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Writing the fuck out of shit since 1992. Screenwriting agent: Nick Marston. Literary agent: Georgia Garrett. Insta: mscaitlinmoran

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    1. Caitlin Moran‏Verified account @caitlinmoran Oct 31

      Ach KNACKERS, Twitter's pretty certain that having Irish great grandparents doesn't get me an Irish passport. BLOODY BREXIT GOD DAMN YOU I JUST WANT A NOT-BRITISH PASSPORT.

      220 replies 61 retweets 1,187 likes
    2. Helen Guinane‏ @HelenGuinane Oct 31
      Replying to @caitlinmoran

      I think you should edit your post, the second word is highly offensive to the Irish Traveller community

      6 replies 1 retweet 82 likes
    3. Ann Doherty‏ @hippyundercover Oct 31
      Replying to @HelenGuinane @caitlinmoran

      Hmmmmm, only insulting in certain context - and it's clearly not being used in that context here. People are just a little too sensitive these days

      5 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
    4. Helen Guinane‏ @HelenGuinane Oct 31
      Replying to @hippyundercover @caitlinmoran

      Caitlin wants an Irish passport, I am assuming she doesn't want to use what is a racist slur in Ireland. It's not sensitivity, it's information

      5 replies 0 retweets 47 likes
    5. George Masterson 🇪🇺‏ @GeorgeMasterson Oct 31
      Replying to @HelenGuinane @hippyundercover @caitlinmoran

      FYI it’s also a descriptor for someone who works in a knackery, or the equivalent to the Aussie word boggan. Context is everything.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    6. Dara O'Reilly‏ @Dara_bhur_gCara Oct 31
      Replying to @GeorgeMasterson @HelenGuinane and

      Not really. All derivations of "knacker," are from "an eichoir" which is both the pejorative term for an Irish traveller and the slang term for someone who slaughters and renders broken-down horses. Because they were historically very often the same people.

      5 replies 0 retweets 24 likes
    7. Lynyrd Cohyn‏ @lynyrd_cohyn Nov 1
      Replying to @Dara_bhur_gCara @GeorgeMasterson and

      "The word is of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal survival of a Scandinavian word represented by Old Norse hnakkur "saddle," related to hnakki "back of the neck," and thus possibly related to neck (n.). Most often used in weakened sense of "to tire out" (1883)"

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Dara O'Reilly‏ @Dara_bhur_gCara Nov 1
      Replying to @lynyrd_cohyn @GeorgeMasterson and

      I've seen that explanation in the past, but i don't find it terribly convincing. The word "possibly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. But, you know, etymology is an imprecise discipline, so whatever gets you through the night.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Dara O'Reilly‏ @Dara_bhur_gCara Nov 1
      Replying to @Dara_bhur_gCara @lynyrd_cohyn and

      What is well-established is the direct equivalence in the Irish language between the word for someone who slaughters and renders broken-down horses and the pejorative term for traveller, and the fact that "knacker," to refer to a traveller is considered hate speech.

      3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      Caitlin Moran‏Verified account @caitlinmoran Nov 1
      Replying to @Dara_bhur_gCara @lynyrd_cohyn and

      I can absolutely assure everyone that I was using "knackers" to mean "big sweaty balls", and to be said in exactly the same way Rik Mayall says it on "Bottom".

      7:21 AM - 1 Nov 2018
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        1. Muttley #GTTO #JC4PM‏ @darkstar74 Nov 1
          Replying to @caitlinmoran @Dara_bhur_gCara and

          We all got an education on the historical usage of the word 'knackers' though which is a good thing, unfortunately 'big sweaty balls' consternation was lost on some. You can please some of the people some of the time ...

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