Bhabhi

I was talking to my daughter-in-law about my post of 31st October and why the loser of the card game should be called "sister-in-law". She said it's difficult to understand without a knowledge of traditional Sikh culture. Firstly, only men would play cards, and secondly the choice of sister-in-law as the derogatory title for the loser carries no particular significance - it's being called by a woman's name that is the put-down - any female name would do. She likened it to me being called a "big girl's blouse", or Del Boy's famous belittling of Rodney - "Shut up you tart".