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The term 'pilloc'

  • 18-02-2014 10:10AM
    #1
    gugleguy
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    It does'nt seem to be used at all now. Even if it sounds just a little 'West Brit' Wat are your thoughts or musings?


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  • #2
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    gugleguy wrote: »
    It does'nt seem to be used at all now. Even if it sounds just a little 'West Brit' Wat are your thoughts or musings?

    Learn to spell, you pillock.


  • #3
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    As a true Son of Róisín I prefer the term amadáin.


  • #4
    eamonnq
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    Only Fools and Horses work


  • #5
    dm09
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    Eh up ya daft pillock, Its wat folk say in Manchester


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Pillocks reside in the East End, not the West End. They still exist, alongside plonkers and wallys.


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  • #7
    anncoates
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    I don't ever remember it being used in Ireland. I was brought up in the North of England and I don't really remember it much there either. I think it's quite an old fashioned phrase.


  • #8
    anncoates
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    dm09 wrote: »
    Eh up ya daft pillock, Its wat folk say in Manchester


    The only people in Manchester that say Eh Up are coronation street scriptwriters. :pac:


  • #9
    eamonnq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,014 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    RODNEY
    'Ang on Del, are these toaster ovens 'ookey?

    DEL BOY
    Oh come off it you soppy ole tart, of course they're bleedin' 'ookey, youuu pillock!


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    anncoates wrote: »
    I don't ever remember it being used in Ireland. I was brought up in the North of England and I don't really remember it much there either. I think it's quite an old fashioned phrase.


    Yeah it's pretty specific to the older generation in the East End and Sarf London. Though I heard a cab driver call someone a wally recently, sounded good. :)


  • #11
    gramar
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    The top entry in The Urban Dictionary is:

    1. Pillock
    Noun for Idiot, fool. Originally a slang term for the penis but fairly inoffensive now its this meaning has been forgotten. Derog. ref British Slang Dictionary


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  • #12
    fatknacker
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    anncoates wrote: »
    I don't ever remember it being used in Ireland. I was brought up in the North of England and I don't really remember it much there either. I think it's quite an old fashioned phrase.

    Oh I think it goes way back further than that. No one ever hear of 'The 5 Pillocks of Islam" before?


  • #13
    gramar
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    Candie wrote: »
    Yeah it's pretty specific to the older generation in the East End and Sarf London. Though I heard a cab driver call someone a wally recently, sounded good. :)

    I use wally a bit. It's inoffensive to third parties and used for young and old while it can be very cutting at the same time in the right context.


  • #14
    anncoates
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    Candie wrote: »
    Yeah it's pretty specific to the older generation in the East End and Sarf London. Though I heard a cab driver call someone a wally recently, sounded good. :)

    For some reason, I have it in my head that it's a Midlands thing too - Brimingham, Wolverhamption, etc - don't know why. Probably wrong.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
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    gramar wrote: »
    I use wally a bit. It's inoffensive to third parties and used for young and old while it can be very cutting at the same time in the right context.

    I think it's a great word. So is Tart when used non-gender specifically, I'm going to use tart more often.
    anncoates wrote: »
    For some reason, I have it in my head that it's a Midlands thing too - Brimingham, Wolverhamption, etc - don't know why. Probably wrong.

    Probably was, back in ye olden days. I always thought they were cockney but they probably didn't even originate in London.


  • #16
    The Backwards Man
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    Candie wrote: »
    I think it's a great word. So is Tart when used non-gender specifically, I'm going to use tart more often.



    Probably was, back in ye olden days. I always thought they were cockney but they probably didn't even originate in London.
    There's a lot to be said for a nice tart.

    Especialy warm, with ice cream.


  • #17
    eamonnq
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    Candie wrote: »
    I think it's a great word. So is Tart when used non-gender specifically, I'm going to use tart more often.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203975/


  • #18
    Dynamo Roller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭Dynamo Roller


    mid 16th cent.: variant of archaic pillicock ‘penis’, the early sense of pillock in northern English.


  • #19
    Temptamperu
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    Can we please ban this west brit shít?


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