Heale

[Sarah]

Contrary to some theories, this is not a British adaptation of the American pejorative cognomen heel. In the USA it means someone who is a bit of a petty [jerkoff] but in Britain it is applied to people who are total shits, the wasters, skates, snotrags and OICs who plague society like festering sores. The word is said to derive from the British upper class pronounciation of hole ([heale]) an abbreviation of the word arsehole (awseheale). It was first used by upper classes in the early [twentieth century] when it became fashionable for [flappers] to use ‘bad’ language. For a long time it was virtually unknown outside fashionable cliques like the Cliveden Set and was frequently used to describe people they didnt like. It wasn’t until comparatively recently that it became more widely known due to the internet and period [dramas]. More people began using it although there is still some confusion with the American insult heel. A rather [snide] use is to use it to refer to someone, knowing that they know what it means, or that it will get back to them, strangely it usually seems to be women who use it in this way.

[exinilu]

An alternative spelling for heel. The word itself is usually applied to someone who is a [total tosser], waste of space or [OIC] and derives from the British upper class pronounciation of hole ([heale]) an abbreviation of the word arsehole (awseheale). It was used by upper classes as an in word to describe people they didnt like, social climbers, [nouveau riche] and so on who wouldnt know what it meant. It gained wider usage due to the internet and period dramas so more and more people found out what it meant and began using it. Its major use now is when some upper class twit, or someone who thinks thay are, wants to pile on the agony and uses it about someone knowing that they will overhear or that it will get back to them and that they know what it means.