Favorite British Euphenisms!?

[MC Moot]

I love british speak....


"On your bike"

"Give over"

"Back in your kennel"

"Rock bottom and digging"

"Flaming Nora!" (anyone know what the hell this signify's)

[kll]

"quit sucking on that fag, it's a 'orrible habit"

[trailerprincess]

'Fancy a shag?'

[MC Moot]

"Poxy Tosser" don't really know what that one's about either,love the way it sounds though.....

[Big Gus]

Scottish speak is even better.

"numpty"
"daftie"
"fud"
"fannybaws"
"tube"
"pure ricket"

Our put downs sound primal in a way.

[beastiegirrl101]

yea tell me about it...I needed an English to English intrepreter when I was over there this past weekend.

[fucktopgirl]

rubbish

well it not my favorite ...

[b i o n i c]

i love it when british people use the word 'whilst'
especially in a humorous way, like

"i punched him in the face whilst shagging his mother"


sounds so whimsical and leisurely

[ms.peachy]

bum buggery bollocks!

[Big Gus]

'Arris.

[Lex Diamonds]

'Ave a day off, you muggy little nonce.

[beastiegirrl101]

porridge

[na§tee]

lolz you don't know porridge in america?

when i was explaining a time to meet some americans they didn't understand "half past eight" - i had no idea. took me ages to realise i had to say "eight thirty".

umm i like
yah fannies
plonker
wud

[Schmeltz]

Boobaman

[venusvenus123]

yea tell me about it...I needed an English to English intrepreter when I was over there this past weekend.
you've got a lotta bottle.

i'm going to the loo.

i'm joining the queue to get in the loo.

[trailerprincess]

What a plonker!

Just spoke to the gaffer on the dog n bone and we can knock off to go down to the boozer for a quick pint of wife beater. Then I'm back to my manor for pie and chips, and a bit of how's your father

[icy manipulator]

safe as fuck

[trailerprincess]

safe as fuck

hahahaha! last summer, I was caught on tv singing along to that at the Isle of Wight festival. And 'Your Mother's got a Penis'

The shame :o

[camo]

I'm just off down shops

Gerroff you tosser

c'mere whilst I box ya face in ya twat

[Nivvie]

Wank verb, noun

1 To masterbate "Hand us that wank mag, Reggie"
2 Insult "Oi! Wanker!"



Knuckle sandwich noun

A fist " 'ere, are you wantin' a knuckle sandwich, ya bleeding numpty!"

[MC Moot]

What a plonker!

Just spoke to the gaffer on the dog n bone and we can knock off to go down to the boozer for a quick pint of wife beater. Then I'm back to my manor for pie and chips, and a bit of how's your father

I like it! Cept for the wife beating bit,here that's used to describe muscle shirts,usually found on Italian guys ala De Niro in Raging Bull.......the only redeeming feature of "Goldmember" was when M Caine and M Myers have this 2min dialogue in what think is supposed to be cockney?....very funny bit.:)

[b i o n i c]

ive wanted to know, what does 'safe' mean as in 'safe as fuck'

[MC Moot]

Scottish speak is even better.

"numpty"
"daftie"
"fud"
"fannybaws"
"tube"
"pure ricket"

Our put downs sound primal in a way.

Have you ever seen "Twin Town",we had to watch it with freakin subtitles on....;)

[Planetary]

"quit sucking on that fag, it's a 'orrible habit"

why would you pronounce the h in habit but not in horrible?

and cmute, it's bollocks, not bullocks.

[trailerprincess]

I like it! Cept for the wife beating bit,here that's used to describe muscle shirts,usually found on Italian guys ala De Niro in Raging Bull.......the only redeeming feature of "Goldmember" was when M Caine and M Myers have this 2min dialogue in what think is supposed to be cockney?....very funny bit.:)

Wife beater in UK = Stella Artois
Wife beater in the US = those vile tops that the short bloke in the OC wears. Eeeww

[trailerprincess]

ive wanted to know, what does 'safe' mean as in 'safe as fuck'

It means cool.

[Tone Capone]

I hate most British sayings...

And you know what every British person says FAR TOO MUCH?

"...at the end of the day" (followed by whatever point they are trying to make).

[trailerprincess]

I hate most British sayings...

And you know what every British person says FAR TOO MUCH?

"...at the end of the day" (followed by whatever point they are trying to make).

Or

'I'm not being funny but......' (followed by mean comment)

[venusvenus123]

Or

'I'm not being funny but......' (followed by mean comment)
yeah, "i'm not being funny but.... tone capone, you seem to moan an awful lot about OUR COUNTRY so why don't you go back to the good ol US of Awful?" :p

[MC Moot]

I have always been partial to....

"And now for something completely different..."


I always thought that was exclusive to Monty Python as opposed to being popular vernacular....great movie!

[Lex Diamonds]

That's right baby, I'm safe as fuck.

I like that.
It doesn't work like that. In fact you sound like a homo saying that. If someone is safe it means they are honest or a good friend. And you can also say it in lieu of "hello", "goodbye", or "thankyou".


This is off the Goldie Lookin' Chain's rather amusing slang dictionary (http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/lowtech/dictionary.htm):

Safe vb. 1 a greeting, 2 a measure of quality

[Tone Capone]

yeah, "i'm not being funny but.... tone capone, you seem to moan an awful lot about OUR COUNTRY so why don't you go back to the good ol US of Awful?" :p


D'oh! I used to love it here... but it's REALLY time to get to Italy :D

[Lex Diamonds]

So I would say "I am your safe as fuck friend"? Please give a dialouge example for now I am confused.
You cannot refer to yourself as safe and it is unusual to call somebody safe to their face.

Example: "Safe Jimmy, how's things? I met this Neo-Nazi guy at the pub last night, but he was pretty safe actually. He gave me loads of cigarettes. Anyway, I gotta go, safe."

[Nivvie]

Or

'I'm not being funny but......' (followed by mean comment)


Oo, Oo, and when people say 'So I turned around and said...., and then he turns around and says....'

I get visions of people constantly spinning around as they talk to each other.
It's like a verbal tic.

[beastiegirrl101]

you've got a lotta bottle.

i'm going to the loo.

i'm joining the queue to get in the loo.

see yea, no clue what you just said.

edit: when you said queue at brunch the only reason I knew what you were talking about was because of netflix. sad.

[MC Moot]

Skip to the loo,jump the queue! :D

"You've got alot of bottle" = You've got alot of nerve/balls??

Anyone know if "Flaming Nora!" is a reference to Guy Fawkes or something?? "Poxy Tosser" is that a derogatory homosexual kinda slur?

[beastiegirrl101]

I have to add here that Venus did a quite hystaricle american accent.

[beastiegirrl101]

^ Um, AMericans don't have accents.:rolleyes:

compared to them we do. HELLO!!??

Chicago
NY
Boston
N'awlins

all distinct accents.

[HEIRESS]

'Arris.

yes?

[beastiegirrl101]

I was being silly.


thats so unlike you cmute.

[venusvenus123]

i think the best one i did was the new england one.

bg101 said my husband is a "tall drink of water"... i think it's a compliment! :p

[Big Gus]

hahahaha! last summer, I was caught on tv singing along to that at the Isle of Wight festival. And 'Your Mother's got a Penis'

The shame

You could shamefully find a recently released new track by the GLC on their own indy label here..

http://www.glcforum.com/bibs/Pussycat%20Dolls%20-%20Goldie%20Lookin%27%20Chain.mp3