A Load of Codswallop
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Posted by admin Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
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British Sayings – British Slang – British Words
- Spiffing: Spiffing - This is old British slang for splendid or wonderful. It's not used much nowadays but one of readers suggested it for this online dictionary. And who are we not to oblige?
- Jammy: Jammy - Superlicously Luvverly! Another Bristolian Sparkler. If You Happen Whilst Walking Down the Street to Find a £50 Note, then You Could be a Very "Jammy" Sod Indeed - Or Very Lucky in Everyone Else's Language!
- Slap & Tickle: Slap & Tickle - Have A Bit Of A Snog or Making Out to our American Counterparts. A Tongue-in-Cheek British Saying that's a Bit Naughty But Nice!
- 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.
- 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.
- Bloody Nora: Another great British Slang Term that means "Bloody Hell". Not used much nowadays but still one of the greats.
- Nookie: Nookie - Have A Bit Of The Other - Sex. Again this British Phrase a Bit Naughty but a Covert Way to Let Someone Know What You Were Really up to Last Night.
- Two Finger Salute: Two Finger Salute - Insult Along The Lines Of The One Finger Salute. This hand Gesture Dates Back to 15th Century When English Bowmen in the Hundred Years War with the French. The French Threatened to Cut off the Two Arrow Shooting Fingers of the Long Bowmen After the Battle at Agincourt. However the English Won and Came Out Showing off their Two Fingers Intact to the Losing French.
- Bugger!: Bugger! - S_ _ _! D_ _ _! Usually Used After You've Done Something Wrong or "buggerd" something up
- Sod's Law!: Sod's Law! - If Something Can Go Wrong, It Will! A British Twist on that Old Chestnut Known More Commonly as "Murphy's Law"
- Englishman's Home is His Castle: An Englishman's Home is His Castle - This English dictum means that a man's home is his world to do as he pleases with no rules - in general. It dates back to the 17th Century when Sir Edward Coke, declared in the "Institutes of the Laws of England,1628 that: - "For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium (and each man's home is his safest refuge" In modern times, the majority of Brits still believe in this to an extent. It's common for a man to look upon his place of domain as his kingdom
- Sod Off!: Sod Off! - Impolite - Get Knotted - Piss Off! - F_ _ _ Off! You will Find Out Very Quickly that Us Brits Have Loads of Synonyms for the Infamous Vernacular "Eff off".
- Arse Over Tit: Arse Over Tit - Head Over Heels. Ah, such a choice British Saying.
- I Don't Give a Toss: I Don't Give a Toss - A great British Slang phrase that simply means, "I don't care".
- Bovvered - Catherine Tate - Am I Bovvered: A question made famous by UK comedienne Catherine Tate. Americans might say, “I could care less”, but literally it means, “Am I Bothered?” and is posed as a rhetorical question. The word “bovvered” enjoyed such resurgence in the UK, that it was voted Word of the year in 2006 – in part due to its popularity on the aforementioned show. Growing up in the UK, it was phrase that us kids used in irreverent defiance to our teachers and Head Masters – but usually behind their backs. To do so otherwise would definitely lead to a clip around the ears or in
