Re: [lace-chat]Taking the mickey
Hi everyone Fascinating reading, now I know the 'real' meaning of 'taking the mickey out of someone...' - from the logging camp, it meant to beat up somebody. I like the simple deflation via words much better. 'Extracting the Michael' - ROTFL! -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Taking the mickey
Taking the mickey is done to someone's face as Tamara said, and sometimes the victim isn't sure whether or not what's being said to them is a compliment or taking the mickey. The most recent example I can think would be someone saying to Evanda Holyfield that he danced a very good jive in Dancing with the Stars in the US and Strictly Come Dancing in the UK. Not something I'd take a chance on doing if he realised that you were taking the mickey! Taking the mickey can have quite serious consequences if the victim thinks they're being paid a compliment rather than having fun poked at them and acts on the compliment. It's not usually intended to be malicious, and the victim usually joins in the joke - we should all be able to see the funny side of things we do. Found this on the web: : Who or what was Mickey, and why do we take him? : [Obviously there are also cruder versions of this phrase.] Here's what it says in The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang by Tony Thorne (Pantheon Books): take the mick/mickey/michael -- vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun at. These expressions are milder versions of 'take the piss.' Unbeknownst to most users, they employ rhyming slang: Mickey is short for a mythical 'Mickey Bliss,' providing the rhyme for 'piss.' 'Michael' is a humorous variant. The phrases, like their more vulgar counterpart, have been in use since the 1940s. take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.' Jean in Poole, Dorset UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Taking the mickey
I'm moving this over to chat. Jenny Barron wrote: you are welcome to take the mickey any time you like Avital, I have 2 boys at home at the moment whose main pastime is just that They must have taught my son. sigh He's 12. I think it comes with the age. sport - sigh. Seriously a lovely island to visit would be Lindisfarne http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/ that is off the north east coast of England. No lace though. Gorgeous! I like old monasteries and churches, too. I'd love to visit someday. Avital To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Taking the mickey
mine are 17 and 19 and the favouite sport at the moment is patting me on the head, (I'm 5'5, they are both over 6') and commenting unfavouribly on my dwarf like size - it is actually very funny so I don't really mind. Mind you at 12 you've got quite a lot of mickey taking to come - look on the bright side - he is talking to you and you understand what he is sayingg jenny barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm moving this over to chat. Jenny Barron wrote: you are welcome to take the mickey any time you like Avital, I have 2 boys at home at the moment whose main pastime is just that They must have taught my son. He's 12. I think it comes with the age. sport - sigh. Seriously a lovely island to visit would be Lindisfarne http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/ that is off the north east coast of England. No lace though. Gorgeous! I like old monasteries and churches, too. I'd love to visit someday. Avital To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
