Blason populaire

[1] "These stereotypes are manifested in a wide array of folkloric genres, including proverbs, other traditional sayings, nicknames, jokes, songs, rhymes, and football chants.

All share a common function in that they are invoked to highlight positive aspects of the in-group by explicit auto-stereotyping or, alternatively, to identify the negative characteristics of out-groups.

The explicit positive stereotyping of an in-group may often implicitly suggest negative characteristics of a rival out-group.

Football chants often make reference to male players, officials or supporters being homosexual, effeminate or in some way not sufficiently masculine.

Stereotypes of the home nations form a traditional structure used in Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman jokes.

People from Doncaster are called Doncastafarians by their neighbours in nearby Nottinghamshire, because of their perceived love of rap music and culture.

This traditional English blason populaire is from Nottinghamshire, but the county that is accused of being strong bodied but weak minded (stupid) varies according to location.

[6] Hear all, see all, say nothing; Eat all, drink all, pay nothing; And if you ever do anything for nothing; Always do it for yourself; The UK also has a strong tradition of football-based blason populaire.

Here the group bonding aim is present but there is also a more direct intent: to insult players to put them off their game.

Among these, John Terry inspired a number of offensive chants ("He's shagging the ref, He's shagging the ref") which referenced his infidelity, and Wayne Rooney because he allegedly slept with a much older woman ("Fat granny shagger, you're just a fat granny shagger").

In Wallonia (Belgium) and Luxembourg, the concept of "blason populaire" refers to a demonym-like nickname of the inhabitants of a village or a city.