Essex girl - origin?

[Wozza]

You've probably seen the news that there's a campaign to get "Essex girl" removed from certain dictionaries. (Apparently it didn't make it until 2002.)

Officially the origin is 'unknown'.

Anyone know how/why the phrase grew through the 80s and 90s?

Discussing it here and can't really pin it down.

 

[Notters]

I've noticed that the increase in the number and size of furry dice definitely increases when you cross the Thames. I don't know whether this is the cause of, or the result of the image portrayed.

 

[Guinness Boy]

What's an Essex girl's favourite wine?

"WAYNE! I WANNA GO TO LAAAAKESIDE NAAAH!"

 

[hans kraay fan club]

How do you know when you've made an Essex Girl orgasm?

(She drops her chips)

etc

 

[Greg Bobkin]

You've probably seen the news that there's a campaign to get "Essex girl" removed from certain dictionaries. (Apparently it didn't make it until 2002.)

Officially the origin is 'unknown'.

Anyone know how/why the phrase grew through the 80s and 90s?

Discussing it here and can't really pin it down.

Not sure if these are helpful or not?

https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/10/essex-girl/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Essex girl

 

[Wozza]

Not sure if these are helpful or not?

https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/10/essex-girl/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Essex girl

Weirdly, not. First article has lots of info without really pinning it down.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Don't know why it needs to be removed from the dictionary, it's not as if an Essex girl will ever read it

 

[ManOfSussex]

There doesn't appear to be anything definitive online as to a year of origin.

It was certainly common parlance when I left Primary school in 1989, though was a far more recent phrase in our vocabularies then Yuppie was.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Didn't it originate from Birds of a Feather?

 

[Colonel Angus]

The origin of Essex Girls is...













Essex.

You're welcome. You have not been charged for this advisory service.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

What's the difference between an Essex girl and a fridge? A fridge doesn't fart when you take your meat out.

etc

 

[AmexRuislip]

Q. Why do Essex girls have one more brain cell than a cow?
A. So when you pull their tits, they don't shit on the floor.

 

[Durlston]

Essex girls have more spunk than boys.

 

[Wozza]

Didn't it originate from Birds of a Feather?

Yeah, we discussed that earlier. Don't think they were white stiletto types though, were they?

 

[Baldseagull]

All I can add is that the difference between Robert Maxwell and an Essex girl is that an Essex girl won't fall off your boat.

 

[mona]

Essex man is an older phrase. It was used by political journalists to describe working class tories who voted for Margaret Thatcher from 1979 onwards. Essex girl is later and might have been invented by the Sun.

 

[Eeyore]

Essex man is an older phrase. It was used by political journalists to describe working class tories who voted for Margaret Thatcher from 1979 onwards. Essex girl is later and might have been invented by the Sun.

I was thinking along these lines. Thatcher's children and all that. Basildon being the epicentre.

 

[ManOfSussex]

I was thinking along these lines. Thatcher's children and all that. Basildon being the epicentre.

Wikipedia lists the first reference to 'Essex Man' as being 1990 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_man

 

[AmexRuislip]

Yeah, we discussed that earlier. Don't think they were white stiletto types though, were they?

I dont't know, big heavy Doctor Marten shit kickers to white stilettos is an advancement

 

[KingstonSeagull]

What is the difference between an Essex girl and a KFC bargain bucket?

Once you've finished with the breasts you've got a greasy bucket to stick your bone in.