Horrible word..

[Scrumpy]

Good old Zoe Ball .. You know her.. one of the BBC top earners..

This morning she said..
'We are all feeling snotty here , but we will get through'

I dislike the word SNOTTY.. when talking about colds and noses..

[Alex]

Very descriptive though Scrumps 

[Scrumpy]

We used to say that someone was  'Snotty '..  When we thought a person was stuck up..

[JBR]

A dictionary definition, just to clarify:

SNOT

noun
us
 /snɑt/[/font][/color]

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[ U ] slang
a green or yellow substance sometimes produced in the nose, esp. when a person has a cold

[Ashy]

Yes, I agree, snotty is a very ugly word. She should have said "We are all trailing bogies here".

[Ruthio]

Nooooooo!
Bogey is a far more revolting word than snotty!!

[Mups]

We used to say that someone was  'Snotty '..  When we thought a person was stuck up..

Yes,  we did as well.

[klondike]

Here too. Words meanings can change over the years - the hijacking of the word gay that changed its meaning entirely. Geographically too as many words here mean something different in the US - examples being pavement fag or chips. Plus what about youngsters calling something sick (if they still do).

[Scrumpy]

We used to say 'Bent' when referring to a gay person..

I am sure  'He is as bent as a five bob note' was said..
 We didn't have many gay people back in my day.. They were all hidden in the closet..
 Sad really..

[1955vintage]

Hello , I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy.

As a young boy, I used to laugh at Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick without a clue as to what was going on. True comedy , when it works on two levels.

[Alex]

Plus what about youngsters calling something sick (if they still do).

That's one I'll never get used to 

[klondike]

We didn't have many gay people back in my day.. They were all hidden in the closet..

Didn't see many effeminate men presumably because homosexual acts were illegal for them but I can remember women with short hair wearing trousers. I just thought they were a little odd.

[Mups]

We used to say 'Bent' when referring to a gay person..

I am sure  'He is as bent as a five bob note' was said..
 We didn't have many gay people back in my day.. They were all hidden in the closet..
 Sad really..

Yeah, I remember that expression too.  

[klondike]

As I recall here we were rather more upmarket and ours was a nine bob note 

[Scrumpy]

Ours went up to ten bob.. what with inflation.. and all that.