Linguists stumped by decline in Winnipeg residents calling themselves ‘Peggers

Source: morenewsat11

14 Comments

  1. Candid_Pirate_7952 on

    I’m not a linguist but if you know what pegging is you wouldn’t wanna call yourself a Pegger either

  2. Beaverton pivoting from political satire to a steamier *nudge nudge wink wink* satire.

    > Dr. Stacy Friesen of the University of Manitoba is the study’s lead author, and was surprised to see the term suddenly falling out of favour. “I honestly don’t know why people are abandoning the term,” said Friesen. “But as a linguist, when you see a trend like this, you strap in and delve deeper,” said Friesen. “Sometimes the data seems impenetrable, but if you slow down and get creative, you’ll find a back door approach that works.” When asked if her research included basic web searches of the term, she said it certainly did. “With Safe-Search turn on, of course. This is a work computer.”

  3. MaxxDelusional on

    I had a friend who was throwing a party that included a beer keg and a pig roast, so he called it a “Pegger Party”. I had to explain to him why that was a bad name.

  4. Forgive my ignorance, but did people from Winnipeg really refer to themselves as “Peggers”?

  5. OddConstant2723 on

    I always hated that term. Maybe it’s because it sounds like “preggers”, another word I hate.

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