BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHow is "son of a gun" an insult?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down19
arrow-up1100arrow-down1message-squareHow is "son of a gun" an insult?BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s just a softened version of “son of a removed” but I agree with others, never heard of it as an insult
minus-squarespiffy_spaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI’ve heard an old man use it this way a long time ago in the west. You would only hear it from someone who’s very old or thinks they’re a polite cowboy.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoSoutherners use it in a very endearing way that is hard to describe. Only ever in a funny and harmless way, to my knowledge
minus-squaremonsterpiece42@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThey use it similar to “rascal”
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI heard it in the south. Tennessee.
It’s just a softened version of “son of a removed” but I agree with others, never heard of it as an insult
I’ve heard an old man use it this way a long time ago in the west. You would only hear it from someone who’s very old or thinks they’re a polite cowboy.
Southerners use it in a very endearing way that is hard to describe. Only ever in a funny and harmless way, to my knowledge
They use it similar to “rascal”
Exactly
I heard it in the south. Tennessee.