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Egghead Cj, A Murderer......well Thats
what he says.
I knew he was gay but never knew he was a rent boy!
He also says that the BBC wouldn't let him on Strictly Come Dancing with a male partner.
That would be fun.
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I knew he was gay but never knew he was a rent boy!
He also says that the BBC wouldn't let him on Strictly Come Dancing with a male partner.
That would be fun.
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It was not a pun.......it's an expression to describe anybody using an exaggeration to boost the sale of a book....usually a flattering puff piece but not in this case.....
You say you know Andy well so you know he wouldn't use an insulting pun in a crass way so you have another agenda here....or you can't spell.....x
You say you know Andy well so you know he wouldn't use an insulting pun in a crass way so you have another agenda here....or you can't spell.....x
Sqad - "News is becoming such, that one has to look up the meaning of words or phrases and dash to the www.before posting."
I cannot legislate for people like AOG who are so keen to have a personal dig that they make themselves look foolish in their haste.
However - the phrase 'puff piece' is well known and often used in media circles, and for the record, anyone on here who knows me even vaguely knows that a homophobic jibe is something I would simply never undertake, it is contemptible.
The word 'puff' - as advised, means a breath of air, it is also slang for marijuana, and there are other meanings.
The word you are thinking of is 'pouf' which is pronounced the same, but has a defined meaning as a slang (and derogatory) label for a male homosexual.
Hopefully that has cleared up any misunderstanding.
I cannot legislate for people like AOG who are so keen to have a personal dig that they make themselves look foolish in their haste.
However - the phrase 'puff piece' is well known and often used in media circles, and for the record, anyone on here who knows me even vaguely knows that a homophobic jibe is something I would simply never undertake, it is contemptible.
The word 'puff' - as advised, means a breath of air, it is also slang for marijuana, and there are other meanings.
The word you are thinking of is 'pouf' which is pronounced the same, but has a defined meaning as a slang (and derogatory) label for a male homosexual.
Hopefully that has cleared up any misunderstanding.
gness - "It was not a pun.......it's an expression to describe anybody using an exaggeration to boost the sale of a book....usually a flattering puff piece but not in this case.....
You say you know Andy well so you know he wouldn't use an insulting pun in a crass way so you have another agenda here....or you can't spell.....x "
I think AOG is hoist by his own petard (God forbid he makes a childish joke out of that as well!) but he is like a dog with a bone, and will insist that he is right when I - and others - know that on this occasion he is wrong - both on his ignorance of the language, and the use of it by myself, and heaven knows he has read enough of it to know better!
You say you know Andy well so you know he wouldn't use an insulting pun in a crass way so you have another agenda here....or you can't spell.....x "
I think AOG is hoist by his own petard (God forbid he makes a childish joke out of that as well!) but he is like a dog with a bone, and will insist that he is right when I - and others - know that on this occasion he is wrong - both on his ignorance of the language, and the use of it by myself, and heaven knows he has read enough of it to know better!
AOG - "Most would have been polite enough to add "please excuse the pun", or better, would have chosen not to use it in the first place."
I would not add' please excuse the pun', because I was not making a pun, and I expect people to adult enough to know that I don't make cheap jibes with infantile humour, so there is no need to qualify what I write.
You of course are the exception, but that is down to your personal animosity, and I cannot legislate for that.
I would not add' please excuse the pun', because I was not making a pun, and I expect people to adult enough to know that I don't make cheap jibes with infantile humour, so there is no need to qualify what I write.
You of course are the exception, but that is down to your personal animosity, and I cannot legislate for that.
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Had a week look at Wikipedia and found out that CJ De Mooi resides in Wales with his civil partner Andrew Doran. CJ de Mooi is not de Mooi's birth name: he had it changed by deed poll at age 19 and is quoted as saying "I no longer wanted to be associated with my family". Apparently had a very abusive childhood. Don't know why I thought he was married (to a female), must have been dreaming.
Fine, Sqad.....I have read phrases here that are new to me but I would find out what they meant if I was going to contribute.....or apologise if it was pointed out I had the wrong end of the stick.
AOG was, and still may be, determined to prove Andy used the term nastily.....even after being told what it meant.....
Puff piece is a very common term....and means exactly what it says.....a puffed up piece of journalism.
AOG was, and still may be, determined to prove Andy used the term nastily.....even after being told what it meant.....
Puff piece is a very common term....and means exactly what it says.....a puffed up piece of journalism.
Sqad - "I have never heard of the phrase "puff piece" and to me it meant a piece of "puff" "poof" pouf" call it what you will and i didn't intend to dash to the internet.
Clearly I should have done."
There is no disgrace in not having heard of something - every day is a school day on here, I find.
But it's one thing to be unfamiliar with a term, and it is entirely another to assume that someone uses it as a pathetic pop at gay people, and then moans because the statement wasn't qualified as a 'pun'.
But still - it's all gone quiet now - as it usually does in these situations!
Clearly I should have done."
There is no disgrace in not having heard of something - every day is a school day on here, I find.
But it's one thing to be unfamiliar with a term, and it is entirely another to assume that someone uses it as a pathetic pop at gay people, and then moans because the statement wasn't qualified as a 'pun'.
But still - it's all gone quiet now - as it usually does in these situations!
gness - "Fine, Sqad.....I have read phrases here that are new to me but I would find out what they meant if I was going to contribute.....or apologise if it was pointed out I had the wrong end of the stick.
AOG was, and still may be, determined to prove Andy used the term nastily.....even after being told what it meant.....
Puff piece is a very common term....and means exactly what it says.....a puffed up piece of journalism."
We cross-posted - but thanks again for your support - your jovial asides have stopped the usual increasing animosity that tends to creep in sometimes. x
AOG was, and still may be, determined to prove Andy used the term nastily.....even after being told what it meant.....
Puff piece is a very common term....and means exactly what it says.....a puffed up piece of journalism."
We cross-posted - but thanks again for your support - your jovial asides have stopped the usual increasing animosity that tends to creep in sometimes. x
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