words?

OldGoat

Whenever my da would put a plate of food down for ya he'd accompany it with "Get on the other side of that".

GalwayKiefer

This thread is golden! I still use about a third of the phrases mentioned already, I picked them up from my grandparents and parents and thankfully never lost them.

Anyone remember any words/phrases used years ago in total innocence that would be a no-no nowadays or just not really p.c.?
Such as - he was a "dark fellow" to describe a black man.
Or my Granny used to call people with Down Syndrome/special needs "dummies" but it wasn't meant with malice.

looksee

Galkeifer, your sig is not seriously proposing that we should donate our cc numbers to a random site on the interwebs, is it? Is the next step 'oh yes and we need your security code as well'?!

Edit: ok, I was codded!

GalwayKiefer

No looksee, it's just a joke.

policarp

GalKiefer wrote: »

Such as - he was a "dark fellow" to describe a black man.
Or my Granny used to call people with Down Syndrome/special needs "dummies" but it wasn't meant with malice.

Used to hear of dark skinned people being referred to as "tawnies."
And a person with Downes Syndrome was referred to as a "Duinne le Dia," Irish for God's person I think.
But they were very seldom seen in public because it was classed as some sort of a stigma.

Esel

Not so sure how appropriate it is to introduce non-PC terms into the thread, tbh. There are too many, and posting them here is effectively using them. Let them stay in the dark, distant past where they belong.