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L.O.M.B.A.R.D. – A Cockney Acronym for a Bloke with Loads of Money But a Right D_ _ k Head! Not Much Upstairs…Get me?
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British Sayings – British Slang – British Words
- 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.
- Cheeky: Cheeky - Very naughty and a little bite rude but in a attractive and charismatic way.
- Cheeky Bugger: Cheeky Bugger! - Naughty. Someone Comments That You've Got A Nice Pair (Rack, To The Americans), Call Them This!
- 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
- 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.
- Chockers: Chockers - Another lovely British Slang word that simply means full to the brim or to bursting point.
- 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.
- Bollocks!: Bollocks - Slang Term for Absolute Rubbish. A load of Tatt. Someone Tells You A Little White Lie, Tell Them Bollocks To That!
- 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.
- Bugger!: Bugger! - S_ _ _! D_ _ _! Usually Used After You've Done Something Wrong or "buggerd" something up
- Cock It Up: Cock It Up - Er, You've Made A Mistake.
- Zed: Zed - the letter Zee to the Americans. It's the last letter in the alphabet but probably the most popular. And even in the ABC children's' ditty we Brits rhyme Zed with Cee at the end. Works for me!
- 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.
- 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!
- Get Knotted!: Get Knotted! - A Not So Polite Way to Tell Someone Who's Being a Bit of a Nuisance to Get Stuffed.
