[Misc] What The Hell Is A Gammon?

[el punal]

No, not the one that is a beautiful accompaniment to turkey at Christmas or delicious in a sandwich. I’m referring to the description used in many posts on here describing, presumably derogatory, an individual. Enlighten me please, dear people. Cheers!

 

[WATFORD zero]

No, not the one that is a beautiful accompaniment to turkey at Christmas or delicious in a sandwich. I’m referring to the description used in many posts on here describing, presumably derogatory, an individual. Enlighten me please, dear people. Cheers!

It's a quote from Nicholas Nickleby

The time had been, when this burst of enthusiasm would have been cheered to the very echo; but now, the deputation received it with chilling coldness. The general impression seemed to be, that as an explanation of Mr. Gregsbury’s political conduct, it did not enter quite enough into detail; and one gentleman in the rear did not scruple to remark aloud, that, for his purpose, it savoured rather too much of a 'gammon' tendency.

The meaning of that term—gammon,' said Mr. Gregsbury, 'is unknown to me. If it means that I grow a little too fervid, or perhaps even hyperbolical, in extolling my native land, I admit the full justice of the remark. I am proud of this free and happy country. My form dilates, my eye glistens, my breast heaves, my heart swells, my bosom burns, when I call to mind her greatness and her glory.

Who knew NSC were so well read

 

[Brovion]

Hate speech. Same as Boomer and Snowflake. All used as pejorative terms of abuse towards people who don't share the same points of view as the abuser.

 

[keaton]

Like a snowflake but without any empathy

 

[Postman Pat]

Gammon is a pejorative term popularised in British political culture since around 2012, which received press coverage in 2018. In 2018, it became particularly known as a term to describe middle-aged or older men on the political right or who supported Brexit, who are usually, but not exclusively, white The term refers to someone excitedly and wildly expressing a point with minimal detail and much bluster, while exposing their ignorance on the subject under discussion; in particular, the colour of such a person's flushed face is compared to the type of pork of the same name.

 

[Baldseagull]

No, not the one that is a beautiful accompaniment to turkey at Christmas or delicious in a sandwich. I’m referring to the description used in many posts on here describing, presumably derogatory, an individual. Enlighten me please, dear people. Cheers!

Someone who gets red faced with anger when talking about, immigration, the EU, Jeremy Corbyn, Foreign aid etc. and does so frequently

 

[The Clamp]

It is a phrase that leave voters like to pretend offends them so that they for once can try and claim other people are racist to deflect from the fact they themselves are bigoted wallys.

 

[stewart12]

Someone who gets red faced with anger when talking about, immigration, the EU, Jeremy Corbyn, Foreign aid etc. and does so frequently

Greta Thunberg and Princess Meghan are also two absolute gammon magnets

 

[sparkie]

Someone to avoid, usually.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Unfortunately most of the people running this country and the world these days.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

It's the sort of person that rather than use google, asks the question on a footabll message board, the sort of person who calls anyone to the left of Ghengis Khan a snowflake but gets outraged by the most mundabe shit imaginable, the sort of person who unironically claims to have gone to "the university of life", the sort of person who's "not racist, but", the sort of person who used to call things pc gone mad but has just discovered the word woke, the sort of person who won't have a word said against Empire, the sort of person who thinks prison is too soft, sentences are too short, the sort of person that thinks all spped limits are wrong and you should be able to park anywhere, In summary a ****.

 

[WATFORD zero]

More evidence it predates the 21st century

 

[hans kraay fan club]

the sort of person who calls anyone to the left of Ghengis Khan a snowflake but gets outraged by the most mundabe shit imaginable, the sort of person who unironically claims to have gone to "the university of life", the sort of person who's "not racist, but", the sort of person who used to call things pc gone mad but has just discovered the word woke, the sort of person who won't have a word said against Empire, the sort of person who thinks prison is too soft, sentences are too short, the sort of person that thinks all spped limits are wrong and you should be able to park anywhere, In summary a ****.

ha.

yes, that covers most of it.

 

[A1X]

Hate speech.

 

[hart's shirt]

It's a quote from Nicholas Nickleby

The time had been, when this burst of enthusiasm would have been cheered to the very echo; but now, the deputation received it with chilling coldness. The general impression seemed to be, that as an explanation of Mr. Gregsbury’s political conduct, it did not enter quite enough into detail; and one gentleman in the rear did not scruple to remark aloud, that, for his purpose, it savoured rather too much of a 'gammon' tendency.

The meaning of that term—gammon,' said Mr. Gregsbury, 'is unknown to me. If it means that I grow a little too fervid, or perhaps even hyperbolical, in extolling my native land, I admit the full justice of the remark. I am proud of this free and happy country. My form dilates, my eye glistens, my breast heaves, my heart swells, my bosom burns, when I call to mind her greatness and her glory.

Who knew NSC were so well read

"Dickens actually intended the phrase 'gammon tendency' to mean 'bogus' or 'disingenuous', but Mr Gregsbury otherwise perfectly matches the description of his entitled modern counterpart."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gammon-left-wing-political-insult-twitter-racism-debate-right-charles-dickens-a8352281.html

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Go to 2 min 45 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auN0ZLcuvXI

 

[astralavi]

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hate speech. Same as Boomer and Snowflake. All used as pejorative terms of abuse towards people who don't share the same points of view as the abuser.

OK Boomer

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Hate speech. Like Boomer

Lol. Okay Boomer.

 

[el punal]

Thank you everybody. I suppose I must have been a gammon after Bournemouth scored their third goal in last month’s game.