what does "ginger" mean?

[nageov3t]

spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

edit: didn't even think about google, apparently it's slang for queer:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/mean...ney-rhyming-slang.html

 

[Newbian]

It only means one thing other then a spice.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

I've been through our entire country and currently reside in Afghanistan while my home is in Sheffield, it's NO2 or NO3 if yer in London.

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

I live in the UK and recognise 'feeling ginger' as being out of sorts, not feeling very well. Ginger is a verb: 'to treat with care'. Gingerly is an adverb: 'gently, in a delicate or cautious manner'. Hence if you had a hangover, you'd move gingerly to minimise feelings of nausea etc.

The popular pronunciation for 'ginger' when used as an insult has 'ging' like sing, or gingham, or minger. It's effectively minger with a g instead of an m.

 

[preslove]

It can also be used as a verb to describe the sadomasochistic act of sticking a piece of ginger up the anus or vaginia of a man or woman...

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

I live in the UK and recognise 'feeling ginger' as being out of sorts, not feeling very well. Ginger is a verb: 'to treat with care'. Gingerly is an adverb: 'gently, in a delicate or cautious manner'. Hence if you had a hangover, you'd move gingerly to minimise feelings of nausea etc.

The popular pronunciation for 'ginger' when used as an insult has 'ging' like sing, or gingham, or minger. It's effectively minger with a g instead of an m.

Got that right brethen.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: preslove
It can also be used as a verb to describe the sadomasochistic act of sticking a piece of ginger up the anus or vaginia of a man or woman...

/slowly backs away :Q

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

I've been through our entire country and currently reside in Afghanistan while my home is in Sheffield, it's NO2 or NO3 if yer in London.

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

Suuure, big boi! :lips:

anyhoo, I recently went through "Flight of the Conchords" season via Netflix, and was also curious about this. I don't quite know what to think of the insult "ginger balls." (which the band applied to Murray a few times)

I should mention that these writers/actors are Kiwis, so it wouldn't necessarily be British slang...

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

I live in the UK and recognise 'feeling ginger' as being out of sorts, not feeling very well. Ginger is a verb: 'to treat with care'. Gingerly is an adverb: 'gently, in a delicate or cautious manner'. Hence if you had a hangover, you'd move gingerly to minimise feelings of nausea etc.

The popular pronunciation for 'ginger' when used as an insult has 'ging' like sing, or gingham, or minger. It's effectively minger with a g instead of an m.

Son, they don't have a fucking clue what a minger is either.

Feeling gingah my son?

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

I've been through our entire country and currently reside in Afghanistan while my home is in Sheffield, it's NO2 or NO3 if yer in London.

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

Suuure, big boi! :lips:

anyhoo, I recently went through "Flight of the Conchords" season via Netflix, and was also curious about this. I don't quite know what to think of the insult "ginger balls." (which the band applied to Murray a few times)

I should mention that these writers/actors are Kiwis, so it wouldn't necessarily be British slang...

Well, with you... you're to ficken hot to resist, don't flatter yourself on it thou. Gilgaboa.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

I've been through our entire country and currently reside in Afghanistan while my home is in Sheffield, it's NO2 or NO3 if yer in London.

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

Suuure, big boi! :lips:

anyhoo, I recently went through "Flight of the Conchords" season via Netflix, and was also curious about this. I don't quite know what to think of the insult "ginger balls." (which the band applied to Murray a few times)

I should mention that these writers/actors are Kiwis, so it wouldn't necessarily be British slang...

Le no shite?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

I've been through our entire country and currently reside in Afghanistan while my home is in Sheffield, it's NO2 or NO3 if yer in London.

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

Suuure, big boi! :lips:

anyhoo, I recently went through "Flight of the Conchords" season via Netflix, and was also curious about this. I don't quite know what to think of the insult "ginger balls." (which the band applied to Murray a few times)

I should mention that these writers/actors are Kiwis, so it wouldn't necessarily be British slang...

Well, with you... you're to ficken hot to resist, don't flatter yourself on it thou. Gilgaboa.

:brokenheart: :cries;

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Sounds like #1 then. WTF is with the pronounication hint for #2? Ging - Gerr?

Thanks to southpark though the definition will forever be:

people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are disgusting and are inherently evil, have no souls, and are unable to walk around during the day because of this

I've been through our entire country and currently reside in Afghanistan while my home is in Sheffield, it's NO2 or NO3 if yer in London.

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

Suuure, big boi! :lips:

anyhoo, I recently went through "Flight of the Conchords" season via Netflix, and was also curious about this. I don't quite know what to think of the insult "ginger balls." (which the band applied to Murray a few times)

I should mention that these writers/actors are Kiwis, so it wouldn't necessarily be British slang...

Well, with you... you're to ficken hot to resist, don't flatter yourself on it thou. Gilgaboa.

:brokenheart: :cries;

I told you all, that's what happens.. sadness.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: preslove
It can also be used as a verb to describe the sadomasochistic act of sticking a piece of ginger up the anus or vaginia of a man or woman...

/slowly backs away :Q

Great... our mod here has been scared away and now the chaos will resume.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: preslove
It can also be used as a verb to describe the sadomasochistic act of sticking a piece of ginger up the anus or vaginia of a man or woman...

/slowly backs away :Q

Supposedly it burns...


*shifty eyes*

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

A search through a UK slang dictionary brings up this:

ginger
Noun.

1. Homosexual. Rhyming slang, from Ginger beer - 'queer'.
2. A ginger or red haired person. Pronounced with hard g's as in goggles.
3. Carbonated drink, such as cola. [Scottish use]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm

Never heard of No1, not even in Brixton.

Corse, i'm no i love you so what do i really know.

Suuure, big boi! :lips:

a.

Well, with you... you're to ficken hot to resist, don't flatter yourself on it thou. Gilgaboa.

:brokenheart: :cries;

I told you all, that's what happens.. sadness.

Well, it makes me feel better if you're crushed too. I think I'll pull through this.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
I live in the UK and recognise 'feeling ginger' as being out of sorts, not feeling very well. Ginger is a verb: 'to treat with care'. Gingerly is an adverb: 'gently, in a delicate or cautious manner'. Hence if you had a hangover, you'd move gingerly to minimise feelings of nausea etc.

This. Geez. How far we've become dumbed-down about our own language.

 

[0roo0roo]

being a red head is more negative in the uk for some reason.

 

[seemingly random]

Prejudice against the irish?

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: loki8481
spent 2 hours in the car today, and along the way, I was listening to a CD by a british rapper.

she kept mentioning ginger as in "feeling ginger."

wtf does it mean?

I get ginger = a person with red hair, but I don't grok what ginger means as a slang word for an emotion.

edit: didn't even think about google, apparently it's slang for queer:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/mean...ney-rhyming-slang.html

LOL! It's funny listening to brits trying to act hardcore and tough.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
anyhoo, I recently went through "Flight of the Conchords" season via Netflix, and was also curious about this. I don't quite know what to think of the insult "ginger balls." (which the band applied to Murray a few times)

I should mention that these writers/actors are Kiwis, so it wouldn't necessarily be British slang...

Ginger means the same thing in NZ as it does in USA. Ginger balls means you have ginger hair on your balls. It most definitely doesn't mean "i love you" in NZ.