Is "Grease Monkey" Offensive?

[califblue]

Not in my Book...mechanically inclined is what it means to me ( Automobiles, Bikinis , Boats, Guns, Surfboards & Motorcycles I can work on them all with the manual dexterity of a brain surgeon )

[HDhandyman]

When you Aussies say "Yank" it's fine,...cause you're just a bunch of outcasts, like us. But, when a Brit says "****in yanks", then yes, it is offensive.

[ThoreauHD]

I don't like being called yank because I'm from the south. Nothin worse than some Baliachi cow worshipper callin me the enemy. Not that the word is offensive, it's just not accurate. But maybe that's just me.

[Gayle]

Wow. I had forgotten that. I grew up in the south and when my father called someone a Yankee it was a very disparaging term.

The term yank has no meaning for me though. It is just something that the Aussies throw around as a synonym for American. Does that make the term Aussie offensive? BTW--Google spell check has the word Aussie in it.

[632 Regal]

I've got one of them!

Sluts are free, prostitutes charge and monkey are wild

[Zeuk in Oz]

When you Aussies say "Yank" it's fine,...cause you're just a bunch of outcasts, like us. But, when a Brit says "****in yanks", then yes, it is offensive.

We Aussies (no it is not an offensive term to us) like to offend everyone equally.
Hence Yanks, Poms (English), Micks (Irish) and anyone from Scotland just gets called Jimmy (pronounced jummy) !
And not to mention Frogs (French), Dagoes (Italians) etc etc ...........

[angrypancake]

yanks suck. go mets. zeuk put it right, if you're gonna offend one, gotta go with all.


btw, wtf is a porchmonkey? they talked about it in Clerks II. I've never heard it used, and apparently it's pretty racist or something

[Gayle]

btw, wtf is a porchmonkey? they talked about it in Clerks II. I've never heard it used, and apparently it's pretty racist or something

Yes it is pretty racist.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=porchmonkey

[rob101]

We Aussies (no it is not an offensive term to us) like to offend everyone equally.
Hence Yanks, Poms (English), Micks (Irish) and anyone from Scotland just gets called Jimmy (pronounced jummy) !
And not to mention Frogs (French), Dagoes (Italians) etc etc ...........

lol micks, it does seem there are alot of irish michaels around my grandfather's name is michael and he is of irish decent.
for the record its diegos not dagoes and i thought that applied to spanish peoples. its 1:44 already where did the day go?

[Airborne001]

Most americans could care less about the term Yank. In a lot of ways it is a compliment. Even though we get along fine now, there is still a small undercurrent of pride that we kicked you guys outta here! <grin>