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Posted by admin Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
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British Sayings – British Slang – British Words
- Bloke: Bloke - A Strange and Befuddling Word to the Americans. Try Using it as a Verb Instead of a Noun. I'm Right Bloked, I am! A British Bloke is You Guessed it. It's a Guy.
- Raining Cats and Dogs: This old unique British Slang Phrase probably originates from the 17th Century when dead cats and dogs would be carried through the filthy streets of England after heavy rainfall. In current British culture it means raining very, very hard indeed!
- 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.
- Shrek in a Frock: Shrek in a Frock - Got this lovely British Slang term from one of our famous exports, Mr. Gordon Ramsay. Simply translated it means someone who is acting out of control and being loud and obnoxious - screaming and shouting.
- 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!
- Cock It Up: Cock It Up - Er, You've Made A Mistake.
- Arse Over Tit: Arse Over Tit - Head Over Heels. Ah, such a choice British Saying.
- Yer Tiz: Yer Tiz - More Bristol England Words - Can't Find That Special Pair Daps Your Mum Bought You For Your Burfday - Then Finally You Spot Them Under the Settee, Next to Your Dad's Old Socks..."Yer Tiz" is What a True Bristolian Would Exclaim!
- Cheeky: Cheeky - Very naughty and a little bite rude but in a attractive and charismatic way.
- Sweet Fanny Adams: Sweet Fanny Adams - Absolutely Nowt - Nothing! This is an Unusual British Saying that Has an Intriguing and Macabre Origin. In 1867 an Young Lady was Killed and Her Corpse Butchered by a Man Named Frederick Baker. A Couple of Years Later, British Seamen Were Given Tinned Mutton as Rations. They Decided that it Tasted so Bad it Must be the Remains of Fanny Adams. From that Point on, "Fanny Adams" became Slang for Mutton or Stew and Later on Anything Worthless.
- I Don't Give a Toss: I Don't Give a Toss - A great British Slang phrase that simply means, "I don't care".
- 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.
- Der!: Der! - UK Equivalent Of "Duh" In The US
- 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?"
- 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?
