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About LinkBacksHas the gombeen slur become pointless over time, seen as it used to throw at any political one doesn't agree with?
Has the gombeen slur become pointless over time, seen as it used to throw at any political one doesn't agree with?
it is more apt than ever
ZANU-FF and their Gombeenarchy fueled by Gombeens
Interesting question, but I don't think so. It's culturally significant in that it recalls a time when self-evidently questionable businesspeople held high standing in the community and a strange quirk that some people still identify in Irish culture. For that reason, it does have a point.Originally Posted by DS-09
Unfortunately, it is flung around with wanton abandon, and the law of diminishing returns has set in. the gombeenman culture, whether it still exists or not, is/was quite sickening and using it as a common term of abuse robs it of potency.
Is it over used ? If so, what does that tell you ?
Is it not a apt description of the sizeable group ? Why not use Gombeens or Gombeenites instead ?
Kvof, is that to me or the original poster?
Would Fianna Failer not be better as everyone would know what you were getting at?
lmao but you are correct, it is becoming a real slur.
a fianna failer.....
Its not a slur, its a scientifically accurate term, which decribes the Irish spiv perfectly.
DS-09 is just upset that people don't like Fianna Fail.. which is after all the Gombeen party
Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.67
I would be more insulted if someone were to call me a 'Fianna Failer'
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