Tuesday, January 12, 2010

America vs England

Here's some words they use in England that are different from here. Some are funny! Cody hears these everyday. :)
Ace - if something is ace it is brilliant.
All right? - "Hello, how are you?
Anti-clockwise - counter-clockwise
Any road - instead of saying anyway, they said "any road"! Weird huh?
Arse over elbow - This is another way of saying head over heels
Barmy - If someone tells you that you're barmy they mean you have gone mad or crazy.
Beastly - You would call something or someone beastly if they were really nasty or unpleasant
Bender - this means a gay man or a heavy drinking session
Blinding - fantastic
Blow off - Who blew off? Means who farted
Chat up - To chat someone up is to try and pick them up.
Cheesed off - This is a polite way of saying you are pissed off
Cracking - if something is cracking, it means it is the best. If a girl is cracking it means she is stunning
Fanny around - It means to procrastinate
Fruity - if someone is feeling fruity then they are feeling frisky. Watch out!
Full of beans - This means to have loads of energy. It's a polite way of saying that a child is a maniac.
Getting off - getting off with someone means making out or snogging them. lol
Give us a bell - This simply means call me.
Honking - Honking is being sick or throwing up
Kip - the same thing as a nap
Naff - if something is naff, it is uncool
Nancy boy - if someone is being pathetic you would call them nancy or nancy boy. The opposite is called a hard guy. It's also another word for a gay man.
Off your trolley - it means you have gone raving bonkers, crazy, mad!
Posh - roughly translates as high class
Smashing - it means terrific
Two finger salute - when you see a brit stick up two fingers at you in a V shape.. it means the same thing as giving someone the bird here. If you go to England make sure you don't do that!
Waffle - to waffle means to talk on and on about nothing. it's not something you eat.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Haha! Those are hilarious!

Emma Helene said...

im just gonna warn u... i might attempt to incorporate some of these into my daily dialogue
lol