Its Black Friday....

[trev]

do you guys know what a merkin is?

It's an abbreviation for American and there's another slightly more rude meaning.

 

[Silly Sausage]

It;s supposedly the day that merkin retailers go from being in the red to being in the black, hence the name. Once they're in the black they can give crazy discounts.
It's now a thing over here. Thanks Walmart.

I was going to blame CrapDonalds for starting the insidious Americanisation of Britain, but it was probably horny GIs with pockets full of sheer tights...

 

[shanky887614]

It's an abbreviation for American and there's another slightly more rude meaning.

its a pubic wig. they dont like you calling them a merkin lol

septic is better

 

[davesparks]

do you guys know what a merkin is?

Merkin is, amongst other things, a derogatory term for Americans.

It comes from George Bush who's accent made his speeches sound like he was saying "arm proud to be a merkin"

It has other meanings but like everything in our language you have to read it within the context it has been used to establish which meaning is intended.

 

[Rockingit]

OK....can anyone actually think of anything positive that the USA has done for the world?

 

[trev]

OK....can anyone actually think of anything positive that the USA has done for the world?

The Ramones, Cheap Trick, Husker Du, Jason And The Scorchers, Rock And Roll, Slipknot, Gibson, Fender, Spector, Rickenbacker, D'Addario strings (my personal favourite) Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, the blues, Kiss (oh well, maybe not).

 

[Octopus]

OK....can anyone actually think of anything positive that the USA has done for the world?

I "crushed" the barbarak Japanese in 1945

 

[Silly Sausage]

OK....can anyone actually think of anything positive that the USA has done for the world?

Breaking Bad

 

[davesparks]

Made teenage boys turning themselves blind illegal!

http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/selfrape.asp

 

[Andy78]

An alternative way of spelling merkin in this sense is murican.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Murican

 

[trev]

OK....can anyone actually think of anything positive that the USA has done for the world?

Star Wars, John Ford films, the serial killer, Johnny Cash, John Wayne, Little Richard, The Stones (indirectly)

 

[ferg]

Made teenage boys turning themselves blind illegal!

snopes.com: Boy Arrested, Charged with New 'Self-Rape' State Law

I followed this link and the advertising video was for.........

Andrex..

Couldn'nt stop laughing

 

[ferg]

OK....can anyone actually think of anything positive that the USA has done for the world?

Got our Arses out of the fire twice.

For that they get a lot of leaway with me TBH.

That does not, however, stop me from bitching and moaning about them

 

[Silly Sausage]

Star Wars, John Ford films, the serial killer, Johnny Cash, John Wayne, Little Richard, The Stones (indirectly)

As much as it galls me, got to hand to the Yanks on this one...

George Beauchamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Electric guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Unless someone knows otherwise!

 

[Octopus]

Space travel - got me hooked at a young age!