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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. |
knackered - dead tired (the knackers yard is where dead livestock get umm... recycled)
having kittens - nervous, very expectant. |
just ran across this handy-dandy translator
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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. |
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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 |
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'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. |
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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". ;) |
Does anyone say "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more..."
:D Coz that would be cute. |
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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 |
Up the Junction, a fine Squeeze single. I take it to mean in a big load of confused trouble.
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