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Final score:

39points

EJ Author

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Rob 1 year ago

One of the most useful words.

11points

Pie Hole - Mouth. Cake Hole - Mouth. Arsehole - Piers Morgan.

Final score:

39points

VonBlade

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Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago

I wish I could upvote this more than once.

11points

Not so much a phrase, so much as what you can add to a phrase. Take anything around you, then add you absolute Infront of it, and then you ave an English insult

Final score:

23points

The {spooky} explanation

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MoMcB 1 year ago

Absolute spanner is my go to

10points

'Ow do? is my favourite expression from my home county of North Yorkshire. It means "How's it going?" but sounds so warm and welcoming. Best response? "Can't complain, pet"

Final score:

22points

cerinamroth

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TerryTheMoose 1 year ago

Hi, yaw reet? Love from West Yorks x

3points

“Trump”. It means fart

Final score:

21points

ucp

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tom 1 year ago

, it can mean so many things things now, however that sums it up nicely

13points

Reight chuffed. When something makes you happy.

Nathaniel (He/Him) Cis Het.

Final score:

20points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

Is that similar to tickled pink?

7points

Bell end. The end of a p****r or when one is acting like a d!ckhead.

Final score:

19points

Jason Curry

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Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

C******d is a decent alternative. Not to be confused with ' Alright my old c**k (or cocker)' in several northern counties.

2points

A reminder to visitors to our shores, most swear words can be used as a sign of affection, so getting called a "f****r" or a "c**t" is not necessarily an insult, but it could be! Depends on tone and context. No wonder English can be considered a hard language, especially as us natives do our best to make it incomprehensible to most others.

Final score:

18points

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K- THULU 1 year ago

As an Australian, I agee totally..... Swearing is a complex artform.... Once had to explain to young Vietnamese Australian co worker the meaning and various uses of the word C** t , and the appropriate responses!! I was so proud when he told an Aussie racist to " F**K OFF, C*NT!"...

19points

Mardy.

East Midlands, meaning someone in a mood.

Mardy Bastard.

Someone who is usually in a mood.

Final score:

17points

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cerinamroth 1 year ago

Also in Yorkshire. You mardy bugger

9points

#10

K******d.

Pillock.

Wazzock.

Numpty.

S**t for brains.

Plonker.

Dingleberry.

Cockwomble.

Numpty.

Nathaniel (He/Him) Cis Het.

Final score:

15points

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Rob 1 year ago

Not a fan of David Cameron then? Cockwomble was a perfect name for him to be fair!

11points

#11

Lived in Yorkshire for a few years and now "Anything" is "Owt" and "Nothing" is "Nowt". Try it!

Final score:

14points

Madster

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cerinamroth 1 year ago

My mum would stand in front of us about to serve tea (that's the evening meal, not the drink) and would wave the serving spoon over everything and say "Owt or nowt?" with a challenging look on her face. Her cooking was terrible and it was a quandary every time.

5points

#12

Cob. The ONLY name for a bread roll, East Midlands again.

Final score:

12points

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Lydsylou 1 year ago

If you drive through the USA for an hour you might've crossed a state line but if you drive through the UK for an hour you went through at 4 counties and the word for bread roll changed at least 8 times

13points

#13

It was hard to think of one that we don't also use in Australia! Then I remembered the word naff, meaning to lack taste or style. One I just found odd (and that confused my drama class, including the teacher, when we were doing a English play) was 'anorak' which is literally a raincoat, but in the context we found it, meant a nerd. Not understanding it, the teacher changed it to the word cardigan, which of course made even less sense in context!

Final score:

12points

Huddo's sister

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Julie S 1 year ago

I think the term "anorak" meaning a nerd came from trainspotters out in the cold and rain wearing their anoraks. It also means someone who knows a lot about a subject i.e trains.

10points

#14

"Twat" it rhymes with "Hat" not "Swat". It can have two meanings.
1. A minor insult - "You're a twat"
2. To hit - "Oh no! A spider! Quick, twat it with this newspaper!"

Final score:

12points

Wheely

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Melody Shanahan-Kluth 1 year ago

this needs more upvotes - twatting something is en point for sure!

13points

#15

Tegs are teeth in some places!!!

Final score:

10points

SquiddoDiddo

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Draperdorf 1 year ago

Teeth in a glass by the bed, but not when they're in the mouth?? Oh.... not what you meant by some places... ;)

0points

#16

Tipsy, squiffy, blotto, sloshed, smashed, hammered, trolleyed, plastered, mullered, paralytic, s**t faced, pissed, wankered.
All mean drunk.

Hanging/hanging out of my a**e mean hungover.

Final score:

10points

Julie S

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Lake Skimmer 1 year ago

Don't forget rat arsed.

10points

#17

The best and probably original swear in the UK is F**k
So you can say
F**k Me! Im amazed
F**k you! You're an idiot
F**k off! Go away
F*****g hell! No bloody way!
F**k! Literally for anything at anytime for anything!
I dont give a f**k! I dont care
Aww f**k ! Didnt want that to happen

etc etc very f*****g versatile word is F**k

Final score:

9points

Melody Shanahan-Kluth

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Stephen Smith 1 year ago

What about, do you want a....

4points

#18

Oh, there are *way* too many to choose just one, but as a techie, 'Dodgy' (of poor quality or workmanship) is a top ranking entry. The British to American Dictionary has a good list of slang (https://www.effingpot.com/chapters/slang/), but he seems to be unaware that Americans are already quite familiar with many of these. Compo Simmonite's use of 'Any road' (anyway) on 'Last of the Summer Wine' was quite charming. And Cockney Rhyming Slang can be delightful, as seen in the theme from the original 'Italian Job' - This is the self-preservation society,
This is the self-preservation society

Go wash your German bands, your boat race too
Comb your barnet, fair we've got alot to do
Put on your dickie dirt and your peckham rye
'Cause time's soon hurrying by

Get your skates on mate
Get your skates on mate

No bib around your Gregory Peck today, eh?
Drop your plates of meat right up on the seat
This is the self-preservation society,
This is the self-preservation society

Gotta get a bloomin' move on
Babadab-babadabadab-bab-ba
Jump in the jam jar gonna get straight
(Babadab-babadabadab-bab-ba)
Hurry up mate, gonna be late
How's your father?
Tickety boo, tickety boo
Gotta get a bloomin' move on

Final score:

8points

Bill Swallow

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Lydsylou 1 year ago

The translation of that entire song is basically 'hurry up and get in the car we're running late'

6points

#19

In far northern England, it sounds like, "divint dee it mon" and means, "don't do it man".

Final score:

8points

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Wheely 1 year ago

Ahm gan 'yem = I'm going home 😁

5points

#20

Manchester-
Buzzin' - very happy
Mint - something very good
Sket - really bad insult!!
F#£ks sake - I can't believe you did/said that
Our kid - anybody you've known pretty much longer than a year
Aldier (Aldi-er) - somebody who shoplifts from aldi and will try and sell it to you with the security tags still on it
Fagman - the shop that sells duty free or even counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco for about a fiver
K**b end - just a stupid person really
Bangin' - really good music or a bad headache
Shudda as in his mam shudda give his dad a blow job - they really don't like that person. At all!!
Barm - what lithe foolish people call a bread roll.
Butty - sandwich
Unit - used to describe large and/or tall people
Proper - very
Mingin' - disgusting
Minger - ugly person

Final score:

8points

Karen Bird

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#21

Beeroff. East Midlands, possibly Nottinghamshire specific, the name for a corner shop. Means "Beer For Consumption Off The Premises" from the little plate above the door that such shops had to have.

Final score:

7points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Elsewhere I think it's called an 'offie' or off licence?

5points

#22

Old Yorkshire dialect, Sen, meaning self

Got missen a right bargain at the market.

Get thissen off for a weekend jolly.

Myself and thyself.

Nathaniel (He/Him) Cis Het.

Final score:

7points

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Rob 1 year ago

Works in Nottinghamshire also.

2points

#23

Gov'na = Boss. T****r = Mas*urbater. Cuppa = Tea.

Final score:

7points

Kevin the Manager

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Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Exposure to both English and (Lowland) Scot in-laws resulted in me using this, to the complete confusion of 90% of people I meet in North America.

2points

#24

Need to vent frustration?
"awww BULLOCKS!"
Translation:
" awww BALLS!!"

Final score:

7points

Leilani Lily

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#25

claggy - sticky, damp.
faff - doing a lot of nothing

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Final score:

7points

KatLurkin

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

we use faff here as well (SA)

1point

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#26

‘Chunder’ to throw up .. as in the guy behind me in line chundered all over my shirt. ‘Munted’ had a lot to drink

Final score:

7points

Heather Evans

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Robert Millar 1 year ago

Technicolour yawn.

0points

#27

Bussin. It means really good, so when you eat something you can say “Dang that meal was bussin!” and everyone around you will get confused.

Final score:

6points

Sir Corinth

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Xenon 1 year ago

That one's made it over to the US now.

3points

#28

1) Bawbag (Scotland): Slang for s*****m (We named a hurricane "Hurricane Bawbag back in 2011 and it became an Internet sensation)
2) Gallus (Scots language): Cheeky or mischievous
3) Your Minging or Yer' mingin': Used to describe something or someone that is unclean, dirty, or foul-smelling
4) Blootered (Orcadian English dialect): Very drunk
5) Puggled (Orcadian English dialect): Exhausted
6) Blether (Scotland/Scots language): To chatter away / a chatter box
7) Crabbit (Shetlandic English dialect): A grouchy person

Final score:

6points

LokisLilButterknife

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Rob 1 year ago

Now live near Loch Ness, so that is a useful list, although did know bawbag as they are a brand of underwear.

6points

#29

"Sherman" for an American person

Sherman = Sherman Tank = Sherman Tank Yank = Yankee

Final score:

6points

PunnyPanda

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Bill Swallow 1 year ago

Well, that's at least more polite than Cockney Rhyming Slang using 'Septic' as a pejorative for 'American'. Septic --> Septic Tank --> Yank.

2points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#30

“They were having a Barney.” As in Barney Rubble from the Flintstones. “They were having an argument.”

Final score:

6points

Janina Prado

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

we use this here as well (SA)

0points

#31

Gander: look at.
As in Only Fools and Horses " oi, Rodney, get a gander at that"
( Only Fools and Horses was one of the best British comedies )

Final score:

6points

Duvet Woman

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#32

"Slag" - The very word for insulting someone, talking trash about them. Such a simple word.

Final score:

6points

StrangeOne

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#33

Bob's your uncle! I don't know what it means, I think it's an exclamation of something good, please correct me if I'm wrong. I like it because I have a brother Bob. So if I told my son "Bob's your uncle" it would be a statement of fact. Otherwise, almost any insult sounds better in British slang.

Final score:

6points

Stargazer Lily

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Kharyss 1 year ago (edited)

Bob’s your uncle and F@nny’s your aunt! Edited: after all the profanity in this thread, it still won’t let me type F anny 😂😂

4points

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#34

arlarse - it's a scouse term, meaning a sh*tty action/person, depending on what it's describing

Final score:

5points

kristalcookies

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Rob 1 year ago

That'd be a mardarse to me.

4points

#35

Petrolhead, a car lover, gearhead, someone with petrol in their veins.

Final score:

5points

Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis

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#36

Bend er. Slang for a homosexual.

Final score:

5points

Steve Barnett

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Rob 1 year ago

As a happy and proud gay man, I personally don't think this should be downvoted, as it is a perfectly true statement, although antiquated. "Get bent" however does mean "Get f****d" as in "F**k off", not in any other sense.

9points

#37

Wánker. Tøsser. Means masturbatør.

Final score:

5points

censorshipsucks

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Wheely 1 year ago

There's two kinds of people in this world - wànkers and liars.

3points

#38

I somehow acquired "bugger" at some point from the UK in-laws, so that's my fave. Everyone I know in the UK laughs at my American voice saying it. So it at least amuses people :-) Oh, and I referred to BoJo as "too much of a k**b to be a prick". (This, FYI, did not amuse my Brexiteering English in-laws, but the Scots ones loved it.)

Final score:

5points

Leo Domitrix

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Rob 1 year ago

To me, he'll always be Bozo, after The Daily Star, the comic of the Liz Truss v Lettuce fame, always called him that and added a big red nose.

2points

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#39

Gert - South West for big

Where's thick Gert bugger to then ?

Final score:

5points

Tom Brown

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#40

"cheese eating surrender monkey", a joke insult for French people

Final score:

5points

neocosmical

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#41

Berk rhyming slang for Berkshire Hunt rhyming with C*nt.

Final score:

4points

Dane Smith

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Rob 1 year ago

As in Jeremy, our Chancellor?

4points

#42

Lush. Comes from Bristol area meaning a really nice.

Final score:

4points

Seonag Udell

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Seonag Udell (Submission author) 1 year ago

A lush can also mean a drunkard

6points

#43

Bodge-Bodge job. A bespoke solution for fitting something together. He's bodged that with tape.

Final score:

4points

OBee

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#44

"minging" (ugly);"gutted"(disappointed); "snogging" (kissing); "manky" (a bit gross)

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

Final score:

4points

Roni Ingram

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#45

Bollocks! For obvious reasons.

Wanker! Yup, obvious reasons too.

Yob. I have seen and personally know a few of them.

Quite a list that I know but these are the major ones.