COP THIS BRITISH SLANG
G'day folks,
Welcome to some more British slang.
Easy
Peasy - A
childish term for something very easy. You might say it's a snap.
Engaged - When you ring someone and they
are already on the phone you will get the engaged tone. In other words, they
will be engaged. You would say you get the busy signal or the line is busy.
Excuse me - This is a great one! It's what
kids are taught to say when they belch in public. We are also taught to say
"pardon me" if we fart out loud. Unfortunately in American
"excuse me" means you are encroaching in someone's personal space and
you say "pardon me" when you don't hear someone properly. Imagine our
surprise when we discovered that actually Americans are not belching and
farting all the time.
Faff - To faff is to dither or
to fanny around. If we procrastinated when getting ready for bed, as
kids, our Dad use tell us we were faffing around.
Fagged - If you are too lazy or tired
to do something you could say "I can't be fagged". It means you can't
be Bothered.
Fagging - Fagging is the practice of
making new boys at boarding schools into slaves for the older boys. If you are
fagging for an older boy you might find yourself running his bath, cleaning his
shoes or performing more undesirable tasks.
Fancy - If you fancy something then it
means you desire it. There are two basic forms in common use - food and
people. If you fancy a cake for example it means you like the look of it and
you want to eat it. If you see someone of (hopefully) the opposite sex then you
might fancy them if you liked the look of them and wanted to get to know them a
little better!!!
Fanny - This is the word for a woman's
front bits! One doesn't normally talk about anyone's fanny as it is a
bit rude. You certainly don't have a fanny pack, or smack people on their
fannys - you would get arrested for that! Careful use of this word in the UK is
advised!
Fanny
around - I'm
always telling people to stop fannying around and get on with it. It means to procrastinate.
Drives me mad!
Fiddle
sticks - I have
an old Aunt who is much too well mannered to swear. So when the need arises for
a swear word, she will substitute "fiddle sticks".
Filch - To filch is to steal or
pilfer. The origin is apparently unknown.
Fit - Fit is a word that I have
heard a lot recently - it seems to be making a comeback. A fit bird
means a girl who is pretty good looking or tasty! A fit bloke
would be the male equivalent.
Flog - To Flog something is to sell
it. It also means to beat something with a whip, but when your wife tells you
she flogged the old TV it is more likely she has sold it than beaten it
(hopefully!).
Fluke - If something great happened to
you by chance that would be a fluke. When I was a kid my Mum lost her
engagement ring on the beach and only realised half way home. We went back to
the spot and she found it in the sand. That was a fluke.
Flutter - I like to have a flutter on
the horses. It means to have a bet, usually a small one by someone who
is not a serious gambler.
Fortnight - Two weeks. Comes from
an abbreviation of "fourteen nights". Hence terms like "I'm off
for a fortnights holiday" meaning "I am going on a two week
vacation".
Fruity - If someone is feeling fruity
then they are feeling frisky. Watch out!
Clancy's comment: Well, you guys must know a few of these by now. Wait, there are more to come. Feel free to filch any of these to send onto friends.
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