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DanaC 11-09-2006 01:10 PM

Don't know about the pip pip. Might have been in vogue 50 or 60 years ago, or might just be a tv/movie thing.

Cheerio not used much except by older peeps, or in some small areas it might still remain. Cheers we use a lot, as thanks, or farewell, or as a toast.

'Gutted.' Anybody other than Brits use that? meaning -disappointed, or upset.

barefoot serpent 11-09-2006 03:33 PM

knackered - dead tired (the knackers yard is where dead livestock get umm... recycled)

having kittens - nervous, very expectant.

barefoot serpent 11-09-2006 03:46 PM

just ran across this handy-dandy translator

dar512 11-09-2006 04:22 PM

Nice site BS. I ran across this browsing around.

beer cf n :
standard American beer is colorless, odorless, flavorless, sugarless, untainted by calories, alcohol, and caffeine, and contains no IOC banned substances, but is obscenely effervescent and so cold that each sip is a guaranteed brain freeze. Happily, microbreweries have been springing up everywhere producing outstandingly fine, normal beers.

limey 11-09-2006 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC
hehehehehe that term has several meanings. Mainly it refers to somone who is messing about, not taking something seriously. It comes I think, from 'taking the piss'.

I disagree - I think it means someone who drinks a lot. Also "to be out on the piss" = out to get drunk.

limey 11-09-2006 04:58 PM

A Scottish-ism "One for the shuch" (pronounced shukh) - To have another (perhaps final drink); syn. "One for the road".
The "shuch" is the ditch at the side of the road ... :D

DanaC 11-09-2006 05:02 PM

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I disagree - I think it means someone who drinks a lot. Also "to be out on the piss" = out to get drunk.
That too. As I said, it has several meanings. Where I hail from, if someone is being a dickhead, or just not taking something seriously, someone will say " Oh don't be such a pissartis." also used for someone joking about.

Aliantha 11-09-2006 05:56 PM

'Sticky Wicket' is a cricketing term meaning that the wicket isn't very favourable. It's obviously also used to describe a difficult situation. Stuck between a rock and a hard place so to speak.

This is a term we use over here too.

monster 11-11-2006 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512
I've heard "cheers" to end a phone call. Do folks over there still use cheerio? And did they ever use "Pip pip", or is that a Hollywood thing?


I use "cheers" all the time (to mean 'thanks and bye", usually, rather than just "bye") but you hit the nail on the head with "pip pip". Say that to a Brit over here and you're likely to end up with a set of authentic British teeth. Sadly, some people still say "cheerio". ;)

Trilby 11-11-2006 11:26 AM

Does anyone say "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more..."

:D

Coz that would be cute.

monster 11-11-2006 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

having kittens - nervous, very expectant.

I use "having kittens" to mean panicky/panicking, sometimes in a situation where one might be extected to be handling it better. "The children started a paint fight in the classroom and the sub teacher was having kittens". "My keys were locked in the car, my cellphone was dead, my kids were due off the school bus in the middle of nowhere and the tornado sirens were going off -I was having kittens"

monster 11-11-2006 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna
Does anyone say "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more..."

:D

Coz that would be cute.

They do, sometimes. It isn't cute. ;)

Trilby 11-11-2006 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by monster
They do, sometimes. It isn't cute. ;)

Everybody sick of the Pythonisms?

monster 11-11-2006 11:46 AM

Here's some for you to be going on with:

Up the duff
Three sheets to the wind (I think that's British)
The dog's bollocks

Undertoad 11-11-2006 11:51 AM

Up the Junction, a fine Squeeze single. I take it to mean in a big load of confused trouble.


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