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"On the road" as a perjorative

  • 17-04-2015 11:41am
    #1
    Banjoxed
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    An elderly lady of my acquaintance regularly criticises folk for "being always on the road" or "always trotting on the road". Anyone else come across this?

    We should be all indoors cleaning our houses it seems.


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  • #2
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    Posting online at an hour when there's mass available I see.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    I am disappointed this isn't a Jack Kerouac reference.

    Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.


  • #4
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    "Perjorative"

    Someone had a dictionary for breakfast.....

    Maybe post it in the 'What's for Breakfast' thread?


  • #5
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    I was once told "you're like cows sh1te, always on the road" by a daft biddy.


  • #6
    Banjo String
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TD_pSeNelU


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  • #7
    hairyprincess
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    Plazaman wrote: »
    I was once told "you're like cows sh1te, always on the road" by a daft biddy.

    Lol, I like that :D


  • #8
    Dozer Dave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 491 ✭✭Dozer Dave


    That elderly lady would want to mind her own business, she has too much time on her hands.


  • #9
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    I love being out on the road:)


  • #10
    anncoates
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    Banjoxed wrote: »
    "always trotting on the road

    Maybe she means Sonia O Sullivan when she got the trots on the road.


  • #11
    To Elland Back
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭To Elland Back


    I always though a perjorative was a laxative


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  • #12
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Banjoxed


    kfallon wrote: »
    "Perjorative"

    Someone had a dictionary for breakfast.....

    Maybe post it in the 'What's for Breakfast' thread?

    I'll start a new thread tomorrow with the word "obstreperous" in the title. :D


  • #13
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It's not the wans on the road you should worry about, it's the wans in the road.


  • #14
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Banjoxed


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    Posting online at an hour when there's mass available I see.

    Is there anything to be said for a mass?


  • #15
    crockholm
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    I've seen "End of the road" being described in pejorative terms.


  • #16
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Banjoxed


    Plazaman wrote: »
    I was once told "you're like cows sh1te, always on the road" by a daft biddy.

    It's a generational thing, I reckon. What would you be doing enjoying yourself?


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