Top 10 Confusing British Slang Terms
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2022
- Do we speak English here, or total nonsense? For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Confusing British Slang Terms. Let us know in the comments which bizarre British slang words you use on the regular.
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Had to explain to my American friends the difference between Bollocks and The Dogs Bollocks 😂🙈
"The bee's knees" is a very old-fashioned phrase in the US. I've personally not heard it in anything set after WWII unless someone was explaining it.
Almost got this right.
Ahem. "SODS LAW" originates from Ireland. The Sod or Peat cutters would cut the peat for winter fires in Spring. It would always be "Sods Law" that the days they chose bring it in Autumn, it would rain.
Murphy's Law ironically popped up in the US I'm the late 19th Century... Because Americans started blaming everything that went wrong on the Irish Immigrants...or "Murphys"
A LOT of these are pretty common in the US as well. Some outdated (bee's knees) but definitely used
When he said, give me a tinkle on the blower, I almost shot water out my nose.
This top 10 is sick, I mean, it is well, legend mate!.
I am an American who LOVES when you use Doctor Who clips!
Pretty sure "the bee's knees" stems from saying "the business". Another term that can be used in the same context. For example, "that football player really is the business". Dunno, maybe I'm wrong.
Isn't that an expression from the 1920's?
I agree 'the business'
bee's knees (n.)
1923, a survivor of a fad around this year for slang terms denoting "excellence" and based on animal anatomy. Also existed in the more ribald form bee's nuts. Other versions that lasted through the century are cat's whiskers (1923), cat's pajamas, cat's meow. More obscure examples are canary's tusks, cat's nuts and flea's eyebrows. The fad still had a heartbeat in Britain at the end of the century, as attested by the appearance of dog's bollocks in 1989. Bee's knee was used as far back as 1797 for "something insignificant." - Etymology Online
My favourite British slang word is Bellend
Gotta make that ad rev man got bills to pay
I still want to know what “no use prevaricating around the Bush” means
I think you mean "beating" around the bush and it means being asked to explain something and taking forever to get to the point. Like politicians do when they get asked a question they either a) don't want to answer or b) don't know the answer at all. The phrase is "don't beat around the bush" 🤣
I do not agree with labelling people of course, but I've heard a theory that "chav" stands for "Council Housed And Violent"
Only in a song
"Wet my whistle" has to be my least favourite, or "touch base"
The Queen has passed Rest in peace to Monrach that had brought us light and happiness for many years. We will forever be in her deubt
Chav were townies when I was a kid.
and up here we call them neds
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Bob on 👍
She's a fancy flapjack
Someone needs to explain to the Americans that 'twat' doesn't have an 'h' in it. If they can't say it properly, don't say it at all!
(Ideally the latter)
They can’t speak English properly anyway
just tell them its twat as in cat
3:45 - Rarely used in the 21st c, except for by old people.
Queen passed
3:27 - That's no longer used. As police cars haven't looked like that for many years, I've not heard them being referred to as jam sandwiches in the 21st c.
Not sure about that but it was just said as info not really said it was still used
@@romainsavioz5466 The video was released today & is about slang. It should be current unless stated otherwise.
@@andrewjones575 🤦🏻♂️
@@romainsavioz5466 Do you think it useful to learn a lot of slang that's decades out of date, without being told that it's outdated?
what about "Ni, Ping and Neeee-wom"
Robert's your father's brother...
Stephen Toast in the thumbnail, but not in the video!
Bobs your uncle Fanny’s ya aunt
Correction: sods law is not Murphy's law
Murphy's law is whatever can go wrong, will go wrong
Sod's law is the only time something goes wrong is when you're not prepared for it.
I.e. if you have 5 unique machines, all with their own failsafes Murphy's law dictates that they will all break, and possibly some of the failsafes too.
Sod's law however will dictate that if one of the machines lacks a failsafe, then it will be the only one to break.
Yeah it seems they knew what sods law is but not Murphy's law.
The Queen is dead
And skip
Roadhouse
What does that have to do with this video?
@@andrewjones575 question mark
Roadhouse
@@GRH_Roadhouse This video is about UK slang. How is Roadhouse connected to that?
@@andrewjones575 did I say it was
Roadhouse
@@GRH_Roadhouse A comment section is for discussing the topic of the video.
2:37 - It's very frequently used by people in their 20s, 30s etc. I don't know why you say that it's rarely used by people who are beyond their teens.
I think the narrator was saying that using the word "fancy" to describe fancying someone is used by younger folks and kids. Which is true.
@@stonecold6521 He's saying that it's rare for people 20 & over to use fancy in that context, but I disagree with him. I've heard many people who are well into their 20s & older use fancy with that meaning.
@@andrewjones575 Huh. Seems like the writer/narrator has the same experience as me. I've run different bars and restaurants over the years so I meet and work with people off all ages and class. Never hear anyone use the word "fancy" to describe them having feelings with someone. Maybe 1 or 2 in their teens but that's it. I remember in my late teens, purposefully forcing myself to not use the word "fancy" and instead use the word "like" as none of my friends said it. Everyone I knew at that age said "like" instead of "fancy".
@@stonecold6521 I frequently hear people well into their adult years use it in that context. Last week I heard a colleague in her thirties use it with that meaning. The problem with using like instead is that there's often confusion with platonic liking.
7:26 - Underclass, not lower working class.