thefixer opened this issue on Aug 07, 2007 · 430 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 14 August 2007 at 1:54 PM
Actually, "fishmonger" is an archaic term which had negative connotations back in its day -- related to the term "fishwife". The word essentially implied a base-born, lower-class, hard-cussing, hot-tempered boor who eked out a few shillings from selling fish so that he could then go down to the corner pub & throw the money away on gin while his children starved.
No.....not a term with good associations.