Originally Posted by
Agaricus bisporus
Anyway, racism apart septic is a thoroughly nasty and offensive term, you wouldn't dare to use it to an American's face would you?
Can and have - only in the age-old context of expressing affection between male friends by using insults though. I wouldn't use it to a stranger, just as I wouldn't call a stranger a
er,
pot,
hole or
nozzle!
Rhyming slang can bite you if you get into the etymology though - A lot of people use "berk" thinking it's fairly innocuous, I hear kids use it and as a kid I even heard teachers use it on occasion. I doubt that'd be the case if it were more widely known that "berk" is a contraction of "Berkeley Hunt"...
