muppet

fryup

since when has the term muppet become a derogatory term?

if someone called me a bollix or a cu*t i would take offence but..muppet no, they're furry puppets from a 80s TV show ffs

what does it mean to call someone a muppet anyway...stupid, dim-wit, loser.. what???

foxyboxer

It's not Muppet.

It's...Muppeh!

phasers

It means you're not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but maan, hahaha... so to answer your question I don't know.

scottie pippen

I think it’s supposed imply that you are a character made of sponge with a hand shoved up your hole.

massdebater

It's only a Dublin saying really. Can't remember ever hearing anyone else saying it

Wiki appears to think that:

Possibly a blend of marionette and puppet, a Muppet being operated partly like a glove puppet and partly like a marionette. This is not the only occurrence as it also originated in military slang as a derogatory term. It was coined from initial letters of "The most useless person Pirbright ever trained", Pirbright being a British army camp.From Muppet, possibly suggesting that the person needs to be directed by others.

Lady Chuckles

I love calling everyone muppets!!
... I have no clue what it means, though.

CuriousOne

A muppet is a person who is incapable of producing an original thought.

The natural progression for a muppet is to evolve into a puppet when he/she expresses other people's thoughts - in a slightly comical style.

Side Effects - Itchy bum.

stargazer 68

But I love Elmo! :D

Zebra3

Check out "muppet show" in Urban Dictionary. :pac:

danniemcq

think it means someone with no brain who relys on someone else for everything and has a hand shoved up their arse most of the time.....

Kevin Duffy

massdebater wrote: »

It's only a Dublin saying really. Can't remember ever hearing anyone else saying it

Since the first place I ever heard it was in London and I've heard Aussies and Kiwis use it, among others, bang goes that made-up theory.

Yahew

Its a bit unfair, isn't it. The muppets put on a fine if chaotic show. Why should they be associated with crap. If I were to go to the new muppet movie and if people were to ask me what the actors were like, I cant say they were total muppets, lest people think the movie useless.

Yahew

Also I never understood the phrase - Mikey Mouse operation. What? A huge globally recognised international brand, the main icon of the Disney empire operation, is that what you mean?

If so I would have prepared better.

Saila

its a slag ffs, you're all muppets

Big Nasty

'Ye bleedin' muppeh' ye!'

On the go at least ten years now.

Yahew

Saila wrote: »

its a slag ffs, you're all muppets

we know what is is, we are asking why it is.


ya muppeh.

jester77

It means that you like to have someones hand up your ass

suzzi

i might be wrong but didn't roy keane first come out with the "muppet" thing when the saipan row was going on?.....

Kevin Duffy

MCMLXXV wrote: »

'Ye bleedin' muppeh' ye!'

On the go at least ten years now.

suzzi wrote: »

i might be wrong but didn't roy keane first come out with the "muppet" thing when the saipan row was going on?.....

You're both underestimating by at least 20 years that I know of and probably a lot longer than that.

RichieC

scottie pippen wrote: »

I think it’s supposed imply that you are a character made of sponge with a hand shoved up your hole.

I've always assumed it was for the way muppet's mouths open and close as they talk... It's a fine insult and family friendly.

CuriousOne

RichieC wrote: »

I've always assumed it was for the way muppet's mouths open and close as they talk... It's a fine insult and family friendly.

^^^^^^
Muppet!

Unless, I'm the muppet and I'm missing something?

*digs preemptive hole*

Ellis Dee

The misuse of "muppet" as a term of abuse is typical chavspeak and, like everything else in the chav universe, is rooted in a profound ignorance. I believe it began spreading after it was misused that way in a movie in the early 1980s.

Those of us who can remember the Muppet show know that the characters in it were witty, funny, idiosyncratic and very entertaining ---

Something that chavs who go around calling other people "muppets" are not.

By the way, what is green and smells of pork?





























Answer: Kermit's finger.;);)

Zebra3

Ellis Dee wrote: »

chavspeak....chav....chavs

This isn't England.

Saila

Saila wrote: »

its a slag ffs

... and since we are on the subject when did waste left over from the resorting of coal change to mean a demeaning insult?