To think we need to stop calling him Boris

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He's not a loveable buffoon, there for our entertainment, he's an important man, with an incredibly serious job to do. He's Mr Johnson or the Prime Minister, Boris isn't even his actual name!

I feel like the more we call him Boris the more we excuse/allow the nonsense.

I feel Boris is a very lovable character

Go to your room Dominic - you're still grounded

His name is Alexander
familiarly known as Alex to family and close friends

Boris is a middle name he chose to use for his public persona

call him Johnson
as it describes him

I call him Fucking Tory Bastard

I have no problem with calling him Boris. When I hear the name loveable buffoon never comes to mind. I guess it is all in the tone and context it is said in.

What do dislike is adults referring to "bubbles" with other adults, they aren't "bubbles" they are virus infection control groups. Calling them bubbles to anyone other than children minimises the importance of being aware of the social distancing measures required.

@AdalindMeisner

You are totally right we shouldn't call him Boris..

We should call him that stupid bastard in downing street...that any better?

No. How would we know which of the stupid bastards you were referring to?

Calling them bubbles to anyone other than children minimises the importance of being aware of the social distancing measures required.

@WeAllHaveWings It worked well for NZ which I'm pretty sure was where the term originated so I think the name will do.

dd called him BoJo yesterday, in a phrase about we are allowed to meet 6 people.
i felt Bojo was the wrong terminology as soon as she said it, and agree with op.

I've had this argument with my husband. He says people call him Boris as though he is a funny character and consequently excuse his incompetence.
My argument is Boris is a distinctive name. Had we referred to Dave, Tony or Margaret,for example, it would be difficult to understand that we meant the PM as they're all relatively common, every day names. Who knows of anyone else called Boris?
I'm desperate to get two pets at the moment. I think Boris and Keir would be brilliant names for a pair of cats, goldfish,rabbits or hamsters!

I completely agree. I try to call him Boris Johnson.

Crime Minister

Well yeah. All the other Prime Ministers tend to go by their full name (e.g. David Cameron was always David-Cameron, never David), their last name or Title Surname. Although that mostly seemed to happen with Thatcher and May to emphasise their female-ness.

Boris Johnson has an unusual/rare first name. Everyone knows who you mean in a way you wouldn't if you said "Have you see what Tony has come out with now?".

IMO he only became generally known as Boris because it’s such an unusual name, so virtually everybody will know at once who you’re talking about. If he were John or David or Michael, OTOH....

The Lie Minister is how I think of him.

I prefer calling him Doris the Finkasaurus.

He's Bozo the buffoon in this house that's about right I think, no way I'm tugging my forelock and calling him Mr

How about Bodge Job?

that's his name...

if you judge people based on what they are called, let's hope you are not a teacher or a recruiter

@YouTheCat

You're right. I call him 'Johnson' because he is one.

With Theresa May if they said pm May it wouldn't be clear if they were suggesting the on May do something or she was doing something so mrs May made it more clear.

It's not his name though Prosper, it's character carefully created so people see his failings as funny/lovable rather than shocking.

It’s part of his persona isn’t it? The cuddly buffoon. The errant overgrown schoolboy. He’s absolutely deadly... but “Boris” is every man’s “chum”.

I never refer to him on Twitter or anywhere else as Boris. You wouldn’t have called Theresa May “Tess” would you? The only other one who was referred to regularly by first name was Margaret Thatcher.

I always call him BoJo the buffoon.

Call him what you like - who gives a shit?

I’m not calling that bastard “Mr”.

His first name is 'Alexander', second name is 'Boris' so his name is 'Boris'. Do you know what his friends and family call him? I imagine they call him, "Boris". Many people are known by a second name. Meghan Markle's first name is 'Rachel' but her folks decided they preferred 'Meghan', I've not heard anyone say that isn't her name.

I think the 'likeable', buffoon-like image went while he was London's mayor.

Since when has 'Boris' been a caricature-cartoon-comic book-like name anyway? It's a perfectly normal name.