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What does this boys name bring to mind?

78 replies

PSL1990 · 16/07/2019 15:28

Rafferty

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Pipandmum · 16/07/2019 15:29

Posh public school boy.

growlingbear · 16/07/2019 15:30

That's funny - not posh public schoolboy but the opposite for me.

LolaSmiles · 16/07/2019 15:31

Middle classes wanting to seem more affluent and socially mobile.

Violetparis · 16/07/2019 15:31

Posh mop haired boy

TrueFriendsStabYouInTheFront · 16/07/2019 15:34

I think it would get a few smirks by people who heard it called out, across a park for example. I hear it in a Hyacinth Bouquet voice.

IdaBWells · 16/07/2019 15:37

Don’t think of it as posh at all.

HappyDinosaur · 16/07/2019 15:38

Nowadays it's a name for someone trying to look posh but not quite achieving it. That said, I do actually like the name.

BlueMerchant · 16/07/2019 15:39

Drifter.
Straw hat and jeans playing guitar. Grin

DearLady · 16/07/2019 15:41

Celebrity kid name.

DinoEggz · 16/07/2019 15:43

The celeb kid who looks like a potato.

HeadintheiClouds · 16/07/2019 15:43

Not posh, sorry.

LenoVentura · 16/07/2019 15:44

Definitely not posh (whatever that is).

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 16/07/2019 15:45

Jerry

ChihuahuaMummy1 · 16/07/2019 15:45

Jude laws kid

LittleDoritt · 16/07/2019 15:46

Jude Law.

CaptainMyCaptain · 16/07/2019 15:47

I quite like it but wouldn't say posh.

El0die · 16/07/2019 15:55

Raffia.
Sadie Frost/ Jude Law's sin.

DontCallMeShitley · 16/07/2019 16:00

Irish musician.
Irish anything I suppose. Not English, that would be Raffles.

IDontDrinkTea · 16/07/2019 16:04

A raffle at the village fete. But that may just be me that thinks that Grin

BeyondMyWits · 16/07/2019 16:05

My dog's name... Grin He's a mongrel if that helps.

AllOverIt · 16/07/2019 16:09

Twat

MrsTerryPratchett · 16/07/2019 16:11

Trustafarian,

Luckingfovely · 16/07/2019 16:12

It's very definitely pretentious rather than posh.

pancaketits · 16/07/2019 16:16

The white chocolate version of Ferrero Rocher

Frith2013 · 16/07/2019 17:30

Gerry Rafferty

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