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What is a Nigel?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 07:46

I heard someone on the radio saying she was looking for a man but that she was not interested in any Nigels?

What does this mean?

I tried googling but did not find anything.

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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 13:59
Nigel is Nigel Slater - love him and love his recipes so in my world there can never be enough Nigel :)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 13:53
"In Australian English it is a colloquial term for a male social misfit or a person without friends, originating from the name being unusual in the 1980s and alliterating with 'no-friends'." ...According to the 2010 Macquarie Australian English Dictionary, anyway. :P I've always liked the name Nigel, though!
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EW GURU
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 13:08
Growing up in oz it was a very common word. You get to school when no one is there, 'I was a nigel this morning' (by yourself/no friends) Someone is sitting alone, others yell 'Nigel!' It is also a name, hence auto correct changing it from nigel to Nigel, an Indian name if I'm correct (we later had an Indian boy start whose name was Nigel, poor fella) hahaha bought back memories!! I used to have a crush on a boy in primary school called Nigel, funnily enough he was from Australia. He must really hate his parents for calling him that! I wonder if he turned out to be a *right Nigel*?
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 13:05
so same as billy no mates
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 10:08
And are you still singing it in your head? :)
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EW GURU
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 09:45
It made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6bVckO_CM Good grief, that took me back a few years, lol!!!
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 08:23
It made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6bVckO_CM
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 08:22
Lol! I thought so...most Nigels I know are quite boring too. Hehe!
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 September 2011 - 07:54
he would be a numpty, a 'nigel no mates', a nerd, type of thing
 
 

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