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Thread started 07/31/02 3:18pm

Aaron

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Wacky words that Brits use

wtf is with british slang?

arse
shite
shag
snog
poofter
"taking the piss"
wanker
bum
buggar
bloody
bollocks

what else is there?
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Reply #1 posted 07/31/02 3:19pm

BattierBeMyDad
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Moppet
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A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti...
"I've just had an apostrophe!"
"I think you mean an epiphany..."
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Reply #2 posted 07/31/02 3:21pm

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crisps
If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #3 posted 07/31/02 3:22pm

Aaron

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oh... and fries are chips??
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Reply #4 posted 07/31/02 3:40pm

luv4u

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Petrol is gasoline
Telly is television (t.v.)
Fag is a cigarette
Lorry is a truck
Chesterfield is a couch
shall I go on...
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Reply #5 posted 07/31/02 3:42pm

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Aaron, that profile/avatar pic is hideous, and I'm nearly blinded everytime I see it. eek Nasty O...
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A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti...
"I've just had an apostrophe!"
"I think you mean an epiphany..."
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Reply #6 posted 07/31/02 3:43pm

Therapy

Burk
Twat
Muppet (actually)
And the 'v' sign.

We need Goldiesparade... help me Goldie!
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Reply #7 posted 07/31/02 4:20pm

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biscuit (cookie)
brolly (umbrella)
rashers (bacon, right?)
hoover (vacuum cleaner)
nappy (diaper)
pram (baby carriage)
lino (generic term for floor, short for linoleum)
runners (tennis shoes)
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Reply #8 posted 07/31/02 4:21pm

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spot (pimple)
ginger hair (red hair)
boot (trunk of car)
windscreen (windshield of car)
footpath (sidewalk)
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Reply #9 posted 07/31/02 4:56pm

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punter= hooker
talleywhacker=???
loo, or w/c= bathroom
abomitable (like my spelling)=terible
torch= flashlite
[This message was edited Wed Jul 31 16:57:56 PDT 2002 by 00769BAD]
garden= backyard
[This message was edited Wed Jul 31 16:58:36 PDT 2002 by 00769BAD]
I AM King BAD a.k.a. BAD,
YOU EITHER WANNA BE ME, OR BE JUST LIKE ME

evilking
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Reply #10 posted 07/31/02 5:11pm

Aaron

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lift = elevator
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Reply #11 posted 07/31/02 5:12pm

Supernova

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Wedge - money

Wind up - to tease

Trainspotter - nerd

Nutter - crazy person

Lost the plot - gone cuckoo

Knackered - tired

Full Monty - the whole enchilada (so to speak)

Duck and Dive - run from the cops (Sade said she's been doing this when asked by a reporter)

Dodgy - shady

Bobby - policeman


2the9s is such a WANKER!


innocent
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #12 posted 07/31/02 5:21pm

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Supernova said:

Wedge - money

Wind up - to tease

Trainspotter - nerd

Nutter - crazy person

Lost the plot - gone cuckoo

Knackered - tired

Full Monty - the whole enchilada (so to speak)

Duck and Dive - run from the cops (Sade said she's been doing this when asked by a reporter)

Dodgy - shady

Bobby - policeman


2the9s is such a WANKER!


innocent

ROUND THE BEND= nuts
I AM King BAD a.k.a. BAD,
YOU EITHER WANNA BE ME, OR BE JUST LIKE ME

evilking
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Reply #13 posted 07/31/02 6:06pm

FunkyStrange

Finally,
about damn time you Yanks learnt some English !
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Reply #14 posted 07/31/02 6:40pm

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..."Twat" and later words like "fucknut" and "arsecandle".
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Reply #15 posted 07/31/02 7:33pm

Aaron

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npgsmfc said:

..."Twat" and later words like "fucknut" and "arsecandle".



"cuntybollocks" is a personal favorite
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Reply #16 posted 08/01/02 12:47am

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I always wanted to know what Tally-ho ment wink
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Reply #17 posted 08/01/02 12:57am

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Zthe9s said:

I always wanted to know what Tally-ho ment wink

A ho that counts a lot?
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #18 posted 08/01/02 1:22am

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Therapy said:

Burk
Twat
Muppet (actually)
And the 'v' sign.

We need Goldiesparade... help me Goldie!
Therapy did you know that Burk or more accurately Berk (sorry) is short for Berkshire Hunt which is rhyimg slang for... yes you guessed it.

So calling someone a berk is not as mild as we all think over here.

wink
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #19 posted 08/01/02 1:29am

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00769BAD said:

punter= hooker
talleywhacker=???
loo, or w/c= bathroom
abomitable (like my spelling)=terible
punter is actually a paying customer (so would be the person paying the hooker) especially in the gambling world.

we also call the loo, the lav/lavvy or the bog.

I don't think anyone except the hoity-toity (posh people) really use the word abominable.

This thread is wicked! (good)
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #20 posted 08/01/02 1:37am

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Here are a few more.

Tap = faucet
Ground Floor = First Floor
Wad or Wadge = a large amount of cash
Rozzers or pigs = policemen (don't really use Bobby anymore, very 1950s/1960s!)
Minger = a rather unattractive man or woman
Minging = any disgusting situation or person can be described as such.

smile

I love England
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #21 posted 08/01/02 4:05am

apollonia7

gutted = devastated
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Reply #22 posted 08/01/02 4:46am

james

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Wacky words we use !! How about "Fuck" and "Off" ?

It's our language, we invented it!

wink
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Reply #23 posted 08/01/02 4:52am

james

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luv4u said:


Telly is television (t.v.)
Chesterfield is a couch
shall I go on...


We use TV and Television too.
Chesterfield is a type of Sofa. Sofa is a Couch !
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Reply #24 posted 08/01/02 4:55am

james

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Supernova said:


Bobby - policeman


Not since the 50's ! LOL
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Reply #25 posted 08/01/02 4:56am

cs97eeb

This topic reminds me of an Eddie Izzard Sketch where he's talking about the states, and he says you can go in to a shop, and ask for "two bollocks and a wank please", and when they look at you oddly, he says "ah, you dont' have the bollocks, i'll just have a wank then" lol..Well i thought it was funny anyway ;-p
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Reply #26 posted 08/01/02 4:59am

james

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AnotherLoverHoleinYoHead said:


brolly (umbrella)
rashers (bacon, right?)
hoover (vacuum cleaner)
lino (generic term for floor, short for linoleum)
runners (tennis shoes)


Not really.
We use umbrella too. brolly is just for short.
You have a rasher of bacon.
We use Vacuum Cleaner too. Hoover is just slang.
Lino is not a generic term for floor. It's just short for linoleum.
We don't use "Runners" we say "Trainers".

You'll get it in the end...LOL wink
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Reply #27 posted 08/01/02 5:04am

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My personal favourite words :-

dicksplash
wankstain
shite
pish

and non-offensive ones...

midge (pronounced mid-jay)
jobby
gash
sclaff
stramash
toaly
wido
ned
gantin


Erm, there's loads more but I can't remember any right now.

smile I love being Scottish. So many great words. smile
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Reply #28 posted 08/01/02 5:10am

KeithyT

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james said:

You'll get it in the end...LOL wink
I'm not so sure. Our language is the dogs after all.
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #29 posted 08/01/02 5:18am

AmoebaOfDoom

Ackers = Money
Quid = £
Lady = £5
Paul McKenna = £10
Aryton Senna = £10
Steve McGarret = £50
Ton = £100
Monkey = £500
Grand = £1000
Archer = £2000
Porkies = Lies
Fags = Cigarettes
Veras = Cigarette papers
Barnet = Hair
Bristols = Tits
China = Friend
Arse = Butt
Prat = idot
Twat = idot / vagina
Muppet = idiot
Mug = Gullible idiot
Trap = Mouth
Bollocks = Testicles / Rubbish / False
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