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What does it mean calling someone a 'top hat' as an insult?

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Was rewatching Early Doors and one says "Open the door....come on you top hat..." I think I heard it in the Royale Family too.

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blainy-o@reddit

Twat. Same as if you watch 80s episodes of Only Fools And Horses they'll sometimes call each other berks. Berkley Hunt = cunt.
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notThaTblondie@reddit

I did not know that's where berk came from as an insult
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OldChorleian@reddit

\*Berkshire
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Fluffy_Juggernaut_@reddit

r/confidentlywrong
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Not_LRG@reddit

Yeah I found this out much later in life. AFTER my father had spent my childhood calling me a berk.
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Responsible_Club_638@reddit

Twat
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pip_goes_pop@reddit

A bit harsh, he was only asking a question.
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Inside_Sentence_6116@reddit

Always onešŸ¤£
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AddictedToRugs@reddit

Fuckin' clean shirt.
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Inside_Sentence_6116@reddit

Ohhh fuck whereā€™s this from now šŸ˜…šŸ˜…
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WhiteDiamondK@reddit

Iā€™m guessing youā€™re not British. Said in the correct tone (normally preceded by the word ā€˜absoluteā€™) any noun can be an insult. ā€œYou absolute ice bucketā€ ā€œWhat a left shoeā€ ā€œThat man is an absolute picture frameā€ They mean nothingā€¦ yet, to another Brit, they mean everything.
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Inside_Sentence_6116@reddit

It means twatšŸ˜…
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Inside_Sentence_6116@reddit

Itā€™s rhyming slang for twat
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Ill_Refrigerator_593@reddit

Did they say Top Hat or Top Cat? I only think of the that because (occasional) Manchester slang for the Police is "the Dibble".
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Me-myself-I-2024@reddit

Sits there all visible and pompous but otherwise totally useless
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Select_Scarcity2132@reddit

Also one of the definitions for a twat lol
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Peanut0151@reddit

Rhyming slang for a naughty word
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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

We are British we can make anything into an insult
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TalentIsAnAsset@reddit

Adding ā€˜absoluteā€™ would do it.
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Character_Lion_5108@reddit

It means a Pr?t
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mightbeyourpal@reddit

You don't have to censor 'prat', fella. In fact, words like fuck and cunt are also fair game and can be written in full too
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Sea-Still5427@reddit

Rhyming slang that's acceptable on TV.
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TrifectaOfSquish@reddit

Can be two different things either mocking someone for being posh/being pretentious or used as a way to call them a prat/twat
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DazzlingSwimming6425@reddit

Isn't it a sanitised way of saying twat on TV?
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SnooRegrets8068@reddit

No idea but on context something like calling them posh.
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