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still noun- a Falkland Islander UK
- When the British soldiers arrived to liberate the islands, they nicknamed the islanders “Bennies” after Benny, the simple soul on Crossroads. But this caused so much upset that the soldiers were banned from using the term, and instead nicknamed them “Still”–as in “Still a Benny”. — The Guardian Weekly, 17 March 2002
- a gypsy UK
Police slang. When it became untenable for the police to refer to a “thieving gypsy bastard”, or even TGB the abbreviated equivalent, the phrase “still a thieving gypsy bastard” arose and was swiftly reduced to the ostensibly inoffensive still. - Came about following the Viz cartoon of the same name is now totally politically incorrect they are now referred to as a “STILL” as in Still a Thieving Gypsy Bastard. — Forum Police Oracle, 27 July 2005
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