@BeatTakeshi to No Stupid Questions • 4 days agoHow is "son of a gun" an insult?message-square28arrow-up1109arrow-down19
arrow-up1100arrow-down1message-squareHow is "son of a gun" an insult?@BeatTakeshi to No Stupid Questions • 4 days agomessage-square28
minus-square@TrickDacylink31•4 days agoIt’s just a softened version of “son of a bitch” but I agree with others, never heard of it as an insult
minus-square@spiffy_spacemanlink4•3 days agoI’ve heard an old man use it this way a long time ago in the west. You would only hear it from someone who’s very old or thinks they’re a polite cowboy.
minus-square@TrickDacylink2•3 days agoSoutherners use it in a very endearing way that is hard to describe. Only ever in a funny and harmless way, to my knowledge
It’s just a softened version of “son of a bitch” but I agree with others, never heard of it as an insult
I’ve heard an old man use it this way a long time ago in the west. You would only hear it from someone who’s very old or thinks they’re a polite cowboy.
Southerners use it in a very endearing way that is hard to describe. Only ever in a funny and harmless way, to my knowledge
They use it similar to “rascal”
Exactly
I heard it in the south. Tennessee.