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13. I think its like saying boring pansy bookworm.

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 01:01 PM

Sep 2019

Still a weird insult. I guess you have be a Brit to understand it fully.

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Boris Johnson calls David Cameron 'girly swot' in leaked note [View all] CottonBear Sep 2019 OP

What is a girly swot? dewsgirl Sep 2019 #1

Cambridge Dictionary: fleur-de-lisa Sep 2019 #2

Thank you. Odd that, this is an insult. dewsgirl Sep 2019 #3

IKR. How is that an insult? fleur-de-lisa Sep 2019 #7

Me too. dewsgirl Sep 2019 #8

I think its like saying boring pansy bookworm. honest.abe Sep 2019 #13

I've heard "swot" on its own geardaddy Sep 2019 #6

I've known that Boris "Ya doesn't have to call me" Johnson abqtommy Sep 2019 #4

What does that mean in American English? doc03 Sep 2019 #5

'Girly' means 'girly man'; 'sissy' LeftishBrit Sep 2019 #9

Very well put! Ghost Dog Sep 2019 #11