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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: voidmain on 6 June 2002, 19:27
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I'm sure some of you are going to get a real laugh out of this but I have a really really really stupid question. What's a "punter"? I've seen it pop up in text quite often on The Register and by Calum on this site. I assume it is either a British or Australian slang term for dumb ass computer luser but I'm not sure.... If so, does that make me a "punter"?
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Well whenever i have heard it used, it means, in North Americaspeak: "average joe", "the guy on the street", "joe public", "the great unwashed" and so on. Here are some good definitions i found online:
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from foxsearchlight.com:
punter, n. inf. 1. any person 2. inf. a customer or client, esp. a prostitute
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Thanks! I prefer to think of myself as the one who propels a boat using a pole. (http://smile.gif)
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(football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
Thats aussie rulez footy!
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i like the one that says yer a hooker's client lol