06-23-2016, 01:07 PM
'katytrader' pid='72650' datel Wrote:
'AU74' pid='72638' datel Wrote:'ioc.aussie' pid='72635' datel Wrote:Frogs Frenchmen, properly Parisians. So called from their ancient heraldic device, which was three frogs or three toads. "Qu'en disent les grenouilles? " - What will the frogs (people of Paris) say? - was in 1791 a common court phrase at Versailles. There was a point in the pleasantry when Paris was a quagmire, called Lutetia (mud-land) because, like frogs or toads, they lived in mud, but now it is quite an anomaly.So all dictionaries are wrong. Yeah right. And in context you meant nothing derogatory. Right.AU74, you should consider that some here, particularly those past three score and ten, do not consider your internet sources as proper dictionaries. Judgments about the propriety of slang terms often reflect the fashion of the times.
The Oxford Dictionary not good enough?
American Heritage Dictionary - offensive slang
Merriam Webster - usually offensive
Cambridge - offensive, insulting
MacMillan - offensive, insulting
Collins - offensive, derogatory
Quit while you are behind, folks.

