The bit that did make me slightly sad for the original owner is he'd sharpied his name into the collar lol (we found the jacket after the punters had left)
Thats alright! UK slang can get a bit out of hand lol.
I'd say it's a word for customer, but mostly used in the context of a pub. I can't fully explain why but punter makes me think "customer who buys alcohol" lol so it works for the ticket holders at a festival. I think it's a bit of an old word, I wouldn't use it at a supermarket but at a local market I might?
I didn't Google for this I just over thought it and you've ended up with a right paragraph lol but I hope its useful!
Ah, thanks! I think I'd heard it in a detective show maybe referencing some older guys in a pub and I guess I assumed it meant retirees (pensioners for you?) so that was a terrible guess on my part.
Haha that's not a bad assumption given the context! I don't know if we have slang for pensioners, they get called OAPs (old age pensioners) but I can't think of any more odd the top of my head...
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u/eloquent8 9h ago
I worked on a festival bin team this summer and someone found an arcteryx jacket, £600 new online