17 British Slang Terms Americans Should Start Using Immediately

[Goal Line Technology]

17 British Slang Terms Americans Should Start Using Immediately

I thought this might help members here, so that stuff does not get "Lost In Translation"...
courtesy of buzzfeed Enjoy

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/british-slang-americans-should-start-using

1.

Definition: A messed up situation
How to use it: ?The VMAs were a total balls-up.?


2.

Definition: Drinking heavily; going out for the purpose of drinking heavily
How to use it: ?LiLo admitted she went on the piss pre-rehab.?




3.

Definition: Being a loud mouth and/or offensive
How to use it: ?Bill Maher can be kind of gobby.?




4.

Definition: Penis
How to use it: ?Did you see Alexander Skarsgard?s todger on True Blood?!?




5.

Definition: A rear end
How to use it: ?Chris Brown is a total arse.?




6.

Definition: Testicles or something useless or of poor quality
How to use it: ?Ben Affleck being cast as Batman is a load of bollocks!?




7.

Description: Extremely drunk
How to use it: ?Did you hear that David Cassidy was arrested for a DUI? Apparently he was legless.?




8.

Definition: Exhausted
How to use it: ?I was knackered after a weekend at Coachella.?




9.

Definition: Upset or offended
How to use it: ?It was so stupid when Taylor Swift was miffed at Amy Poehler and Tina Fey making fun of her.?




10.

Definition: A disparaging term for cheap wine, especially cheap red wine.
How to use it: ?Girls, a new episode of the Bachelorette is on tonight. I?ll print out the rules of the drinking game, you bring the plonk.?




11.

Definition: Sexual intercourse
How to use it: ?I hear it?s possible Mindy Kaling and James Franco may have a little rumpy pumpy on The Mindy Project this season.?




12.

Definition: To fall head over heels
How to use it: ?I?ll never forget when Jennifer Lawrence fell arse over tit at the Oscars.?




13.

Definition: An idiot
How to use it: ?Ryan Lochte is such a wazzock.?




14.

Definition: Sexually attractive
How to use it: ?Ryan Gosling is fit.?




15.

Definition: An upset stomach or feeling of acute nervousness
How To Use It: ?Before I met Harry Styles I got a serious case of the collywobbles.?




16.

Definition: To be wealthy
How to use it: ?Bieber can buy whatever car he wants. He?s minted.?




17.

Definition: Nonsense
How to use it: ?People being angry about Miley at the VMAs is such tosh.?

 

[Panther28]

when the hell did tadger become todger!! thats what i want to know.

 

[Goal Line Technology]

when the hell did tadger become todger!! thats what i want to know.

It was always a todger to me?
as in Roger Todger?

 

[oxonbeef]

I wouldn't call that pic a todger it's more like a tinkle!

 

[TheVigilante]

I would love to experiment these since we were taught british english during our school days but i was basically a back bencher cracking jokes which is why my english not that good....

 

[igniteimages]

Good list.

Pretty sure Wanker isn't used in the USA, or in the same way as it is here

 

[Wilson Grant Fisk]

when the hell did tadger become todger!! thats what i want to know.

North/South divide Mate, darn sarth Todger, oop norf Tadger

 

[Goal Line Technology]

I would love to experiment these since we were taught british english during our school days but i was basically a back bencher cracking jokes so my english not that good....

The term "BackBencher" has an entirely different meaning over here

 

[oxonbeef]

The term "BackBencher" has an entirely different meaning over here

They wouldn't suck a on a "fag butt" in the states either :cockblock

Well some might!

 

[Logician]

*English Accent* I'm bloody finna be fitted and minted!

 

[WizGizmo]

Shagged a bloody bird a fortnight ago

 

[Smart SEO]

Shagged a bloody bird a fortnight ago

Shagged a bird is OK. Nobody says Shagged a bloody bird LOL, sounds like you were fucking her during her period haha!

 

[Wilson Grant Fisk]

Shagged a bloody bird a fortnight ago

Ha, I thought I was in the boozer chatting to one of my mates, there Wiz.



I once asked an American girl if I could lick her fanny, came away looking like this :

 

[mickyfu]

Shagged a bird is OK. Nobody says Shagged a bloody bird LOL, sounds like you were fucking her during her period haha!

Sounds like Yorkshire Dales dialect to me.

 

[WizGizmo]

Shagged a bird is OK. Nobody says Shagged a bloody bird LOL, sounds like you were fucking her during her period haha!

Oh well . . . you can't blame a bloke for giving it a go!

 

[oozyluce]

The only thing i can think of after i saw this thread is the following picture:

 

[WizGizmo]

Sounds like Yorkshire Dales dialect to me.

Nah! . . . I am just a Damned Yankee trying to imitate a Limey.

Me Mum was born in the Motherland though.

 

[G-S-T]

We dont really say "minted" we say "Got a bit of wedge" or "Broosted"

 

[SkyrocketSEO]

Cushty- I use this word every day, and most of the people in my country will know what I mean when saying this, thanks to Del Boy and Rodney

 

[Goal Line Technology]

We dont really say "minted" we say "Got a bit of wedge" or "Broosted"

In Liverpool possibly yes lol

(btw, off topic, but Everton were the winners in yesterdays transfer window, Congratulations)