ashley9803 opened this issue on Jul 31, 2007 · 40 posts
mrsparky posted Fri, 03 August 2007 at 7:57 AM
Attached Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/wordhunt/
Never heard a ciggie called a square before. Try these other Brit expressions :)Faggots - are a type of meatballs made a company called Brains.
Straight - A machine made cigarette from a packet.
The opposite of a "rollie" - one that you make yourself.
The BBC programme Balderdash & Piffle (link above) reported a lot of these words that seem to have an 'gay' meaning are a result of them being found in Polari - a 'secret' language used by gays to avoid being busted when being gay was illgeal.