Sh*g, gay, two of many words whose originally innocent meanings have been mutated by modern times. A sh*g is, as jrothwell quite correctly says, a sea bird of the cormorant family. Gay - literally happy, how long I wonder before classic musical lyrics have to be re-written ("I Feel Pretty" etc)?
The utterance of "gaylord" in the school playground was enough to incur a stern talking-to back in the early 1980s...
And if I'm correct, it's also slang in the Yorkshire area for a packet of roll-your-own cigarettes. In fact I have heard of being given a tuppence by their fathers and told to 'go out and buy a sh*g for your dad'.
Shag is also reportedly a alternative word for a bread roll in Cumbria?
[quote="jrothwell97]And if I'm correct, it's also slang in the Yorkshire area for a packet of roll-your-own cigarettes. In fact I have heard of being given a tuppence by their fathers and told to 'go out and buy a sh*g for your dad'.[/quote]
Not only that but it is the actual name of a brand of tobacco. You can buy a packet of Sh*g. Just peer over the counter the next time you go the shops!
Back to the bird thing, and as I am a bit of a bird-watcher, I can confirm that a sh*g is a bird, in the same family as the cormorant , which looks very similar, but is brown and grey (the shag is black). Infact, the sh*g is more common in Britain than the cormorant.
There has been a distinct rise in 'naught words' on pre-watershed telly lately. One example I remember well is when a woman said "I think it's going to be sh*t" (not bleeped) on Come Dine With Me.
Not only that but it is the actual name of a brand of tobacco. You can buy a packet of Sh*g. Just peer over the counter the next time you go the shops!
How about Omo washing powder then? A bit before my time, but still in popular culture in the 70s and 80s.
Not only that but it is the actual name of a brand of tobacco. You can buy a packet of Sh*g. Just peer over the counter the next time you go the shops!
How about Omo washing powder then? A bit before my time, but still in popular culture in the 70s and 80s.
Jesus Christ! No chance of getting away with that now!
But the toy itself is innocent enough. Obviously the marketing strategists were without their crystal balls on the day they decided to name the dog Gaylord. However, it's an odd name to choose regardless of the future. Perhaps it was the name of a cartoon dog of the time or something as inoquous as that.
Not only that but it is the actual name of a brand of tobacco. You can buy a packet of Sh*g. Just peer over the counter the next time you go the shops!
How about Omo washing powder then? A bit before my time, but still in popular culture in the 70s and 80s.
You can still buy Omo washing powder in South Africa. We used it for a month on expedition.
Omo washing powder is what army wives used to put in their front window when hubby was away, to indicate "on my own" and dying for a bit with anyone passing.
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tvarksouthwest posted:
Jesus Christ! No chance of getting away with that now!
I'm more concerned by the blatent lie that you can get the toy to change direction without any interaction other than a kiss on the nose. Watch for the film reverse.
Gaylord is in my parent's "Baby Names" book. Can't for the life of me remember what its meaning is though. Way back when, my sister had a rabbit called Gaylord.
