Talk:Shrubbery/Archive 1
Latest comment: 17 years ago by Wetman in topic Prostitute?
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earlier unsigned comment
How do we insert a soundbite of the Monthy Python quote?
Prostitute?
In America, it's commonly said that shrubbery is British slang for prositute. Is this true? It would give new meaning to "Good looking and not too expensive" (anon. edit by User: WyrdRaxiom).
- Interesting, I'm British and I've never heard this. Is it really commonly said in America? It seems odd that people would commonly report erroneous slang terms from other countries. I can see how the "good looking and not too expensive" thing lends credit to the idea, and I checked Urban Dictionary and found this very reference. It would still be Pythonesque just to use this word as a piece of surrealism without any double entendre, however. For what it's worth, the similar term "scrubber" definitely does exist and usually means a promiscuous woman, although not necessarily a prostitute. 01:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Your skepticism is just. It is not ever suggested. WyrdRaxiom is simply taking "Good looking and not too expensive" annd trying to make it a double-entendre. The on-line Urban Dictionary has picked it up from Wikipedia perhaps? Wikipedia's article does warn "Often, thumbs-up votes are influenced as much by a daffynition's humor as by its accuracy." --Wetman 02:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)