Are you a geezer, a non geezer, an old boiler, or confused by American English?

happily, he was asleep on the couch by the time I got there, but I feel for the roomie who will be having to spend time out there post surgery later this week!

Hi Elic, no actually back in the UK we did prononce a boiler type geezer a geezer but the hot water gusher things as guy-zer. Until I started this I'd never heard of a young lout refered to as a geezer. The mass of opinion here definitely rules out or objects to female geezers as they associate them with old geezers who they don't seem inclined to mix with have predetermined that they don't wash very much (thus pong) and drive incredibly slowly. Defintiely with you on the drinker though - if that one worked we'd surely say drunk as a geezer, boiler type. I came across a tourist old tart type last evening in the cafenion, too old for the mini skirt and fish nets and obviously up for a good time, still it made some of the local kamaking types smile and I think they thought she was a 'real' woman, whilst they'd objected completely to some rather glamorous types in the summer who were dressed to the nines after what was obvioulsy rather a lot of plastic implants. The only 2 Greek words which cover all these are moron, and malaka, but both applied to males. My sympathies that you were stuck with a pickled lout on thanksgiving.

Surely there must be somewhere more suitable than a place littered with drunken old farts and pickled louts.Certainly doesn't sound like a good place to be post surgery and doubt they'll be clucking round offering chucky eggs. Bad luck I say.

hi will you still need me,will you still feed me, when I am sixty five?" courtesy of the Beatles of course.he hehe

Hi jillhill, well I laughed when the same poster catergorised 40 as middle aged, I mean all these things have changed these days and middle age can't pssibly start until 55 unless one is is one of those born middle aged. I've come across a few of those in my time and they are just too miserable for words.

Sorry Thea, but the Aussie equivalents that I can think of are words which will never leave my mouth - or my fingers. If I think of others, I'll let you know. Maybe Lash or another Aussie will come up with some - but the page might turn blue. (I wish they'd chosen another colour for that: why ruin the reputation of the BEST colour?) In my understanding a boiler is a huge tank of boiling water or other liquid. Sugar mills and the rum distillery here have massive boilers. A boiler is also a chicken which is too old for any other means of cooking except boiling. That reminds me of when my brother and his family came here from England. I asked them if they preferred steak or chook for dinner that night. They were very hesitant and then asked, "What is chook?" (This probably belongs in Holly's discussion)

Is that chook as in chucky egg Cloud?

I'm glad to hear that you're none of the above Cloud and age really shouldn't come into it unless like the original poster of the word one feels that 65 is getting on a bit. I don't actually know if any of the Americans here got the old tart one as it is definitely an English expression. So haven't you got any Australian versions of these, or at least tell me if a boiler is still a boiler. Someone was referring to it as a furnace, Purple I believe, but those are really much bigger things than the little things which heat the water when the solar won't work. Which it won't today. Yes most definitely a lady in your case.

That's a huge relief of my mind Zed as I definitely had you down as the non geezer type. I think that if Witty pops along though we'll have to tease him that he's a bit of an old tart.

I would definitely have to agree that I think Zed is a non-geezer but Misterwit is the perfect mental image of an old geezer, or at least his avatar is anyway.

No, can't agree there and Mr Misterwit would be most offended to be thought of as an old geezer, defintitely a bit of an old tart in my mind.

Dawn it was the American stuff that was confusing me, how can a word which was meant to describe an eccentric old man suddenly be applied to women to, don't the female equivalents of old geezers have their own name, come on enlighten me. Old bag is an English one which I'm suprised you've got. In Greek I get it confused with a warn out old shoe as it's practically identical. Have you any idea what Purple is talking about?

Purple has no idea what Purple is talking about, but she hoped that someone else would and would be kind enough to clue her in.

That reminds me of something that one of my old bosses used to say. I can't remember the term, because it was an "oldie", but he used to joke that someone got called that and she took offense and hit him in the head with her bag of quarters. I never understood the joke until my mom explain that the term he was using referred to a woman that would sell herself for a quarter, which I think was a lot of money back in those days.

You're kidding, in which language is a geezer a malaka? English or American. At least you've reminded me of why I associated the word geezer with something slightly human in the first place rather than just a geyser, it's the spouting of hot air, or rather steam. I do hope Hatley pops along to give her input here as she's over 65 and bet she won't like any of the above.

somewhere inbetween 'wanker' and 'lad' then?

JB, I am not sure whether or not I want an answer to this question but ... you specified that you do not "eject hot water", so is there another liquid that is more to your liking, such as Kool-aide or soda perhaps?

oh yea,slobby as ever. no geezers but one biddy.

Hi Scarlet, well maybe the poster who explained she was an old geezer when I thought it was a boiler term is the peeping out of the window kind, who knows. I'm relieved that it isn't seen as a term applied to women as it is a nasty sounding word and after all these responses it seems like a cross between a grump and an old wino. I haven't heard a word about the slobs recently, everyone slobbing around in the usual fashion I hope. Old coot implies male in rocking chair to me and slightly barmy.

Glad to hear that you are not smelly! Possible! That is hilarious...LOL

Purplealabaster, I am glad I'm not the only one who pronounces the two words in that way. Thea, you present a challenge... hmmm... I reckon I'll have to oblige ya there then. lol, okay not the best I admit. Look at that there thingie mabob? lol... is that better? I once had an online friend that I had a conversation with on the differences between redneck, hillbilly, and hick... I don't remember what I had said to him in regards to that though. I'd say the way I typed ^ up there was more "hickish" lol.

Hi ladies, your second pronounciation is for me the hot water type which gushes out of nowhere such as on barren land, or an oil find. Come on Amber, give me a sentence in good old Southern slang.

SomeCowgirl, I am glad that you pointed that out. I didn't say that earlier, because I thought I was the only one and was pronouncing it wrong, but I pronounce geezer and geyser the same way that you do. I am glad to see that I am not the only one that pronounces it that way.

Ryan called me this morn to wish me a happy birthday. It was wonderful to hear that sweet little voice. i'll be glad when he feels better. sorry i missed the fun but i have just been feeling so bad i haven't felt like being my silly self. hope u & Hugo are fine.

Happy birthday Aunty, I hope you're feeling more relaxed today. I expect a phone call from Ryan made your day to start with. We're fine thanks but our summer weather has rather abruptly ended and it is cold. I'm going to see if I can find some thermal socks on line later.

Hi Aunty, hope Ryan's still doing well. You missed a great chance here to throw in some ole Tennessee slang, you usually have the best ones of anyone.

My bad means my fault LOL

That I would NEVER have guessed.

'my bad'? Lost me there Zeph. Had they got tummy ache or something, or is it a kind of hat?

You're. So am I. I'm not used to a silent Sunny.

i just thought that might be the easiest and simplest way to score a point....

Oh it was an American woman who called herself a geezer, I had to look it up as I thought she was confused with a boiler man as I'm sure at some point the old man who came to fix the boiler in the UK might have been a geezer, but I thought that was probably something to do with fixing geysers for a living. He was very ancient but not at all cantankerous as I recall and no one else did it so cheap.

That makes two normal ones so far then Purple, just you and me.. Have you ever heard the term geezer applied to a woman or is it only okay when a woman uses the word to describe herself?

I am not really sure, Thea. I know that I have heard it to describe an old man, but I don't think I have ever heard it used to describe and old woman - or if I have then I have forgotten it. I have heard old women described as "old hags" or even "old bags", but the term geezer does bring to mind the image of an old man versus an old woman. It will be interesting to see what other Americans have to say on the subject.

Hi vishonboard, well that's a shame as we haven't had much Indian input here into the mix of words. It's tended to be UK, Australian and American contributions and it would have been interesting to hear which ones have filtered across the Indian ocean.

Good to see you back to elaborate, so the Indian style you have with these words is more in line with the English ones than the Americanisms. Punters is one I haven't heard for ages but defintiely English, and may possibly have originated with betting shop customers I think, though now covers a wider range or spender, as in open the doors and let the punters in.

well i picked this word whilst i was in London working in the betting shop , i had an English manager who used this word quite frequently , we used to have customers (punters) those old guies and they used to give us the hard time so he will call anybody a geezer weather a old one or the young one so your post elaborated on the word and to be used for the oldies specifially ... well with the indian perspective what i know about the geezer is more or less a old boiler mate .. cheers

Hi snuggleBunnies, I still think the differences between English and American words are most peculiar, there's many a time I've ended up with a mature content tag because of the most innocent English word being taken offence at by the Amercian censor on here.

Well you're far too nice to fit into any of those categories anyway so best to remain confused by them all.