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Good list

Joe — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:27:11 -0500

No, sorry, I meant my American acquaintance. I've already told her about "mardy", which she has taken on board and appears to be using like a native. I don't think I know Sian Lax. Cool name, though.

Small note, but where I come

Guest — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:32:20 -0500

Small note, but where I come from snakebite and black is usually called diesel, primarily because it looks like the red diesel farmers use.

Another regional variation is from the Westmoreland region of Cumbria where La'arl (pronounced laal) means small, e.g la'arl 'un. meaning small one or child, or La'arl Bobby meaning Little Bobby.

The geordies also have a lot to wrap your tongue around, with a lot of their language influenced by the viking invasions (which, incidentally makes life easier to do this day for Dutch visitors to understand Geordies than understanding the rest of the UK, or than for a Londoner to understand a Geordie). Aside from gannin' (going) tae (to) walk the dog (the pub for a few jars (bottles/pints) of Newkie (Newcastle) Broon (Brown Ale)) a nice place to check out is http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/GeordieDictionary.html

Thanks for those additions;

elliot — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:59:53 -0500

Thanks for those additions; but I think you'll find "nacked" is a regional variation :)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knackered

Corrections & more

Jacob — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:25:14 -0500

a little correction: Knackered is spelled Nacked

gypsy's kiss or gypsy's: to urinate (i am going for a gypsy's)
tom tit or tom: to shit (i am going for a tom tit)

um its actually wain lol but

dee — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:50:04 -0600

um its actually wain lol but pronounced wayne not wee yin

What's about willy in UK? Is

John Prosolution — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:21:28 -0500

What's about willy in UK? Is it the same as dick in the USA or not?

Vocab!

snickers workwear — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:12:10 -0500

Here are a few more for you -
Wally - (fool)
Mary Ann - (wuss)
Big Girls Blouse - (wuss!)

How about this one (quote is

ebook reviews — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:15:06 -0600

How about this one (quote is from Wikipedia):
Slag - Slag is a pejorative slang term, primarily used in United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Australia, to describe women who often engage in casual sex and promiscuous behaviour.

thanks for improving my

David — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:36:22 -0600

thanks for improving my vocabulary

slash

Guess? — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:06:23 -0500

so, meaning, a slash in the wrist is to pee in the wrist, right? so how about slashing your mouth?jhejejej

wee yin..sounds like a

sizegenetics — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:33:01 -0500

wee yin..sounds like a chinese word, nice input btw.

I loved this list! But even

SizeGenetics — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:05:00 -0600

I loved this list! But even though I'm from California I knew most of them already since i watch top gear almost every day. :) Gotta love Clarkson

I think I like your name

elliot — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:06:01 -0500

I think I like your name better, Pete.

We always revered to a

Pete Graham — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:11:38 -0500

We always revered to a 'Dirty Pint' as a 'Pint of Death' I feel it dramatises it more.

Thanks for the input.

elliot — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:43:30 -0500

Thanks for the input.

Insulting British colloquialisms

elliot — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:20:30 -0500

I've got an American acquaintance who is interested in hearing more of our colourful British colloquialisms (particularly those for putting someone down). Here's the list I've compiled so far (some from this wikipedia article). If you've got more, please leave in comments.

WARNING: some of these have adult definitions or themes.

big jessie (someone who's a bit of a softie)
daft (eccentric, crazy)
div (idiot)
dosser (someone who is lazy)
gormless (lacking in intelligence, with vacant expression: "Don't just stand there looking gormless")
minger (pronounced like "singer") (an unattractive person)
munter (c.f. "minger")
muppet (silly person)
nutter (eccentric person)
pillock (silly person)
pleb (person of lower class, but typically used to mean someone without taste or refinement)
plonker (silly person)
prat (incompetent person)
shite (jocular form of "shit")
tosser (idiot)
toss-pot (idiot)
twonk (someone who's been a bit foolish; also "dozy twonk")
wazzock (fool)

Some that aren't insults:

bumf (a pile of paper you get given when you go to conferences etc.; derived from "bum fodder")
chuffed (pleased)
faff (to dither, as in "I spent the day faffing around")
guff (fart, to fart)
hammered (very drunk)
higgledy-piggledy (in disarray)
jammy (lucky, e.g. "jammy git")
kecks (trousers aka "pants" in the US, or underpants)
knackered (tired out)
knackers (testicles)
knickers (panties)
naff off (go away)
minge (pronounced to rhyme with "whinge") (female genitals/pubic hair)
pissing down (raining heavily, "It's pissing it down out there!")
punnet (basket for fruit, typically for strawberries)
rat-arsed (extremely drunk)
ropey (of poor quality)
shandy (lager or beer mixed with lemonade)
shattered (tired)
skew-whiff (not straight, skewed, "That shelf is a bit skew-whiff")
skive (to avoid or not attend, "He skived off school")
slash (go to the toilet for a wee, as in "I need a slash")
snog (to kiss amorously)
strop (bad mood)
take the piss (take advantage of someone, "They're taking the piss"; to make fun of someone, "I took the piss out of him")
throw a wobbler (have a tantrum)
wankered (extremely drunk)
whinge (complain, often used to describe how children go on about things using a silly whiny voice)
wonky (not straight, crooked, "That shelf is wonky", "That shelf is on the wonk")