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My most beloved British slang is Knackered. Fucking knackered! It means very tired, exhausted. But those terms are sterlized of feeling, of life. You know that feeling after you finish moving? That total fucking exhaustion, you're knackered my friend. I can't think of a word that feels more accurate to the state of reality it describes. Knackered is a fucking gift.

Chuffed. If youre chuffed i believe that means your excited. I hate it but not for real good reasons. It sounds like a bad thing. Like i don't want to be chuffed from the sound of it. It sounds like i chafed my lungs from sighing too much cuz I'm miserable.

Ok now for the linguistic crime known as snog or snogging. It means to make out or tongue kiss someone. But it sounds like a fucking sex act involving noses. And not a normal sex act. A fucking depraved dirty sex act, you'd feel shame even googling, but again it involves noses. And honestly it sounds like snot is likely involved with this sex act. Do better Britain stop saying fucking snogged you dirty bastards.

What is your most beloved and hated British slang?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago)

cockwomble, wankstain, pillock, cretin, prick, jobsworth, nutjob, absolute.. (insert anything, e.g. biscuit, sausage). oh slang not insults? i think cheers is good it's not too indulgent like thank you very much but it's also a way to give some appreciation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Fucking knackered! It means very tired, exhausted. But those terms are sterlized of feeling, of life.

Are you sure that anima you ascribe to "knackered" isn't coming from the adjective? "Fucking exhausted!" sounds, to my ear, just a full of feeling. Whereas, "I'm knackered" sounds just as lifeless as "I'm exhausted." I wonder if you're mis-attributing the vigor from "fucking," which is, indeed, a potent word.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

There’s too many people mixing England and Great Britain up in here.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I like rhyming slang. Mostly for torturing my fellow Americans. I also enjoy clunge, jobbie, and being "sick to bastard death" about things.

The Australians have my heartstrings though, when it comes to inventive slang. They're not here to fuck spiders, tell you that much for free.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

War-Chest-Hair Sauce ... Werk-hamster-shire Sauce ... Wash-your-sister Sauce ... What's-this-here Sauce ... Wister-Sheer Sauce ... ... ...

Yeah. Fucking nailed it!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

"Gutted" gets every single time, but for the most unfunny and fucked up reason.

I was at a bar and a guy was describing how his pet got hit by a car and he found it kind of split down the belly, then he said "I was gutted", describing his reaction. But his pet was also quite literally gutted. I didn't laugh or anything but it was just such a dark thing to say it was almost funny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Gash / Axe Wound

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Cock Womble

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Bloody, but just because when I had a period I would say things like "I'm on my bloody period!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Damn I use bloody sometimes. It's bloody good

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

British people are fucked. They say shit like hi Marvin and then think you're an idiot for not recommending somewhere to eat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Hank Marvin. Starvin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

British slang really depends on your region just because there are so many accents. Overall though, I'm quite a fan of plonker, pillock, (all)reet, mooch, and bog (as in shitter).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

"Loads a money!"

More of a meme than slang, but I also like "dosh".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I think you mean lods of emone?

https://youtu.be/ULeDlxa3gyc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The sexual slang is hilarious. Vadge, bugger, shag.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Knob. Do. Plough. Basically anything can mean you’d want to shag someone. All genders and orientations do it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Some of those are British versions of American terms and some are slang.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

Half of them are total jokes, I’ve just always thought it was hilarious. Cold on a cob!!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago
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