Originally posted by @drewnogalShouting the word might also help flush out Brtish people trying to mingle anonymously with a silent crowd.
It’s [the word "moist"] association with the vagina is what makes the British wince.
[...] It helps make the world go round.
Originally posted by @drewnogalThank you but I do not claim to exceed the standard 9 centilitres on any given occasion.
I seem to have you gushing.
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Originally posted by @drewnogalIt takes all sorts, after all... unless you're into your own gender.
Well....we’ve had your balls bandied all over the place for years.
Let’s hear it for the girls. 😏
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Originally posted by @drewnogalWell... that, and girls' fat bottoms. As proven by that famed astrophysicist, Dr. Brian May.
It’s association with the vagina is what makes the British wince.
Let’s celebrate the word. It helps make the world go round.
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Originally posted by @suzianneAs a youngster my mother used to say that I was, "a wee tinker". It was never considered offensive by anyone we knew..
Could you explain why "tinker" is considered "offensive"?
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Originally posted by @wolfgang59Well, I'm very sorry for your ego, but I'd rather take the Oxford English Dictionary's word for it than yours.
Didn't read the "stinker" quote which I presume was a joke.
But I doubt the etymology of tinker (=naughty child) is from the noun
tinker = traveller.
Surely more likely to be from the verb? (to tinker = to mess about)
I'll seek advice from the interweb when I get time.
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Originally posted by @shallow-blueSo would I.
Well, I'm very sorry for your ego, but I'd rather take the Oxford English Dictionary's word for it than yours.
And I don't know what my ego has to do with anything I have posted. 🙄