sheepshagger
See also: sheep-shagger and sheep shagger
English
Alternative forms
- sheep-shagger
- sheep shagger
Etymology
From sheep + shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s.
Noun
sheepshagger (plural sheepshaggers)
- (Britain, slang) A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
- 1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover
- "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight."
- 1958, Mark Bence-Jones, Paradise Escaped iv. 73
- I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers.
- 1982, Private Eye, 2 July, 11/1
- She is now back and planning a Victory Parade not to mention her own visit to the newly reconquered territories to receive the homage of the grateful sheepshaggers, all fifty-nine of them.
- 1992, Ian Pattison, More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts, 62
- Who are you calling a sheepshagger?
- 2003, Ian Rankin, The Falls:
- ...he'd yelled from his window, giving each sheep-shagger and country bumpkin the finger as he got on the mobile...
- 1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
- A person from Wales.
- 2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special
- Shaun: Kids can be cruel, eh?
- Darren: Yeah. They can.
- Shaun: What do they say?
- Darren: You know what they say.
- Shaun: What, "lanky four-eyed twat"?
- Darren: Yeah.
- Shaun: "Weirdo goggle-eyed gimp"?
- Darren: Sometimes.
- Shaun: "Frankenstein's albino gonk"?
- Darren: I've never heard that one.
- Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head]
- Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well.
- Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh.
- Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well.
- Shaun: I thought Bristol was inbreeding.
- Darren: Sheepshagging, inbreeding, slavery... we're famous for loads of stuff down there.
- Shaun: Oh, all right.
- 2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special
- A person from New Zealand.
- A supporter of Derby County F.C., a reference to the club nickname of The Rams.
- A person from Wales.
See also
- goatfucker
- woolly back