Things I've had to google since joining the forum

[Ohiomc]

I thought this was kind of funny. Sometimes I'll read through threads and have no idea what some of you are saying. I'll read something and yell to my wife, "hey, what do you think f4g packet means"?

My niece stopped by for a visit and I gave her a little quiz, slang words and her responses below.

F4g packets - a group of gay guys
Chuffed - fat
Ten a penny - drugs
Worth a punt - worth a shot
Tosser - A tossed salad (this one cracked me up)
Doddle – duck that waddles
Niggles - negotiate
Manky – man monkey of funky
Saloon – place to drink
The rest is tosh - BS
Dog Danglies – dingle berries. (I'm not sure if I ever found the answer to this one.)

And all Americans don't say Yeeee Haaaw. At least none that I've met. I've had a good time reading though a bunch of threads.

 

[UlstermanAbroad]

Yes, two nations divided by a common language. And guns, sports, humour and....ummmm.....I couldn't think of much else, actually.
That old cliché is probably true.There's more unites us, than divides us.

 

[Ohiomc]

All true, guns, guns and more guns. My wife and I traveled to Europe last year. We were told everyone would be rude and snobby toward us. We found it to be the exact opposite. Everyone we encountered was fantastic, wonderful people every place we went. We took a train from Paris to Amsterdam and the countryside looked like parts of Ohio.

 

[Corranga]

Dog Danglies – dingle berries. (I'm not sure if I ever found the answer to this one.)

If it's bllocks, it's bad. If it's the dogs bllocks, it's very, very good.

Which reminds me of... Scotland is the only place in the world where 2 positives combine to a negative - Yeah, right!

 

[Oneball]

To be fair I don’t think my teenage niece would know what half those things mean either, some of those sayings went out of fashion with the kipper tie, it’s all dope (not drugs anymore apparently), salty and shade nowadays!

 

[Wanderer]

Reminds me of the old Jasper Carrot sketches, when he talked about being the USA...

Carrot: Someone's nicked me pen!

USA Guy: Someone's been cutting grooves in your pen?

 

[2b1ask1]

Apparently being stoked doesent equate any more!

Being bare is not the same either bare being an adaptation of the German sehr gut = very good, to bare good to just bare...

My most Googled on here are abbreviations!

(Country to popular belief it is not question of the day)

 

[CatmanV2]

Apparently being stoked doesent equate any more!

Being bare is not the same either bare being an adaptation of the German sehr gut = very good, to bare good to just bare...

My most Googled on here are abbreviations!

(Country to popular belief it is not question of the day)

BTDTBTTS

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[Wanderer]

I know what 'lit af' means!!

 

[2b1ask1]

BTDTBTTS

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WTF

 

[CatmanV2]

WTF

VETLA

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[lifes2short]

LMAOROTFBTCSTCNDBFOOTWIFOAGWLLBGWTHROOTSAIAKBAYB

 

[Oneball]

LMAOROTFBTCSTCNDBFOOTWIFOAGWLLBGWTHROOTSAIAKBAYB

Isn’t that the village in Wales with the longest place name?

 

[Gazcw]

I thought this was kind of funny. Sometimes I'll read through threads and have no idea what some of you are saying. I'll read something and yell to my wife, "hey, what do you think f4g packet means"?

My niece stopped by for a visit and I gave her a little quiz, slang words and her responses below.

F4g packets - a group of gay guys
Chuffed - fat
Ten a penny - drugs
Worth a punt - worth a shot
Tosser - A tossed salad (this one cracked me up)
Doddle – duck that waddles
Niggles - negotiate
Manky – man monkey of funky
Saloon – place to drink
The rest is tosh - BS
Dog Danglies – dingle berries. (I'm not sure if I ever found the answer to this one.)

And all Americans don't say Yeeee Haaaw. At least none that I've met. I've had a good time reading though a bunch of threads.

I was just thinking. It may well be dangerous googling certain obtained through this forum. Especially from a work network!

 

[JonW]

Welcome OhioMC...

If it makes you feel better, I often think several of the people on here are talking gobbledygook.... and can’t understand half of it!

I spent two years living in the US (New Jersey) and working in Manhattan. When I left I was bought a great little book which was an English - American dictionary / thesaurus. Lots of that was boring regular stuff (Arugula = rocket, courgette = zucchini, trunk = boot; etc...), but there was also a great section for slang and cuss words. I still occasionally use that, and find myself checking whether something I say translates when discussing with American colleagues.

 

[Doctor Houx]

If it's bllocks, it's bad. If it's the dogs bllocks, it's very, very good.

This is exactly the explanation Robert Carlyle gives Samuel L Jackson in the film 51st State about a US Hitman in the UK

He is also told to " take care of the chemist" being the expert mixing the drugs they are selling. He wrongly assumes "take care" means shoot him and does precisely that! The British dealer meant look after and protect him! Whoops

 

[MAF260]

The phrase double-fisting has very different connotations between the British and Americans, as an American colleague found out at a company drinks party one evening...

 

[Wanderer]

Welcome OhioMC...

If it makes you feel better, I often think several of the people on here are talking gobbledygook.... and can’t understand half of it!

I spent two years living in the US (New Jersey) and working in Manhattan. When I left I was bought a great little book which was an English - American dictionary / thesaurus. Lots of that was boring regular stuff (Arugula = rocket, courgette = zucchini, trunk = boot; etc...), but there was also a great section for slang and cuss words. I still occasionally use that, and find myself checking whether something I say translates when discussing with American colleagues.

Was it the Effing Pot http://www.effingpot.com

 

[JonW]

Was it the Effing Pot http://www.effingpot.com

Yes - I think it is... Good find!

 

[sionie1]

Always makes me smile..