Re: Ping Hornblower

On 2025-03-29 09:50:43 +0000, Daniel70 said:

Do you recall a couple of months ago, when Binky was bitching about us calling him 'Binky' because *HE* thought it meant 'Pedophile talking' or some such 'in Gay Society' and I stated I'd ask my Nephew (who is Gay) if he knew what it meant??
 Well, today was the day. One of my Nieces' had just moved into a new house, so she and her Husband had a combined Housewarming and Birthday Party for her three year old Daughter, Daisy, and my Nephew, Jeremy, was there with his Husband, Alfredo, were in attendance .... so I asked him if he had any clue what 'Binky' meant in Gay Society.
 He replied 'NO', of course and, whilst I was explaining our situation here, Jeremy was straight on his 'phone and came up with something along the lines of .....
 Quote
binky
/ˈbɪŋki/
 noun
      1. a baby's dummy: trademark in US
 "Daniel lay in his carriage, happily sucking a binky"
End Quote
 Seems both Oxford AND Cambridge English Dictionary's define 'Binky' similarly.
 So it would seem Binky is incorrect .... Shock!! Horror!! That can't be right, can it??
 And Why, oh, Why are THEY using MY NAME in their example?? Co-incidence??

The UrbanDictionary.com has five pages of other, user-supplied, definitions with a more urban slang meaning. Some of the perhaps more appropriate ones for this instance include:
  - binky
    Weird, odd, cringy, something out of the ordinary, embarrassing,
    makes you question things
    "Oh my god, she is so binky!"
    "You're literally so binky!"
  - binky
    The new word for porno.
    "Man it's lonely here, let's go rent some lesbian binky."
    "Oh my goodness!!! Son I am hearing weird sounds from your room!!
     Are you watching binky?!"
    "Dude I'm f*ckin smashed girrrllll, let's make a binky tape."
    "I'm bored, I'm gonna do the stranger while watching binky."
    (if you dont know what stranger is, look it up.)
  - binky
    A mooching, smelly, unsanitary person. This person may also be
    abnormally obese and showers seldom. The original binky was born
    and raised in the 80's in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn NY
    "That kid from 20th ave is a Binky."
    "Hey watup binky, u look terrible."
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