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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Jan 2017

    I must make more use of the word 'buggerlugs' - affectionate insult for someone not listening or generally. It really is a lovely word

    6:21 PM - 26 Jan 2017
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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        These young people nowadays with their 'cockwombles' and 'wankferrets' - all very nice but no need to neglect the classics!

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 27 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        there is too much British slang in these tweets for me to understand. 🤔 But hooray for the classics. 😀

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      2. Pallor Ergo Doom‏ @SlagOffTwits 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        You are trying to get us beaten by gangs of mods and rockers, and soccer hooligans, aren't you?

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @SlagOffTwits

        My mother used to call me that as a child! It's mild, honestly. (Still don't call football hooligans it tho)

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose @SlagOffTwits

        Look! Evidence of its inoffensiveness! https://twitter.com/search?vertical=default&q=buggerlugs&src=typd …

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      5. Pallor Ergo Doom‏ @SlagOffTwits 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        LOL! I learned something new today. You are a great educational resource!

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      2. Stephen Knight‏ @GSpellchecker 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        haha. Not heard that in ages. I'm trying to bring back 'you berk' as an insult

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 27 Jan 2017
        Replying to @GSpellchecker

        Same generation, I think. (By the fact that my mother says both of them)

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      2. Eric Wojciechowski  🛸 👽 🕴‏ @ericwojo 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        What was that?

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ericwojo

        Buggerlugs! (Thank you!)

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      4. Eric Wojciechowski  🛸 👽 🕴‏ @ericwojo 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I shall use this word often.

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      2. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        It's nearly midnight here. You shd be in bed! Pro tip from a chemist friend: if you want 2 drink tea late at night but don't

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      3. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

        want 2 be kept awake, remember caffeine is highly soluble. Pour over the water and throw out after 2 secs. Then pour

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      4. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

        over fresh water. Caffeine is gone. Flavonoids are not. You just naturally decaffeinated yr tea.

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      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @IonaItalia

        Ooh! Handy!

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      1. petercooney‏ @petercooney588 27 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        My Father used it for my sister, in my mind it was spelt ' buggalugs' and way too affectionate for a son in that time and place

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      1. DutchyMDHC‏ @DutchyMDHC 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        agreed!

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      1. Harold Weaver Smith‏ @hws5mp 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        LOL - my mum used to use it all the time.🙂

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      1. Jason M. Vaughn‏ @VaughnMJason 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Sounds like something out of Harry Potter.

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