September 19, 2005

WHO'S UP ON THEIR BRITISH SLANG?

With today being "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (Sept 19th), the phrase "Jolly Rogering" gets tossed around a lot.

Some Googling informs me that "rogering" is British slang for intercourse, but here's where things get fuzzy. Various sources claim that rogering:

1) refers to intercourse in general

2) refers specifically to the more frantic & enthusiastic "Take me! Take me NOW!" sort of intercourse

3) refers specifically to anal intercourse (although they didn't specify whether it was homosexual, heterosexual, or both)

Anyone familiar with across-the-pond euphemisms, feel free to clarify.

posted by Harvey on September 19, 2005 at 07:37 PM | Permalink | 3 Liars | TrackBack | Naughty Stuff
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Sally exemplified on September 20, 2005 04:03 AM

1 or 2, but not 3. There was a children's TV show about pirates in which one of the characters would say, "I'm off downstairs to Roger the cook." :-D

I think that another character was called, "Seaman Staines." They got away with a lot in the seventies. Remember that "Rainbow" episode?

GEBIV exemplified on September 20, 2005 08:06 AM

I think #3 is "Bugger"

Madfish Willie exemplified on September 20, 2005 09:02 PM

Roger this.. fuckhead!