Use of the word GAmmon is a racist slur

[DoctorStrangelove]

* Not very politely at all. Apparently some people feel that calling the person you want something from a "****head" is a sound negotiating strategy.

Sounds plausible.

Mother****er might be a tad extreme.

This thread seems to be flake central but there you go.

And here we go, A Flake advert with a little Zeity in it:

[woohoo]

We all know what gammon refers to. If someone called me a gammon I would think they are a moron and I would probably be right.

[greenlake]

Calling someone a gammon isn't referring to them as a pig. It's referring to their faces going red and resembling a slice of gammon when they get angry.

Indeed....

[darmstadt]

Maybe we should revert back to "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells"

[cojak]

We all know what gammon refers to. If someone called me a gammon I would think they are a moron and I would probably be right.

Ditto snowflake...

[Old Greg]

Maybe we should revert back to "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells"

Or Colonel Blimp.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Maybe we should revert back to "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells"

Or Mrs Trellis of North Wales.

[BR14]

Or Mrs Trellis of North Wales.

'outraged of Esher' ?

[AtW]

Can we get a new emoticon then?

[Whorty]

In fairness, I have been very politely* asked to add the word gammon to the list of banned words on this forum. Now, we don't have such a list - it's in the flawed, arbitrary and often partial judgement of the moderators. But clearly it's a bit of a trigger for one or maybe even two members, so since we don't want any more than necessary, perhaps it would be kind to reduce the usage?



* Not very politely at all. Apparently some people feel that calling the person you want something from a "****head" is a sound negotiating strategy.

When we going to add "Lefty", "Snowflake" and "Remaoner" to the (non) list

Just joking .... I really don't give 2 flying hoots if someone calls me any of these names. I do feel for the poor gammons though, they need protecting, there are only 17.4m of them