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What is a "punter"?

• stavros 5mo ago
  Customer/fan/concertgoer.
• nutjob2 5mo ago
  In this case, an attendee to the concert. More generally someone on the buying/risk side of a transaction.
• rolph 5mo ago
  also common UK slang, for someone who constantly does things in the grey. to wit: scammer, scheister, player.
  • gib444 5mo ago
    That's incorrect. In British slang it means a customer/patron. In this context a fan/concertgoer (Source: I'm British)
    • rolph 5mo ago
      interesting, so when a fellow is taken up by the cops, and he says "thers no punt, im telling you truth", is that unfamiliar? i have a lot of different nationalities partaking of my wilderness lodge, and a lot of the younger english ones use punt/play/burn/scam as equivalent. i can see how they could merge, considering a colloquial "punt" [rugby/footall] as a maneuver with adverse risk.
      • philposting 5mo ago
        Never heard of that usage (I'm also British).
        • rolph 5mo ago
          could it be a cockney thing ?
          • gerdesj 5mo ago
            No, but do check with Dick van Dyke - the real mockney geezer
          • tim333 5mo ago
            I've also not heard it, also a Brit. Dunno what the source is of someone saying there's no punt?
      • quietbritishjim 5mo ago
        Punt is a long gamble, most often used as part of "take a punt". As you say, probably related to football usage. I don't know if punter (as in, customer) is related. I suppose buying something is always a bit of a punt to some extent.
        • rcxdude 5mo ago
          They are related, it seems. punter being gambler but evolving into general 'customer/member of the public' over time.
      • gerdesj 5mo ago
        "interesting, so when a fellow is taken up by the cops, and he says "thers no punt, im telling you truth", is that unfamiliar?" Yes it is unfamiliar - it is unlikely that anyone in the UK has accidentally said that. "i have a lot of different nationalities partaking of my wilderness lodge, and a lot of the younger english ones use punt/play/burn/scam as equivalent." Given you have a dislike of capitals, I'll hazard a guess at your age (but not tell you). Kids here (UK) don't use words like that, says Granddad! I get a capital G because I say so. If I had to guess, I've probably replied to a shit AI sigh
        • rolph 5mo ago
          im organic, and im older than dirt.
    • TurdF3rguson 5mo ago
      I've only heard it in a gambling context which is why I was confused. I was briefly on a UK gambling platform and they referred to themselves as punters.
      • tim333 5mo ago
        The term is used for gambling customers. As opposed to bookies who are professionals who take the bets.
        • TurdF3rguson 5mo ago
          Right. We say bookies in the US too but not punters.
• lostlogin 5mo ago
  The one pushing the boat along.