• Andy@slrpnk.net
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    I believe it means “whiner”. As in one who whines and complains.

    I don’t know where @CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net hails, but I just know this because I am a dad, which means I watch Bluey, and sometimes the dad on Bluey will tell the kids to “quit whinging”.

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      Huh, it’s common as in Australia.

      Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess

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          She didn’t plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt

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            Rowling’s goblins? Based on a racist caricature

            The house elves? Wouldn’t you know it, also based on a racist caricature

            Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!

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          Yeah, somehow there really do be people who haven’t seen bluey. Crazy. It’s 2025 people.

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        My Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you’re right on the money.

        (Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)

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          I love how watching taskmaster has given me knowledge of different accents