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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.

Another one...

Ruptured Ovarian Cyst — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:48:43 -0500

Another one is "wee yin" which is used in Scotland meaning "small one".

Unfreaked

Natalie Andrew — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:40:47 -0500

Ahhh, well that seems less insanely coincidental, phew. There's enough small worldism around at the moment to keep me going for years anyway. Sian is still in B'ham uni (the IBR?) and she's as cool as her name ;)

No, sorry, I meant my

elliot — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:02:21 -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.

Sian

Natalie Andrew — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:48:58 -0500

By "I'd already told her..." do you mean to say you know Sian? Did I already know that? Stupid seive-like brain.

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")