Bees Knees
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The Bees Knees – I’m Fantastic. I’m Fabulous. I’m the Bee’s Knees. Let Everyone Know Precisely How Proud You Are to Hail from the Other Side of the Pond with This Funny British Saying.
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Posted by admin Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
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British Sayings – British Slang – British Words
- Get Stuffed: Get Stuffed! - Faff Off Not Doing the Trick, Then? Try This Slightly More Obvious Expression. This Cool Design Gets Funny UK T-Shirts Stamp of Approval. Don't You Wish You Had a T-shirt Like This at School? Could Have Saved You the World of Time!
- Get Knotted!: Get Knotted! - A Not So Polite Way to Tell Someone Who's Being a Bit of a Nuisance to Get Stuffed.
- Gert Macky: Gert Macky - Gi-normous, Huge, Out of This World! This is a Bristolian specific expression that many other Brits would have never ever heard of.
- A Load of Codswallop: A Load Of Codswallop - A Load Of Rubbish, Crap.
- Chip Butty: Chip Butty - This unusual British Slang word is actually a food group unto itself in the UK. It is beyond fattening in its construction. Made from a bread roll, spread lovingly with lashings of butter and stuffed to the rafters with chips, it is guaranteed to clog up those arteries in a hurry. Dieters be for warned!
- What Are You Like?: What Are You Like? - This recent British Saying is used when you see someone do something rather silly or outrageous. Similar to the rhetorical, "What are you doing?"
- Dog's Bollocks: Dog's Bollocks - Such Words Conjure Up a Configuration of Eloquence That Just Flows Off the Tongue with Elegant Ease. You're Just Super, You Are! You Just Can't Fault Us Brits for Tongue In Cheek Humour. One of our favorite funny British Sayings.
- Keep Your Hair On!: Keep Your Hair On! - Calm Down! Such a Visual British Slang Term. You can Imagine Someone Actually Losing their Hair in a Fit of Rage. Nice!
- Having a Benny: Having a Benny - Another unusual British Saying. It simply means, "Having a tantrum" or "Throwing a fit".
- Throw a Wobbly: Throw a Wobbly - Very similar to the British Saying, "Have a Benny", this British Slang term means to, "Throw a Fit" or "Have a Tantrum". Although in BritSlang.com's view, it's a little less violent than "Having a Benny".
- Pratt: Pratt - This UK Expression Sounds Very Rude But is Actually Quite Harmless. If Someone's Being a Little Bit Out of Line, Call Them This. Or Just Point to the T-Shirt and Give Them a Wink.
- Mad as a Hatter: Mad as a Hatter - This wonderful British saying means completely crazy and is rather macabre in its origin. Hat makers (hatters) would commonly use mercury in the making of hats. The prolonged excessive exposure to this toxic chemical damaged the nervous system and caused them to shake uncontrollably. Thus making them appear to be completely insane or bonkers as we Brits would say.
- Best of British: Best of British - Wish Them Good Luck, British Style. This British Phrase Is an Example of How Strong the British Empire was to the Point Where Being British was Synonymous With Good Luck.
- Search by Letter: The toolbar allows you to search for British words and sayings by clicking on the letters. You will find tons of different slogans and slangs when browsing. If you would like to suggest a British word or phrase you can use the Suggest a British Saying page.
- Voddy: Voddy - Us Brits love to abbreviate words or add a "Y" to the end and this British Word didn't escape either. It's the English way of saying Vodka.
