outdated slang

[Sundae]

When I was 9 or 10 there was a playground vogue of comparing someone stupid to a person with Down's Syndrome. I honestly didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time.

So mong, mongie, mongaloid were all moaned out while pushing your tongue into your bottom lip and rolling your eyes. It was especially useful in class, because you could make a mong face without noise.

Also at this time, Joey Deacon was in the news - he had cerebral palsy, and in those days we called those people spastics. So spastic, spazz, spazzer, spac and spaccer while twitching about in your chair were also terms of abuse.

Apart from that we went through phases - I remember cuckoo, dipstick, give him/ her a golden peanut (what?), gommie...

Oh, stroking your chin to signal disbelief. I think people still do that today (I do!) but in those days you also said Jimmy Hill (a sports commentater with a big chin)

When I was working in an office with a swearbox I moved from saying fuck or fuck me to blimey and crikey. It was an affectation but they stuck with me and are now my initial response to surprising or amazing news.

I say chops for mouth and chopse for chatting.
And mush (mouche?) for mouth too.

I also say some things I've been saying for years which must be out of date now!
Mental, mental, chicken oriental
I'd risk it for a biscuit
Good plan, Batman

I've just realised they all rhyme. Probably why they got stuck in my head.