georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Oct 2, 2014 19:48:08 GMT
Old Crow, I know of no pedophiles, that's a horrible thing for you to say. What is wrong with you people. All this talk about political correctness is looking like just lip service. Retard, short, racial words, those are all unacceptable but it's ok to refer to sodomy of children? "Oh, but I was just joking when I called your child a bugger". "Oh, but I was just joking when I called your child a retard". There is no difference. They are equally wrong and the word "bugger" has no place in our language.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 19:55:52 GMT
Old Crow, I know of no pedophiles, that's a horrible thing for you to say. What is wrong with you people. All this talk about political correctness is looking like just lip service. Retard, short, racial words, those are all unacceptable but it's ok to refer to sodomy of children? "Oh, but I was just joking when I called your child a bugger". "Oh, but I was just joking when I called your child a retard". There is no difference. They are equally wrong and the word "bugger" has no place in our language. No one uses that word in that way. Why don't you get that?? |
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georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Oct 2, 2014 20:01:08 GMT
Scrappower you are being absurd. The word is unpleasant and ugly. What you are saying is that you can decide what a word's usage means? You?
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Oct 2, 2014 20:01:55 GMT
Fabulous Flying Brat Boys and Horrendous Child in no way come anywhere near referring to a child as a "bugger". It's not acceptable to call any child such a blatantly sexual term. Yeah...and don't call anyone named Randal by the nickname "Randy"...'cause, you know, that's like naming a person "horny". |
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Post by myshelly on Oct 2, 2014 20:02:55 GMT
Georgiapea,
You don't think it means anything that you are the *only* person who has this opinion about this word.
ALL of the other peas on this thread are trying to tell you it's not used like that.
You are the one who is trying to singlehandedly decide the meaning, intent, and usage of a word.
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Post by mommaho on Oct 2, 2014 20:03:56 GMT
So anyway, I worry about this virus for my grandchildren.
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georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Oct 2, 2014 20:06:54 GMT
What I think, My Shelly, is that all the Peas who know what the word refers to are not speaking up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 20:13:22 GMT
What I think, My Shelly, is that all the Peas who know what the word refers to are not speaking up. I did. |
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Post by Laurie on Oct 2, 2014 20:15:10 GMT
This place is so weird somedays. I sit here and wonder how people manage to live in this society.
However, I am apparently a terrible person because one of the nicknames I have for Emily is Emmerbugger. Said as "How is my little Emmerbugger today?" or in a singsong way "Emmerbugger number 9 travelin' down Chicago line." (A derivative from a song I remember learning in elementary school.
I suppose people would frown upon me when I sometimes refer to her as the Big One (because she is the oldest one). Or sometimes when I am stumbling through all the names I will finally just say "The Other One" when referring to Lexi.
I won't even tell you what I lovingly refer to them during the times that they are very naughty because you might come undone.
Off to google bugger because I am sitting here trying to figure out ways that can be sexual...seems kind of messed up.
Soooooo...calling them the gruesome twosome, is that okay? Because when they start conspiring together and are very naughty I will refer to them as that when I am retelling the story to my mom.
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Oct 2, 2014 20:16:08 GMT
With respect, GeorgiaPea, the word you are referencing is very British and unless you are a diehard BBC fanatic, you probably don't know and don't care what it means over in the Isles. The Best of British Slang says, ETA: This educational video (NSFW or children) BTW, the meaning you are ascribing to the word isn't even the way they use it anymore...unless they say, "Dude, you are buggered!" |
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Post by myshelly on Oct 2, 2014 20:17:17 GMT
What I think, My Shelly, is that all the Peas who know what the word refers to are not speaking up. Or perhaps it's generational. It is a perfectly acceptable word in wide use in television, movies, and polite conversation today. Yes, I often hear moms of young kids use it to refer to their kids. But you're older so perhaps it wasn't acceptable to your generation. Words change. Language evolves. Retarded has become unacceptable. This word has become acceptable. |
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Post by Laurie on Oct 2, 2014 20:19:02 GMT
So this definition...
means nothing? Simply because you have decided there is only one definition?!?
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Post by rumplesnat on Oct 2, 2014 20:19:04 GMT
It is here in our area and has affected my sister's extended family.
Her niece (husband's side) has a 3 year old who was in ICU 2 weeks ago with it and her 5 WEEK old baby had it as well. Baby stayed home with mom because he was more at risk being at the hospital around the germs and was on an hourly nebulizer regime.
We felt horrible for her, as she was torn between breastfeeding and caring for her sick 5 week old at home and being with her 3 year old in the hospital. Lucky, family was amazing and supportive.
3 year old came home after several days, both were then on a 2 hour nebulizer treatment schedule, and are now on the mend and much, much better.
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Post by scrapsotime on Oct 2, 2014 20:22:39 GMT
It's the same as referring to your children as "little e'ffers" so it's VERY unsavory. You have posted some REALLY BIZARRE things today on multiple threads. I was just thinking the same thing. |
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Post by Laurie on Oct 2, 2014 20:26:35 GMT
So I just read through the history of the word and the only time it was used in reference to sodomy was in the 13th century. I think a fair amount of time has went by for that definition to be removed.
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Post by conchita on Oct 2, 2014 20:42:04 GMT
Georgiapea, You don't think it means anything that you are the *only* person who has this opinion about this word. ALL of the other peas on this thread are trying to tell you it's not used like that. You are the one who is trying to singlehandedly decide the meaning, intent, and usage of a word. I thought Melanell was trying to say, "booger". Like snot, mucus. But if she and the rest of you are actually using the word, "bugger" then I am going to sit on the bench with georgiapea. TO ME when I hear that word it means...f*ck(er) or child molester. It is a British slang word (Where are our UK peas?) so perhaps that's why so many here aren't understanding Georgiapea's amazement at the use of the word to describe your children? I'm assuming the use of "bugger" here among our peas means someone who is annoying or bothersome? I'm not outraged, I've actually heard parents intentionally call their children "f*ckers", but am a bit surprised that no one else realizes what that word actually means/originated from. I guess we all learned something new today. Anyway, this virus affecting our kids is scary serious. I saw a piece on the news the other night where a child had contracted this illness last year and became paralyzed. The child has had to undergo a lot of physical therapy and has regained some of his mobility with the use of crutches. I'm going to have to research this because I'm still unclear how some kids develop the paralysis while others aren't. Then you combine this virus with cold and flu season and I'm also in Texas, I'm feeling pretty paranoid when I see anyone sneeze. |
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Oct 2, 2014 21:46:30 GMT
Oh for Pete's sake!
Dictionary.com linkdefinition number 1:noun 1. Informal. a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively): a cute little bugger. Chill, Georgiapea. Just chill. |
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mimima
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Post by mimima on Oct 2, 2014 21:52:45 GMT
I always thought the term "bugger" was cute, but I was taught to not use it because of the connotations. Especially if you tend to watch British movies ("Four Weddings and a Funeral" comes to mind) where it is definitely used as a swear word.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 21:55:07 GMT
Scrappower you are being absurd. The word is unpleasant and ugly. What you are saying is that you can decide what a word's usage means? You? No I'm saying that the dictionary isn't supporting your meaning. Word meanings change. You are wrong not me. |
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Post by uksue on Oct 2, 2014 21:55:48 GMT
Many people use the word 'bugger' here and are certainly not using it in the way georgiapea is implying.
An example would be when my 18 year old stretched cling film over the toilet bowl just before his brother used it- and I had to mop up the mess, simultaneously calling to my oldest boy 'come here you little bugger !'. It's actually quite a humorous swear word in the area I live.
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Post by shanni on Oct 2, 2014 22:02:57 GMT
Huh. I refer to little kids as "cute little buggars" all the time. I had no idea it had a negative connotation. Learn something new every day!
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Post by scrapsotime on Oct 2, 2014 22:03:14 GMT
The British can use words in the way they want and us Americans can use words in the way we want. Otherwise no one would ever say fanny pack or Fannie Mae again and Fannie Flagg would have to change her name.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 22:04:42 GMT
The British can use words in the way they want and us Americans can use words in the way we want. Otherwise no one would ever say fanny pack or Fannie Mae again and Fannie Flagg would have to change her name. Yes but Georgia isn't british. So it's very odd. |
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Post by SabrinaM on Oct 2, 2014 22:10:41 GMT
Melanell, you refer to one of your children as a "bugger"? I refer to mine as "rascals" sometimes. Lighten up. She didn't call them "assholes." |
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mimima
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Post by mimima on Oct 2, 2014 22:15:01 GMT
Melanell, you refer to one of your children as a "bugger"? I refer to mine as "rascals" sometimes. Lighten up. She didn't call them "assholes." Although, she did specifically use a term that implies that being the entrance for intercourse. |
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Post by myshelly on Oct 2, 2014 22:17:21 GMT
I refer to mine as "rascals" sometimes. Lighten up. She didn't call them "assholes." Although, she did specifically use a term that implies that being the entrance for intercourse. If you live in the 13th century..... |
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Post by modiemay on Oct 2, 2014 22:26:25 GMT
I'm from NZ and we even had a tv advertisement where the only word was "Bugger" except in,one instance someone,said "Bugger me". It's really no harsher than Damn it. And to call,someone a Bugger is almost a term of endearment.
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Post by uksue on Oct 2, 2014 22:26:51 GMT
Returning to the subject of the thread, I hope this virus is continued and there aren't any other casualties. Viruses can be such buggers though- oops sorry!
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mimima
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Post by mimima on Oct 2, 2014 22:35:02 GMT
Although, she did specifically use a term that implies that being the entrance for intercourse. If you live in the 13th century..... However, people are telling you that regardless of what the internet says, it is still used in the 21st century in the way described. As I said earlier, I was specifically taught to NOT use the word because of the meaning, in the late 20th century. Whether you have heard it in that context or not, the context still exists. |
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Post by myshelly on Oct 2, 2014 22:36:48 GMT
If you live in the 13th century..... However, people are telling you that regardless of what the internet says, it is still used in the 21st century in the way described. As I said earlier, I was specifically taught to NOT use the word because of the meaning, in the late 20th century. Whether you have heard it in that context or not, the context still exists. And what I'm saying is that the people who think that context still exists are much older than the people saying it doesn't. The word has evolved and people no longer view it that way. |
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