Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
Exactly what I expected, but 'shirtlifter' has never caught on in N America so hopefully the kilt version won't either. Anyway, a new term for my personal lexicon of the English languages, so thank you for that.

But speaking of straits, Canada just banned the old (old) Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing" because it uses the word '******'- but only idiots and professional leftists who want to stir up hatred of society are offended by such stuff. If you remember the context of the song, the ban is particularly stupid. Not so much so as the BEEB maybe, but still particularly stupid.
I do find it interesting the two references are being made, in the US a kilt lifter will get you a beer and across the pond it references a homosexual, and then fag is reference to a homosexual here and across the pond it will get you a smoke, the differences in our slang is just amazing. How the old adage separated by a common language so justly applies.