Just wondering. It seems to be at least mildly insulting, but beyond that, I can't say.
Not meaning anything by this, but where in the UK are you from? I thought it was a common phrase (at least it is where I grew up) but then I wonder if it's a age thing...hmmm
Or maybe it's just us python fans who use it...
Not meaning anything by this, but where in the UK are you from? I thought it was a common phrase (at least it is where I grew up) but then I wonder if it's a age thing...hmmm
Or maybe it's just us python fans who use it...
I have no idea when or where it originated, but it's a word I've been familiar with as far back as I can remember. Growing up, I often heard female members of my family called a 'silly bint' ('daft mare' was another one, as I recall). It was always used as a light-hearted insult, with no malice intended.
My best friend and I occasionally refer to ourselves as a 'right pair of old bints' when we're sharing a bit of banter. We consider it a term of endearment.
Bint is a common word it's generally a playfully offensive word. It's similar to calling a bloke a "Sod". Which is a word with a much more problematic root.
Bint is a common word it's generally a playfully offensive word. It's similar to calling a bloke a "Sod". Which is a word with a much more problematic root.
As for the forum, it's rude to everyone.
When I lived in America I was often asked what was insulting about a piece of earth
Sod has no male/female connotation, so I don't see the similarity at all.
Nobody told me I've used it many a time, to anybody male or female, through most of my 52 years!
Just reading up on it, I didn't even know it came from sodomite - you learn something new every day!
I always use it in the 'softer' sense, as a different word to idiot or fool, which both males and females can be of course
Now that people have mentioned Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Fawlty Towers, I'm sure I must have heard the word before, but years ago. If I ever hear it in ordinary life, outside this forum, it's not often enough to remember it.
My impression from forum use was that it was insulting, but not bad enough that you'd get in trouble for using it here.
Is there any equivalent, safely mild insulting term for men?
Bint is a common word it's generally a playfully offensive word. It's similar to calling a bloke a "Sod". Which is a word with a much more problematic root.
As for the forum, it's rude to everyone.
But the forum doesn't use "sod" for male HMs in the way "bint" is used for female ones.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bint
As you can see it was used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Here it is..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOOTKA0aGI0 It"s well funny.
Or maybe it's just us python fans who use it...
Never heard of it
daft bint = silly moo,
not as harsh as stupid cow or thick bitch
'Well whose fault is it then you cloth eared bint? Denis Compton's?!
My best friend and I occasionally refer to ourselves as a 'right pair of old bints' when we're sharing a bit of banter. We consider it a term of endearment.
Why do that when you can start a topic and ask on here?
The people who use it referring to women they don't know, starting threads, etc. are not using it in a friendly, endearing context
There's a lot of name-calling towards women on the DSBB forum.
Bint (noun) "(offensive, slang) a derogatory term for girl, woman"
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As for the forum, it's rude to everyone.
Sod has no male/female connotation, so I don't see the similarity at all.
'Sod' is a specifically male insult.
:D:D
Just reading up on it, I didn't even know it came from sodomite - you learn something new every day!
I always use it in the 'softer' sense, as a different word to idiot or fool, which both males and females can be of course
My impression from forum use was that it was insulting, but not bad enough that you'd get in trouble for using it here.
Is there any equivalent, safely mild insulting term for men?
But the forum doesn't use "sod" for male HMs in the way "bint" is used for female ones.
no it shouldn't. Why should insults be gender specific? I know plenty of male bitches for example