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British Slang is the Best Slang

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Put wood in th' 'ole - Close the door.

Ee's not on t' reet bus - I fear that chap may be bonkers.

Makes my piss boil - This angers me.
 
Fuck this, m'off t pub.

From yorkshire, doing Uni in Newcastle i had to adjust to a lot of different shit that everyone says being around people from all bloody over.

This thread is fucking gold, we have awesome slang xD
 
Cerebral Assassin said:
Hardly fresh, most of the things mentioned in this thread will have been around since the 70's. As for freshies, we called them Boaters for similar reasons.
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It's definitely become more predominant over the past few years. If you had a page of all the colloquial terms in London used by the youngins *another there for you haha*, 5/6 of it would be from the Caribbean
 
This thread reminded me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr2XOhgSVoY&feature=related

Smith & Jones are hilarious.

Oh, and also this danish candy:

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Got some really interesting results while searching for this image..
 
345triangle said:
i've lived all around england and have never found a place where people don't say "alright"
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I fucking hate living in the states where people don't say 'alright'. You walk past someone you know, you can nod and say 'alright?' and thats it.. not here.. its 'oh hey, how are you <name here>?' Annoying beyond belief.
 
Meus Renaissance said:
It's definitely become more predominant over the past few years. If you had a page of all the colloquial terms in London used by the youngins *another there for you haha*, 5/6 of it would be from the Caribbean
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Oh, I'm not disagreeing with you, most does come from the Caribbean, just that it was a new development, its probably been happening since the breakup of the Empire ( I know there are plenty of "English" words that are actually Indian for example)
 
scotcheggz said:
FLAMING GALAH!!

Ozzie slang always cracks me up, but thats probably becuase I always see it on TV/films and it's about as realistic as the british depiction on TV/films in foreign countries.

I've heard tons of people say "built like a brick shithouse" here btw, dunno if it was appropriated from Oz or not though.
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A brick shithouse was the name for an outside toilet which was common in the fifties through to the eighties, when they used to build hundreds of thousands of low cost houses in the UK for the miners families with two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs and no room for an inside toilet.

Its a UK saying originally.
 
painey said:
I fucking hate living in the states where people don't say 'alright'. You walk past someone you know, you can nod and say 'alright?' and thats it.. not here.. its 'oh hey, how are you <name here>?' Annoying beyond belief.
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Yo.
 
kitch9 said:
A brick shithouse was the name for an outside toilet which was common in the fifties through to the eighties, when they used to build hundreds of thousands of low cost houses in the UK for the miners families with two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs and no room for an inside toilet.

Its a UK saying originally.
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Having had a brick shithouse as a kid, I always thought it should've been "cold as a brick shithouse". That was the defining characteristic of those fuckers. Instead, we get "colder than a witches tit".

Good riddance to outdoor toilets.

Edit: On that note; "Shit or get off the pot".
 
I've worked with a lot of interesting folk but Quentin was the best. He had his own "woods" and would take his young sons there to play cowboys and indians or the politically correct version.

Listening to him talk was a delight. So, so refined.
 
Chinner said:
i heard in nottigham they only communicate by jerking off. they are truly ahead those people.
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I became a recluse because it was getting too painful to communicate with other people.
 
345triangle said:
GUYS

the most important thing is this. what do you call these?

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it's a fucking BARM

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i call them either white rolls or baps


if you don't think british slang is the best you are all 'aving a bubble bath.

give over

fuck mine

can't be arsed

ave a butchers at this?

that'll learn ya!

use yer loaf

I can't believe me Mince pies

I've been on shank's pony today and me plates of meat are red raw.
 
Maleficence said:
I use can't be arsed, and give over but the others sound retarded. That'll learn ya doesn't even make sense.
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get out of 'ere you herbert!! <-trying to remember the lines my Grandad came out with,
face ache!
I think we use that'll learn yah in an ironic way, an Ironic Southern Cockerney would you adam and eve it?

I have heard some of the older cockernee ladies use the "Oh my giddy aun't"

I am somewhat flulent in Translating Rudeboy/Chav speak in my mind.

wa gwan blud?
 
Edinburgh slang is quality.

Was haein a blether wae ma pal this mornin when this workie runs across the road and chores ma piece.

Chased the bam tae set aboot um and asked ma mate tae keep shottie for the buzzies. A smashed the prick eh, thought it was pretty shan after though likes.


Can anybody translate?
 
345triangle said:
GUYS

the most important thing is this. what do you call these?

bread_rolls_soft_lge.jpg


it's a fucking BARM

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The Rest of UK GAF should reply with where they were brought up and what you call it.

Brought up: Warrington
Call it: Barm

I asked my flatmate's mum (from somewhere posh in Hertfordshire, for Americans, this is probably among the most well spoken, Queen's English-y places in the country) if she wanted a bacon barm, and she looked at me with the most judgmental, "what was I thinking letting my daughter live with these northern savages" look I've ever seen. :lol
 
jamieson87 said:
Edinburgh slang is quality.

Was haein a blether wae ma pal this mornin when this workie runs across the road and chores ma piece.

Chased the bam tae set aboot um and asked ma mate tae keep shottie for the buzzies. A smashed the prick eh, thought it was pretty shan after though likes.


Can anybody translate?
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My attempt:

1) ???

2) Chased the hobo to ??? and asked my friend to keep a look out for the police. I assaulted the man of ill repute, thought it was reasonably harsh after however.
 
Meadows said:
My attempt:

1) ???

2) Chased the hobo to ??? and asked my friend to keep a look out for the police. I assaulted the man of ill repute, thought it was reasonably harsh after however.
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More like:

1) Was having a chat with my friend this morning when this workman runs across the road and steals my pack lunch.

2) Chased the idiot to give him a kicking and asked my mate to keep an eye out for the police. I beat up the prick, but I thought it was a bit unfair afterwards.
 
jamieson87 said:
Edinburgh slang is quality.

Was haein a blether wae ma pal this mornin when this workie runs across the road and chores ma piece.

Chased the bam tae set aboot um and asked ma mate tae keep shottie for the buzzies. A smashed the prick eh, thought it was pretty shan after though likes.
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I'm having flashbacks to when I used to read Irvine Welsh, you wee radge.
 
painey said:
I fucking hate living in the states where people don't say 'alright'. You walk past someone you know, you can nod and say 'alright?' and thats it.. not here.. its 'oh hey, how are you <name here>?' Annoying beyond belief.
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I cannot imagine a world without the phrase alright. How do you walk past people you know but don't want to talk to right there?

I'm from and go to uni in Leicestershire, I feel like the language here isn't as distinct as other regions. Got a placement in Leeds for a year in the summer though, not sure bout them lot up north.
 
Cosmonaut X said:
More like:

1) Was having a chat with my friend this morning when this workman runs across the road and steals my pack lunch.

2) Chased the idiot to give him a kicking and asked my mate to keep an eye out for the police. I beat up the prick, but I thought it was a bit unfair afterwards.
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Nailed.

You fae the burgh pal aye?
 
jamieson87 said:
Nailed.

You fae the burgh pal aye?
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Nah - originally from Irvine, now in the Highlands (by way of the Falklands, the Isle of Skye, Tasmania and all ports inbetween!) but I did spend a year in Auld Reekie back in the mid-90s.

Means I got a good dose of Highland, squaddie, Australian and Burgh slang :-)
 
well that photo is technically a batch, yeah, but one of them is a barm!

i used to work in a bakery and christ, this debate nearly cost people eyes.
 
345triangle said:
GUYS

the most important thing is this. what do you call these?

bread_rolls_soft_lge.jpg


it's a fucking BARM

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That's a Cob.

Not a barm, roll, breadcake, bap or bun. It's a fucking cob. Cob.

I will fight & die for this cause.
 
From Urban Dictionary: (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tripling yourself)

Tripling yourself, as discussed in the series Misfits...:lol

Nathan: Just before I started my community service, I had an incident with this girl.

Laura: What kind of incident?

Nathan: Right... I picked her up in this dentists waiting room (she was having some sort of oral surgery). So we go out, few drinks, couple of kebabs, then it's straight back to her place to start with the shagging.

And I've built up a nice rhythm, and I'm getting really close to blowing my load, just hovering in the pleasure zone... and then BAM! All hell breaks loose. I tripled myself.

Pause

Laura: Sorry, I'm not familiar with that term.

Nathan: You know, tripling. It's when you cum, puke and shit yourself all at the same time.

Kelly: For Fucks Sake...

Nathan: Three bodily functions: doing the triple.
 
lol :D I've never heard them called crusty cobs, they're just cobs. Soft = barms and hard = cobs at least in the Wigan/Leigh/Warrington/Manchester area. Where are you from?
 
Bristolian accent is the best accent. Feel's like you're in a Pirate movie no matter where you go.
 
345triangle said:
GUYS

the most important thing is this. what do you call these?

bread_rolls_soft_lge.jpg


it's a fucking BARM

line = drawn
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That's a Roll.

In Scotland we put square sausage in them and call it "Roll on Sausage", which makes no sense, but you have to differentiate it from a Sausage Roll.
 
123rl said:
lol :D I've never heard them called crusty cobs, they're just cobs. Soft = barms and hard = cobs at least in the Wigan/Leigh/Warrington/Manchester area. Where are you from?
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Nottingham. I'd love to know why such a simple lump of bread ended up with 33 different names. We have people from all over the UK in my office and a small war breaks out every time someone goes to the cob/breadcake/barm/bap/bun/roll shop.

killer_clank said:
That's a Roll.
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This is a roll...

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See how it's longer than it is thick?

Roll.
 
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