• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    Close!

    This has been a Brit thing for a decade or so, particularly Scots and Northern English. The idea is to use a noun that could already be a slightly insulting word to start with, like ‘potato’ in the example

    You absolute donkey

    You absolute cabbage

    You absolute bin-bag

    You absolute Belgian

    Etc etc

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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      3 months ago

      On a similar note, with an “absolutely” and a word ending in “ed”, you get words which mean “very inebriated/stoned”

      Common

      • absolutely battered
      • absolutely blathered
      • absolutely pissed
      • absolutely wankered
      • absolutely trolleyed
      • absolutely shitfaced
      • absolutely twatted

      Less common

      • absolutely potatoed
      • absolutely cultured
      • absolutely traffic coned
      • absolutely fishcaked
      • absolutely Belgianed
      • absolutely bin-bagged
      • absolutely cabbaged
      • absolutely Tobleroned
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        3 months ago

        “absolutely” in this context can be replaced by “pure” if you’re a weegie

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      3 months ago

      “You absolute melt” is my favourite. Uttered by a GBBO baker about himself in the latest episode.