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Very enjoyable listing. I was expecting some real zingers, though. Things like, "Bugger off your bloody sod." Those are not swear words to Americans. We know what they mean because we see the movies. But your slang packs no emotional wallop for us.
We have a similar one two butterz, except it's "butterface". As in "Everything about her is cute butterface (but her face)"
You look beautiful as always Lia!!! I love your smile and personality !! I have to admit i have only heard a few of those words !!! Cheers from Texas!! Bless Ya'll!!
In America, if a girl has an unattractive face, we call her a "butter face." It means that everything looks good, BUT HER FACE. I think one year someone named Fergie: Butter Face of the Year.
Butterz is American Butter-Face. Meaning play on words. “Everything is great butterface (but her face).” Brits just shortened it to Butters.
American here. We use “dodgey” here, too. Also, as a way of saying something or someone is a bit off. However, here it tends to describe that which is dangerous.
Another American Here: I usually use "dodgy" to describe a poorly-maintained device, or something that's on the verge of falling apart.
Dodger in Britain is more like saying someone a bit weird I. A pedo way😂
I've never used dodgey I use sketchy
From Texas. My mom has always used twit. And I definitely describe things as dodgy. Dodgy is synonymous with 'sketch' or 'shady'.
Same in Kansas! :-) Maybe Dodge City makes it more prevalent or known here. But dodgy is definitely a word used in heard growing up!
And of course the phrase "getting out of Dodge", referring to Dodge City when it used to be a dangerous Cowboy town.
I'm from Central Indiana and we say "sketchy".
"Skiver" is like "Slacker" in the US. Like, "Don't be a slacker" or " I'm slackin' off".
We also say slacker or "stop slacking"
"Skiving" is a word I learned from Fred and George Weasley: "Skiving Snack Boxes" - featuring the good ole' Puking Pastiles!
Oh my word. “Cool story bro” editing. Died!!! 😂🤣
Same! 😂
That was good!
I use twit and dodgy sometimes. Have a great week!
“Mugwump” was coined by Benjamin Franklin to refer to someone who is “on the fence” about something, usually political. The idea is that a person is leaning against a fence outside a pub with their MUG on one side of the fence and their WUMP (sounds like?) on the other side of the fence ... mugwump.
Twit is understood thanks to the Pythons. Mugwump is originally an American political phrase that must have gone to Britain. It described reform Republicans in late 19th century party politics who wouldn't support the establishment party candidate , the allegedly corrupt James G Blaine.. It was said that their Mug was on one side of the fence and their Wump was on the other. The word itself is derived from the Algonquin word for war leader.
All of these are new to me. The dressing gown/robes look great!!
I knew 0 of these words! I felt like I was taking a foreign language class... 😂😂
Love that you made robes 😍😍😍 don't see many influencers making them. They look so royal. Love love love
Awesome Video, I've only heard Dodgy but not very often the rest are new to me. Thanks for this video! Getting so excited about the Robes!!😊💞
Loved this and I’ve heard of many of these as I have many Brits as friends. I was so excited 😆 when I saw who your sponsor is as I’m currently taking Spanish classes with Lingoda and love 💗 it!!!! Love 💕 the look of the robes!!!
So excited for new merch! Love you!😘
Good morning guys! I have never heard of any of those words, ever! I’m glad you’ve told me about them and explained them to them! Fun video!
Perfect! Looking forward to this merch! Comfy robes are always welcome. Best insults ever! Live with a Brit and I'm the Yank so I deal with this daily. Love it! Ya covered me faves. Sooo much fun! Thanks! L&C 👍 ♥️😘 🇬🇧
Looking forward to watching this! The topic sounds hilarious! Also looking forward to getting a J&L robe (dressing gown?). Love you guys so much!😊❤
Awesome video Joel and Lia!!! You guys should do a video where you're both speaking in American English accents!
They would crack themselves up til they tumped over backwards. We would get a great laugh but a 2:30 minute video...
Enjoyed the video! I’ve heard of most of them, not necessarily used them in regular conversation. “Mugwumps” were a US political party in the late 1800’s, but the term was used as early as the 1830’s! Mugwumps was also the name of an early version of the ‘60’s pop/folk rock group Mamas and Papas. I have never heard it used in the US (or on my UK visits either).
I know gannet from the Catherine Tate show from the posh sketches where someone calls someone “a greedy little gobble gannet” 😂
The robes look awesome! Congrats!
I've never heard any of these besides dodgy. Mad as a box of frogs. That's a fun one.
James M in Australia I have heard ‘mad as a cut snake!’
"Mad as a box of frogs" is pretty funny. I guess we here in America would say "My head is full of squirrels".
Crazy as a loon comes to mind.
“Mugwump” is an American expression derived from an American Indian word. It was used in the U.S. in the 1880s regarding those who belonged to one political party but supported the opposite one.
Yasssssss
We use these a lot.
Angishore. A Newfoundland insult meaning someone who’s too lazy to go fishing. The word is thought to be a variation of “hang-ashore,” hence its pejorative use, although some dictionaries define it as meaning someone who’s simply weak and sickly.
Beau cave. French Quebecois slang meaning “total idiot.” If you get called this, you’ve really irked somebody.
Bender. A bad hockey player - one whose skates are so badly tied that his ankles bend.
Bushed. A west coast description of someone who’s been in the bush too long and has become somewhat uncivilized.
Chiseler. A hockey player who falsely claims he got an assist when he didn’t, thus “chiseling” points from his teammate.
Christer. This slang term from the Maritimes is often heard as “little christer” and equivalent in meaning to “little devil.” Most often used to refer to a mischievous child.
Chucklehead. A word from Newfoundland meaning - pretty obviously - someone who’s stupid.
Dodgy. Someone who's morals are in question. Also a person or place that is questionable in character or security.
Daft. A clueless person. A person without intelligence.
Doughhead. Popular in southern Ontario, an insult that’s synonymous with “stupid” and “thick in the head.”
Dusty/duster. A (bad) hockey player who spends all her time on the bench, gathering dust.
Gorby. A loud, obnoxious, ignorant tourist. Popular in Ontario’s Muskoka area (where, it must be admitted, gorbies abound).
Hoser. The classic Canadian insult. Originally refers to the losers of a hockey game, who, in pre-Zamboni times, would have to hose the rink down once the game was done. Now it’s a synonym for “loser” - but with a particularly Canadian flavour.
Keener. Someone who tries just a little too hard, sucking up to an authority figure and showing off how much they know. Think Hermione Granger from Harry Potter, only Canadian.
Newfie. A perjorative term for a Newfoundlander. Some consider it a term of endearment, others can’t stand it and some have decided to reclaim it and use it proudly.
Pas fort. The French version of “fail.” Said in response to hearing that someone did something dumb. “I dropped my car keys into the slush.” “Pas fort.”
Pigeon. A hockey player who isn’t good enough to score goals on his own, so he picks up the trash shots made his other teammates.
Plonk. A stupid person. Synonymous to Cretin, Dork, Daft.
A Rink Rat. A somewhat affectionate term for a kid who hangs around a skating rink, sometimes to meet players, sometimes to try and get free ice time in exchange for chores.
Scivey. Pronounced “sky-vee,” this east coast word refers to someone untrustworthy or sneaky.
Sieve. A really terrible goalie (i.e. one that lets through lots of shots, like a holey sieve).
Skeet. This Newfoundland insult is similar to “white trash,” and generally refers to young miscreants who loiter and commit petty crimes.
Squatch. A shortening of “sasquatch” that, in western Canada, refers to someone big and unkempt.
Wanker. A really terrible dickhead of a person. Also, someone (usually a boy) who masturbates in public.
Great post! But, keep your weather home for yourselves, eh?
Love the new robes and monogram! Great show! Twit and dodgy are familiar and we've learned skiver and mugwump from the Harry Potter series. Tyfs! 💕
Love these! Must put some of these in my repertoire. I've heard/used some similar ones: Pill (Pillock), Scivey (Skiver), Dumb as jam (daft as a brush) and we use dodgy.
agnesnutter or dumb as a box of rocks, lol
Twit was common in the US about 40 years ago, back when I was a little boy. Benny Hill had a skit where a girl called him a twit, and he called her a much longer name, but he didn't get to enjoy it.
The robes look wonderful! Looking forward to having my own!!
Heard dodgy before, but that’s it. Nice to learn new things though, thanks!
(Also, I finally figured out why I wasn’t able to “join” the early access! For some reason, iphone didn’t support it. I had to sign up on the laptop and now I’m FINALLY in! Yay! 💜)
Great crest! Adds a next level touch of class 😊
You guys get as excited over bakery goods as i do! Love a good bakery!
"Daft as a brush". We have an old saying, "Dumb as a doorknob". These expressions reminded me of a childhood joke. How do you drive a moron crazy? Put him in a round room and tell him to pee in the corner! So corny! Never heard of these expressions except dodgy. Quite interesting. Especially the one, " Don't be a greedy gannet". After Joel explained it, it makes perfect sense. I have had food stolen from me by seagulls before. They have also pooped on me! Such dirty birds! LOL! As always, take care and Happy Travels! P.S. Welcome home Joel! ♥️🛫🗺
I'd say that poxy means like quality and dodgy means there's something wrong, like if someone bought trainers from Asda you might call them poxy trainers but if you bought some Adidas that irritated your feet you might say you've got dodgy trainers.
You can skive at work, it didn't have to mean you're taking the day off.
Bananarama's first album was called deep sea skiving.
England manager famously called Gazza daft as a brush (and that was putting it mildly!)
There was a 90's band called dodgy who had a big hit with "good enough" which I highly suggest you check out
Although it describes me perfectly "mugwamp" was the only one I didn't know. Our Mam used most of these. She often used "daft as a brush". This video brought back a lot of my childhood.
Whe lia said "it remindes me of janet" i was just WAITING for her to say " i knew a janet" 😂
All I kept hearing was Dammit Janet from The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
I am from the US and have heard two of those words before. I have heard the word "twit" often to describe an idiot. I have also heard the word "dodgy", but the meaning is not quite the same. If a person is dodgy, they are untrustworthy of suspicious. Someone who was trying to con you or who just gave you bad vibes would be dodgy. You would never use it to describe someone singing a little off or for any other reason than a person not being trustworthy. Also, the word "skiver" makes sense since to skive something is to take off a very small slice of it. Thus a skiver is only doing the absolute minimum.
Love you guys! Makes my day when you post a video!
As a New Yorker, I would think "Butterz" is a British way of using the American expression "Butt Ugly". Has nothing to do with butter.
Ha ha Lia! "I've never called anyone a minger... to their face" LOL!
3:45 is after the commercial.
Thanks Guy I'm tired of this J&L sponsor BS. I don't wan't to learn a new language. Unsubbed.
Hey J&L, why don't you talk about all the new commercial rules on content and links? My FAVORITE YTer just did a whole 20 minute segment, after complaining about the new rules, about Harrods and Harrods this and Harrods that WITHOUT putting in a link. It was a beautiful naff-off to YT. Also, Love my J&L face tea towels.
@@sammyyosemite2629 you unsubbed purely because they did a sponser you didn't care for? LMAO
Guy ByTheDoor what’s up with the new rules with RUclips? I bet you they’re peeved that channels are getting sponsorships and they can’t steal that money from the channels. I’ve known tons of RUclips channels that have had their AdSense stolen from them at one point or another. For some sort of dodgy reason!!!
Sammy Yosemite don’t be a pillock lol That’s how free content works ya know. Why would people keep making free YT videos for you and me? I’d rather watch a quick sponsered clip about something I may be interested in than pay upfront to access my favorite RUclips channels.
I love the new outro! That was cool! So are the robes!
Was expecting to hear "smarmy" and "git" which I only heard about from UK friends. Twit, dodgy and mugwump are used pretty often in US though mostly by older folks.
"Rodney you plonker" only fools and horses is so funny. The main character Dell boy has lots of unique sayings.
In US I've heard mugwump as a noun, not an adjective. I've also heard it used as a cure name about a young child. "Come sit with me mugwump"(said by agrandmother to young grandchild) Dodgey is used here too
We use is Twit, and the term "butter-face". Poxy seems to be a shortened word for epoxy which is used for patching walls up. Sometimes I use dodgy.
Folk etymology. Poxy was someone who survived smallpox. Or chickenpox. Before germ theory, people feared survivors might be causes of the disease and were avoided like lepers
I’m from California and have heard British people use “dodgy” and a few Americans use “twit”, but other than that, these were all new to me. Love the robes! ❤️
I want to thank you for teaching me how to insult and get away with it. You both are super God Bless.
Wow ! The new robes and crest logo look great.
We use dodgy in the US, but it's usually in reference to an area or a person that's a bit rough looking. It's especially used when someone may be in a less than safe area that's not well lit late at night
"They all have the gannet! It's a standard British bird!"
"Well, I don't like them. They wet their nests."
The only one I was familiar with (besides dodgy) was Mugwump and it is in political circles in the 1880's America. It refers to a Republican who choose a Democratic candidate (1884 election of Grover Cleveland) rather than their own nominee.
As a singer, I use dodgy a lot when listening to others. The Mugwumps were an American band in the early '60s. When they split, some were in The Lovin' Spoonful and others became The Mamas and the Papas who use the word in the song Creeque Alley.
“Mad as a box of frogs” reminds me of “smart as a box of rocks’
I thought of "dumb as a bag of hammers".
My dad has always used numpty and I’ve picked it up from him and now I use it.
I haven’t heard ‘Billy-no-mates’ but I’ve heard ‘Nigel-no-mates’ and I’ve used it before as a bit of Aussie banter.
I have always used dodgy to describe things, places and people again might of come from my dad who lived in Europe when he was younger.
Skiver sounds like Slacker in US... I've laughed harder at this than i have in a while! I always think of "Dodgy" as with food that might be a bit spoiled (ex. : dodgy prawns) OR an unsavory surroundings, but it sounds like its a more versatile word than just that.
I think sketchy is the US equivalent of dodgy
Si E - Confirmed!
I am an American and have used twit as long as I can remember and I am 58. My brothers use it too!
"Dodgy" in American form is "sucked" or "off"... "sucked" being harsh, "off" more neutral. "Dodgy" can also mean untrustworthy or reluctant to express something, to keep a secret.
Now this is merchandise I will purchase 🔥
Mugwump was used in the past in the US referring, in politics, to someone who wouldn''t take a side on an issue. It refers to someone with their mug (face) on one side of the fence and wump (rear end) on the other. In the 60s John Sensation (of The Lovin" Spoonful) released a record "Jug Band Music" with a group called The Mugwumps.
Love y’all now this Louisiana girl that’s Ancestors are almost all British. I’m learning about the British culture.
have my tea and ready to watch a new J&L video!
I have heard and used "Twit" on more than one occasion. And "skiver I think may be equal to our word "Shammer", meaning someone that is messy around instead of working or pulling his or her weight.
I’m going to use mugwump from now on to describe my political leanings... I’m exactly how Joel is!
Y’all gained a new subscriber with that word. 😁
Only heard of most of these in the Harry Potter books.
Well obviously a British writer wrote Harry Potter
Great video Joel and Lia!!! 😊 We use twit and dodgy in Australia!!!
I've grown up with the phrase "dumb as a box of rocks."
Great vid! Great robes!
The Mamas and Papas song "Creeque Alley" recorded in the 1960s , has the word "mugwumps" in it's lyrics, so I know it from that, but I never knew what it meant.
In the US we don't say "Butterz," but I have heard it used like "Butter Face," Nice body "but her" face! Same meaning, it's calling someone ugly. It makes sense, but it's not nice at all. We also use "dodgy," quite a bit.
Twit is my favorite word! Lol! I've heard "dodgy" before, but only in film. In America, we use "sketchy," "weird," or "shady."
3:33 Video starts here.
Lia's reaction to fugly LMAO
From Canada. Known everything but gannet and butterz since I was a kid. Nobody round here used them, but we all knew them in my area.
Butterz sounds like our version of "butta face" eg. *He's got everything butta face* 💁🏿🤣
Never heard of any of these, however we do have something like butterz. We say butter face. It basically means everything is good "but her face" nice body, bad face. I assume butterz is same. Love these though, definitely going to start using some of them
Are you two familiar with Burbidge's Bakery, a great family owned bakery in Andover, Hants? Steve and Becky are the owners/operators😊
Is it weird that I think these insults sound so pleasant?
I watch a few British TV shows. Some of these phrases were quite familiar. 😎
I have heard of twit, dodgy and mugwump, although I didn't know what the last one meant. Skiver seems to be the same as our word slacker in the US. Those robes look very regal and plush! ❤👍🥂
We say "Butter Face" as in... "everything looks good, but her face"
You should do a video about greggs for us in the USA who don’t know much about it, that would be fantastic!! All I have heard is there sausage rolls are amazing!! 💚🧡❤️💯🤗
The robes look amazing 😉 I use twit, dodger, and skive. Butters is “butter face : but her face” same meaning
My sister is called Janet so I'll have to call her a gannet when we're making pigs of ourselves at christmas, it will amuse me all day 🤣. Daft as a brush is my favourite, I use it all the time.
Twit is used that way in my part of the states. Box of frogs sounds like what we call "Rando" for random. You two are adorable, i hope you know.
In canada and we use twit, we say butters here too..we say that or butter face..looks good from far away but then you get up closer and it’s a no. I haven’t heard that much since high school though. The skiver makes so much more sense from Harry Potter and the skiving snack boxes! We use dodgy too.
Oh sod off! 😉😂 sod off is my favorite British slang term to use. I first heard it in a movie and been saying it ever since. My British friends recently told me what it means and that it is a really rude way of telling someone to go away. In America we always say "piss off" which they said is pretty much equivalent to "sod off"
I am american, and I def know Dodgy and use that often too! I have heard of some of them but didn't know what they all mean. I would like to hear more british insults!
😁 I use twit
Plonker is on the movie What a Girl Wants
Gannet Janet sounds like a line from Rocky Horror Picture Show😄😄😄
I think the saying "daft as a brush" is mainly used in Scotland, we say "daft as a brush and twice as hairy!" xx
I speak some French from my grandparents. I ran my DNA , and said I’ll learn the language of my DNA . Well 88 percent British, so that didn’t work lol 😝. Love y’all much love ❤️, from
Louisiana
Heard and use dodgy and twit. Heard of Mugwamp, and butters. We use butters differently as I'm sure you have read.
Love the robes!!!
"Dodgy" I think is a word that Americans have heard in reading Dickens books.
"S' blood", or something like it was a curse word I think I read in "Shogun". Is it still in use?
I've used 'twit' half my life. I know 'mugwump', 'dodgy', 'plonker', 'minger', 'gormless' (Lia, it's 'Anglicised' btw) & 'Skiver'. I recognised 'pillock', but have never used it. xx
My British mother used slang words "half soaked" and "sod" . Often time together.
One word I usually use is "goit". I use that most of the time.
I also use "jerk", but "goit" seems to be the word I use the most.
Can't wait for the new merch! I hadn't heard of any of those insults except dodgy. I feel like you all are teaching us a foreign language yourselves!
I've heard a few of these. Gannet, I've only heard as the bird, and even then it was a Monty Python skit. It wouldn't surprise me if someone from the U.S. named their child "Janet", but spelled it "Gannet". lol I've heard twit, plonker, gormless, skiver, mugwump, and dodgy, though. "Butterz", I've only heard as butterface. Most, I've heard from the "telly"; from various shows like "Are You Being Served", "Monty Python's Flying Circus", "EastEnders", etc. Of course, some I've heard from movies, too, and even read in some books.
I was suddenly more interested in what was in the Greggs delivery! Love their food.
Knew most of these from Monty Python, EastEnders etc. I didn't know gormless, gannet or mugwump. I knew the rest. Billy no mates is my fave. I've loved that since I first heard it.
The Harry Potter books would have supplied those missing three, SuziB. The film's skipped the gannet scene, I think
@@johnbowers6258 I know that a lot of J&L fans are also fans of Harry Potter, but it's not really my vibe. I just never really got into it. I really enjoyed seeing Joel go through the Harry Potter exhibit awhile back tho' because he was like a little kid with his genuine happiness. It made me smile.
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