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lyricwritesprose:

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timetravellord replied to your post:


“gobby minx”???  Christ, even when the Guardian…

Is that actually how they describe Bill? :(

Unfortunately, yes, it is. 

I must not be up on my UK slang, because I thought “gobby” meant “argumentative.”  And Bill isn’t.  She just isn’t.  She’s got a boatload of questions, some of them hilarious, some of them insightful, but she doesn’t actually argue.  So I’m forced to conclude one of three things:

1. I am entirely wrong about the connotations of the slang
2. The reviewer wasn’t paying attention
3. The reviewer thinks that merely questioning a man is equivalent to arguing with him, at least when it’s coming from a woman they perceive to be of lower status

Guess which possibility the word “minx” has me leaning towards.  Go on, guess.

“Gobby” doesn’t strictly mean “argumentative” as far as I know. I think it varies depending on the region/how much the person saying it actually likes the person they’re referring to? Like, it can also be used to mean “confident and loud” which is hopefully what the Guardian means…

…..but considering they paired it with “minx”(?!?!) probably not.