Yep. Or transistor radios. I know that my Nan enjoyed twiddling the knob on what she would call her "tra*ny" back in the day. Say that today and you would certainly land in hot water.Trannies were always the nickname of Transit vans when I were younger... Still think of them as trannies, even today.
I actually had an Instagram DM thread deleted because I was discussing Transit vans with someone and the word 'Tra*ny' ( with capital letter at the beginning, of course ) came up multiple times. Apparently the thread was deemed "discriminatory and offensive".
I didn't realise that Mercedes Sprinters were so sensitive !
The world's gone mad I tell ya !!!
Odd that the Forum lets us type 'trannies' but the singular form 'tra*ny' automatically gets transformed into 'transgender'. This made it a real PITA to type this post about Britain's favourite van