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Muppets
This blog post is for Kate, mostly, as her blog is where I’ve seen this most. Maybe it’s a NSW thing.
The word “Muppet”, for me, has always been, and always will be, those likeable Jim Henson puppets from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show - shows I grew up with.
Now it seems that “muppet” is gaining acceptance as some sort of derogatory term used to describe morons. (See wikipedia article here).
I, for one, am not going to buy into that. Muppets are the friendly characters on the afore-mentioned shows.
The end.
Kate - August 26, 2008, 11:59 pm
ha ha ha
See, it’s a pommy thing really, not a NSW thing. We’ve been huge Eastenders addicts since we first had Foxtel put on in 2000, and it’s a common phrase on there, especially from the very lovable Alfie Moon (who has now moved to America with Kat to ride Harley Davidsons across the country. Ah well, at least they didn’t kill him off!).
Anyway, Alife used to call everyone Muppets, and I started calling the kids Muppets when they did something silly and it kind of went from there. I’ve heard it on other pommy shows since then, it seems to be a cockney thing. I say it in more of a friendly way than, say, the policemen on The Bill say it. For me it replaces “you duffer” or “you goose” etc.
It’s the kind of word that grows on you
Rob - August 27, 2008, 12:18 am
Muppet!
Marty - August 27, 2008, 9:49 am
Oh. Well the DORKS writing those British TV shows should have more respect for the characters that the nation grew up with.
(See, dorks works equally well)