Brasser

born2bwild

My favourite word is 'brasser', meaning, of course, prossie.

Anyone know its etymology?

massiveattack

born2bwild wrote: »

My favourite word is 'brasser', meaning, of course, prossie.

Anyone know its etymology?

Brasiere

Samich

brazzers

El Weirdo

born2bwild wrote: »

My favourite word is 'brasser', meaning, of course, prossie.

Anyone know its etymology?

Brass nail = tail

in cockney rhyming slang.

CyberJuice

years ago when many people hadnt got much money you could pay a prossie with any old brass you had lying around,often randy men would go around in the dark of night stealing their neighbours door knobs and letterboxes off the hall doors so they could go and get a ride off a prossie

since then people have often refered to prossies as "brassers"

rockmongrel

El Weirdo wrote: »

Brass nail = tail

in cockney rhyming slang.

Well, I guess that's the end of that thread! Let's all relax

massiveattack

Did anyone watch fade street?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Is prossie prostitute or Protestant?

RachaelVO

rockmongrel wrote: »

Well, I guess that's the end of that thread! Let's all relax

Ya know what, you're probably wrong, and this thread will just descend into filth!!!


Just a guess

born2bwild

CyberJuice wrote: »

years ago when many people hadnt got much money you could pay a prossie with any old brass you had lying around,often randy men would go around in the dark of night stealing their neighbours door knobs and letterboxes off the hall doors so they could go and get a ride off a prossie

since then people have often refered to prossies as "brassers"

What were they called in the bronze age?

amacca

I always thought it was an adaptation of the slang adjective brassy

coming from brass instrument (musical)...it being tasteless and showy...just like the type of women one would call a brasser.

Its hard for me to admit this but I could be wrong........

massiveattack

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is prossie prostitute or Protestant?

Whats the difference? :rolleyes:

lastlaugh

I would imagine it is a play on the word brass, which would refer to the fact that the women who wear brass jewelry are poor and crass and can't afford gold...

massiveattack

born2bwild wrote: »

What were they called in the bronze age?

Same as you call dublin hoor oompa loompas, bronzers

RachaelVO

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is prossie prostitute or Protestant?

Eh lets see now

Prostitute

Protetestant


and it's Prossie t or s, t or s, t or s...

Your turn :rolleyes:

El Weirdo

Brass nail is rhyming slang for tail, which in the 19th century was a word for a prostitute. Tail then came to mean, in the words of the OED, "women regarded collectively (by men) as a means of sexual gratification; sexual intercourse; a sexual partner". Hence the expression 'a bit of tail'. Brass nail is in the OED with the definition 'prostitute', and if you look up brass, you will be directed to brass nail, as it means the same. Brass occasionally features in police dramas set in London, and it is certainly in at least one of Martina Cole's novels, which are usually set in the London gangster underworld.

http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_virtual_linguist/2009/09/brass-nail-and-other-cockney-rhyming-slang.html

Brain Stroking

A prostitute in the olden days had to be vaccinated (the Maradona term for coitus) outside. In the cold. The punter would be cold enough to freeze the balls off (or on) a brass monkey. Hence the prostitutes became known as brassers. Due to the fact that during coitus the punter's balls were exposed to the elements down by the canal. Brassers became brazzers as the use of the initial "brassers" stem evolved over time.

Unequivocally true.

5ftGiant

OP was listening to the FM104 phoneshow tonight, am i right?!!