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Posted by admin Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
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British Sayings – British Slang – British Words
- 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"
- Cheeky Bugger: Cheeky Bugger! - Naughty. Someone Comments That You've Got A Nice Pair (Rack, To The Americans), Call Them This!
- Bloody Nora: Another great British Slang Term that means "Bloody Hell". Not used much nowadays but still one of the greats.
- 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
- Bees Knees: 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.
- Wanker: Wanker - Time For A Little Anecdote. My English Friend and I were Driving Along When a Maniac Almost Took off the Side of My Car. In Unison We Both Yelled WANKER Out the Window. It Was A Thing of Beauty!
- Up The Duff: Up the Duff - This is a British Euphemism for being pregnant or "preggers" as a Brit might also say. It can pertain to an unplanned pregnancy but in recent times it usually just means "preggers".
- Cheesed Off: Cheesed Off - This Little Ditty Means Tired Or Bored With Something. It Can also Stretch to Feeling Annoyed.
- Having a Benny: Having a Benny - Another unusual British Saying. It simply means, "Having a tantrum" or "Throwing a fit".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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!
- 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.
- By The Short And Curlies: By The Short And Curlies - To get caught In a Bind, As It Were?
