Andrew "Thrasher" Mitchell. He could call someone a *+"*, or even a *******, but why is 'pleb'...

[sandyRoe]

...a no-no?
It just seems an abbreviation of 'plebeian', of the people.

[commoner]

...One of the common people of ancient Rome wasn't he/she? A commoner in fact...:-)....maybe I shoul change my name to The Pleb!

The URBAN dictionary gives what might beseen as a more modern definiton viz...


1)one who's inferior intelligence results in them making a complete titface out of themselves in public

2)one who has had their brain replaced with a small cucumber whilst visiting the doctor for a routine check up.

Maybe he was using that definition ;-)

[Stephen_G]

Apparently, calling someone a Berk is much worse.....

[sandyRoe]

A Berkshire Hunt, cockney rhyming slang. I can see why that might offend.
But Mitchell appears to view himself as a Patrician, so calling lesser mortals plebs wouldn't seem odd to him.