Just Been Doing Som D I Y......

[ToraToraTora]

Got myself what would normally be called "a black man's pinch" - what is the TROB term for that these days?

[naomi24]

A subcutaneous haematoma ... apparently.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=black%20man%27s%20pinch

[ToraToraTora]

I think I prefer the old school name.

[barry1010]

Isn't it a blood blister?

[The Builder]

Occupational hazard for me 3T. I still use the old name.
Can't quite bring myself around to "vesicle of colour."

[barry1010]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question120392.html

[bhg481]

I've never, ever heard that term - they've always been blood blisters to me.

[maggiebee]

//Got myself what would normally be called "a black man's pinch" //

Normally? Never heard that expression in my puff.

[ToraToraTora]

Well maggie looking at your performances on here that doesn't surprise me.

[Tilly2]

Nor have I Maggie.

[Patsy33]

That's what we always called them. Learned from my parents. :-)

[Tilly2]

...but why is it called that?
What has it to do with black men?

[pastafreak]

I've never heard it either...and it sounds awful.

[ToraToraTora]

Pasta, as you are from the US I can understand you not knowing it but it is a commonly used thing in the UK, here is an example from the greatest sitcom in history:
https://www.facebook.com/OnlyFoolsLines/videos/rodneys-tryst-with-a-policewoman-puts-the-trotters-in-hot-wayer/173083854748684/

[Tilly2]

Yeah, but we're not all Cockney Sparrers.

[david small]

Blood blisters. I’ve had loads.

[Barsel]

I've never heard of it although if it was used in TV progs back in the day, I wouldn't have thought anything about it.

[pastafreak]

You are correct TTT...but how do you explain why the majority on this thread haven't heard of it either?

[Old_Geezer]

Common enough Bristol way. I was getting on a bit before I ever heard the less artistic description blood blister.

[Old_Geezer]

"What has it to do with black men ?" Common knowledge the small spot must be from a pinch, and surely the black colour has be from where the black man's colour transfered to you when he pinched you.

[lady-janine]

Always known as that from family in Wales, London and Yorkshire.