usually used as a derogatory term ....
2006-10-06 12:22:28 · 14 answers · asked by landgirl60 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
My mouth usually on the M25 when some Tosser has cut me up!
2006-10-06 12:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by puffy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will find the usual answers elsewhere. But I grew up in Dublin which imported a huge amount of slang from England before we threw the Brits out.
A tosser was used to describe a good-for-nothing. Probably spent all day tossing back drink. "Tosspot" is from the 1800's.
But a 'tosser' was also an old penny. [Two pennies were commonly used in 'pitch'n'toss'. Refereees throughout the British Isles, which include Ireland of course toss a penny to decide sides in all types of football ].
We used term "couldn't give a tosser' the same way as 'couldn't care less' because you could not get much for a penny in the 50's.
The wanking connotation is the third noble option. It's been around at least 100 years.
2006-10-06 19:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by SouthOckendon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tosser is a British, Irish and Australian slang term for a disliked or incompetent person generally synonymous with wanker.
The literal meaning of the word tosser once meant a heavy drinker and would be similar in use to "tosspot". Today, however, the word has been taken up by younger people to describe a stupid person as a wanker — a tosser — i.e someone who masturbates.
2006-10-07 03:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by catdyer2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well tosser sounds like a slang to me originated probably in the US but the proper word for it "toss" comes from: Middle English tossen, possibly of Scandinavian origin
2006-10-06 19:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thing del boy sayn rodney u tosser,but then again it cud mean tossing hay on the ur cart,but then again it mite mean pulling the wire off urself,bot i think it means is tossing a stick up a tree 2 get the conkers down,tell u the truth i havnt a baldin wot im on about,,,,im havin a wee smoke 2nite so im away with the faireys,,,,,hope that helps mate
2006-10-06 19:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by for a pound 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Working from the definition linked to above it must be a man who ejects and throws away his seedmilk with sudden light jerks.
2006-10-06 19:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just another term for a wanker and gets the same hand signal.
2006-10-06 19:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone assumed that a man bashing the bishop looked like someone tossing a salad,,,,,,,lol
2006-10-06 19:32:25 · answer #8 · answered by chelsea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite.
2006-10-06 19:36:07 · answer #9 · answered by Robert Abuse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it a polite way of calling someone a wanker?
2006-10-06 19:32:34 · answer #10 · answered by Melanie V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋