Thursday, December 29, 2005

Britishisms

Or words and phrases I desperately want to use everyday but can't because I'm American and say "y'all" a lot.

Cor
Blimey
Shenanigans
Pub
Cuppa
Toff
Tosser
Shite
Shag
Row
Prat
Snog (to snog)
Sod Off
Lift
Kip (to kip)
Summat
Nutter
Panda Car (instead of Police Car - hehe)
Fortnight
Bonnet
Bloody
Chuffed
Fag (as in cigarette)
Fairy Cake (instead of cupcake - again - hehe)
Gaff
Ken
Piss Off
Pram
Bloke
Up the duff
On the lash
Nowt
Not Cricket
Bog Standard

3 comments:

mezba said...

Move to Canada for a few days (especially New Foundland, not Montreal). Half the stuff on your list is used here.

Also:
homo milk
soda (refers to soda) while
pop is a drink
puncture rather than flat
action replay instead of instant replay

Rowan Dawn said...

Go ahead and say Piss Off. I like that one. Snog is great, too. The imagery that comes with that word...

Fred said...

The only one I see missing that I heard alot was gobsmacked, which means utterly astonished. Also, sometines going to a pharmacy was going to a "chemist."