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 6h ago
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!