"Creep"

[fangqueen]

Just caught myself putting this in fic, and I wasn't sure: is creep a word that an older person from the UK might use? As in, "I'm such a creep", aka pervert.

If not, what are some similar words they might use in that context?

Comments

[shaggydogstail]

Yes, creep would be fine. I don't think there's much difference between how we use the word in Britain and how it's used in the US and other countries.

[fangqueen]

Good to know! Thank you!

[ext_3359375]

They might use that in the UK, yes. However, "creep" doesn't necessarily mean a pervert - it could be, but it could also be somebody a bit oily or smarmy or sinister.

[fangqueen]

Yeah, in this context I actually do intend for it to mean pervert, I just wasn't sure if it was used in that same way in UK - or used at all. Thank you for your input!

[calico_pye]

If it was a guy perving on a younger woman, I would say "dirty old man. '

[sushidog]

When you say "older", how old do you mean?
"Creep" can have different connotations, so someone of 50 might use it to mean a suck-up/brown-nose rather than a pervert. "Perv" might work, or dirty old man.

[fangqueen]

I meant Snape, haha. Who, yes, isn't that old, but I meant older in general. And "creep" just didn't feel right to me for someone like him - the second I typed it out, I looked at it like eww, that's not right.

[zigadenus]

Why not use 'letch', as a shortened form of 'lecher'? That gets your point across precisely.

[fangqueen]

Ouu! Yes! I think this one's the winner! It's Snape who's saying the line (not the exact one I wrote above, that was just for context, but anyway), and I feel like "letch" is something he'd say. Better than "creep", anyway, haha. Thank you!

[zigadenus]

Glad to help :)