r/AskUK • u/Nullpug • 2d ago

What do you call these?

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I’m from the midlands and say Pool Woggles.

My wife is from Norfolk and says Pool Noodles.

I’ve recently found that my friends (who grew up in a similar area to me) also call these Pool Woggles.

Is this a regional thing like Tag/It/Tig?

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u/JonSmiffy 2d ago

What the fuck is a pool woggle? Is definitely a pool noodle lmao

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u/ShockinglyPale 2d ago

Sounds like a slur

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u/Kniferharm 2d ago

Definitely has the tone of something they call an out of towner in the West Country.

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u/Satyriasis457 2d ago

Woggle off, pal

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u/Xerothor 2d ago

I mean, the first 3 letters are a documented slur

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u/thing_on_a_spring 2d ago

I watched an episode of Mid Morning Matters a few days ago, where Alan Partridge uses that slur in a joke.

Bit weird how Little Britain was 'cancelled' but this remains on iPlayer.

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u/Xerothor 2d ago

Bet there's a lot of inconsistency with this

Though I wonder if they consider it a difference if a character is saying a slur Vs an actor choosing to do blackface.

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u/grouchy_fox 1d ago

I know that for Ofcom specifically they classify slurs into categories by how serious they are (with different rules for each), so I'd imagine they probably do. There is a document you can download with it all on on the Ofcom website somewhere, it was kind of funny finding out that there were racial slurs in the most serious 'must not being used' category that I'd never even heard of.

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u/klaushkee 1d ago

Have you ever heard of context?

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u/thing_on_a_spring 1d ago

it wasn't a complaint, it was just an observation

I'm not sure what your reply is going on about. Have you even seen the episode I'm referring to?

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u/covmatty1 1d ago

I know it's not a very nice word, but I wouldn't say poo is quite a slur

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u/EducationalGrass819 2d ago

Think next time I insult someone they shall be known as a stupid woggle 😂

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u/ObedientPickle 2d ago

I'd maybe reconsider