2016-08-25, 10:10
@ned - "English" English (as opposed to American English, the version we speak over here on the east side of the pond) has several words like that, which we sometimes use just to confuse people and so we can (usually mildly) insult or abuse people without their realising it.
Oh and speaking of such matters and by way of example, if you don't know the true original meaning of the mild insult "berk", look it up. It's one that's quite common and yet originally meant something rather stronger (hint - Cockney rhyming slang).
Oh and speaking of such matters and by way of example, if you don't know the true original meaning of the mild insult "berk", look it up. It's one that's quite common and yet originally meant something rather stronger (hint - Cockney rhyming slang).
