佢哋叫 Tories instead of Tory, 因為Tory 係一句粗口嚟!! Why are Brits called Tories? As a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning "outlaw", "robber", from the Irish word tóir, meaning "pursuit" since outlaws were "pursued men") that entered English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678-1681.