SOME BRITISH SLANG
G'day folks,
Here is some more slang from our friends in the UK.
Rugger - This is short for
"rugby". It is a contact sport similar to your football but
played in muddy fields during winter and rain. Not only that, but the players
wear almost no protection!
Rumpy
pumpy -
Another word for hanky panky, or a bit of nookie! Something two
consenting adults get up to in private! Theoretically!
Sack/sacked - If someone gets the sack it
means they are fired. Then they have been sacked. I can think of a few
people I'd like to sack!
Sad - This is a common word, with
the same meaning as naff. Used in expressions like "you sad
b***ard".
Scrummy - This is a word that would be
used to describe either some food that was particularly good (and probably
sweet and fattening).
Scrumping - To go stealing -
usually apples from someone elses trees!
Send-up - To send someone up is to make
fun of them. Or if something is described as being a send-up it is
equivalent to your take-off. Like Robin Williams does a take-off on the
British accent - quite well actually!
Shag - Same as bonk but
slightly less polite. At seventies parties watch the look of surprise on the
Englishman's face when an American girl asks him if he would like to shag. Best
way to get a Brit to dance that I know! You can even go to shagging classes!
Shagged - Past tense of shag, but
also see knackered.
Shambles - If something is a shambles it
is chaotic or a real mess. It's also a very old name for a
slaughterhouse. So if you ever visit The Shambles in York, then the name does
not refer to the somewhat shambolic nature of the buildings; it's a reference
to the site it's built on - an old slaughterhouse!
Shambolic - In a state of chaos.
Generally heard on the news when the government is being discussed!
Shirty - "Don't get shirty with me
young man" was what my Dad used to tell me when I was little. He was
referring to my response to his telling off for doing some terrible little boy
thing. Like tying my brother to the back of Mum's car or putting my shoes in the
toilet. It meant I was getting bad tempered.
Shite - This is just another way of
saying shit. It is useful for times when you don't want to be overly
rude as it doesn't sound quite as bad!
Shitfaced - If you hear someone saying
that they got totally shitfaced it means they were out on the town and got
steaming drunk. Normally attributed to stag nights or other silly
events.
Shufti - Pronounced shooftee, this
means to take a look at something, to take a butchers! It's an
old Arabic word, picked up by British soldiers during World War II, in North
Africa.
Sixes and
sevens - If
something is all at sixes and sevens then it is in a mess, topsy turvy or
somewhat haywire!
Skew-whiff - This is what you would call crooked.
Like when you put a shelf up and it isn't straight we would say it is all
skew-whiff.
Skive - To skive is to evade
something. When I was a kid we used to skive off school on Wednesdays instead
of doing sports. We always got caught of course, presumably because the
teachers used to do the same when they were fourteen!
Slag - To slag someone off, is to bad
mouth them in a nasty way. Usually to their face.
Slapper - A slapper is a female who is a
bit loose. A bit like a slag or a tart. Probably also translates
into tramp in American.
Slash - Something a lager lout
might be seen doing in the street after his curry - having a slash. Other
expressions used to describe this bodily function include; siphon the python,
shake the snake, wee, pee, piss, piddle and having a jimmy.
Sloshed - Yet another way to describe
being drunk. Clearly we need a lot of ways to describe it since getting plastered
is a national pastime.
Smarmy - Another word for a smoothy,
someone who has a way with the ladies for example. Usually coupled with
"git" - as in "what a smarmy git". Not meant to be a nice
expression, of course.
Clancy's comment: What a shambles, eh? Jot any down for future use?
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