I’m “wankers”
Let’s be British sayings
by Anonymous | reply 274 | March 11, 2023 2:34 AM |
I guess I'm a cow.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 17, 2022 2:51 PM |
I'm "bollocks."
by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 17, 2022 2:55 PM |
"tits up"
"taking the piss"
"cuppa"
by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 17, 2022 2:55 PM |
ME MINGE
by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 17, 2022 2:56 PM |
ME FRINGE
by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 17, 2022 2:58 PM |
pear shaped
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 17, 2022 2:59 PM |
"Am I mingin'?"
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 17, 2022 3:01 PM |
tickety boo!
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 17, 2022 3:01 PM |
Nah mate
by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 17, 2022 3:03 PM |
I'm NAF like OP.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 17, 2022 3:05 PM |
seen on another thread recently: "chat shit".
by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 17, 2022 3:05 PM |
Holland Park!
by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 17, 2022 3:05 PM |
Wot?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 17, 2022 3:06 PM |
Bob's yer Uncle!
Cheerio!
OI!
by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 17, 2022 3:07 PM |
Crack On!
by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 17, 2022 3:10 PM |
Do get on with it.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 17, 2022 3:12 PM |
Zebra Crossing
by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 17, 2022 3:14 PM |
OP is a tosser. And possibly a bint!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 17, 2022 3:15 PM |
Brilliant!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 17, 2022 3:16 PM |
R11 what’s that?
by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 17, 2022 3:16 PM |
Oi luv!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 17, 2022 3:18 PM |
“You must go to hospital”
(Not THE hospital)
by Anonymous | reply 22 | September 17, 2022 3:21 PM |
He tried it on with me!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 17, 2022 3:22 PM |
I'm "chuffed."
by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 17, 2022 3:23 PM |
I'm "knackered."
by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 17, 2022 3:23 PM |
I'm BLOODY
by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 17, 2022 3:24 PM |
Tubthumping
by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 17, 2022 3:25 PM |
She’s a slapped!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 17, 2022 3:26 PM |
One lump, or two?
by Anonymous | reply 29 | September 17, 2022 3:26 PM |
Has your mother sold her mangle?
by Anonymous | reply 30 | September 17, 2022 3:26 PM |
I'm a "butcher's."
by Anonymous | reply 31 | September 17, 2022 3:26 PM |
I need to be knocked up at 7am (to hotel front desk)
Don't get your knickers in a bunch!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 17, 2022 3:26 PM |
Queue up.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | September 17, 2022 3:31 PM |
I was on the Tube today...
by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 17, 2022 3:33 PM |
Fancy a cheese toastie?
by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 17, 2022 3:44 PM |
I'm a sarnie and a bacon butty.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 17, 2022 3:45 PM |
We're all the words that they use on the Great British Bake-Off/Baking Show:
traybake
Victoria sponge
Bakewell tart
Battenburg cake
Hot water pastry
Lemon drizzle
Chelsea bun
self-raising, strong bread, and wholemeal flours
bicarbonate of soda/bicarb
caster sugar/muscovado sugar
by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 17, 2022 3:49 PM |
The word "lovely" being used by men.
As in "it's lovely to see you again"
I use it all the time, but always sense in America that most men say "good' rather than 'lovely'.
I like that other men start to get all sus about me when I use it. You can see on some of their faces... 'Are you a fag?' (a reaction I love!)
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 17, 2022 3:51 PM |
I'm brilliant!
by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 17, 2022 3:52 PM |
R36, isn’t the tv show Letterkenny set in Canada, in a town named after an Irish place? Either way, not British.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | September 17, 2022 3:58 PM |
Yes r42, set in Southern Ontario, CA.
i've never watched it.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 17, 2022 3:59 PM |
I drove through Letterkenny this summer! It's in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. There's really no there there. Empty'ish.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 17, 2022 4:02 PM |
Ontario, CANADA. Which is abbreviated CA, btw.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | September 17, 2022 4:03 PM |
Ponce
His Lordship was a shirt-lifter
by Anonymous | reply 47 | September 17, 2022 4:11 PM |
She's a right cow!
by Anonymous | reply 48 | September 17, 2022 4:16 PM |
Oi fit builder !
by Anonymous | reply 49 | September 17, 2022 4:18 PM |
Bloody!
by Anonymous | reply 50 | September 17, 2022 4:32 PM |
Yer a mug!
by Anonymous | reply 51 | September 17, 2022 4:37 PM |
As a Brit, I only realised about half of these were British.
I can't even say they're stereotypical. Yesterday I genuinely had two crumpets with a cup of tea and said "oi" to my cat who was playing up.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | September 17, 2022 4:54 PM |
Shut your gob!
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 17, 2022 4:58 PM |
Spot on!
Right-o!
"Let's get a curry" (after a night at the local and several pints).
by Anonymous | reply 54 | September 17, 2022 4:59 PM |
Shut it, you filthy toe-rag.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 17, 2022 4:59 PM |
Oy! That's not be my leg!
by Anonymous | reply 56 | September 17, 2022 5:00 PM |
Get on with it. The better part of Valour is discretion
by Anonymous | reply 57 | September 17, 2022 5:57 PM |
"You may very well be right." Said when the speaker thinks you are completely wrong and too stupid to argue with.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | September 17, 2022 6:07 PM |
I'm "desperate" for a cigarette.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | September 17, 2022 6:10 PM |
"So what's that when it's at home?"
by Anonymous | reply 60 | September 17, 2022 6:20 PM |
Numpty
by Anonymous | reply 61 | September 17, 2022 6:33 PM |
OMG r47, what do those two sayings mean? How are they used?
by Anonymous | reply 62 | September 17, 2022 7:00 PM |
Pip-pip!
by Anonymous | reply 63 | September 17, 2022 7:02 PM |
You use the second when talking about the present and former Earl Snowden, R62.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | September 17, 2022 11:21 PM |
R11 soz, that was probably me losing my rag over the football again. This bastard game gives me mento iwness, luv.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | September 17, 2022 11:40 PM |
Anyone up for a game of cricket?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | September 17, 2022 11:52 PM |
You cunt, are you taking the mick out of me?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | September 17, 2022 11:56 PM |
What’s she like???
by Anonymous | reply 68 | November 10, 2022 10:09 AM |
Our Tom is a bell-end.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | November 10, 2022 10:10 AM |
Blimey! ‘tis a rainy Saint Swithin’s day so it is!
by Anonymous | reply 70 | November 10, 2022 12:19 PM |
I’m the mid-sentence “erm”, “uhm”, “ehm” or “ahm” (dependent on dialect).
by Anonymous | reply 71 | November 10, 2022 12:29 PM |
R67 It's more likely to be "taking the piss" these days. "Mick" is too euphemistic.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | November 10, 2022 4:42 PM |
"Our Tommy, He's a gay man now!!!
by Anonymous | reply 73 | November 11, 2022 6:19 PM |
I’m the baps on a slapper.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | November 11, 2022 8:24 PM |
Whistling girls and crowing hens Always come to some bad ends.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | November 11, 2022 8:34 PM |
If we had kept together after the last war, if we had taken common measures for our safety, this renewal of the curse need never have fallen upon us. Do we not owe it to ourselves, to our children, to tormented mankind, to make sure that these catastrophes do not engulf us for the third time? Winston Churchill December 26, 1941 Addressing a joint session of US Congress
by Anonymous | reply 76 | November 11, 2022 11:39 PM |
I'm a "drinks do."
by Anonymous | reply 77 | November 12, 2022 12:27 AM |
"Fuck me but I'm dirty."
by Anonymous | reply 78 | November 12, 2022 12:39 AM |
I'm manky.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | November 26, 2022 7:49 PM |
I fell on my bum.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | November 26, 2022 7:53 PM |
I’m gagging for a fag.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | November 26, 2022 8:03 PM |
There was a fag in his bum!
by Anonymous | reply 82 | November 26, 2022 8:26 PM |
I'm up the duff.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | November 26, 2022 8:32 PM |
I'm "Can I bum a fag?"
by Anonymous | reply 84 | November 26, 2022 8:34 PM |
Gobsmacked!
by Anonymous | reply 85 | November 26, 2022 9:13 PM |
Common as muck!
by Anonymous | reply 86 | November 26, 2022 10:05 PM |
Chance would be a fine thing
by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 26, 2022 10:09 PM |
What are you like?
by Anonymous | reply 88 | November 26, 2022 10:09 PM |
Have a go.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | November 26, 2022 10:14 PM |
Chancer Sex pest
by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 26, 2022 10:23 PM |
I'd contribute to the thread, but I can't be assed.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 26, 2022 11:19 PM |
I really like "chuffed." I am going to start using it.
We gave them "y'all," I'm taking "chuffed" in return.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | November 26, 2022 11:31 PM |
[quote] I can't be assed.
Oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 26, 2022 11:41 PM |
Night out, the boys, chances, rascal, naughty, banter, shout, buzzing, reeling, characters, sensible, a turn up...
"Had him on toast", "you know what he's like", "it's a shame", "I was a little bit lucky, there", "you can't be seeing that off me"...
by Anonymous | reply 94 | November 26, 2022 11:58 PM |
R33 the accents in that 'sitcom' Homer was watching were Aussie. But it was meant to be Manc? Baffling.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | November 27, 2022 12:54 AM |
R25
[quote] "Lad this table's knACHHHHkad >:/"
by Anonymous | reply 96 | November 27, 2022 12:57 AM |
My teeth hurt let's have a cuppa!
by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 27, 2022 1:15 AM |
Mutton dressed as lamb
by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 27, 2022 1:21 AM |
Having a slash.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 27, 2022 1:22 AM |
Wicked!
Snog
99s (soft serve dessert)
by Anonymous | reply 101 | November 27, 2022 1:56 AM |
[quote] I'd contribute to the thread, but I can't be assed.
r91 You mean "arsed".
by Anonymous | reply 102 | November 27, 2022 5:26 AM |
“close your eyes and think of England” - quite vulgar:
by Anonymous | reply 103 | November 27, 2022 5:42 AM |
Poofter
by Anonymous | reply 104 | November 27, 2022 5:51 AM |
Pratt
by Anonymous | reply 105 | November 27, 2022 5:51 AM |
Spotted dick
by Anonymous | reply 106 | November 27, 2022 5:51 AM |
They don't say "shut up." They say, "shut it." hang on, not hold on or wait up bonnet for a car hood windscreen instead of windshield all reet--Yorkshire
by Anonymous | reply 107 | November 27, 2022 5:52 AM |
Nancy Boy
by Anonymous | reply 108 | November 27, 2022 5:57 AM |
Smashing!
(I actually grew up saying that here in the States as my father spent WW2 in England and brought some slang over with him.)
by Anonymous | reply 109 | November 27, 2022 5:59 AM |
Everything is "brilliant." "Nigel's come round with some pints and crisps? Brilliant!"
by Anonymous | reply 110 | November 27, 2022 6:06 AM |
What's wrong with ya, bloke, are you DAFT?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | November 27, 2022 8:28 AM |
Whatcha lookin' at, guvnuh?
by Anonymous | reply 112 | November 27, 2022 8:30 AM |
In reference to R22, "going to the hospital" is to visit someone or if you worked there whereas "going to hospital" is to be hospitalised, the same dropping of the article also applies to things like "going to school", in which you're off to be educated, but "going to the school" says you're visiting a specific school. There are so many examples, "I'm in bed", not "I'm in the bed" for one of many, so as to why speakers of American mention this one with amusement I've no idea, you follow the same thoughts with "I'm in jail", you don't say "I'm in the jail"?
by Anonymous | reply 113 | November 27, 2022 9:22 AM |
I'm British and some of these are so archaic they're almost nonsensical.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | November 27, 2022 9:55 AM |
Sloane Ranger
by Anonymous | reply 115 | November 27, 2022 9:59 AM |
Young fogey
by Anonymous | reply 116 | November 27, 2022 9:59 AM |
R114 What codswallop!
by Anonymous | reply 117 | November 27, 2022 10:23 AM |
I’m in hospital
by Anonymous | reply 118 | November 27, 2022 10:25 AM |
Suck it and see
by Anonymous | reply 119 | November 27, 2022 10:26 AM |
Let's pick up a Curry take away. (American here. I think we should steal from them and say 'take away' instead of to-go. It sounds better.)
Garn wiv'yer! Chuck it in the wheelie bin. Is the kettle on? (Instead of 'are you making coffee?')
by Anonymous | reply 120 | November 27, 2022 10:38 AM |
Top three Daily Fail comments::
-‘I have no words!’
-‘It’s a disgrace!’
- ‘Bless’
After a couple decades in the UK, I’m still taken aback by ‘fall/fell/fallen pregnant’. I really love the use of ‘treat’ though like in ‘That gorgeous coronation chicken sarnie went down a treat’. ‘That plan worked a treat’. My favourite conversation is ‘Alright?’ to which one responds ‘Alright’. Another lovely thing is the high pitched ‘bye, bye’ at the end of a phone conversation that even the deepest voiced blokey bloke will usually do.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | November 27, 2022 11:38 AM |
Champion. Simply champion.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | November 27, 2022 11:43 AM |
It's gasping, not gagging, for a cuppa or a fag, not gagging
by Anonymous | reply 123 | November 27, 2022 11:54 AM |
[quote] My favourite conversation is ‘Alright?’ to which one responds ‘Alright’.
Standard greeting or first meeting exchange—best paired with a firm curt nod of the head and no perceptible change in expression.
To go in with “hi!”, hello there!” or “how are you?” and wave or grin as an American would is completely deranged, and flags you as someone to be assiduously avoided.
A gruff “morning” or “afternoon” is an acceptable alternative, however, as is “nice/lovely day, isn’t it” (whether it is or it isn’t good weather) if you’re feeling chipper and sociable and a bit ballsy.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | November 27, 2022 11:58 AM |
When ‘knocked up’ means something different
by Anonymous | reply 125 | November 27, 2022 12:01 PM |
R124 So that's why my nice friendly "Hi"s always get that reaction.
On the other hand, there are times when you do want to establish right off the bat that you're American, and a loud smiling "Hi!" with hand outstretched certainly does the trick.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | November 27, 2022 12:20 PM |
[quote] Another lovely thing is the high pitched ‘bye, bye’ at the end of a phone conversation that even the deepest voiced blokey bloke will usually do.
My English friend does this and he sounds like he’s one of those children evacuated from London during the war.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | November 27, 2022 12:22 PM |
No carbs til Marbs
by Anonymous | reply 128 | November 27, 2022 12:24 PM |
“Over-served” = drunk, often seen in their native habitat, the street, vomiting.
“Tired and emotional” = George Brown (as UK Defense Minister) so fucking drunk he couldn’t stand up.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | November 27, 2022 12:26 PM |
"Drinking culture" -- how they excuse it.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | November 27, 2022 12:52 PM |
City on fire!
by Anonymous | reply 131 | November 27, 2022 12:52 PM |
R113- I don’t think we need a lecture about logic from people who drive on the wrong side of the road.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | November 27, 2022 12:53 PM |
I’m a poofter.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | November 27, 2022 12:57 PM |
R132 Or drink their beer warm. Or call private schools "public." Or think Andy is a real prince of a guy.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | November 27, 2022 1:05 PM |
“Brenda,” “Brian,” “Keith, “Yvonne,” and “Cheryl.”
In order: Her late majesty QE2, her oldest son, her husband, her sister, and Lady Diana as Cheryl.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | November 27, 2022 1:23 PM |
Gotta lotta berks here.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | November 27, 2022 1:43 PM |
I'm chips instead of fries.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | November 27, 2022 1:53 PM |
Pardon me, will you. I have to spend a penny.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | November 27, 2022 2:06 PM |
[quote]Suck it and see —JB-Grimaldi
The famous Jeremy of Soapbox fame?
Wussup bro. It's Gameboy. 🤣
by Anonymous | reply 139 | November 27, 2022 4:10 PM |
[bold] You IDIOT !
by Anonymous | reply 140 | November 27, 2022 4:22 PM |
Why don't t go back to mine?
by Anonymous | reply 141 | November 27, 2022 4:24 PM |
[bold] GET OUTTA MY PUB !
by Anonymous | reply 142 | November 27, 2022 4:26 PM |
I’m the TWAT
by Anonymous | reply 143 | November 27, 2022 4:27 PM |
The gaffer wants to see you -- sharpish! Better be there or he won't be best pleased!
by Anonymous | reply 144 | November 27, 2022 4:35 PM |
More, please .....
by Anonymous | reply 145 | November 27, 2022 4:45 PM |
The poor swot was rusticated after the Michaelmas term.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | November 27, 2022 4:53 PM |
Sorry R132, but studies have shown that driving on the left is safer, not only that but the UK is far from the only country to drive on the left. That pesky logic strikes yet again.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | November 27, 2022 5:00 PM |
"See it. Say it. Sorted."
by Anonymous | reply 148 | November 27, 2022 5:01 PM |
The brilliant and brill sayings for just about EVERYTHING is really ludicrous, can you find another word?
by Anonymous | reply 149 | November 27, 2022 5:29 PM |
‘Sad’, in the sense of a pejorative accusation of ‘pathetic’, rather than the emotional state.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | November 27, 2022 5:38 PM |
"Are" when it should be "is" as in: "The Government are planning to . . ."
by Anonymous | reply 152 | November 27, 2022 6:31 PM |
Bloody hell!
by Anonymous | reply 153 | November 27, 2022 6:45 PM |
Lower class saying-
Init
by Anonymous | reply 154 | November 27, 2022 6:55 PM |
R140 It's "idjit" you dummy.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | November 27, 2022 6:56 PM |
R132 - perhaps we are the ones driving on the side of the road.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | November 27, 2022 7:19 PM |
E was a fine bloke before e met that wagon. Er knickers are always in a twist
by Anonymous | reply 157 | November 27, 2022 7:19 PM |
I'm an arrogant, ignorant American who thinks every stereotype and saying they've seen and heard in a British drama or sitcom is used every day by every English person verbatim, despite never having visited the country.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | November 27, 2022 7:33 PM |
"proper" anything
by Anonymous | reply 159 | November 27, 2022 8:47 PM |
Pillocks
by Anonymous | reply 160 | November 27, 2022 8:50 PM |
Matron!
by Anonymous | reply 161 | November 27, 2022 8:58 PM |
Bits ‘n bobs
by Anonymous | reply 162 | November 27, 2022 9:00 PM |
Strength to strength
by Anonymous | reply 163 | November 27, 2022 9:37 PM |
Charlie bit my finger!
by Anonymous | reply 164 | November 27, 2022 10:08 PM |
What a slag!
by Anonymous | reply 165 | November 27, 2022 10:17 PM |
r139 GAMEBOY!!! What a great surprise! How are things on the new and improved IMDB?
by Anonymous | reply 166 | November 27, 2022 10:30 PM |
Cavalier/Roundhead
by Anonymous | reply 167 | November 27, 2022 10:30 PM |
MIF: Milk In First, a preference when having tea that marks one out immediately as lower-class.
See also in that regard: "Pleased to meet you" rather than "How do you do?"
by Anonymous | reply 168 | November 27, 2022 10:45 PM |
R155 Depending - it can also be "eejit".
by Anonymous | reply 169 | November 27, 2022 10:46 PM |
"Mighty" as in terrific, although strictly speaking this is Irish, not British, but it has held on in some areas outside the southeast.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | November 27, 2022 10:47 PM |
R135 You should have provided the source for those: Private Eye, in and of itself deliciously British - first appeared in PE's "Grovel" column in, if I remember, the early 1970s.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | November 27, 2022 10:49 PM |
Situation hopeless but not serious.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | November 27, 2022 10:49 PM |
Have a go [at something]
Taking a flutter - a gambling reference that I don't think has made its way across the Pond.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | November 27, 2022 10:50 PM |
[quote] The 'brilliant' and 'brill' sayings for just about EVERYTHING is really ludicrous, can you find another word?
'Peng'?
Cf. "I'm 'avin that/it."
by Anonymous | reply 174 | November 27, 2022 10:55 PM |
“It’d be rude not to.” Usually said to justify another drink.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | November 27, 2022 11:00 PM |
R114 LOL. I'm guess you're just lucky no one has said, 'blimey' yet. Oops. I just did.
Open the bonnet and get me the spanner.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | November 27, 2022 11:03 PM |
Ponce
by Anonymous | reply 177 | November 27, 2022 11:10 PM |
I'm a "packet of crisps"!
by Anonymous | reply 178 | November 27, 2022 11:39 PM |
She's all fur coat and no nickers
She's no better than she ought to be
When I get home, I'll give him the length of my tongue
It's cold enough to freeze the brass balls off a brass monkey
You can stick that where the sun don't shine
by Anonymous | reply 179 | November 27, 2022 11:49 PM |
Gor blimey!
by Anonymous | reply 180 | November 28, 2022 12:00 AM |
Nibbles
by Anonymous | reply 181 | November 28, 2022 12:07 AM |
Punters
And cockney rhyming slang:
I'll just go have a butcher's
You've been telling porkies
What a load of cobblers
by Anonymous | reply 182 | November 28, 2022 12:15 AM |
r166 Damn, all the kewl fags hang out here! I left filmboards.
This is the hot new venue:
by Anonymous | reply 183 | November 28, 2022 12:53 AM |
r166 Ooops. I forgot to sign it! But join.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | November 28, 2022 12:54 AM |
Cheap as chips.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | November 28, 2022 12:57 AM |
"A Right Pratt" always cracks me up. Meaning a hot mess. Or a damn fool.
"He looks a right pratt with that toupee on."
by Anonymous | reply 186 | November 28, 2022 1:02 AM |
“Help, We’ve been Harkled!”
by Anonymous | reply 187 | November 28, 2022 1:41 AM |
Fancy a go at proper buggery?
by Anonymous | reply 188 | November 28, 2022 3:55 AM |
[quote] Fancy a go at proper buggery?
Poofter!
by Anonymous | reply 189 | November 28, 2022 4:51 AM |
Worse for wear… simply dreadful….
by Anonymous | reply 190 | November 28, 2022 5:00 AM |
Plonker
by Anonymous | reply 191 | November 28, 2022 6:07 AM |
A bent copper.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | November 28, 2022 9:26 AM |
"The man on the Clapham omnibus."
by Anonymous | reply 193 | November 28, 2022 9:50 AM |
Six of the best.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | November 28, 2022 10:02 AM |
In future, not in the future.
In future I hope to see the English use “in the future” just as they use “in the past.”
by Anonymous | reply 195 | November 28, 2022 10:53 AM |
My favourite - why are Americans such fat cunts?
by Anonymous | reply 196 | November 28, 2022 11:35 AM |
"We're chuffed that some of you Yanks want to use our chuffed."
by Anonymous | reply 197 | November 28, 2022 11:47 AM |
Oi, fancy a cheeky Nando’s?
by Anonymous | reply 198 | November 28, 2022 1:19 PM |
Dirty weekend
by Anonymous | reply 199 | November 28, 2022 1:37 PM |
OTT
Cuppa
Dodgy
Slag
Geezer
by Anonymous | reply 200 | November 28, 2022 1:38 PM |
The thin end of the wedge
by Anonymous | reply 201 | November 28, 2022 1:40 PM |
Drunk Brit on Marbella sidewalk looking up unsteadily at priest walking past…
“Thaaasss OK, padre. One of these days they’ll give you a parish”
by Anonymous | reply 202 | November 28, 2022 1:45 PM |
Chap
Fellow
by Anonymous | reply 203 | November 28, 2022 1:53 PM |
dogging
by Anonymous | reply 204 | November 28, 2022 7:37 PM |
"Safe as houses"
by Anonymous | reply 205 | November 28, 2022 7:41 PM |
Shall we kettle'em, sir?"
by Anonymous | reply 206 | November 28, 2022 8:26 PM |
QUEEN FURIOUS
by Anonymous | reply 207 | November 28, 2022 9:54 PM |
A cuppa
by Anonymous | reply 208 | November 29, 2022 1:18 AM |
He bottled it!
by Anonymous | reply 209 | November 29, 2022 1:28 AM |
Nice cup of tea!
by Anonymous | reply 210 | November 29, 2022 3:28 AM |
No? I’m Wankers!
by Anonymous | reply 211 | November 29, 2022 4:03 AM |
A bit of alright
by Anonymous | reply 212 | November 29, 2022 4:06 AM |
Posh twat
by Anonymous | reply 213 | November 29, 2022 4:06 AM |
He’s a posh boy but a decent shag.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | November 29, 2022 4:28 AM |
I'm gobsmacked!
by Anonymous | reply 215 | November 29, 2022 5:12 AM |
100%!!
by Anonymous | reply 216 | November 29, 2022 5:48 AM |
I'm having OP's guts for garters.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | November 29, 2022 6:36 AM |
I’m gobsmacked AND gutted AND I have an Uncle Bob.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | November 29, 2022 9:59 AM |
Jesus fucking H Christ on a bike R195, wind your neck in for "In future" and "In the future" have completely different meanings you donkey.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | November 30, 2022 5:11 PM |
In America, "in the future" covers both meanings, with no apparent confusion.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | November 30, 2022 5:47 PM |
for fuck sake. Probably already been said.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | November 30, 2022 5:53 PM |
I've been knocked into a cocked hat!
by Anonymous | reply 222 | November 30, 2022 6:03 PM |
Leave it out . . . !
by Anonymous | reply 223 | November 30, 2022 6:48 PM |
R222 Actually, the cocked hat refers to a plan or strategy or the like gone awry, it is not usually applied to a person.
"Well, there goes my planned weekend getaway, knocked into a cocked hat!"
"The fucking security guard just HAD to be heroic and knocked our well-planned robbery into a cocked hat!"
"Well, there goes my promotion, knocked into a cocked hat."
See?
by Anonymous | reply 224 | November 30, 2022 7:08 PM |
Hard cheese on ya!
by Anonymous | reply 225 | December 1, 2022 1:39 AM |
“Bugger Bogner”
by Anonymous | reply 226 | December 1, 2022 11:54 AM |
“Bognor” not “Bogner”, R226.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | December 1, 2022 12:05 PM |
Isn't Bognor Regis one of those places they make fun of? (For some reason that escapes the American viewer.)
by Anonymous | reply 228 | December 1, 2022 3:35 PM |
R228 Bognor Regis is actually a seaside resort in Sussex - the air was alleged to be healthy and have curative powers drawn from the sea. It was (and still is often) called Bognor until George V came to stay, and then it was called Bognor Regis.
The name is from old Anglo-Saxon in derivation meaning shore.
It's still there and doing surprisingly well in hotel management instead of summer and holiday camping.
I'm not sure why they make fun of it, unless it's just that Bognor and Bugger go so well together.
Bugger Brighton or Bugger Brixton or Bugger Bristol just doesn't have the same cachet.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | December 2, 2022 1:20 AM |
I love those pretentious-sounding Latin names, like Weston-super-mare. (I think I first became aware of that one in "Noises Off.")
And all of those interesting names in Agatha Christie books, like Market Basing and Chipping Cleghorn.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | December 2, 2022 1:30 AM |
Get your coat luv, you’ve pulled…
by Anonymous | reply 231 | December 2, 2022 4:03 PM |
You don’t sweat much for a big lass do you?
by Anonymous | reply 232 | December 2, 2022 4:04 PM |
Jeez it’s hot in here, I’m sweating like a rapist…
by Anonymous | reply 233 | December 2, 2022 4:05 PM |
It’s chucking down outside!
by Anonymous | reply 234 | December 2, 2022 4:15 PM |
Pull the other one!
by Anonymous | reply 235 | December 2, 2022 4:34 PM |
R234 It's more "it's chucking it down outside". One 'it' isn't enough!
by Anonymous | reply 236 | December 2, 2022 4:37 PM |
[quote]Pull the other one!
It's got bells on it!
by Anonymous | reply 237 | December 2, 2022 4:44 PM |
So demure in public yet in private she swears like a fishwife.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | December 2, 2022 4:57 PM |
Ripper strikes in Whitechapel!
by Anonymous | reply 239 | December 2, 2022 11:10 PM |
Come in #27 yer time"s up!
by Anonymous | reply 240 | December 5, 2022 10:30 AM |
The newspaper we can't mention is running this headline: "Prince Andrew is the 'Millwall' of the Royal family."
Yes, I know Millwall's a football club, but what's the meaning here?
by Anonymous | reply 241 | February 12, 2023 11:38 AM |
“Fur coat and no knickers” and “Mutton dressed as lamb”
If they’ve been said above, they bear repeating
by Anonymous | reply 242 | February 12, 2023 12:56 PM |
Exclaiming "I've a ladder in me tights" will have every woman within earshot checking her stockings, too...
by Anonymous | reply 243 | February 12, 2023 3:04 PM |
I’m in his cups.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | February 12, 2023 3:39 PM |
"I'm not drunk. I was over-served."
by Anonymous | reply 245 | February 12, 2023 3:42 PM |
I'm a sympathetically rendered character property, to a high standard. I have a dual aspect (which I used to think was jewel aspect) master bedroom, with a Jack-and-Jill bathroom, in an upside-down house, with a snug and two reception rooms, Grade 2 listed with a thatched roof. These are all things I learned while watching Escape to the Country, the property hunting show, where the cottages are often "homely", not "homey". The searchers often want to live in walking distance to the local pub, in point of fact. Shall we go on to the next property? "Yes, please!"
by Anonymous | reply 246 | February 13, 2023 2:29 PM |
That’s a helluva saying.
by Anonymous | reply 247 | February 13, 2023 2:31 PM |
My teefs hurt!
by Anonymous | reply 248 | February 13, 2023 2:34 PM |
[quote] "Prince Andrew is the 'Millwall' of the Royal family." Yes, I know Millwall's a football club, but what's the meaning here?
A shorthand for ‘low-rent, unapologetic bigot and hooligan loser, living fifty years in the past, about whose existence the present day society often forgets.’
by Anonymous | reply 249 | February 13, 2023 2:54 PM |
I peep things bare late, bruv. Time ago. FAKS.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | February 13, 2023 10:18 PM |
I must go take a 'wee' . . .
by Anonymous | reply 252 | March 6, 2023 8:17 PM |
R252 We usually say "have a wee".
by Anonymous | reply 253 | March 6, 2023 8:20 PM |
When JFK visited the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in 1963, his helicopter landed landed on the lawn of Chatsworth, their seat in Derbyshire. The Duchess was suitably impressed by the means of transport and said so. Kennedy told them that indeed it was wonderful aircraft and even had a bathroom.
She asked herself why anyone would want to take a bath in a flying helicopter before realizing they'd have called it the toilet.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | March 6, 2023 8:28 PM |
R254 He went to Chatsworth to visit his sister's grave.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | March 7, 2023 9:42 AM |
These threads are always so embarrassing. Where do you get your British sayings from? Most of these are either nonsensical or haven't been used in about one hundred years. It'd be like me saying Americans say "Howdy partner!" on a regular basis.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | March 7, 2023 9:59 AM |
Don’t want to end up arse over tit
She’s a goey mare isn’t she
We’ve got our gin and tonics out for a bit of liquid courage
by Anonymous | reply 257 | March 7, 2023 12:27 PM |
OP - This is the Datalounge. Nous sommes tous des wankers
by Anonymous | reply 258 | March 7, 2023 12:30 PM |
‘I’m rubbish at [verb]’
by Anonymous | reply 259 | March 7, 2023 12:57 PM |
Don’t be daft
by Anonymous | reply 260 | March 7, 2023 12:58 PM |
This English breakfast is SMASHING!
by Anonymous | reply 261 | March 7, 2023 1:02 PM |
The boss has cancelled elevenses!
by Anonymous | reply 262 | March 7, 2023 1:50 PM |
R259 the Dutch host family I once stayed with for a year working abroad would incessantly mock me for the use of 'rubbish'.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | March 7, 2023 2:06 PM |
[quote] She’s a goey mare isn’t she
What was R257 attempting to say, there? "She's a go-er"? "She's gooey"? (different meaning altogether)
As for "mare", we'd sooner say "she's a right mare" or "she's a proper mare", in the pejorative sense. "Cow" may easily substitute.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | March 7, 2023 2:08 PM |
Me missus is up the duff.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | March 7, 2023 2:10 PM |
Knackered
by Anonymous | reply 266 | March 7, 2023 2:39 PM |
-- Trouble and strife
-- Her indoors
-- The old ball and chain
by Anonymous | reply 267 | March 7, 2023 2:47 PM |
Rode hard and put away wet
by Anonymous | reply 268 | March 7, 2023 4:41 PM |
^I've heard this expression since I was a kid.^
by Anonymous | reply 269 | March 10, 2023 6:16 PM |
Silly twat!
by Anonymous | reply 270 | March 10, 2023 6:18 PM |
part and parcel
by Anonymous | reply 271 | March 10, 2023 6:20 PM |
My neighbor downstairs is a nosy parker!
by Anonymous | reply 272 | March 10, 2023 6:22 PM |
R269 in what context - sex or horses?
by Anonymous | reply 273 | March 10, 2023 6:25 PM |
White van man.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | March 11, 2023 2:34 AM |