A fair few folk have been asking us what a BTMer is. So here it is!
A BTMer is someone who can steer any given conversation, nomatter what the topic, back to being about them – i.e “Back To Me”
par example: if you are training for the London Marathon, a BTMer will manage to turn the conversation into how your training makes them feel (real life example – you know who you are).
Such labelling not only helps to identify a BTMer in your midst, but can also be a useful signpost to alert others that you yourself plan to BTM, i.e “Thanks for telling me about your ballooning accident, but – BTM – OMG, I spotted Alexa Chung in Topshop the other day”
Good BTMing requires skill, as it requires the BTMer to BTM without sullying the good name of BTMing and, well, not piss everyone right off.
A great spectator sport is to get two massive BTMers in conversation with each other and see who wins. Hours of fun.
In terms of the Hollyverse, the most prolific Hollyoaks BTMer was of course the late Steph, who could turn a conversation about the Irish banking crisis into a discussion about her being a widow/surrogate parent/epileptic/dancer/smoothie maker/cancer sufferer/whatever with breathtaking ease.
Other Hollyoaks BTMers include Jem, Heidi, Lyndsey, Gilly, Frankie and each and every McQueen. Sarah was quite extraordinary at it.
As a historical footnote regarding how the BTM came into our lives – BTM – credit goes to an excellent woman who is such a majestic and skillfull BTMer that the term BTM was actually coined for her. That her name actually begins with M means that even the term itself could be seen as a reference to her, the ultimate BTM!
We suggest you start incorporating the BTM into your lives. Once you start you can’t stop.
November 23, 2010 at 3:14 pm |
Ah thankyou so much, it all makes sense now.
November 23, 2010 at 3:16 pm |
My god I appear to have been one myself for years and not even known it ((hangs head in shame))
Thanks for clearing up the confusion, your amazing and fabulous…… but anyway enough of that, lets get BTM.
November 23, 2010 at 6:18 pm |
Where would any of the soaps be without BTMers? They’re essential!