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Usenet Posted 19 years ago
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Mackerel snappers
I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last night. It was used in a way that seemed to make it similar in meaning to 'god botherers'.
I can manage to see a link between 'mackerel' and the old fish symbol but 'snappers'? I am not sure what that would mean in this context.
Does anyone have any ideas about this? It is not mentioned in SOED so I have no idea if this was an original usage.
Blue Sow
I can manage to see a link between 'mackerel' and the old fish symbol but 'snappers'? I am not sure what that would mean in this context.
Does anyone have any ideas about this? It is not mentioned in SOED so I have no idea if this was an original usage.
Blue Sow
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[nq:1]I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last night. It was used in a way that seemed to ... ideas about this?
- [nq:1]I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last night.
- It was used in a way that seemed to ...
- ideas about this?
- org/wiki/Mackerel Snapper
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[nq:1]I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last night. It was used in a way that seemed to ... ideas about this? It is not mentioned in SOED so I have no idea if this was an original usage.[/nq]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel Snapper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel Snapper
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[nq:1]I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last night. It was used in a way that seemed to ... ideas about this? It is not mentioned in SOED so I have no idea if this was an original usage.[/nq]
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mackerel+snapper
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mackerel+snapper
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[nq:2]I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last ... I have no idea if this was an original usage.[/nq]
[nq:1]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mackerel+snapper A Roman Catholic. Mildly pejorative or humorous. Refers to the former Catholic custom of a
[nq:1]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mackerel+snapper A Roman Catholic. Mildly pejorative or humorous. Refers to the former Catholic custom of a
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[nq:1]Refers to the former Catholic custom of abstaining from meat on Fridays, and hence eating fish.[/nq]
Or, in the case of some within walking distance of Cheetham Hill, pretending to be Jewish.
Or, in the case of some within walking distance of Cheetham Hill, pretending to be Jewish.
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[nq:2]I encountered the term 'mackerel snappers' while watching TV last ... I have no idea if this was an original usage.[/nq]
[nq:1] Snapper[/nq]
Thanks for the link Richard, I'll go to bed less stupid this evening even if I had never heard this expression until the OP gave it. Being an ex-'mackerel-snapper' myself I appreciate it all the more. I always found 'left-footer' silly.
[nq:1] Snapper[/nq]
Thanks for the link Richard, I'll go to bed less stupid this evening even if I had never heard this expression until the OP gave it. Being an ex-'mackerel-snapper' myself I appreciate it all the more. I always found 'left-footer' silly.
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