My most beloved British slang is Knackered. Fucking knackered! It means very tired, exhausted. But those terms are sterlized of feeling, of life. You know that feeling after you finish moving? That total fucking exhaustion, you’re knackered my friend. I can’t think of a word that feels more accurate to the state of reality it describes. Knackered is a fucking gift.

Chuffed. If youre chuffed i believe that means your excited. I hate it but not for real good reasons. It sounds like a bad thing. Like i don’t want to be chuffed from the sound of it. It sounds like i chafed my lungs from sighing too much cuz I’m miserable.

Ok now for the linguistic crime known as snog or snogging. It means to make out or tongue kiss someone. But it sounds like a fucking sex act involving noses. And not a normal sex act. A fucking depraved dirty sex act, you’d feel shame even googling, but again it involves noses. And honestly it sounds like snot is likely involved with this sex act. Do better Britain stop saying fucking snogged you dirty bastards.

What is your most beloved and hated British slang?

  • Fleur_@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    British people are fucked. They say shit like hi Marvin and then think you’re an idiot for not recommending somewhere to eat.

  • Object@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I use “proper” a lot, so that one is inevitably favourite, unless it’s not an exclusive UK slang

  • crawancon@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    hated, well there are lots, but I think the word “bellend” is stupid for its purpose.

    mixed, also like hearing some brittish dialects say the word “water bottle” as wuh-er boh-ol. like wow. lol

    loved, “bullocks!” has always been a chuckle-able reaction to things. like wtf is that.

    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I had a beautiful moment related to the word “bellend,” and now I love it.

      I was one of two native English speakers in a German class in Germany, and we’d been together 20 hours/week for a few months, so the teacher and students knew each other pretty well. The other native English speaker was blatantly on his phone one day, which was his choice in an adult education class, but it’s disrespectful. The teacher going through gerunds with us (-ing in English, but in German, it’s -end), and after trying to get his attention for a few moments, just shouted, “Mickey, weißt du was “bellend” bedeutet?” (“Mickey, do you know what “barking” means?”) Mickey froze for a second, then told the teacher he was sorry and she was right.

      The teacher (who did not speak good enough English to have done it intentionally) was completely caught off guard and I suddenly put it together and nearly lost my shit, but Mickey didn’t know we were doing gerunds and I wasn’t about to explain the meaning of bellend to everyone in the class, so I experienced this perfect crossover of language alone.

    • Pumafred9@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      ‘Bollocks’ as in another way of saying ‘bullshit’… When you hear someone say something that’s totally not true… What a load of bollocks.

    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Bellend it’s just the tip of the shaft - the bell shaped bit at the end… also used to signify a stupid person.

    • SuperApples@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Chuffed

      Yes, very pleased or satisfied. Like, you’d be chuffed if you made a great pavlova, or parents got you a Megadrive for Chrissy.

    • Nekobambam@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      I like how “chuffed” sounds/feels like someone being all pleased with themselves but without the smugness of “smug”.

  • Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com
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    2 months ago

    snogging

    In French the slang term for that is “rouler des pelles” , which means literally “to roll shovels” and… I mean what the fuck is up with that?

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I like rhyming slang. Mostly for torturing my fellow Americans. I also enjoy clunge, jobbie, and being “sick to bastard death” about things.

    The Australians have my heartstrings though, when it comes to inventive slang. They’re not here to fuck spiders, tell you that much for free.

  • StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    British slang really depends on your region just because there are so many accents. Overall though, I’m quite a fan of plonker, pillock, (all)reet, mooch, and bog (as in shitter).

    • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Knob. Do. Plough. Basically anything can mean you’d want to shag someone. All genders and orientations do it.

  • ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Is calling someone Petal a slang or a regionalism? I, 30-something male, love doing that, petal.

  • Spykee@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    War-Chest-Hair Sauce … Werk-hamster-shire Sauce … Wash-your-sister Sauce … What’s-this-here Sauce … Wister-Sheer Sauce … … …

    Yeah. Fucking nailed it!