Punter? I hate that word!

[experienced punter]

Its little that ye have to be worrying about

true for u Dub Boy too much of this political correctness shit around & people getting easily offended we are dirty bastards looking for sex with as much beautiful women as we can!

[RicFlair]

Hey Experienced 'Client',

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[mrsbrown]

I think it is only in recent years that the "punter" word has gone out of fashion somewhat. Remember also the biggest UK escort websites tend to use it, e.g. punternet, punterlink etc. We will bear in mind that some people don't like it now though.

And theres me thinking it was www.escort-england.com

[jraf]

The word punter may refer to:

* Someone who uses a Punt (boat).
* A position in American or Canadian football.
* The Punters, a traditional Newfoundland music group.
* The Punter (protocol), a file-transfer protocol.
* Ricky Ponting, the Australian cricketer.
* A term for a computer program that launches a denial of service attack through an instant messaging application, particularly in the context of America Online in the 1990s.

The most common use of punter is probably the slang or colloquial use in both British and Australian English meaning a paying guest or customer. More specialized usages include: in Britain (primarily in London and Essex), a punter may be the patron of a brothel; in Britain and Australia, a punter may be a gambler, particularly an amateur betting on horse racing or a player in the game of Baccarat, or a beginner skier or snowboarder, especially one with particularly bad style. In all these senses there may be an implication that the punter is going to pay more than he needs to.

In Hindi, punter also means a dude, as in "Punter hai re ekdum", meaning "He is a cool dude".

In spite of the Hindi reference, I too dislike the word.

[westside]

* A term for a computer program that launches a denial of service attack through an instant messaging application, particularly in the context of America Online in the 1990s.

Sounds like here to me.
Westside.

[delmonte]

Anyone watching "Celebrity The Apprentice" last night, In the show the celeb.s had to open a shop and fill it with products to sell for charity..When they had the shop stocked they then made reference to our famous word by saying....

"All we need now is to get some punters"

Showing again that it is a commonly used word referring to "paying customers"..

sorry for bringing it up again but it just caught my attention on the telly..