Oh wow I did not know that 'brilliant' is not used everywhere. That has blown my mind. It's like the go to word when you want to say anything positive about anything! Genuinely surprised.
In Cockney rhyming slang , with two-word expressions, it is common to drop the rhyming word. For example, a man’s suit was a “whistle and flute” . Then “suit” becomes “whistle”.
Two that I use a lot are: "got the hump" and "take the mick" Having the hump means being grumpy, sulky, and generally in a bad mood. The more intense version of it is: "the _right_ hump" (with the emphasis on the word 'right'). Example: "He asked her if she had put on weight, and now she's got the _right_ hump". Taking the mick (short for 'taking the mickey') is basically teasing or mocking someone else for the amusement of yourself and/or others. The more vulgar version of the phrase is "taking the piss". Example: "His classmates were taking the mick out of his new haircut". Or: "We kept taking the piss out of John by pretending that we thought his girlfriend was his mum". Another meaning of taking the mick / mickey / piss is "taking liberties". It's difficult to describe, but basically it's when someone is being inconsiderate, selfish or greedy and taking advantage of other people's kindness or generosity to an excessive degree. For example, you offer a taste of you lunch sandwich to someone, and they break off 90% of it for themselves and leave you with barely anything. That's taking the piss. Or, if a friend asks if they can stay at your place for just a couple of nights, and then ends up staying for 8 weeks and treats your place like a hotel and doesn't even offer to pay for anything, you could say: "I didn't mind helping her out at first, but now she's just taking the piss".
POSH: Port Out, Starboard Home. Comes from when the British used to 'own' an empire and the upper classes/people in authority/people with money would travel by ship. The port side was the cooler side on the way out (when traveling eastwards towards Africa and India), the starboard side cooler and more comfortable when coming home (again when coming from the east).
Tantrum = Hissy Fit, throwing a paddy or just a paddy, throwing their toys, having a strop or cop a strop, throwing a wobbler or having a wobbler, having a moment. You can see how picking up English slang is so difficult, being English and watching these videos I didn't realise how much we use it.
One that I heard early on in my UK adventures (common in Ireland, as well), is "arsed," usually as a negative, as in "couldn't be arsed." I'm Canadian. I understand "arse" even though we would say "ass," but I'd never heard it as a verb before! I understand now, that in this context, "arsed" means "bothered," though I'm not sure how that came to be. Best I can figure is: take the sentence "I couldn't be bothered to get off my arse and do that," and shorten it to "I couldn't be arsed to do that." Why wouldn't I say it the longer way? Simple. Couldn't be arsed to say that many words.
As people have said in the comments Bollocks has a multitude of uses but the phrase "The dogs bollocks" meaning the best/very good also has a spin-off saying which is " The Mutts Nuts" as bollocks originally means testicles . ie,, I tried that new restaurant last night and the meal was the Mutts nuts
The UK has at least 37 distinct dialects/accents, you can literally go down the road for 15 mins in any direction and you'll hit a regional dialect of some description.The same rule of thumb applies to slang,insults and terminology..oh and food/booze :)
To be fair Aussies are probably the only other English speaking country that could get away with most of the UK slang, they are Quite similar in mentality, I love aussie slang.
I am chuffed to bits ( happy) that you grasp british slang/insults and humour, if you have to explain it then it's lost it's charm, a common occurrence when translating UK humour to americans,it's a rare quality to have, you are gifted :) In my experience, only Brits,Aussies and Kiwis can grasp the Brtish mentality and use of sarcasm, with the one noticable exception of the US comedian Reginald D Hunter, that bloke is funny af and as rare as an honest politician
Dogs bollocks is different to bollocks... “the dogs bollocks” actually means good .. “that cars the dogs bollocks” :) ... you must have come across some cockney riming slang, that’d be a funny video :) ..... oops just got to the end of the vid, yep you’ve heard cockney slang lol
The dog's bollocks: This comes from the fact that many dog's spend an inordinate amount of time licking their's which implies there must be something exceptionally good about them.
Many years ago I was a copper and upon one occasion we were on an obbo, ( observation). The subject of the obbo came out of his house and started to walk along the road. I had to inform my colleagues and got on the radio. "He's out of his drum, on his plates and coming your way". There was nothing unusual in this, we all spoke like this and it made perfect sense.
There is an extended version of "jammy", which is "you have more jam than Hartley's". Hartley's being a producer of jam and jam being luck. So the saying means "you're extremely lucky".
-The Australian equivalent to "Blimey" is Steve Irwin saying "Crikey!" -"Bloody" is more used to give more empathise to whatever the next word is. "It's all gone to hell" is bad, but "It's all gone to bloody hell" is doubly bad. -Bollocks is bad as it is simply comparing something with male genitalia, but the "Dog's Bollocks" is a good thing as dog's tend to have large bollocks relative to their body size which as any man will tell you having large genitalia is never a bad thing. -Ron Whesley was the one in HArry Potter who semi regularly said "That's bloody brilliant" -Cock up = Balls up.... notice a pattern where balls are part of male genitalia? -Hunkydory actually has origins in US Minstral rather than being british. Hunky has old world meaning of "feeling well and healthy" although the "dory" bit is unknown. Possibly it was a meaningless upbeat word added to fit a rhyming scheme. -"Lost the plot" is simple means the person has lost control of what is happening - usually as a result of the person having no idea what is happening. Obviously this comes from reading a book where the story is so stupid and disconnected that you have no idea what the plot is supposed to be. - Not Pork Pies. You tend to say "Porkie pies" or just "porkies". - The word POSH actually comes from when rich people centuries used to go on cruises. POSH is short for Portside Out, Starboard Home and the "POSH" side of the ship were where the most expensive cabins were. - Scrummy = Scrumptious + Yummy combined. - Not heard of the GRIMreaper? Grimm is Germanic for "hood" so the Grim Reaper means a hooded reaper (of souls). Obvious meeting "death" is a dark idea. There were also the Grimm Brothers (Grimm was their last name) who used to travel telling dark fairy tales.
Grim = dank, grey, bare, dark, soulless. As in " it's grim up t'North" A Dory is a small boat, lots of English slang has naval roots. Lost the plot refers more to when the person referred to actually doesn't realise they've gone off on a tangent (3rd person) or you yourself make that realisation (1st person) A few Liverpool isms you may hear in Preston Made Up !! = glad Mardy or " got a cob on"/Mard arse = sulking/ sulker Gear = brilliant And the one I'm always baited to say " Chikkhen ! "" = a plucked and roasted bird (altho that's more accent)
I think the term was popular all across western nations back then. At least that's true for Germany, and I feel like the term was widely used in U.S. movies as well.
Tosh can also be used as a diminutive to a child, "come on tosh, get a move on". I have also heard it used to an adult in an argument like the slightly aggressive "listen, pal" "listen, tosh". Used to be a bit more all purpose like "mate" but has dropped out of use.
As a Britt, I'm loving your outlook on our way of life, it's making me take a long hard look at myself on what I say and do. Thanks for being so respectful to our screwed up country at present. Any here is a personal saying of mine you may not have come across yet. It's used for when you do do something stupid or drop something I will say "FUCK A DUCK" now don't ask why it how it what the meaning behind it is, I think it best just to accept on move on....more vids please " I'm loving it large"
You would love Yorkshire then totally different Barmpot Arse end of nowhere Bagsy Manky Jiggered Ey up Flippin heck Cackhanded Eh Bah gum Most just come out by accident
Working with Mancunians and other northerners you must have heard "I'm going for a waas (pronounced waaz) meaning I am going for a jimmy (jimmy riddle) piddle, pee.
Posh. Comes from the rich who travelled by sea on fancy liners. Port side out. Starboard home. The very rich and aristocratic always had north facing”cooler cabins. POSH is an acronym of their travel cabins
Pulling a wobbly we use in south wales uk. It's when kids want something from a shop and don't take no as an answer and if an adult is arguing in a pub we say someone's kicking off
Yeah... except those boxes don't exist. And the term bog standard predates any use of box standard. And dog's bollocks is a much more recent, when it wouldn't be if the two terms had the same root.
If you want the definitive list of British swearwords and other cool stuff - buy Roger's Profanisaurus. Have tissues handy because you will cry laughing.
I once met a Frenchwoman who had been taught, by some utter monster, that "Oh, f*k me wiz a wire brush", was a mild English expletive, cognate with "Zut alors". Some folks are really cruel.
09:18 "Posh" comes from the days of the Empire, when the cruise-ships on the river Nile reserved the cabins facing away from the sun for the richest passengers. It stands for "Port Outward, Starboard Home" i.e. rich people were given the cabins on the Port (left) side of the ship on the outward journey, and the Starboard (right) side when coming back. Through semantic drift, the term has evolved to mean anything associated with the upper classes.
You need to do some research, there is no evidence that your explanation is correct. In fact it is wholly dismissed and discredited as the origin of the term by those whose work it is to study etymology. Apparently this explanation is a modern myth.
Hunky dory is originally an expression from the U.S.A. Surprised you haven´t taken the trouble to find out about these expressions before posting a video about them.
Blimey is short for God Blind Me. I prefer Crikey which just means Christ. When the weather gets cold someone is bound to say "Its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" or the abbreviated version "its brass monkey weather". This refers to the days of the old wooden warships when cannon balls where stored on a rack made of brass. When the weather got really cold the brass would contract and the cannon balls would fall off.
I also use the term "the dogs bollocks" to describe someone who thinks they're amazing or is a bit up themselves, like "oh they think they're the dogs bollocks". Lmao I don't think I've ever used it in a nice way like "oh that car is the dogs bollocks" 😂😂
'Bloody' is very old and is nothing to do with blood. It is a contraction of 'by our lady' which therefore dates back to Catholic times in England [pre-1540]. Similarly, 'goodbye' is a contraction of 'God be with ye'.
Some of my most used slang words are.. Mardy - Someone in a grump/kid throwing a tantrum Gordon Bennett - Oh for gods sake really .. Jeeze Louise - As if that’s really happening
Your lost the plot description was very good. It’s a naval term the plot is the course of ships around yours or the course of an incoming aircraft(if your on an aircraft carrier) a guy would be showing it on a screen for all to see but if it goes wrong he would lose the plot. So the phrase “I’ve lost the plot sir” would be what he said, this then fit naturally into a lot of other walks of life so it’s now in general use :)
Or "It's all gone Pete Tong " = when something has been messed up snd gone wtomg, this expression became popular in the early 90s, with a DJ called Pete Tong who was known for doing mixes and messing things up.
@@slyfoxyandalifesaver Well, that's interesting. I've never heard any of my US friends and acquaintances use the word, nor have I ever heard it used in any American film or TV programme, though in the UK I hear the word - and use it - at least weekly. Maybe it's a regional thing?
When a horse was worn out and no longer useful it was taken to the Knackers Yard for slaughter. An old clapped out car is often called an old knack in the North East.
@@davidcook7887 Wasn't there an alternative origin suggested? I saw something, could've been QI, that said there was no record of POSH in tickets or bookings, but iirc correctly somebody had a trunk so marked. Like chav & Ned people do tend to invent acronyms for existing words that further popularises and sometimes alters the meaning
Dogs bollocks is something good bollocks is a derogatory term , pig in a poke is good as it the words vexed and gumption , alls well that ends well , first things first , look before you leap , call me anything but dont call me late for my tea
In the black country we have Bostin= Great/ Fantastic Fizzog= Face Riffy= Dirty/ Minging/ not nice Wammel= a dog The Cut= The canal (Birmingham/ West Midlands has a larger canel network than venice) Gambol= is a forward roll (a gymnastics move) "it's a bit black over Bills Mothers" is it looks like its going to rain. i.e the sky looks a bit dark over there. "been right round the Wrekin" I've had to go the long way round- The Wrekin is a large hill in nearby Telford
Not quite. The expensive cabins where on the 'port' side going out, and the 'starboard' coming home from India. That way you where mainly on the north facing side of the ship. The cooler side away from direct sunlight.
Current slang & Cockney slang are two different entities. Right. i'm off down the Rub-a-Dub for a George Raft of Harry Rider to put down me Gregory me Old China, then a Ruby Murray on me Jack Jones before i rest me Plates of Meat and see the Trouble & Strife and Saucepans.
No it's not I'm cack handed. Left handed for some jobs and right handed for others. I write left handed and play snooker and pool left handed but cricket and tennis right handed. My daughter is ambidextrous by the way
Jammy particularly meant lucky getting away with cheating in a game in the playground when I was a kid. The ref didn't see you do what you aren't supposed to, the group let you off because it looked spectacular: "you're so jammy!" With an edge of resentment. And indeed "jammy dodger", which was confusing when I discovered the biscuit.
I'm not sure, but I think it comes from firstly the Artful Dodger in Dicken's Oliver. i.e someone who got away with stuff with out getting caught, then that go mixed in with the popular biscuit "Jammy dodgers" and then that got shortened to calling somebody "Jammy".
Lost the plot is when uve gone crazy like if u leave ur phone somewhere and can’t find it , and u can’t think where uve put it then u might say ‘aaahhhh I’ve lot the plot’ as in ur brains gone walkies 😂😂x
As I have said I am an old man, with what I think is a good sense of humour, SAGA is an insurance company for older people, I was in a meeting I and a younger person had a disagreement neither would back down until he called me a SAGA lout, other then a Lager lout, I could not stop laughing British humour
Blimey comes from 'Blind me' or 'Blame me', but whilst these terms originate from around 1890, some say it comes from 'God blind me', however the general interpretation is a simple one of surprise or shock.
18th century British navy slang, `Arsey versy` meaning the wrong way round, or upside down. Also see belly up, or in the UK we say, `It`s all gone tits up` re: A capsized vessel. In reality, something very bad.
I wouldn't call 'brilliant' slang, its just a normal word... surely it must be used outside of the UK? At least it must be used outside of the UK in the sense of something being very bright ("brilliant light"), but I'm certain I've heard non-British people use it in the sense of something being excellent.
'Blimey' is a contraction of 'God blind me'. There was (around the Restoration period, IIRC) a ban on curses using 'God' in them so a lot of, now out of date, contractions came about. 'Gadzooks' - God's Hooks 'Zounds' - God's Wounds There are others, but I can't remember them.
The term `posh' is thrown around a fair bit, but generally in relation to folk who pretend to circumstances above their station. It's generally in the language due to our strong historical class system. A member of the working class adopting lifestyle of the middle class would be thought of as `posh' by their fellow class members. Similarly, middle class folks adopting lifestyle choices of the upper class / nobility would be thought `posh' by other middle class. So it is usually only relative to the beholder. Upper class folk don't generally ever use the term; no point, really
Oh wow I did not know that 'brilliant' is not used everywhere. That has blown my mind. It's like the go to word when you want to say anything positive about anything! Genuinely surprised.
You could say your gobsmacked my this
@@Bobthecoolbean thought about it, decided better 😂
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I literally thought the same, like seriously. I use that word about 50 times a day 🤣
we do say it here in the states but it doesn't mean 'good' or 'great' it means extremely smart or intelligent.
People don't actually say 'pork pies', they usually say 'porkies'.
My gran and granddad used to say "pork pies". Maybe it's a generational thing.
Its Cockney slang , because it rhymes with LIES.
I’m in the south east I used to say porkie pies dont really use it any more
aucourant People where I live say both
Telling porky pies!
In Cockney rhyming slang , with two-word expressions, it is common to drop the rhyming word. For example, a man’s suit was a “whistle and flute” . Then “suit” becomes “whistle”.
Two that I use a lot are: "got the hump" and "take the mick"
Having the hump means being grumpy, sulky, and generally in a bad mood. The more intense version of it is: "the _right_ hump" (with the emphasis on the word 'right'). Example: "He asked her if she had put on weight, and now she's got the _right_ hump".
Taking the mick (short for 'taking the mickey') is basically teasing or mocking someone else for the amusement of yourself and/or others. The more vulgar version of the phrase is "taking the piss". Example: "His classmates were taking the mick out of his new haircut". Or: "We kept taking the piss out of John by pretending that we thought his girlfriend was his mum".
Another meaning of taking the mick / mickey / piss is "taking liberties". It's difficult to describe, but basically it's when someone is being inconsiderate, selfish or greedy and taking advantage of other people's kindness or generosity to an excessive degree. For example, you offer a taste of you lunch sandwich to someone, and they break off 90% of it for themselves and leave you with barely anything. That's taking the piss. Or, if a friend asks if they can stay at your place for just a couple of nights, and then ends up staying for 8 weeks and treats your place like a hotel and doesn't even offer to pay for anything, you could say: "I didn't mind helping her out at first, but now she's just taking the piss".
Thank you Yvette. I love your bloody brilliant channel. 👍👍👍
POSH: Port Out, Starboard Home. Comes from when the British used to 'own' an empire and the upper classes/people in authority/people with money would travel by ship. The port side was the cooler side on the way out (when traveling eastwards towards Africa and India), the starboard side cooler and more comfortable when coming home (again when coming from the east).
Tantrum = Hissy Fit, throwing a paddy or just a paddy, throwing their toys, having a strop or cop a strop, throwing a wobbler or having a wobbler, having a moment. You can see how picking up English slang is so difficult, being English and watching these videos I didn't realise how much we use it.
One that I heard early on in my UK adventures (common in Ireland, as well), is "arsed," usually as a negative, as in "couldn't be arsed." I'm Canadian. I understand "arse" even though we would say "ass," but I'd never heard it as a verb before! I understand now, that in this context, "arsed" means "bothered," though I'm not sure how that came to be. Best I can figure is: take the sentence "I couldn't be bothered to get off my arse and do that," and shorten it to "I couldn't be arsed to do that." Why wouldn't I say it the longer way? Simple. Couldn't be arsed to say that many words.
Jason Crobar yep CBA. Can’t be arsed.
Jason, I think you have cracked it
As people have said in the comments Bollocks has a multitude of uses but the phrase "The dogs bollocks" meaning the best/very good also has a spin-off saying which is " The Mutts Nuts" as bollocks originally means testicles . ie,, I tried that new restaurant last night and the meal was the Mutts nuts
Also you could combine two of these: BLOODY BRILLIANT!!
The UK has at least 37 distinct dialects/accents, you can literally go down the road for 15 mins in any direction and you'll hit a regional dialect of some description.The same rule of thumb applies to slang,insults and terminology..oh and food/booze :)
As a Brit I have to say, Spot on
To be fair Aussies are probably the only other English speaking country that could get away with most of the UK slang, they are Quite similar in mentality, I love aussie slang.
They are a lot more like us than the Americans,oddly enough words like 'Cobber', 'Bonzer' and 'Fair Dinkum' came over from East Anglia.
Most Brits use the word brilliant sarcastic or when something happens or it gone to shit😂
Dean Winchester - honestly, I hear it used in a sarcastic manner more than not.
Lost the plot doesn’t mean ‘it hasn’t gone to plan’ it’s more like crazy
yeah like they've gone totally irrational
I am chuffed to bits ( happy) that you grasp british slang/insults and humour, if you have to explain it then it's lost it's charm, a common occurrence when translating UK humour to americans,it's a rare quality to have, you are gifted :) In my experience, only Brits,Aussies and Kiwis can grasp the Brtish mentality and use of sarcasm, with the one noticable exception of the US comedian Reginald D Hunter, that bloke is funny af and as rare as an honest politician
Watching these videos makes me love being British even more idk why
Dogs bollocks is different to bollocks... “the dogs bollocks” actually means good .. “that cars the dogs bollocks” :) ... you must have come across some cockney riming slang, that’d be a funny video :) ..... oops just got to the end of the vid, yep you’ve heard cockney slang lol
The dog's bollocks: This comes from the fact that many dog's spend an inordinate amount of time licking their's which implies there must be something exceptionally good about them.
Nick Bolton it really comes from ‘it stands out like a pair of bulldogs bollocks’. Therefore it’s outstanding.
Not sure how local it is but I hear "the mutt's nuts" too,
Roger Goldman Quite. The dog’s dick denotes quality because if he spends so much time licking it, it must be good...
I like the way they use the word "bloody.." here. I use "all to pot quite" and "lost the plot" very often, and also "gutted".
Bloody Brilliant vid - the dogs bollox!
Many years ago I was a copper and upon one occasion we were on an obbo, ( observation). The subject of the obbo came out of his house and started to walk along the road. I had to inform my colleagues and got on the radio. "He's out of his drum, on his plates and coming your way". There was nothing unusual in this, we all spoke like this and it made perfect sense.
"The dog's bollocks" is for when something's really good.
Or "the dogs biscuits" in polite company or "for effect"
There is an extended version of "jammy", which is "you have more jam than Hartley's". Hartley's being a producer of jam and jam being luck. So the saying means "you're extremely lucky".
If somethings THE DOGS BOLLOCKS that means good.
-The Australian equivalent to "Blimey" is Steve Irwin saying "Crikey!"
-"Bloody" is more used to give more empathise to whatever the next word is. "It's all gone to hell" is bad, but "It's all gone to bloody hell" is doubly bad.
-Bollocks is bad as it is simply comparing something with male genitalia, but the "Dog's Bollocks" is a good thing as dog's tend to have large bollocks relative to their body size which as any man will tell you having large genitalia is never a bad thing.
-Ron Whesley was the one in HArry Potter who semi regularly said "That's bloody brilliant"
-Cock up = Balls up.... notice a pattern where balls are part of male genitalia?
-Hunkydory actually has origins in US Minstral rather than being british. Hunky has old world meaning of "feeling well and healthy" although the "dory" bit is unknown. Possibly it was a meaningless upbeat word added to fit a rhyming scheme.
-"Lost the plot" is simple means the person has lost control of what is happening - usually as a result of the person having no idea what is happening. Obviously this comes from reading a book where the story is so stupid and disconnected that you have no idea what the plot is supposed to be.
- Not Pork Pies. You tend to say "Porkie pies" or just "porkies".
- The word POSH actually comes from when rich people centuries used to go on cruises. POSH is short for Portside Out, Starboard Home and the "POSH" side of the ship were where the most expensive cabins were.
- Scrummy = Scrumptious + Yummy combined.
- Not heard of the GRIMreaper? Grimm is Germanic for "hood" so the Grim Reaper means a hooded reaper (of souls). Obvious meeting "death" is a dark idea. There were also the Grimm Brothers (Grimm was their last name) who used to travel telling dark fairy tales.
Grim = dank, grey, bare, dark, soulless.
As in " it's grim up t'North"
A Dory is a small boat, lots of English slang has naval roots.
Lost the plot refers more to when the person referred to actually doesn't realise they've gone off on a tangent (3rd person) or you yourself make that realisation (1st person)
A few Liverpool isms you may hear in Preston
Made Up !! = glad
Mardy or " got a cob on"/Mard arse = sulking/ sulker
Gear = brilliant
And the one I'm always baited to say " Chikkhen ! "" = a plucked and roasted bird (altho that's more accent)
'Wicked' as in good is a great word, as is 'cheers' for thanks.
You can call someone a jammy git. That's well used here :)
When someone tell you you’ve lost the plot it means you’ve gone crazy
"Yuppies" was popular in London in the 80s/90s !
I think the term was popular all across western nations back then. At least that's true for Germany, and I feel like the term was widely used in U.S. movies as well.
Tosh can also be used as a diminutive to a child, "come on tosh, get a move on". I have also heard it used to an adult in an argument like the slightly aggressive "listen, pal" "listen, tosh". Used to be a bit more all purpose like "mate" but has dropped out of use.
Rain Dancer we always said”what a load of tosh’ ie what a load of rubbish :)
@@lynno7423 yes tosh tended to be spoken rubbish. Rubbishy, tacky items were a load of old toot (said like soot).
As a Britt, I'm loving your outlook on our way of life, it's making me take a long hard look at myself on what I say and do. Thanks for being so respectful to our screwed up country at present. Any here is a personal saying of mine you may not have come across yet. It's used for when you do do something stupid or drop something I will say "FUCK A DUCK" now don't ask why it how it what the meaning behind it is, I think it best just to accept on move on....more vids please " I'm loving it large"
You would love Yorkshire then totally different
Barmpot
Arse end of nowhere
Bagsy
Manky
Jiggered
Ey up
Flippin heck
Cackhanded
Eh Bah gum
Most just come out by accident
it's all gone "pear shaped" ,gone wrong, similar to all gone to pot
Or, alternatively, it's all gone to "rat shit" and it's all gone "tits up".
Combo time, you should say "That's bloody brilliant!".
Posh port out starboard home is the best side of the ship to keep your cabin out of the afternoon sun
Working with Mancunians and other northerners you must have heard "I'm going for a waas (pronounced waaz) meaning I am going for a jimmy (jimmy riddle) piddle, pee.
“Slash” for southeners.
Scottish guys sometimes say that other guys 'sit down for a waz' meaning they are like girls!!
Posh. Comes from the rich who travelled by sea on fancy liners. Port side out. Starboard home. The very rich and aristocratic always had north facing”cooler cabins. POSH is an acronym of their travel cabins
Flippin' eck! You don't realise how many Britishisms there are in the language until somebody points them out!
If you like canine expressions how about: "gone to the dogs" or " gotta see a man about a dog"
Jammy is a good one. Yeah like things always work out well for you. You could say the phrase you always come up smelling like a bed of roses
I would guess that Scrummy is scrumptious combined with yummy. I've never heard it before now, but I caught the meaning right away.
Pulling a wobbly we use in south wales uk. It's when kids want something from a shop and don't take no as an answer and if an adult is arguing in a pub we say someone's kicking off
The Meccano construction kit came in 2 sizes, Box Standard and Box Deluxe. These became "bog standard" and "dogs bollocks"
Yeah... except those boxes don't exist. And the term bog standard predates any use of box standard. And dog's bollocks is a much more recent, when it wouldn't be if the two terms had the same root.
A few of these i actually thought were more Australian, like throwing a wobbly and having a mare
If you want the definitive list of British swearwords and other cool stuff - buy Roger's Profanisaurus. Have tissues handy because you will cry laughing.
my brother worked with a American girl, who was sent back home with a lot of dodgy slang, like dogs bollocks, meaning very good.
I once met a Frenchwoman who had been taught, by some utter monster, that "Oh, f*k me wiz a wire brush", was a mild English expletive, cognate with "Zut alors". Some folks are really cruel.
We use Feck a lot. Basically a Father Ted reference.
Smeg head.
09:18 "Posh" comes from the days of the Empire, when the cruise-ships on the river Nile reserved the cabins facing away from the sun for the richest passengers. It stands for "Port Outward, Starboard Home" i.e. rich people were given the cabins on the Port (left) side of the ship on the outward journey, and the Starboard (right) side when coming back. Through semantic drift, the term has evolved to mean anything associated with the upper classes.
You need to do some research, there is no evidence that your explanation is correct. In fact it is wholly dismissed and discredited as the origin of the term by those whose work it is to study etymology. Apparently this explanation is a modern myth.
@@tonypotts1644 You may well be right. But I notice you provided no sources for that claim.
Hunky dory is originally an expression from the U.S.A. Surprised you haven´t taken the trouble to find out about these expressions before posting a video about them.
Blimey is short for God Blind Me. I prefer Crikey which just means Christ.
When the weather gets cold someone is bound to say "Its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" or the abbreviated version "its brass monkey weather". This refers to the days of the old wooden warships when cannon balls where stored on a rack made of brass. When the weather got really cold the brass would contract and the cannon balls would fall off.
Forgot to mention the full version of Blimey is "Cor Blimey". The meaning will now make more sense.
Thanks for the origin of brass monkey. 😀
I wonder why it was called a monkey... I can guess s
Very true !!!
I also use the term "the dogs bollocks" to describe someone who thinks they're amazing or is a bit up themselves, like "oh they think they're the dogs bollocks". Lmao I don't think I've ever used it in a nice way like "oh that car is the dogs bollocks" 😂😂
'Bloody' is very old and is nothing to do with blood. It is a contraction of 'by our lady' which therefore dates back to Catholic times in England [pre-1540]. Similarly, 'goodbye' is a contraction of 'God be with ye'.
Some of my most used slang words are..
Mardy - Someone in a grump/kid throwing a tantrum
Gordon Bennett - Oh for gods sake really ..
Jeeze Louise - As if that’s really happening
I think you made the last one up! 😎
"Mare" can be replaced with having a "Weston". Weston Super Mare is a resort in Somerset, so if its really, really bad, you're having a "Weston".
Your lost the plot description was very good. It’s a naval term the plot is the course of ships around yours or the course of an incoming aircraft(if your on an aircraft carrier) a guy would be showing it on a screen for all to see but if it goes wrong he would lose the plot. So the phrase “I’ve lost the plot sir” would be what he said, this then fit naturally into a lot of other walks of life so it’s now in general use :)
What about some of the other slang "me old mucker" = Friend, how's it hanging = a greeting, etc etc etc
Or "It's all gone Pete Tong " = when something has been messed up snd gone wtomg, this expression became popular in the early 90s, with a DJ called Pete Tong who was known for doing mixes and messing things up.
It was actually just rhyming slang for "wrong", not because the DJ kept mucking it up.
Other slang you might like: knackered, sod all, and the mild swear words git, wally, burk, twerp.
Pillock!
Twerp although originated in England, is more commonly used in the US.
@@slyfoxyandalifesaver Well, that's interesting. I've never heard any of my US friends and acquaintances use the word, nor have I ever heard it used in any American film or TV programme, though in the UK I hear the word - and use it - at least weekly. Maybe it's a regional thing?
When a horse was worn out and no longer useful it was taken to the Knackers Yard for slaughter. An old clapped out car is often called an old knack in the North East.
All gone to pot is similar to the expression "all gone pear shaped".
Pear shaped is more recent. I think I first heard that some time in the early '90s.
And it's all gone Pete Tong
"Lost the plot" is less 'off-track', and more like they've gone mad' "They've lost the plot".
Also, Brits also say 'yuppies'.
Grim can also mean miserable, for example the weather is grim.
Try "bang tidy" for something that is good, specifically for someone good looking. It's a Norfolk/Suffolk term originally but spread now.
Posh is from ocean liners, port out starboard home, ie best cabins
Stephen Pitt. Sorry, Stephen, that is an urban myth. Exposed on QI.
@@davidcook7887 Wasn't there an alternative origin suggested?
I saw something, could've been QI, that said there was no record of POSH in tickets or bookings, but iirc correctly somebody had a trunk so marked.
Like chav & Ned people do tend to invent acronyms for existing words that further popularises and sometimes alters the meaning
ethelmini . PO is most certainly Penninsular and Orient which became P and O Ferries.
Dogs bollocks is something good bollocks is a derogatory term , pig in a poke is good as it the words vexed and gumption , alls well that ends well , first things first , look before you leap , call me anything but dont call me late for my tea
"Ace" is quite popular up north. Like "aw mate that's ace"
Bloody brilliant 🤣
Jammy does mean lucky, but it means sort of unearned luck, like "Christ sake, you are so jammy!"
I loved hearing you say, “bollocks”. Slightly pervy I know butI will have to watch you say that again
Most brits are so sarcastic, it’s so funny 😂
Are you being sarcastic there?! I see what you did!! 😂
In the black country we have
Bostin= Great/ Fantastic
Fizzog= Face
Riffy= Dirty/ Minging/ not nice
Wammel= a dog
The Cut= The canal (Birmingham/ West Midlands has a larger canel network than venice)
Gambol= is a forward roll (a gymnastics move)
"it's a bit black over Bills Mothers" is it looks like its going to rain. i.e the sky looks a bit dark over there.
"been right round the Wrekin" I've had to go the long way round- The Wrekin is a large hill in nearby Telford
Posh from Port out Starboard Home, Sailing from England if you could afford it you always had the cabin that faced the sunrise
Not quite. The expensive cabins where on the 'port' side going out, and the 'starboard' coming home from India. That way you where mainly on the north facing side of the ship. The cooler side away from direct sunlight.
the best one is "you jammy git"
Brilliant in Glasgow ,something's really good it's pure dead brilliant ,don't ask me why it's just what we say
Sod off : go away, get lost, do one!!
Does anyone 'throw a wobbly' these days? I've not heard it for years and '(to) spit the dummy' or '(throw) toys out the pram' have supplanted it.
Also: hissy fit.
"Its grim up North" was, maybe is, a standard statement from southerners.
posh is an old term from entitled passengers on ships, port off starboard home so the rich got the best sun on cruises
Oh you Jammy devil ! Means you've come into some kind of good luck or got it easy in some way.
Current slang & Cockney slang are two different entities. Right. i'm off down the Rub-a-Dub for a George Raft of Harry Rider to put down me Gregory me Old China, then a Ruby Murray on me Jack Jones before i rest me Plates of Meat and see the Trouble & Strife and Saucepans.
"All gone to pot". When everything has gone wrong. Alternatives are "It's all gone a bit pear-shaped", "It's gone tits-up", etc.
“The dogs bollocks” means it’s good... for example. “That movie was the dogs bollocks! Fucking loved it, well worth a watch”
'Jammie', hence the phrase 'More jam than Hartleys'.
I like 'bloody marvellous'!!
A lot of those, I didn't know where slang, I thought they were just adjectives, exclamations or dialect. Brilliant or blimey.
‘Cack handed’ seems to be dying out.
kelman727 I love saying someone's cack handed!
No it's not I'm cack handed. Left handed for some jobs and right handed for others. I write left handed and play snooker and pool left handed but cricket and tennis right handed. My daughter is ambidextrous by the way
Jammy particularly meant lucky getting away with cheating in a game in the playground when I was a kid. The ref didn't see you do what you aren't supposed to, the group let you off because it looked spectacular: "you're so jammy!" With an edge of resentment. And indeed "jammy dodger", which was confusing when I discovered the biscuit.
I'm not sure, but I think it comes from firstly the Artful Dodger in Dicken's Oliver. i.e someone who got away with stuff with out getting caught, then that go mixed in with the popular biscuit "Jammy dodgers" and then that got shortened to calling somebody "Jammy".
Lost the plot is when uve gone crazy like if u leave ur phone somewhere and can’t find it , and u can’t think where uve put it then u might say ‘aaahhhh I’ve lot the plot’ as in ur brains gone walkies 😂😂x
if anyone ever comes to yorkshire you'll mainly hear eyup (just means hi)
As I have said I am an old man, with what I think is a good sense of humour, SAGA is an insurance company for older people, I was in a meeting I and a younger person had a disagreement neither would back down until he called me a SAGA lout, other then a Lager lout, I could not stop laughing British humour
Bugger all is also said as fuck all, FA, sweet FA and "Sweet Fanny Adams"
Blimey comes from 'Blind me' or 'Blame me', but whilst these terms originate from around 1890, some say it comes from 'God blind me', however the general interpretation is a simple one of surprise or shock.
How about " arse about face" meaning back to front ?
18th century British navy slang, `Arsey versy` meaning the wrong way round, or upside down. Also see belly up, or in the UK we say, `It`s all gone tits up` re: A capsized vessel. In reality, something very bad.
Or it's all gone tits up!
your eyes are amazing
I wouldn't call 'brilliant' slang, its just a normal word... surely it must be used outside of the UK? At least it must be used outside of the UK in the sense of something being very bright ("brilliant light"), but I'm certain I've heard non-British people use it in the sense of something being excellent.
Correct me if I'm wrong but would your equivalent of 'blimey' be 'strewth'? :)
'Blimey' is a contraction of 'God blind me'. There was (around the Restoration period, IIRC) a ban on curses using 'God' in them so a lot of, now out of date, contractions came about.
'Gadzooks' - God's Hooks
'Zounds' - God's Wounds
There are others, but I can't remember them.
Chocca block means busy or lots off like have you been up to much mate "yeah Chocca black all week with work"
The term `posh' is thrown around a fair bit, but generally in relation to folk who pretend to circumstances above their station. It's generally in the language due to our strong historical class system. A member of the working class adopting lifestyle of the middle class would be thought of as `posh' by their fellow class members. Similarly, middle class folks adopting lifestyle choices of the upper class / nobility would be thought `posh' by other middle class. So it is usually only relative to the beholder. Upper class folk don't generally ever use the term; no point, really