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▲ whompyjaw 6 hours ago

What is a "punter"?

▲nutjob2 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In this case, an attendee to the concert.

More generally someone on the buying/risk side of a transaction.

▲stavros 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Customer/fan/concertgoer.

▲rolph 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

also common UK slang, for someone who constantly does things in the grey.

to wit: scammer, scheister, player.

▲gib444 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That's incorrect. In British slang it means a customer/patron. In this context a fan/concertgoer

(Source: I'm British)

▲rolph 3 hours ago | parent [-]

interesting, so when a fellow is taken up by the cops, and he says "thers no punt, im telling you truth", is that unfamiliar?

i have a lot of different nationalities partaking of my wilderness lodge, and a lot of the younger english ones use punt/play/burn/scam as equivalent.

i can see how they could merge, considering a colloquial "punt" [rugby/footall] as a maneuver with adverse risk.

▲quietbritishjim an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Punt is a long gamble, most often used as part of "take a punt". As you say, probably related to football usage.

I don't know if punter (as in, customer) is related. I suppose buying something is always a bit of a punt to some extent.

▲rcxdude an hour ago | parent [-]

They are related, it seems. punter being gambler but evolving into general 'customer/member of the public' over time.

▲philposting 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Never heard of that usage (I'm also British).

▲rolph 2 hours ago | parent [-]

could it be a cockney thing ?