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HMCS MAGNIFICENT, and aircraft carrier that served in the Canadian navy in the post-war era.
Milk. given away free in schools in the UK until Mrs Thatcher became Minister of Education. Produced the 'rhyme' "Maggie Thatcher, milk snatcher, "Thatcher Snatcher Baby Basher". "Thatcher Snatcher" has stayed as her nickname ever since.
Pronounced as a long, drawn out, low-voiced suuuur... followed by short, high pitched Keeith!). A general, all purpose insult, mostly used when passing friends in the halls . Doubt anyone but me and a few select others remember this - probably never made it outside my peer group, let alone my school. I have no idea where it came from, or what it actually means. (ed: I wonder if it had something to do with Sir Keith Joseph - he who introduced the GCSE - one time education minister under Maggie Thatcher??)
magpies (Aussie Rules football team, Collingwood) ¬
a pound coin (£1) - apparently used in South Yorkshire UK - the story is that the slang was adopted during the extremely acrimonious and prolonged miners' strike of 1984 which coincided with the introduction of the pound coin. Margaret Thatcher acted firmly and ruthlessly in resisting the efforts of the miners and the unions to save the pit jobs and the British coalmining industry, reinforcing her reputation for exercising the full powers of the state, creating resentment among many. When the pound coin appeared it was immediately christened a 'Maggie', based seemingly on the notion that it was '...a brassy piece that thinks it's a sovereign..." (ack J Jamieson, Sep 2007) If you have more detail about where and when this slang arose and is used, please let me know. I am grateful to J Briggs for confirming (March 2008): "...I live in Penistone, South Yorks (what we call the West Riding) and it was certainly called a 'Brass Maggie' in my area. Typically in a derisive way, such as 'I wouldn't give you a brass maggie for that' for something overpriced but low value. It never really caught on and has died out now..."
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