British phrases - Page 2

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

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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 ...

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..."

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..."

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.

11-09-2006, 03:33 PM	#17
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	knackered - dead tired (the knackers yard is where dead livestock get umm... recycled) having kittens - nervous, very expectant. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

11-09-2006, 03:46 PM	#18
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	just ran across this handy-dandy translator __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

11-09-2006, 04:22 PM	#19
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	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. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-09-2006, 04:58 PM	#21
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	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 ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-09-2006, 05:56 PM	#23
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	'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. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-09-2006, 01:10 PM	#16
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	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.

11-11-2006, 11:26 AM	#25
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Does anyone say "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more..." Coz that would be cute. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-11-2006, 11:46 AM	#29
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-11-2006, 11:51 AM	#30
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Up the Junction, a fine Squeeze single. I take it to mean in a big load of confused trouble.

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