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In reply to the discussion: Queen Elisabeth expressed her opinion despite her duty of reserve :) [View all]syringis
(5,101 posts)47. Alex Jones was wrong. It's not about a 2nd Civil War
While opening the thread, I had no idea I would almost start a second Independence War a quarter millennium after the first...
Before to post, I checked the word in an English dictionary. It is offensive, no one will dispute that, but it has no misogynistic significance when it refers to an obnoxious behavior, and it is exactly in this spirit I posted the meme.
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Queen Elisabeth expressed her opinion despite her duty of reserve :) [View all]
syringis
Jul 2018
OP
Well done: Royal family 'snub' Trump as Queen left to meet the US president alone Daily Mail Onlin
Gothmog
Jul 2018
#45
Are you 3 unfamiliar with how the term is bandied about in the UK, and how it means something
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#8
You're right, of course! Sometimes this absent-minded ol' biddy forgets where she is! :-P
Petrushka
Jul 2018
#13
Last time I looked, this was there---now this is here---who knows where this might be tomorrow.
Petrushka
Jul 2018
#55
If you ever visit the UK, I'd advise being very careful of the contexts in which you use that word.
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#19
This is the internet ... thus 'here' in this context ... is not actually a place ;)
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#25
Please. If you want to find out where here is, download some child porn that's legal ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#28
I'm just saying, DU is not necessarily 'the US' ... people use it from all over the world
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#37
I didn't say "horribly offensive" I did mean totally dismissive of women. I think ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#46
I have visited though it was quite some time ago & also lived in HK when it was a BCC ...
mr_lebowski
Jul 2018
#40
I usually don't care for it (or alert on it!) here either, but in the context of that idiot, and
Kali
Jul 2018
#52
The Presidential Seal will need a little rework, but for the time being, it makes sense. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2018
#56