, and a bloke on an electric scooter approached from the opposite exit, went the wrong way around it and ended up heading towards me on the wrong side of the road. As he passed me I said "Bloody hell, are you on drugs mate?" His reply was "Shut Up...(pause)...yes...yes I am" | |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:37 - Aug 5 with 754 views | giant_stow |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:28 - Aug 5 by BlueBoots |
OT, but as you've brought up a road altercation, sharing one from the weekend; was cycling towards a roundabout, and a bloke on an electric scooter approached from the opposite exit, went the wrong way around it and ended up heading towards me on the wrong side of the road. As he passed me I said "Bloody hell, are you on drugs mate?" His reply was "Shut Up...(pause)...yes...yes I am" |
lol! |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:38 - Aug 5 with 753 views | jontysnut |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:09 - Aug 5 by ZapatasMoustache |
It's used in Ian Dury's song 'There Ain't Half Been Some Clever B*stards"
Noel Coward was a charmer
As a writer he was brahma |
See also from Plaistow Patricia
She looked more like a gannet
She wasn't half a pranet
My dad thought prat was very offensive and would tell me off |  | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 14:38 - Aug 5 with 715 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Pillock and plonker on 10:20 - Aug 5 by baxterbasics |
Prat.
Numbskull.
Numpty (popular in Scotland, I believe).
Cretin.
Scrote (Ok maybe slightly offensive). |
Also in Scotland a "raj" is slang for somebody who is unhinged. | |
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| Pillock and plonker on 15:02 - Aug 5 with 688 views | hoppy |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:11 - Aug 5 by Swansea_Blue |
A cad, a bounder, a rotter |
Don't know why, but reading that made me think of this...
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot
maybe it's the multiple definition thing? |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 17:14 - Aug 5 with 611 views | IndependentlyBlue |
| Pillock and plonker on 10:20 - Aug 5 by homer_123 |
'North Suffolk'.......you mean Norfolk but you don't want to admit it, right? |
This side of the Waveney if you please my good man
Only really ventured north of there to visit The Swan at Gillingham when Norfolk opening hours were half an hour more generous than those in Suffolk |  |
| Better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt |
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| Pillock and plonker on 17:48 - Aug 5 with 590 views | Deano69 |
Div
Twit
Buffoon
Nobber
Chump |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 18:05 - Aug 5 with 572 views | mr_bean |
| Pillock and plonker on 10:30 - Aug 5 by baxterbasics |
So I just had to check that out via an AI convo. Pretty sure I'd heard the 'Berkeley Hunt' explanation before and just forgot.
I also went into the origins and evolution of the actual taboo word it refers to. This bit made me chuckle:
"Dictionary Bans: By the late 18th century, lexicographers actively banned it. Francis Grose's 1785 Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue censored it as "CT," defining it as "a nasty name for a nasty thing." It was largely left out of major English dictionaries until the 1960s." |
Francis Grose's 1785 Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Brilliant! A sort of Georgian forerunner of The Profanisaurus? |  | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:05 - Aug 6 with 428 views | baxterbasics |
| Pillock and plonker on 18:05 - Aug 5 by mr_bean |
Francis Grose's 1785 Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Brilliant! A sort of Georgian forerunner of The Profanisaurus? |
That's exactly what it seems to be! Nothing is original these days is it?
Though it was "a nasty name for a nasty thing" that made me lol the most. I'm guessing any he got up close with weren't in the best condition. Or perhaps he batted for the other team. |  |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:11 - Aug 6 with 411 views | jontysnut |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:05 - Aug 6 by baxterbasics |
That's exactly what it seems to be! Nothing is original these days is it?
Though it was "a nasty name for a nasty thing" that made me lol the most. I'm guessing any he got up close with weren't in the best condition. Or perhaps he batted for the other team. |
Poltroon | | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:22 - Aug 6 with 389 views | EdwardStone |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:38 - Aug 5 by jontysnut |
See also from Plaistow Patricia
She looked more like a gannet
She wasn't half a pranet
My dad thought prat was very offensive and would tell me off |
A pedant writes.....
I think it was more " Billericay Dickie" the "Plaistow Patricia" |  | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:45 - Aug 6 with 367 views | baxterbasics |
blackguard (commonly phonetically spelled in modern times as blaggard) | |
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| Pillock and plonker on 13:52 - Aug 6 with 360 views | mellowblue |
dipstick | | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:58 - Aug 6 with 351 views | jontysnut |
| Pillock and plonker on 13:22 - Aug 6 by EdwardStone |
A pedant writes.....
I think it was more " Billericay Dickie" the "Plaistow Patricia" |
Of course - a rush of blood to the head. Thank you for reminding me so politely! | | | |
| Pillock and plonker on 14:03 - Aug 6 with 344 views | NthQldITFC |
| Pillock and plonker on 17:14 - Aug 5 by IndependentlyBlue |
This side of the Waveney if you please my good man
Only really ventured north of there to visit The Swan at Gillingham when Norfolk opening hours were half an hour more generous than those in Suffolk |
The Locks at Geldeston is just in bandit country, and community run. Worth a small-scale invasion. |  |
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