different between wales vs sheepshagger

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?lz, IPA^(key): /we?lz/
• Rhymes: -e?lz
• Homophones: wails, whales (in accents with wine-whine merger)

Noun

wales

1. plural of wale

Verb

wales

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wale

Anagrams

• Swale, alews, lawes, swale, sweal, weals

Finnish

Etymology

< Wales

Noun

wales

1. Welsh (language)

Declension

Synonyms

• kymri
• walesin kieli

Middle English

Noun

wales

1. plural of wale (“planking, welt”)

Scots

Noun

wales

1. plural of wale

Verb

wales

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of wale

English

Alternative forms

• sheep-shagger
• sheep shagger

Etymology

From sheep +? shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s.

Noun

sheepshagger (plural sheepshaggers)

1. (Britain, slang) A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
   • 1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover

     "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight."

   • 1958, Mark Bence-Jones, Paradise Escaped iv. 73

     I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers.

   • 1982, Private Eye, 2 July, 11/1

     She is now back and planning a Victory Parade not to mention her own visit to the newly reconquered territories to receive the homage of the grateful sheepshaggers, all fifty-nine of them.

   • 1992, Ian Pattison, More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts, 62

     Who are you calling a sheepshagger?
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
   1. A person from Wales.
      • 2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special

        Shaun: Kids can be cruel, eh?

        Darren: Yeah. They can.

        Shaun: What do they say?

        Darren: You know what they say.

        Shaun: What, "lanky four-eyed twat"?

        Darren: Yeah.

        Shaun: "Weirdo goggle-eyed gimp"?

        Darren: Sometimes.

        Shaun: "Frankenstein's albino gonk"?

        Darren: I've never heard that one.

        Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head]

        Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well.

        Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh.

        Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well.

        Shaun: I thought Bristol was inbreeding.

        Darren: Sheepshagging, inbreeding, slavery... we're famous for loads of stuff down there.

        Shaun: Oh, all right.

   2. A person from New Zealand.
   3. A supporter of Derby County F.C., a reference to the club nickname of The Rams.

See also

• goatfucker