x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoWhat insulting words or phrases have you heard americans being called ?lockmessage-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareWhat insulting words or phrases have you heard americans being called ?lockx4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresalarua@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-211 days agoIt’s Cockney rhyming slang. If you want to come up with a slang term for a something, you take something that rhymes “yank → septic tank” and then cut it down “septic tank → seppo”
It’s Cockney rhyming slang. If you want to come up with a slang term for a something, you take something that rhymes “yank → septic tank” and then cut it down “septic tank → seppo”