Nutter, Snog....

[lilypiano]

What are some other English slang words?

[steve jones]

Betty Swollocks?

SJ

[letters]

arse (bum)
chav (normally seen wearing fake sports wear, a burberry cap, smoking and driving a peurgeot 206 which he has stuck a body kit onto using uhu glue)
tosser (same as wanker really)
boozer (pub)
booze (alcohol)
they're the ones i can think of at the moment...

[thalbergmad]

cupid stunt (obvious)
skin and blister (sister)
apples and pears (stairs)
brace and bit (obvious)
gypsy kiss (obvious)
edgar allen (potty)


There are thousands.

Thalx

[jas]

Chav. That's the word for the Burberry baseball cap-wearing, jewellery-covered, loud-mouthed morons we have put up with here. Usually teenagers, but not always (which is even sadder). They're an absolute plague. They get called neds too, but maybe that's just in Scotland.
And for the record, we don't all go around saying "bloody hell"!

Jas

[henrah]

Yeah, bloody hell is a rarity, sometimes said by my dad when he replaces f**king with bloody to be a little less cursing in front of others.

Townie is another word for Chav, as they hang around in towns.
Henrah

[thalbergmad]

Townie is another word for Chav, as they hang around in towns.
Henrah

They are also known as pond life.

[lilypiano]

I was reading about townies for some reason and found out about the townies in Britain. They're totally different.  In the U.S., they're just kids that live in a college town.  Sometimes they go to the college and sometimes they don't. 

[mikey6]

What are some other English slang words?

Do you mean English as in Great Britain english? or english in general? (sorry, don't know if it's you're first langauge or not)
Is the 'Enlish English' in goldmember actually based on fact? does/did anyone actually use it?

[lilypiano]

I mean English from Great Britain.

[steve jones]

The one that Iv found seems to confuse many people:

Fag - Cigarette

Iv had some funny looks from non-Brits when asking them if I could 'nick a fag'!

SJ

[Tash]

And for the record, we don't all go around saying "bloody hell"!

Jas

yeah save that for the aussies! (where the bloody hell are you?!)

[henrah]

The one that Iv found seems to confuse many people:

Fag - Cigarette

Iv had some funny looks from non-Brits when asking them if I could 'nick a fag'!

SJ

You get even worse looks when you ask to 'bum a fag' :p

[thalbergmad]

I am just going for a Jodrell.

I will be back later.

Thalxx

[jre58591]

i wish i knew more about this foreign language, seeing as i am on the otherside of the pond. anyone have some more?

[jas]

I am just going for a Jodrell.

What's a Jodrell?

There was a thread a while ago - can't remember exactly what it was about now - in which someone commented that she refused to wear pants in public. She didn't get my inevitable joke about it, though. I find the different clothes names confusing but I thought everyone knew that one.

yeah save that for the aussies! (where the bloody hell are you?!)

Really? Well, as long as you don't say "old Bean" afterwards...

Jas

[henrah]

Wan'er is another, and other such expletives without their sharp constanants.

Also 'Alright mate', and just plain 'mate' is used a lot. m8 is probably more common, but you can't really tell when someone says it.

Also, ending a sentence in 'f**king' is quite chav-ish, and makes for hilarious consequences. Like "mate, I 'ad a join' dis big! yeah no sh*t, like f**kin....." *trails off into a self induced mumble*
Henrah

[lilypiano]

gosh, I've got to go to England sometime.  I have a friend that spent all of last year in Ireland...lucky

[jas]

Also, ending a sentence in 'f**king' is quite chav-ish, and makes for hilarious consequences. Like "mate, I 'ad a join' dis big! yeah no sh*t, like f**kin....." *trails off into a self induced mumble*
Henrah

In Scotland they start with that and end in "eh?"
Eg. "F**kin, just bought some bucky, eh?"

Annoying as they are, it can be hilarious to listen to.

[steve jones]

I actually find the regional variations to be the funniest. This kid I know went into McDonalds recently and asked for a McChicken butty, lol. I nearly broke down on the spot! 

And it gets worse the further North you travel - they have some great lingo around Yorkshire.

As a Midlander, unfortunately I am at the arse end of the British tongue. We still community in grunts and clicks 

SJ

[letters]

i wish i knew more about this foreign language, seeing as i am on the otherside of the pond. anyone have some more?

jodrell bank.... cockney rhyming slang...(well i think thats what he means, not that im dirty minded)

[thalbergmad]

jodrell bank.... cockney rhyming slang...(well i think thats what he means, not that im dirty minded)

I can see why your school is top of the A level league.

It must be the superior command of the English Language.

Anyway, I am going up the apples for a brace.

Thalxx

[gilad]

i've heard ali g use Fit(attractive/hot) and minger which is the oppossite( what an unattractive word)

[steve jones]

Thats pretty recent slang to be honest. The oldies are the best!

SJ

[pianistimo]

my son was catching a mistake on a spelling and said 'i'm such an oob'   does this mean 'oobie wan kinobi?'

[Tash]

Really? Well, as long as you don't say "old Bean" afterwards...

Jas

my comment only makes sense if you've seen the latest aussie tourism tv ad that was temporarily banned in england for 'swearing'- WHATEVER!!

[stevie]

my son was catching a mistake on a spelling and said 'i'm such an oob'   does this mean 'oobie wan kinobi?'

hahaha no, he said 'noob', newbie.

hahahaha randomly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie#The_Geordie_dialect

[pianistimo]

oh yes.  thanks stevie.  i have to practice a few new ones on them.  thanks for the article.

[pianolearner]

What are some other English slang words?

Ones that I have heard since being here (Not sure if they have been mentioned). Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not British

Pants- Meaning something is uncool, bad, no good

Usage: Don't see that movie, it's pants.

Pear Shaped- Meaning something has gone wrong (analogous with women):

Usage: The party was going well until it started to rain, it all went pear shaped after that.

[steve jones]

Some of the 'sayings' are funny two. My old man has LOADS of them...

If I asked him where he was going, he would also reply 'to see a man about a dog'.

If there we black cloulds in the sky and it looked like raining, he would say 'its looking a bit black over Bill's Mothers'. I ued to think there was this bloke called Bill whose mother lived everywhere, lol.

If you were squashed in somewhere, like on a train or bus, he say 'bloody hell, its like browns cows in here'. No idea whats 'browns cows' are!

Literally, there a thousands of this daft sayings. Some are works of genius, while others are just stupid 

SJ

[pianolearner]

my comment only makes sense if you've seen the latest aussie tourism tv ad that was temporarily banned in england for 'swearing'- WHATEVER!!

I'm tired of that add. They do show the "adult" version after the watershed. I am also SICK TO DEATH of "Sheila's Wheels"....ARGGHHHH.

[letters]

women make the safest drivers you could save a bunch of fivers, for bonzer car insurance deallsssssssssssssss just get on to sheilas wheels!!!! i watch too much telly

[steve jones]

Funnily enough, since that ad has been showing, women drivers keep trying to kill me! Seriously, no word of a lie, Ivfive had near death experiences at the hand of female drivers just this last week. Im not sure how it works in Sheila's neck of the woods, but its not the same where I live!

SJ

[jre58591]

quick question, even if its kinda stupid:
whats the difference between brits and aussies, besides location?

[Tash]

really, i haven't even seen the ad, except for the 'controversial' bit from the news, so have no idea what the sheila's wheels thing is about!

the difference between aussies and brits: we don't complain as much as the brits, and i don't think we're quite as obsessed with drinking and partying on the whole, and don't have vitamin D deficiencies from lack of sun. difference accents. the true blue aussie are the rejects of england (convicts) haha

we ride kangaroos to school and eat witchetty grubs. we're funnier. and more good-looking. ummmmm yeah, we're just better!! hahahaha i'm expecting an attack from all the brits now, aussies back me up!!

[pianolearner]

women make the safest drivers you could save a bunch of fivers, for bonzer car insurance deallsssssssssssssss just get on to sheilas wheels!!!! i watch too much telly

ARGHH!

Tash,

This is why you don't know about the add

https://www.sheilaswheels.com/sw_info_sheilas_story.htm

[Tash]

how random. you know, i've never used the word sheila to refer to anyone nor have i heard anyone i know use the term, hell, i don't even know anyone called sheila!

[gruffalo]

the worst time to be on the road is at end of school time, generally in london. all these housewifes with 4by4s driving around like nutters when they pick up their kids. safer drivers my arse. yes, man can be stupidly dangerous, but women drivers tend to be just plain stupid.

[pianalex]

surely ..  we'd be better off spending time at the joanner