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| - The Trinketeers were the premier skiffle and controversy group of their day, with over one Number One hits to their credit. They had their first big hit in 1964 with “Do the Badger”. The lyrics in the song were simplistic, inciting listeners to try the brand new dance in which the participant ‘digs a den’ by making burrowing movements with their arms, and kicking movements with their feet. However, there was much controversy surrounding the song, when impressionable teenage boys and girls misunderstood the song and started having sexual intercourse with badgers. This led to a massive death toll in the badger population, as the weak badger immune system was not designed to withstand so many human STDs. However, the effects of this new phenomenon, now known as '‘Badgery’', were not all negat
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| - The Trinketeers were the premier skiffle and controversy group of their day, with over one Number One hits to their credit. They had their first big hit in 1964 with “Do the Badger”. The lyrics in the song were simplistic, inciting listeners to try the brand new dance in which the participant ‘digs a den’ by making burrowing movements with their arms, and kicking movements with their feet. However, there was much controversy surrounding the song, when impressionable teenage boys and girls misunderstood the song and started having sexual intercourse with badgers. This led to a massive death toll in the badger population, as the weak badger immune system was not designed to withstand so many human STDs. However, the effects of this new phenomenon, now known as '‘Badgery’', were not all negative. Sales in the Iodine industry skyrocketed, as parents rushed out to buy bottles of the disinfectant to apply to their childrens’ sudden and unexplainable scratches, which were largely attributed to Poison Ivy. A new slang evolved around the phenomenon labelled “Badgery” by the establishment, but which teens referred to as “Denning”, as in “Hey Patricia, are you going with Robbie tonight to see that new Hepburn movie?” “No, I’m staying home cos Robbie‘s going out denning with the guys”. Phrases such as “Have you seen any black and whites lately?”, “You know where the Whisker is at?” and “I’m weasling out, man, i'm weasling out!” became commonplace ways to discuss the practice of denning while avoiding detection from teachers or parents. For a full list of the slang related to Badgery, see here(Badgery Terminology).
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