Do people in Britain still use 'smashing' to mean 'great'? If so, I bet it gets a lot of snickers from younger people, since now it means 'fucking'.
Smashing
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 24, 2020 4:28 AM |
Well, I suppose that's no different than Australians laughing everytime Americans talk about "rooting".
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 23, 2020 7:58 PM |
...and sick means cool ....
so edgy this generation
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 23, 2020 7:58 PM |
Brilliant
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 23, 2020 8:03 PM |
FREE WILLY!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 23, 2020 8:06 PM |
My Irish grandparents swore like sailors except for “fuck.” They wouldn’t say it. They said “bloody” instead. Don’t hear people saying “bloody” much anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 23, 2020 8:21 PM |
And I was just getting used to “bonking”...
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 23, 2020 8:28 PM |
"Smashing" is just so Cilla Black, Rula Lenska, or Shirley Bassey being interviewed by Parkinson.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 23, 2020 8:51 PM |
It was never that common and has largely died out.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 24, 2020 2:11 AM |
One usage is dated and the other usage is retarded.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 24, 2020 3:55 AM |
R5 You mean to tell me they didn’t say “feck” instead of fuck? Bloody is still fairly common in the U.K. Usually “bloody hell” when someone hears something strange or shocking. Smashing is still fairly common in Ireland these days. I hear it from my relatives about food. “How was that?”, “Absolutely smashing”
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 24, 2020 4:28 AM |