Glories of the Mothertongue
For my American friends, who may not always understand what I say, here’s a glossary of my favourite British slang:
Taking the piss - Making fun of someone
Having a slash - Having a piss
The bog - Where one goes to have a slash
Going for a Jimmy - Rhyming slang for a Jimmy Riddle – A Piddle, a pee
Going for a Tommy - Rhyming slang for a Tommy Tit – A shit, a poo
Seeing a friend off to the coast – See “Going for a Tommy”
Pissed-up - Drunk, not angry
Having a kip - A spot of shuteye
Fit Bird - An attractive member of the fairer sex
Dirty stop-out - One who has spent all night in someone else’s bed, and is still wearing the same pants
Pants - Underpants! Not trousers!
Rough minger - A deeply unattractive member of the opposite sex
On the pull - Engaging in pursuit of the opposite sex
Getting your leg over – Success! in the bedroom department
A bit of hows-your-father – More success in the bedroom department
Cock-up - A mistake, usually disastrous
Ball-ache - What the consequences of a cock-up usually are, a pain in the arse
Bobs your Uncle - Literally, “Hey presto”. (Of mysterious origin)
Naf - A thing that is rubbish
Faffing about - Wasting time
Gasping for a fag - Desperate for a wheeze on a cig
If you spot any glaring omissions email me and I’ll include them.
For a more extensive and vulgar list consult Viz’s Profanisaurus
Taking the piss - Making fun of someone
Having a slash - Having a piss
The bog - Where one goes to have a slash
Going for a Jimmy - Rhyming slang for a Jimmy Riddle – A Piddle, a pee
Going for a Tommy - Rhyming slang for a Tommy Tit – A shit, a poo
Seeing a friend off to the coast – See “Going for a Tommy”
Pissed-up - Drunk, not angry
Having a kip - A spot of shuteye
Fit Bird - An attractive member of the fairer sex
Dirty stop-out - One who has spent all night in someone else’s bed, and is still wearing the same pants
Pants - Underpants! Not trousers!
Rough minger - A deeply unattractive member of the opposite sex
On the pull - Engaging in pursuit of the opposite sex
Getting your leg over – Success! in the bedroom department
A bit of hows-your-father – More success in the bedroom department
Cock-up - A mistake, usually disastrous
Ball-ache - What the consequences of a cock-up usually are, a pain in the arse
Bobs your Uncle - Literally, “Hey presto”. (Of mysterious origin)
Naf - A thing that is rubbish
Faffing about - Wasting time
Gasping for a fag - Desperate for a wheeze on a cig
If you spot any glaring omissions email me and I’ll include them.
For a more extensive and vulgar list consult Viz’s Profanisaurus
posted by DrIRH at 4:58 PM
4 Comments:
Nice, except I haven't heard much of that lately. I like "a round of britneys". The British are wonderful... they invented Splenda!
My Dad, Ian's grandfather, used to say he was going for a "Pony",to denote he was going for a "crap", as in "pony and trap".
The advent of the automobile probably consigned this slang phrase to the "back burner" and for it to pass out of general usage.
Dad.
Another "Yorkshire saying" to describe a girl who is "very free and accomodating" with her sexual favours is to say: -
"she bangs like a shit house door in a gale!".
Before the advent of inside toilets most houses had a "netty" (toilet) in the back yard/garden. In a gale the door, if not latched shut, would bang backwards and forward. Being a foul night nobody would go outside to secure the door hence the constant banging. A "bang" is to have sexual intercouse with a person, known or unknown - it makes no diference!
http://london.ba.com/index.asp?word=know
Somebody has already researched this for our American cousins. They come up with a good list although not so many rude words. Funny that. Actually I was amazed at how many of these I use on a daily basis, and how many are not used here (at least in Texas anyway). No wonder they give me funny looks.
Anyone fancy a little bit of hows your father?
Uncle Phil
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