[–] 3 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Sex pistols will always be punk rock.

Well not to be that guy but they never were, they were started by a designer clothes store owner to sell his clothes, they were sellouts before they even began.

They imitated punk pretty well though.

But your point stands and I do agree, just a bad example lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I love how the Stones are drawing on the punk scene here, while juxtaposing it with how they, unlike the punks, have very much been welcomed into the mainstream at this point. So respectable.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Well, it can be used as both. From memory, it originated in Northern England in military circles, and meant that something was shite and you weren't happy about it.

    But, as language often does, it shifted until it's become opposite.

    Last I looked it up, it was used predominantly positive, but still had lingering usage as a negative.

    However, there's also a more niche usage where it just means one is having a strong reaction of any kind. Often as "not chuffed" as in not being moved by a given thing at all.

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