muppet

fryup · 01-12-2011 01:22PM #1

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 · 01-12-2011 01:24PM

It's not Muppet.

It's...Muppeh!

phasers · 01-12-2011 01:26PM

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 · 01-12-2011 01:26PM

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

massdebater · 01-12-2011 01:28PM

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

01-12-2011 01:29PM

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 · 01-12-2011 01:38PM

I love calling everyone muppets!!

... I have no clue what it means, though.

CuriousOne · 01-12-2011 01:39PM

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 · 01-12-2011 01:39PM

But I love Elmo!

:D

Zebra3 · 01-12-2011 01:41PM

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

danniemcq · 01-12-2011 02:21PM

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 · 01-12-2011 02:38PM

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 · 01-12-2011 02:42PM

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 · 01-12-2011 02:44PM

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 · 01-12-2011 02:45PM

its a slag ffs, you're all muppets

Big Nasty · 01-12-2011 02:46PM

'Ye bleedin' muppeh' ye!'

On the go at least ten years now.

Yahew · 01-12-2011 02:46PM

Saila wrote: »

its a slag ffs, you're all muppets

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

ya muppeh.

jester77 · 01-12-2011 02:48PM

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

suzzi · 01-12-2011 02:51PM

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 · 01-12-2011 02:54PM

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 · 01-12-2011 03:20PM

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 · 01-12-2011 03:42PM

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 · 01-12-2011 03:56PM

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 · 01-12-2011 04:29PM

Ellis Dee wrote: »

chavspeak....chav....chavs

This isn't England.

01-12-2011 04:38PM

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?

muppet

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