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Sayings that we don’t use anymore.
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Hubby was explaining to some of the younger generation at work last week that as it’s the week before he breaks up for his holiday they used to call it pudding week. How many of you remember the term pudding week and what other sayings can you remember that we don’t use anymore? |
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Fag. Not as in the derogatory slur for a gay person nor as in a cigarette, but as in the young wet-behind-the-ears gofer, lackey and all round errand boy that used to have to do things like scrape the burnt bits off toast or warm up the toilet seat for a public school perfect.
I had to try and explain this concept to a young person, and American to boot. It was tricky... |
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Toe-rag is one you don’t hear often.
Depending on which etymology you believe, toe-rag is is derived from tow-rag which was a piece of rag cloth attached to a tow-line on the back of a ship.
The rag would be pulled up by the sailors and used as toilet paper! |
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"Fag. Not as in the derogatory slur for a gay person nor as in a cigarette, but as in the young wet-behind-the-ears gofer, lackey and all round errand boy that used to have to do things like scrape the burnt bits off toast or warm up the toilet seat for a public school perfect.
I had to try and explain this concept to a young person, and American to boot. It was tricky..."
There is a likelihood that in some eras the fag was considered fodder for sexual abuse by a prefect. Thus associating the expression. |
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""Pull the chain" to flush a toilet.
OP why is it called pudding week?"
Pudding week was the week before you break up for your holiday so you tried to do extra overtime that week because whatever you earned then you would be picking up the following week for your holiday. Probably termed pudding week because you’re earning extra, like pudding is an optional extra after dinner! |
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