# Who is that fop on BBC America News? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 2, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624 "2015-04-02T15:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/1 "2015-04-02T15:35:41Z")
The loud guy who stands in front of oversized monitors and screems at the camera and the people he interviews. I like to get my day started with this news broadcast but this guys sets by teeth on edge whenever he comes on. He needs a good kick in the sack and be told to calm the fuck down. Between him and Piers Morgan, why do we get all the UK rejects? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/2 "2015-04-02T20:04:56Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Between him and Piers Morgan, why do we get all the UK rejects? It’s to balance out the Olivers and Fergusons… ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/3 "2015-04-02T22:21:08Z")
“Fop”? I have no idea whom you’re talking about, but I thought “fop” meant an affectedly over-fastidious style-obsessed type. A dandy. A Beau Brummel. A male version of the “clotheshorse diva”. Is the loud frenetic screamer you’re talking about an exaggeratedly well-dressed loud frenetic screamer? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/4 "2015-04-02T22:32:49Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > “Fop”? > > I have no idea whom you’re talking about, but I thought “fop” meant an affectedly over-fastidious style-obsessed type. A dandy. A Beau Brummel. A male version of the “clotheshorse diva”. > > Is the loud frenetic screamer you’re talking about an exaggeratedly well-dressed loud frenetic screamer? Or its an insult you pedantic fuck. Calling a person a jackass does not mean you believe them to be an animals hindquarters. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/5 "2015-04-02T22:37:16Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Or its an insult you pedantic fuck. Calling a person a jackass does not mean you believe them to be an animals hindquarters. It’s an insult to someone’s style, not a generic put down. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/6 "2015-04-02T22:42:13Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > It’s an insult to someone’s style, not a generic put down. Unless it is. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/7 "2015-04-02T23:08:08Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Or its an insult you pedantic fuck. Yeah, I gathered that much. In fact, I’ve always known that the word “fop” is an insult. It just seemed to be a very peculiar insult to use for the specific characteristics you were complaining about. Like calling somebody “lazybones” for being foul-mouthed and aggressive. I know it can’t just be that you’re congenitally bad at selecting appropriate insults, because “pedantic fuck” is spot-on for somebody who interrupts your vehement rant to question your vocabulary choices. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/8 "2015-04-02T23:09:57Z")
I don’t want “Fop,” goddammit! I’m a Dapper Dan man! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/9 "2015-04-02T23:55:17Z")
You watch your language, young fella. This is a public market. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/10 "2015-04-03T03:10:15Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Unless it is. This must be the logic that has so many political commentators calling Hillary Clinton ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/11 "2015-04-03T03:24:45Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Or its an insult you pedantic fuck. Calling a person a jackass does not mean you believe them to be an animals hindquarters. Kimstu is right. Even if it’s used as an insult, “fop” means a man who is overly concerned with dressing fashionably. A dandy. A popinjay. A coxcomb. A peacock. A macaroni. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/12 "2015-04-03T03:28:56Z")
So who is the guy the OP is talking about? I can’t reliably get BBC News America (thanks, Comcast) but now I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/13 "2015-04-03T03:50:57Z")
It must be Austin Powers ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/14 "2015-04-03T04:03:17Z")
You mean [this guy](http://s8.postimg.org/esln6x1z9/Aaron_Heslehurst.png)? Aaron Heslehurst? Yeah. What a fop. Look at that foppy tie. All striped up like there’s no tomorrow. I’ve never seen such foppiness. It even matches his beige suit. Jesus, give me break. Next thing you know he’ll be wearing checks. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/15 "2015-04-03T04:12:24Z")
The stripes on his tie match the wrinkles on his forehead and the lines on that weird geometry-diagram-looking thing on the screen behind him. Now that’s some serious fop game. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/16 "2015-04-03T04:36:24Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Or its an insult you pedantic fuck. Calling a person a jackass does not mean you believe them to be an animals hindquarters. Exactly. Just like calling a person a trundler does not mean you believe them to be a reliable, steady medium-pace bowler who is not especially good, but is not especially bad either. It’s just an insult. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/17 "2015-04-03T10:06:49Z")
Now I’m visualising a football fan in a brocade waistcoat and spats, lisping in an estuary accent, and taking pinches of snuff from a delicate box whilst flailing his arms about like a loony. A fop is a dandy: perhaps the OP meant to write ‘Who is that _fuck_’. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/18 "2015-04-03T12:43:59Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > You mean [this guy](http://s8.postimg.org/esln6x1z9/Aaron_Heslehurst.png)? Aaron Heslehurst? Yep. That’s the loud mouthed fop I’m talking about. Some guys just wear a suit well. He parades around the stage in one. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/19 "2015-04-03T13:42:19Z")
See, **Sitnam**? The OP who used the word “fop” actually _meant_ it in the sense of “fop”, not just as some randomly-chosen generic insult. Let that be a lesson to you not to be such a trigger-happy irritable pennypincher. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624/20 "2015-04-03T14:01:38Z")
Is [this guy](http://imgur.com/gallery/zT2H1) a fop? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624.md?page=2)