Slang! Even better, British slang! Cherrio jolly old chap. Smoke
a fag and ride a lift.
You know, before I started this post, I thought rotter was a
made up word. As I’m writing this, Microsoft Word keeps putting that damn
squiggly red line underneath the word. So what Microsoft Word. You can put that
ugly red line underneath rotter all you want, I’m going to keep on writing it.
Rotter. Rotter. Rotter.
Just in case you didn’t click on the link, rotter is British
slang for scoundrel or a worthless, unpleasant, or despicable person. Sounds
like the Grinch to me. We’ve covered much of this ground already because a lot
of the insults in the Grinch song just boil down to, “You’re a mean meanie Mr.
Grinch!” Not that there’s anything wrong with that. How many horrible things
can you really say about somebody? You’re stinky, stupid, ugly, mean, slutty,
selfish, a liar, lazy…everything else I can think of is some variation on one
of those things. That’s only eight insults, and to be honest, sometimes slutty
isn’t the worst thing in the world, so I’m not entirely sure it should even be
on the list.
Anyway, even though this insult covers previous territory, I
like it. I’ll admit that before I actually wrote this post, I was about to
trash this insult because I thought rotter was a made up word, and unlike
wasty, I didn’t like it. I thought maybe it meant someone that makes things
rotten, which kind of sounds like the Grinch’s purpose in life. It would’ve
been like calling Peyton Manning a quarterback or Kelly Clarkson a singer.
Then I found out that it was British slang and decided it
was a great insult. I recognize that the presence of British slang is not a
reason to unilaterally approve of anything, so let’s just split this one down
the middle.
Cherrio!
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