Is Mongo Such a Bad word ?

uch

I called a fella a mongo tonight and someone in our company nearly ate me saying that that word has no place in language today and I shouldn't use it as it's very derrogative.

What do you think ? And before you say, I am a mongo

camel jockey

I'm familiar with Mondo from Fair City, are you sure this is not just a typo? Perhaps you mean Mango? I like a nice Chutney myself.

My name is URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afnJbdT4t5g

Shelli2

Mongo- Mongoloid

Dictionary defines it as an offensive term for a person with Downs Syndrome.........

So eh, no, not very nice.

PointLe55

Not all mongo's are from Mongolia, just like not all Roma are from Romania

Fr_Dougal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10

Talib Fiasco

Hey mongo, mongo Italiano.

shamrock55

I havent heard of mongo since blazing saddles,and that was one racist movie:D

The Backwards Man

Whatever about being a bad word, it is a terribly vulgar word.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Isnt Ming from Mongo?

Well he was in Flash Gordon anyway.

Fr_Dougal

shamrock55 wrote: »

I havent heard of mongo since blazing saddles,and that was one racist movie:D

It was the complete opposite, wasn't racist at all; it was satire.

mattjack

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Isnt Ming from Mongo?

Well he was in Flash Gordon anyway.

No , Mings from Roscommon.
Dunno bout Flash.

Sir Osis of Liver.

mattjack wrote: »

No , Mings from Roscommon.
Dunno bout Flash.

wp_rathead

yes - it is a horrible word and anyone with bit of cop on wouldn't use it

*enter usual AH*
"Ugh, Bloody liberal PC brigade, I have freedom of speech to call people it if I want"

Stark

More a Redis and Couchbase fan but wouldn't say Mongo was a dirty word.

BNMC

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Whatever about being a bad word, it is a terribly vulgar word.

I find vulgar is a pretty vulgar word. Very apt really.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Frank Black

Use 'mook' instead.

wil

wprathead wrote: »

yes - it is a horrible word and anyone with bit of cop on wouldn't use it

*enter Ricky Gervais*
"oooh that wasn't what I meant at all, no really, I'm just at the cutting edge leaning over the boundaries and blah blah funny me <irritating overacted bellicose laugh>"

RGYP

uch

What does that mean ?

LordSutch

Shelli2 wrote: »

Mongo- Mongoloid

Dictionary defines it as an offensive term for a person with Downs Syndrome.........

So eh, no, not very nice.

I actually remember when Mongol was the normal everyday term for people with Downs syndrome, Spastic was also widely used to describe people with physical disabilities. Neither term is acceptable nowadays in our culture.

Oprahs_Vagina

Thought it was just a generic Dublin slang for someone of utmost stupidity or annoyance ??

Much in the same way ' Fag got ' has transformed into an almost undefined meaning in 2013.

NegativeCreep

I use it all the time. It's supposed to be offensive. That's why you say it to people in a derogatory way.

uch

Oprahs_Vagina wrote: »

Thought it was just a generic Dublin slang for someone of utmost stupidity or annoyance ??

Much in the same way ' Fag got ' has transformed into an almost undefined meaning in 2013.

What ?

Oprahs_Vagina

uch wrote: »

What ?

In the sense Mongo is not used to refer to insinuate those with downs syndrome and the term ******t generally isn't really used to insinuate someone is a homosexual.

Jimoslimos

Oprahs_Vagina wrote: »

Thought it was just a generic Dublin slang for someone of utmost stupidity or annoyance ??

Much in the same way ' Fag got ' has transformed into an almost undefined meaning in 2013.

******s....burn 'em I say.

eh? Why is fag.got starred? How else am I going to convey my love of collecting twigs and small pieces of wood for kindling?!

Jester252

My understanding was that mongo is a skateboarding term for pushing the skateboard with your front foot.

bradlente

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Hey mongo, mongo Italiano.

Mongo numba Five!

roasturkey

I don't get that. I think of mongo like I think of 'idiot'... if I was called one it's not the most offensive thing someone could say. People in here make it sound like the baddest of bad words

catallus

Given the fact that ****tards like to use the word to describe people with disabilities then it is in essence a bad word.

And given that there are growing numbers of people who are highly functional adults who have a condition which they were born with (which is a disability, and thus a target for bigots), it makes it an odious word.

And given that the people who are usually the targets of such words are oblivious to such treatment makes it frightfully obscene word.

But that's how people like to dress up stuff isn't it. The goal is "always make yourself seem blameless."

We all do it. Anyone who says they don't is a liar, or simply not living their lives. I found myself doing it myself the other day ( in an entirely more benign context of ******* *************;)), and I only caught myself hours later. "Catallus," I said, "that wasn't very proper of you, was it?" and the only answer I had for myself is "Well, that's how I feel. I genuinely can't escape the fact that I feel like that." And it occurred to me that the fault in me is something not easily resolvable (and typing this I don't think I have any reason to change my mind because it is my own mind, after all), but my conscience permits me to soften my opinions, because hey it takes all sorts to make a world.

Healio

Its all about context with these words.

Its not that they are said that is the problem; it is how they are said. Take an english person calling you a paddy, ive had it had it many times, and its either (a) you'se paddy's are mad or (b) ****ing paddies cant control yourselves.

The word is not the problem, its they way it is used.

catallus

Healio wrote: »

Its all about context with these words.

Its not that they are said that is the problem; it is how they are said. Take an english person calling you a paddy, ive had it had it many times, and its either (a) you'se paddy's are mad or (b) ****ing paddies cant control yourselves.

The word is not the problem, its they way it is used.

That's all very well, but what's an example of mongo being used benignly?

Healio

catallus wrote: »

That's all very well, but what's an example of mongo being used benignly?

In fairness a good question which im not sure i can answer. The only conclusion I can come to would be the times I've used it, it was more a figure of speech, but now you have have me thinking a bit deeper about all the words i use, B@stard!!

GTE

I thought that was the name of the big ass gingerbread man in Shrek. . . Got ate too when I mentioned it in passing.

Shelli2

He is named Mongo, I remember being completely stunned in the cinema on hearing it, and checking on google when I got home to make sure I'd heard correctly!

anncoates

I often use it as an insult. The phrase has been around years.

When I was younger, my siblings and I used to call each other Mongs. Definitely wouldn't say it now to any one, given that as an adult, I realize just how offensive the word actually is.