• Sheepshagger

    Origin

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

    Full definition of sheepshagger

    Noun

    sheepshagger

    (plural sheepshaggers)
    1. (British, slang) A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep;
      • 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. 73I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers.
      • 1982, Private Eye, 2 July, 11/1She 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, 62Who are you calling a sheepshagger?
      • 2003, Ian Rankin, The Falls, ...he'd yelled from his window, giving each sheep-shagger and country bumpkin the finger as he got on the mobile...
    2. (British, slang, derogatory)
      1. A person from Wales.
        • 2007, Extras, Christmas SpecialShaun: 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... off and shakes his headDarren: "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.
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